Possible Oscar Winners At Toronto

10-09-2008 13:16

After a disappointing Venice, where many possible Oscar contenders are highlighted, it seems that the Academy Award fight has broken out at the Toronto Film Festival.

In the past the likes of Crash, American Beauty and Sideways have all caught the Academy's attention at Toronto but many of the films expecting to be a force come awards season are missing from this year's line-up.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Soloist, Frost/Nixon, Revolutionary Road and W are all noticeably absent despite four of this year's five Best Picture nominations being screened at Toronto last year.

Despite some of these movies missing it's the Best Actress category that has been in the spotlight over the last few days as four women in particular have grabbed the attention of audiences and critics.

Leading the way is Brit actress Keira knightley whose current performance in her new film The Duchess is winning over the critics. This role comes just twelve months after her performance, which surprisingly didn't even get an Oscar nod, in Joe Wright's Atonement.

Also surrounded in Oscar chatter is Sally Hawkins for her role in Happy-Go-Lucky as is Anne Hathaway for Rachel Getting Married, which also showed in Venice, and Kristen Scott Thomas for I've Loved You So Long.

But over the next couple of months there are some strong performances from Nicole Kidman in Australia, Kate Winslet in Revolutionary Road and Doubt for Meryl Streep that could possibly bag the nominations.