Latest Oscars news – Page 48
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NewsAcademy unveils 65 foreign language Oscar submissions
Sixty-five countries have submitted films for consideration in the Foreign Language Film category for the 82nd Academy Awards.
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NewsHolland Film calls for clearer Oscar rules as Army is disqualified
Holland Film, the national film body, has called for the rules for the foreign-language Oscar to be clarifed after the Academy Of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences disqualified Jean van de Velde’s The Silent Army.
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NewsAcademy announces narrowed shortlist of eight doc shorts
The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences has announced that the field of documentary short contenders for the 82nd Academy Awards has been narrowed to eight films.
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NewsSlaves In Their Bonds gets Greek Oscar nod
Slaves In Their Bonds, the comeback film of veteran director Tonis Lykouresis, has been selected as Greece’s official submission for the foreign language Academy Award.
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NewsAfghan Star named UK's foreign language Oscar submission
Roast Beef, Redstart and Kaboora Productions’ Afghan Star has been selected as the UK’s official Academy Award foreign language submission.
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NewsJiri Chlumsky's Broken Promise selected as Slovakia's Oscar entry
Slovakia has selected Jiri Chlumsky’s Broken Promise as its selection for the foreign language category of the 2009 Academy Awards.
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NewsAustralia selects Samson for foreign-language Oscar
Warwick Thornton’s Samson & Delilah is Australia’s official entry in the best foreign-language film category of the 82nd Academy Awards.
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NewsBaaria to represent Italy at the Oscars
Giuseppe Tornatore’s Baaria, a complex family saga that spans the lives of three generations of a Sicilian family, will represent Italy in its bid for the Foreign Oscar.
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NewsNorway sends in Max Manus for Oscar battle
Norway has selected local blockbuster Max Manus, directed by Espen Sandberg and Joachim Rønning, as its contender for the foreign-language Oscar.
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NewsSpain picks The Dancer And The Thief for Oscars
Fernando Trueba’s heist drama The Dancer And The Thief has beaten off competition from Daniel Sanchez Arevalo’s Gordos and Isabel Coixet’s Map Of The Sounds Of Tokyo to be selected as Spain’s entry for the foreign-language Acadmey Awards.
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NewsIceland submits Reykjavik-Rotterdam for Oscar race
Iceland has chosen Oskar Jonasson’s Reykjavik-Rotterdam as its foreign-language Oscar submission this year.
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NewsShakhnazarov’s Ward No.6 to represent Russia at the Oscars
Karen Shakhnazarov’s Ward No.6 has been selected as the Russian foreign-language Oscar contender for next year’s Academy Awards.
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NewsChina, Philippines make Oscar selections
China has selected Chen Kaige’s Forever Enthralled as its entry for the best foreign-language film category of the Academy Awards, while the Philippines has picked Soxie Topacio’s Grandfather Is Dead.
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NewsAjami beats Lebanon as Israel's foreign language Oscar choice
Ajami has collected five Ophirs (Israel’s version of the Oscar) for best film, best director, best script, best editing and best music (Rabih Boukhari) at the annual awards ceremony of the Israeli Film Academy, which took place last night (September 26) in Haifa.
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NewsCroatia sends Donkey to the Oscars
Antonio Nuic’s Donkey, one of the hits of this summer’s Pula International Film Festival, has been chosen as Croatia’s entry to the foreign-language Academy Award.
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NewsDenmark’s Terribly Happy submitted for foreign-language Oscar
Henrik Ruben Genz’s Terribly Happy has been selected as the Danish contender for the foreign-language Oscar race.
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NewsBaaria, Vincere shortlisted for Italy’s Oscar entry
The Italian film body Anica has shortlisted list five films –including Giuseppe Tornatore’s Scilian drama Baaria and Marco Bellocchio’s Vincere about the secret life of Benito Mussolini – for its entry to the foreign-language Academy Award.
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NewsSerbia sends Saint George to do battle at the Oscars
Srdjan Dragojevic’s Saint George Shoots The Dragon has been put forward as Serbia’s entry for the foreign-language Oscar after concerns that its first choice - Darko Lungulov’s Here And There - contained to much English dialogue.
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NewsImagina closes deals in Oscar contenders Gordos and Maps
Imagina has secured a number of sales on Daniel Sanchez Arevalo’s Fat People (Gordos) and Isabel Coixet’s Map Of The Sounds Of Tokyo, which are both competing to be Spain’s entrant for the foreign-langugage Oscar.
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NewsDolan's I Killed My Mother named Canada's 2010 Oscar submission
Xavier Dolan’s I Killed My Mother (J’ai Tue Ma Mere) has been selected as Canada’s submission for the best foreign language film at the 82nd Academy Awards in March 2010.