All Academy Awards articles – Page 71

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    Norway names O'Horten as Foreign-Language Oscar submission

    2008-09-19T15:38:00Z

    Norwegian director Bent Hamer's O'Horten will fly the Norwegian colours for the Oscar nominations as Best Foreign-Language feature, it was announced today (Sept 18) by the Norwegian Film Institute.The film was also scripted and produced by Hamer, for his own BulBul Film and was co-produced with Scanboxfilm, Pandora Film, and ...

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    Cannes winner The Class enters Oscar race for France

    2008-09-19T13:33:00Z

    In an expected move, Cannes Palme d'Or winner The Class has been chosen to represent France at this year's Oscars.Laurent Cantet's semi-documentary about life in a tough Parisian high school will vie for a shot at a best foreign language film nomination. The candidates will be announced in January. Click ...

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    Finland submits Home Of Dark Butterflies in Oscar race

    2008-09-17T13:13:00Z

    Finnish director Dome Karukoski's The Home of Dark Butterflies (Tummien perhosten koti) will be Finland's official bid for an Oscar nomination as Best Foreign-Language Feature, the Finnish Film Foundation announced today.Already among the five competitors for the Nordic Council Film Prize, the Markus Selin-Jukka Helle production for Solar Films follows ...

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    Necessities Of Life named as Canada's foreign Oscar submission

    2008-09-17T06:31:00Z

    Benoit Pilon's Necessities Of Life (Ce Qu'il Faut Pour Vivre) has been selected as Canada's submission for the the foreign language film category at the 81st Academy Awards. Written by Pilon and Bernard Emond and produced by Bernadette Payeur of Montreal-based ACPAV, the film world premiered in competition at this ...

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    Bruno Barreto's Last Stop 174 selected as Brazil's Oscar entry

    2008-09-17T00:20:00Z

    Bruno Barreto's Last Stop 174 has been selected as Brazil's official entry for the best foreign language film category of the Academy Awards.Last Stop 174 selected as Brazil's Oscar entry The social drama had its world premiere in Toronto and will open the Rio International Film Festival on Sept 25.The ...

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    Everlasting Momentsis Swedish pick forBest Foreign-Language Oscar

    2008-09-16T18:19:00Z

    Swedish director Jan Troell's Everlasting Moments (Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick) has been entered as Sweden's candidate forthe best foreign-language filmOscar. Click here to see Screen review.The film stars Finnish-Swedish actress Maria Heiskanan, with Sweden's Mikael Persbrandt and Denmark's Jesper Christensen.Everlasting Moments is a Danish-Swedish co-production, realised by Thomas Stenderup, of ...

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    Baader Meinhof Complex is German entry for foreign language Oscar

    2008-09-16T17:24:00Z

    Germany has announced its entry for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar as Uli Edel's The Baader Meinhof Complex.The film chronicles the Red Army Faction terrorist group, which terrorised Germany in the 1970s. Itstars Moritz Bleibtreu, Martina Gedeck and Johanna Wokalek.The filmhad its world premiere in Munich this week and ...

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    Departures selected as Japan's Oscar entry

    2008-09-13T03:09:00Z

    Yojiro Takita's Departures (Okuribito) has been selected as Japan's official entry for the Academy Awards' foreign-language film category, the Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan (Eiren) announced on Friday. The final selection for films nominated in the category will be announced by AMPAS in January.Departures is a dramedy starring Masahiro ...

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    Singapore selects My Magic as foreign-language Oscar entry

    2008-09-08T06:03:00Z

    The Singapore Film Commission (SFC) has selected Eric Khoo's My Magic as Singapore's entry to the best foreign-language film category of next year's Academy Awards. The mostly Tamil-language film, which played in competition at Cannes this year, follows the complex relationship between a father, who is analcoholic magician, and his ...

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    Slumdog Millionaire

    2008-09-06T02:30:00Z

    Dir. Danny Boyle. UK . 2008. 120 mins

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    The Wrestler

    2008-09-05T12:38:00Z

    Dir: Darren Aronofsky. US. 2008. 105 mins.

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    Jordan enters Oscars for first time with Captain Abu Raed

    2008-09-04T20:30:00Z

    The list of submissions for the Foreign Language Oscar keeps growing as Jordan officially submits Captain Abu Raed by Amin Matalqa.Jordan's independent submission committee selected the festival hit, which marks Jordan's first entry for the Oscars.H.E. Mr. Munir Nassar, chairman of the Oscar Submission Committee for Jordan, said: 'These are ...

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    Ploning selected as Philippines entry to foreign-language Oscar

    2008-09-04T07:21:00Z

    An indie film by a first time director beat out other titles as the Philippines' entry to the best foreign-language category of the Academy Awards. Ploning emerged as the final choice by a selection committee of the Film Academy of the Philippines. The modestly budgeted pic is the initial production ...

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    Rachel Getting Married

    2008-09-03T13:01:00Z

    Dir: Jonathan Demme. US. 2008. 116mins.

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    Dunya & Desie is selected as Oscar entry from The Netherlands

    2008-09-01T16:18:00Z

    Dunya & Desie, directed by Dana Nechushtan, has been selected as this year's Dutch entry for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar.Dunya & Desie tells about Dutch motormouth Desie and her best friend from a Moroccan-Dutch family, Dunya. The two inseparable friends are forced to make some important choices during ...

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    Taiwan selects Cape No. 7 as foreign-language Oscar entry

    2008-09-01T10:08:00Z

    Wei Te-sheng's Cape No. 7 has received official notice that it is Taiwan's submission in the category of best foreign-language film at the upcoming Academy Awards. The character comedy and love story, set on Taiwan's southern coast, revolves around the forming of a local warm-up band to support a touring ...

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    The Duchess

    2008-09-01T07:00:00Z

    Dir: Saul Dibb. UK. 2008. 110mins.

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    KOFIC submits Crossing as Korea's Oscar entry

    2008-08-08T02:09:00Z

    The Korean Film Council (KOFIC) has announced North Korean refugee drama Crossing as its entry to the 81st Academy Awards best foreign-language film nominations. Based on real-life interviews from North Korean defectors, the film follows the story of a father and son tragically separated and trying to find each other, ...

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    Tropic Thunder

    2008-07-28T11:20:00Z

    Dir. Ben Stiller. US. 2008. 106 mins

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    The Dark Knight

    2008-07-09T10:59:00Z

    Dir: Christopher Nolan. US. 2008. 152 mins.