Searching for Sugarman was produced by Man on a Wire's Simon Chinn, while the UK could perform well in many technical categories - hopes are high for Jacqueline Durran for best costume (Anna Karenina).
The forum, which is led by Sir Trevor Chinn, chairman of Lex, a car-selling and leasing firm, was set up to counter the claims of the road lobby that it is ignored in Whitehall.