Academy Awards

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And I'm Barbara Klein. Today, we tell about the seventy-seventh Academy Awards ceremony which takes place on Sunday in Los Angeles, California. It is an exciting event for people who make movies and for people around the world who watch them.

Movies from the United States and several other countries are competing to win Academy Awards. Five movies were nominated as best foreign language film. They are "As It Is in Heaven" from Sweden, "Downfall" from Germany, "The Sea Inside" from Spain, "Yesterday" from South Africa and "The Chorus" from France.