East Hampton - The Hamptons International Film Festival (HIFF) is happy to announce that films shown at this past October's festival received a total of 17 Oscar nominations. Following last year's Awards success of 15 nominations, this year's increase to 17 nominations includes a number of high profile awards contenders. The total of 17 nominations garnered this year are the largest the festival has received throughout its 17 years.

In one year the Festival has become a relevant player in the academy race. "We are so happy to see that the Academy recognize these films," stated Director of Programming David Nugent. "We continue to strive to bring the best films possible to our audiences in the Hamptons and are additionally proud of the fact that a number of these films (HIFF Audience Award Winner "The Young Victoria," HIFF Closing Night Film "The Imaginariumo Dr. Parassus, "Ajami") had their first ever screenings in America at the Hampton International Film Festival."

List Of Nominations

Best Picture
"Up in the Air" - Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman and Jason Reitman, Producers

Actor In A Leading Role
George Clooney - "Up in the Air"

Actor In A Supporting Role
Woody Harrelson - "The Messenger"

Actress In A Supporting Role
Vera Farmiga in "Up in the Air"
Anna Kendrick in "Up in the Air"

Art Direction
"The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus," Art Direction: Dave Warren and Anastasia Masaro; Set Decoration: Caroline Smith
"The Young Victoria," Art Direction: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Maggie Gray

Costume Design
"The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus," Colleen Atwood
"The Young Victoria," Sandy Powell

Directing
"Up in the Air," Jason Reitman

Documentary (Feature)
"The Cove," Nominees to be determined

Documentary (Short Subject)
"Rabbit a la Berlin," Bartek Konopka and Anna Wydra

Foreign Language Film
"Ajami," Israel

Make-Up
"The Young Victoria," Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore

Short Film (Live Action)
"Instead of Abracadabra," Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellstroem

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
"Up in the Air," Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner

Writing (Original Screenplay)
"The Messenger," Written by Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman