TORONTO 害羞草研究所� Champagne was flowing Tuesday morning in Montreal as key members of the sound team on 害羞草研究所淎rrival害羞草研究所� marked the sci-fi film害羞草研究所檚 eight Academy Award nominations.

Sound editor Sylvain Bellemare says a small group of colleagues gathered in a local production studio to see whether they害羞草研究所檇 be in the running for Hollywood害羞草研究所檚 most prestigious golden statue.

Sitting near them was a bottle of bubbly they pledged would only be opened if their film secured nominations in both Oscar sound categories.

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It only took a few minutes into the nominations before Bellemare害羞草研究所檚 name flashed across the screen in the sound editing category.

A moment later, Bernard Gariepy Strobl watched his name appear on the list of sound mixing nominees, alongside his collaborator Claude La Haye.

害羞草研究所淎rrival害羞草研究所� went on to get nominations in other key categories, including best picture and director for French-Canadian Denis Villeneuve. The film also racked up a number of other nominations in the technical categories.

The cork was popped and the sound nominees marked their first Oscar nominations.

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害羞草研究所� The Canadian Press