'Amour' Favorite for Best Foreign Film Oscar

Stars and directors of Oscar-nominated foreign films discuss their work, predicting a win for Michael Haneke's "Amour" ahead of the 85th Academy Awards this weekend.

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SHOTLIST: LOS ANGELES, 22 FEBRUARY, 2013, SOURCE: AFPTV - VAR reporters interview producers of "Amour" SOUNDBITE 1 Stefan Arndt (man), co-producer, Amour (Austria) (English, 17 sec): "We are so incredibly happy to get all these nominations. This for us as European producers and film makers, is much more important than to win. It is different from the American people here, where it is very very important to win because this is a decision for the next project." - directors of Best Foreign Film contenders pose for pictures SOUNDBITE 2 Alicia Vikander (woman), actress, A Royal Affair (Denmark) (English, 17 sec): "I'm very thrilled to be here, we all discussed the fact that it was one year ago when we went to the Berlinale for the premiere, and then we stand here one year later… This is I guess what we all dreamt of… so it's a big thing." - VAR poster for Danish film "A Royal Affair" - poster for Norwegian film "Kon Tiki" SOUNDBITE 3 Pal Sverre Hagen (man), actor, Kon-Tiki (Norway) (English, 21 sec): "I think that we all realize that the wonderful film Amour is probably the favorite for the award, and I don't think we don't feel upset about that at all. It's a great film. We are happy to be nominated, and we are still happy if we don't win an award." - Gael Garcia Bernal in front of poster for "No" (Chile) - CU Gael Garcia Bernal --------------------------------------------------------------- NO AFP TEXT STORY