Other favorites to nab a statuette, according to Avello, are Kate Winslet for Best Actress, MickeyRourke for Best Actor, and Heath Ledger for Best Supporting Actor.
Other strong contenders include US director Darren Aronofsky's The Wrestler, starring MickeyRourke, and French film-maker Barbet Schroeder's thriller L'Inju: la Bete dans l'Ombre, or The Beast in the Shadows.