All Academy Awards articles – Page 73
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Awards Countdown - High class of 2007
A glut of English-language movies, probably caused by the flood of equity into the production market over the last two years, will make for an unusually competitive awards season this year.
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Academy stands by decision to disqualify Lust, Caution for Taiwan
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has defended its decision to reject Ang Lee's Lust, Caution as the Taiwanese submission for the Foreign Language Oscar race. When the Academy's Foreign Language Film Award Executive Committee met on Oct 11 to discuss any problematic entries, Lust, Caution was disqualifed ...
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Schamus calls Oscar snub of Lust, Caution 'unjust and capricious'
James Schamus, CEO of Focus Features, has expressed his dismay at the decision last week of the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (AMPAS) in Los Angeles to reject Ang Lee's Lust, Caution as Taiwan's official submission for the Foreign Language Oscar.'I am sure there is some ancient and ...
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Lust, Caution rejected as Taiwan's Oscar entry
The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences in Los Angeles has rejected Taiwan's submission of Lust, Caution as its official nomination for the foreign-language film category of the Academy Awards. With no official financing or major cast from the island, Ang Lee's spy thriller, which was filmed in mainland ...
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Academy unveils 63 foreign language film submissions
63 countries have submitted films for consideration in the foreign language film category of the Academy Awards, it was announced today by the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences in Los Angeles.The number represents a record for the category and includes first time entrants Azerbaijan and Ireland.FULL LIST OF ...
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As Band's Visit is axed from Oscar race, Beaufort is putforward
The Israeli Film Academy is in an uproar over the 2008 Oscars, as the country's expected contender was disqualified and a replacement has now been submitted.Eran Kolirin's The Band's Visit, which has been voted hands down by the Academy as the best Israeli film of the year, has been disqualified ...
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Eight films shortlisted for Academy's short documentary Oscar
Body & Soul: Diana & Kathy, Freeheld, If It Happens, La Corona (The Crown), Ochberg's Orphans, Portraits Of A Lady, Salim Baba, and Sari's Mother have made it on to the Academy's short documentary shortlist.Voters from the Documentary Branch of the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences viewed 23 ...
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Academy relaxes documentary rules for 2009 Oscars
The Academy is changing its qualifying rules governing the submission of feature-length and short documentaries for the 81st Oscars in 2009.The move eliminates the multi-city theatrical rollout requirements and was recommended to the board by the Documentary Branch executive committee chaired by Michael Apted. To qualify for the 81st Awards, ...
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EFA documentary nominees include Forever and The Monastery
The European Film Academy has announced the 10 nominees for the Prix Arte award for best documentary. The documentary jury, comprised of Switzerland's Francine Brucher, Israel 's David Fisher and Germany's Philip Groning, will convene in Berlin to screen the nominees and select the winner. The award will be presented ...
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Seachd producer withdraws from BAFTA over Oscar snub
Award-winning Scottish producer Chris Young has resigned from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in protest at the academy's refusal to submit any British film in the foreign language category. Young's Gaelic-language feature Seachd-The Inaccessible Pinnacle was thought to be a front runner for the British submission. BAFTA ...
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Czechs crown Menzel's King Of England for Oscar
The Czech Film and Television Academy has selected Jiri Menzel's I Served The King Of England as the Czech submission for the foreign-language film category at the Academy Awards. The Czech academy also considered Jan Sverak's Empties and Alice Nellis' Little Girl Blue. Since its premiere, I Served The King ...
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Iceland adds Jar City to foreign-language Oscar race
Baltasar Kormakur's Jar City will represent Iceland in the race for the foreign-language Oscar.The thriller won the Crystal Globe in Karlovy Vary and it is a nominee for the Nordic Film Prize. Jar City was well received in Telluride and Toronto; IFC Films has nabbed North American rights from Trust ...
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Mainland China still undecided on Oscar entry
Two days before the entry deadline, China's Film Bureau, under the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT), says it still hasn't decided on which film it will submit to the best foreign-language film category of the Academy Awards. However, it looks likely that The Knot, a love story ...
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Poland chooses Andrzej Wajda's Katyn as Oscar contender
A Culture Ministry selection committee featuring Polish filmmakers Janusz Majewski, Jan Kaczmarek and Slavomir Fabicki made a unanimous decision in selecting Andrzej Wajda's film Katyn from among 16 contenders for consideration for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Katyn explores the events leading up to the Katyn massacre ...
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Mexico submits Reygadas' Silent Light as Oscar entry
The Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences has selected Carlos Reygadas' Silent Light (Stellet Licht) as the Mexican entry for foreign-language Oscar consideration. The film, which Reygadas also wrote and produced, is a Mennonite love story with dialogue in an unusual old German dialect. Johan, a married man, transgresses ...
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Brazil names Hamburger's Year its Oscar submission
Cao Hamburger's The Year My Parents Went on Vacation (O Ano Em Que Meus Pais Sairam De Ferias) is Brazil's entry for the foreign language film Oscar. The decision, announced today in Rio de Janeiro, came as a surprise since the controversial Elite Squad was considered the favorite for its ...
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Italy backs Tornatore's Unknownin tough Oscar competition
Oscar winning director Giuseppe Tornatore's The Unknown (La Sconosciuta) will be the Italian candidate to the Oscars, in a reportedly tight race which gave eight votes to Tornatore's Northern Italian set noir, and seven to Daniele Luchetti's Certain Regard entry My Brother Isan Only Child (Mio fratello e' figlio unico).The ...
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Switzerland chooses Late Bloomers as Oscar contender
Swiss Films has entered Bettina Oberli's comedy Late Bloomers (Die Herbstzeitlosen) for Switzerland to the Academy Award race for a nomination in the Best Foreign Language Film category. To date, Late Bloomers is the most successful film in Switzerland since 1978 with just over 600,000 admissions. The film has also ...
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Croatia selects Svilicic's Armin for Oscar consideration
The Croatian Association of Film Makers has chosen Ognjen Svilicic's Armin as its foreign language submission for the Academy Awards. The project is winner of numerous festival awards, including best screenplay at Croatia 's national Pula Film Festival and at Festroia, best actor for Emir Hadzihafizbegovic in Pula and Durban ...
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India selects Chopra's Eklavya for foreign Oscar race
India has selected Eklavya - The Royal Guard as its official entry to the best foreign-language film category of the Oscars, marking the second time that a film from director Vidhu Vinod Chopra has been submitted. In 1989, Chopra's Parinda was India's official entry to the Oscars. He had greater ...