Rundskop director Michaël R Roskam and lead actor Matthias Schoenaerts, however, both signed with agency representatives in Hollywood, and there was much talk during their whirlwind Oscar campaign of Roskam directing in the US.

A Cat in Paris, co-animated by the Ghent-based company Lunanime, also missed Oscar glory, losing its Best Animated Feature prize to the American film Rango. There was good news, though: The Brussels Philharmonic, the Brussels Jazz Orchestra and Flemish jazz pianist Jef Neve shared in the glory of the Best Original Score award, won by Ludovic Bource for the film The Artist. The two ensembles and Neve performed the recording for the film.