The deadline for submissions is 1 October, after which the Academy's foreign language film award committee whittles down the list to nine finalists – at which point a second committee votes to produce the five-strong official nomination list.
That would happen if the first-place votes were actually spread among a relatively large number of favorites, as may happen this year, which finds at least four films running just behind "The King's Speech," with a strong cluster of nominations in major categories.
London shot all the way to the top of the 50-strong list by nominations for its high house prices, City bankers and drab suburbs.
"I accept that in the end it is the Liberal party room that determines our candidate for the speakership, but my strong support and nomination will be for Bronwyn," he said.
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association — so often derided for its faintly rackety reputation, but praised for an enjoyable and unpretentious televised awards ceremony — has released a strong and plausible nomination list for the 2014 Golden Globes.
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Martin Amis's love story set in a concentration camp, The Zone of Interest, David Mitchell's fantastical The Bone Clocks, and Ali Smith's mould-breaking How to be Both are just three of the books on an 80-strong list of nominations for this year's Folio prize.
In choosing Judge Sotomayor, the first Latino candidate for the Supreme Court, President Obama has made a strong and appealing nomination that should and will receive the supportof those committed to equality for lesbians and gay men".
Bardem is also being mentioned as a strong contender for Oscar nominations.
One of the largest group of strong productions competing for nominations in one category are the play revivals.
