Academy Announces Finalists for Best Foreign Language Film and Best Visual Effects

The Academy has announced its nine finalists for Best Foreign Language Film and ten finalists for Best Visual Effects

First, Best Foreign Language Film:

Australia, “Tanna"
Canada, “It’s Only the End of the World”
Denmark, “Land of Mine”
Germany, “Toni Erdmann”
Iran, “The Salesman”
Norway, “The King’s Choice”
Russia, “Paradise”
Sweden, “A Man Called Ove”
Switzerland, “My Life as a Zucchini”

Without Neruda, Julieta, The Handmaiden and Elle, I think Toni Erdmann goes on to win.

Then Best Visual Effects:

“Arrival”
“The BFG”
“Captain America: Civil War”
“Deepwater Horizon”
“Doctor Strange”
“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”
“The Jungle Book”
“Kubo and the Two Strings”
“Passengers”
“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”

From this bunch my current predicted five are:

Arrival
Doctor Strange
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
The Jungle Book
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story