Latinos were in the house last night at the 79th annual Academy Awards (yes, we count Penelope Cruz), and while the nominations were full of Latino names, not everyone got to take home their gold. There were A LOT of Latino nominations, but unfortunately most didn’t pan out.

First, the winners:

Mexican Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth took home the Oscar for Best Cinematography for this Mexico-Spain co-production. Viva!

Argentino Gustavo Santaolalla took the Oscar for Best Score for Babel. He dedicated his Oscar, as he did last year, to Latinos in the U.S. Yay!

Spaniards David Martí and Montse Ribé won Best Makeup for Mexico’s Pan’s Labyrinth and dedicated their Oscar to Guillermo del Toro.

Pan’s Labyrinth also took home the Oscar for Art Direction.

Now for the upsets:

Penelope Cruz lost the Best Actress award (for Volver) to Helen Mirren. No big surprise there. Helen was the clear favorite in this category.

Mexicana Adriana Barraza (Babel) lost out to Jennifer Hudson for Best Supporting Actress. Again, no surprises there.

Alejandro González Iñárritu (Babel) lost the Best Directing Oscar to Martin Scorsese (The Departed).

Pan’s Labyrinth was nominated for Best Foreign Language film, and I thought they had it locked up, but the Mexican-Spanish team was defeated by Germany’s The Lives of Others.

Alex Rodríguez and Alfonso Cuarón (Children of Men) lost the Film Editing Oscar to Thelma Schoonmaker for Scorsese’s The Departed.

Both Babel and Pan’s Labyrinth were nominated for Best Original Screenplay, but they lost to Little Miss Sunshine.

Mexican Alfonso Cuarón was up for Adapted Screenplay for Children of Men, but lost to William Monahan for The Departed.

And lastly, The Big One: Best Motion Picture didn’t go to Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Babel, but to Scorsese’s The Departed.

While the losses may smart, the Latino representation (where was Salma, by the way?) at the Oscars this year was uplifting and encouraging. Also encouraging is the apparent interest that American moviegoers are beginning to have in foreign film and movies made in languages other than English.

Via / Oscar.com