The nominations for the 2010 Oscars were announced a week ago and with the awards ceremony itself falling on Sunday 7 March, the eve of International Women's Day, there's plenty of kudos for female contenders.
Not only might Kathryn Bigelow turn out to be the first ever woman to win the Best Director for
The Hurt Locker but Carey Mulligan, the young star of
An Education, has been nominated in the Best Actress category for her portrayal of a schoolgirl high on hedonism in '60s London.
Both female leads from
Up in the Air, Vera Farmiga and Anna Kendrick, are in the running for the Best Supporting Actress Award. They play two very different high-fliers whom George Clooney (also nominated for Best Actor) encounters as 'travelling light' management consultant, Ryan Bingham.
Oscars aside, it's worth highlighting two fantastic performances from Belgian-born actress, Yolande Moreau, in films showing at The Courtyard Hereford during Borderlines 2010. In
Seraphine she's a simple maid with an unshakeable conviction that Virgin Mary has given her the impulse to paint.
A very different role for Moreau in
Louise-Michel where she's a foul-mouthed woman leading a female revolt, with many convoluted, anarchistic and hilarious plot twists, against their factory boss. One screening only for this so don't miss it!
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