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Wait, the Oscars are just overhyped shit, right?

That's probably true to a large degree. Usually it's disappointing to get bamboozled into watching the latest Oscar-endorsed Oscar bait.
But I think it's a mistake to dismiss the awards completely. It's always interesting to see the nominations for Best Foreign Language Film and Best Documentary, as there's probably something "new" on the list. The Shorts can be fun too.
And while I don't care for the telecast, the last few years I've timed it perfectly catch the best part IMO: the In Memoriam montage.

So, here's what I think is important:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_submissions_to_the_87th_Academy_Awards_for_Best_Foreign_Language_Film

Foreign Language Film
Ida – Poland, Pawel Pawlikowski
Leviathan – Russia, Andrey Zvyagintsev
Tangerines – Estonia, Zaza Urushadze
Wild Tales – Argentina, Damián Szifron
Timbuktu” – Mauritania, Abderrahmane Sissako

Documentary Feature
Citizenfour – Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy and Dirk Wilutzky
Last Days in Vietnam – Rory Kennedy and Keven McAlester
Virunga – Orlando von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara
The Salt of the Earth – Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado and David Rosier
Finding Vivian Maier – John Maloof and Charlie Siskel

Documentary Short Subject
Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1 – Ellen Goosenberg Kent and Dana Perry
Joanna – Aneta Kopacz
Our Curse – Tomasz Śliwiński and Maciej Ślesicki
The Reaper – Gabriel Serra Arguello
White Earth – J. Christian Jensen

Short Film – Live Action
Aya – Oded Binnun and Mihal Brezis
Boogaloo and Graham – Michael Lennox and Ronan Blaney
Butter lamp – Hu Wei and Julien Féret
Parvaneh – Talkhon Hamzavi and Stefan Eichenberger
The Phone Call – Mat Kirkby and James Lucas

Short Film – Animated
The Bigger Picture – Daisy Jacobs and Christopher Hees
The Dam Keeper – Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi
Feast – Patrick Osborne and Kristina Reed
Me and My Moulton – Torill Kove
A Single Life – Joris Oprins

Thoughts?