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Tue 02 Feb 2010'Avatar', 'Hurt Locker' head Oscars list
Science-fiction adventure Avatar and Iraq war movie The Hurt Locker have earned nine Academy Award nominations each, including best movie, to lead the field in the competition for the world's highest film honours.
Irish films The Secret of Kells - produced by Kilkenny's Cartoon Saloon - was nominated in the best animated feature film category while Dublin-based Brown Bag Films' Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty picked up the short animated film nomination. The Door by Wicklow company Octagon Films was nominated in the short film category.
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