Oscars Party
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Monday Morning After—the
Academy Awards in Hamburg
92nd
On Monday, February 10th, eleven
glamorous members of the Film Group
braved a cyclone to attend the annual
Oscar party at Nancy T.’s home, con-
tinuing a long tradition, conceived by
Kirsten Greco almost 20 years ago—the
ladies’ Super Bowl! As always, the mem-
bers avoided all media prior to the party
in order to ensure that no one knew who
the winners would be. “Academy” bal-
lots and were provided and filled out
prior to the ceremony and covered all
24 Oscar categories. While we watched
the show and scored our ballots, we
also played Tracy’s Oscar Bingo, which
she personalized this year by not just
including actions on the screen but also
those of our members in order to strike
a Bingo.
The awards ceremony itself did not
disappoint, with perhaps the biggest
surprise coming from Parasite, which
swept the awards. This included win-
ning both Best Picture and Best Foreign
Language Film, a feat which called into
question the purpose of separating films
into these categories in the future. Some
other highlights were the amazing per-
formance of Harriet’s “Stand Up” by
Cynthia Erivo, Bong Joon Ho‘s and Joa-
quin Pheonix’s acceptance speeches,
and Natalie Portman’s embroidered Dior
cape with the names of snubbed female
directors.
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In Hamburg
Film Group
The winners of our private
show were many. Jenny won the
Bingo game, with Stella as First
Runner-Up. The prize for guess-
ing the most correct Oscar pre-
dictions, went to our fabulous
host Nancy! Anne and Brigitte
were close behind her in their
guesses and were the second
and third Runners-Up, respec-
tively. All three were awarded
miniature “Oscars.” But the top
prize, “Special Honorary Gov-
ernors Oscar for Extraordinary
Lifetime Achievement,” went to
Becky Tan!
For the third year, a silent auction with
items donated by members (including
items sent all the way from Seattle by
member Karen Pecota) was held, rais-
ing a combined amount of $375 for the
operating costs of our group website ki-
nocritics.com.
A delicious Governors Ball brunch was
provided by the various attendees mak-
ing for a lovely and filling culinary ex-
perience. There were so many home-
made delights: Brigitte’s apple crumble
with vanilla pudding, Ulrike’s spicy
guacamole with tortilla, Nancy’s rolls
and gluten free “meat,” Stella’s
fresh cream cheese and a beauti-
ful “Becky cake” with daffodils,
Jenny’s biscuits, cheese and fruit,
Addy’s baked goods, Marinell’s
corn bread, Charis’ canapés, and
Anne’s treats….
Our annual Oscar party is always a
great time for the film group and AWCH
members to meet up and bond over our
mutual love of film. We look forward
to seeing you all next year for the 93rd
Academy Awards in Hamburg!
Rose Finlay
and Nancy Tilitz
Becky with her Lifetime Achievement Oscar
Photos of Oscar party from Nancy T.