OSCAR FILMS EXTRANGEROS- Foreign-Language Oscar List 63 movies, including Finland's "Le Havre," begin the battle for an Academy Award nomination for t

Foreign-Language Oscar List
63 movies, including Finland's "Le Havre," begin the battle for an Academy Award nomination for their respective countries.
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2:15 PM PDT 10/13/2011 by Tim Appelo
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Foreign Language Executive Committee has vetted the contenders, eliminated a few (notably Joshua Marston's nixed Albanian entry The Forgiveness of Blood, a pretty good movie), and announced the contenders for the foreign Oscar. One promising film is Finland's upbeat, charming Le Havre (picture above) by Aki Kaurismäki. Press release below:
63 COUNTRIES VIE FOR 2011 
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OSCAR®


Beverly Hills, CA – Sixty-three countries, including first-time entrant New Zealand, have submitted films for consideration in the Foreign Language Film category for the 84th Academy Awards®.
The 2011 submissions are:
Albania, "Amnesty," Bujar Alimani, director
Argentina, "Aballay," Fernando Spiner, director
Austria, "Breathing," Karl Markovics, director
Belgium, "Bullhead," Michael R. Roskam, director
Bosnia and Herzegovina,"Belvedere," Ahmed Imamovic, director
Brazil, "Elite Squad: The Enemy Within," José Padilha, director
Bulgaria, "Tilt," Viktor Chouchkov, Jr., director
Canada, "Monsieur Lazhar," Philippe Falardeau, director
Chile, "Violeta Went to Heaven," Andrés Wood, director
China, "The Flowers of War," Zhang Yimou, director
Colombia, "The Colors of the Mountain," Carlos César Arbeláez, director
Croatia, "72 Days," Danilo Serbedzija, director
Cuba, "Havanastation," Ian Padrón, director
Czech Republic,"Alois Nebel," Tomás Lunák, director
Denmark, "Superclásico," Ole Christian Madsen, director
Dominican Republic,"Love Child," Leticia Tonos, director
Egypt, "Lust," Khaled el Hagar, director
Estonia, "Letters to Angel," Sulev Keedus, director
Finland, "Le Havre," Aki Kaurismäki, director
France, "Declaration of War," Valérie Donzelli, director
Georgia, "Chantrapas," Otar Iosseliani, director
Germany, "Pina," Wim Wenders, director
Greece, "Attenberg," Athina Rachel Tsangari, director
Hong Kong,"A Simple Life," Ann Hui, director
Hungary, "The Turin Horse," Béela Tarr, director
Iceland, "Volcano," Rúnar Rúnarsson, director
India, "Abu, Son of Adam," Salim Ahamed, director
Indonesia, "Under the Protection of Ka'Bah," Hanny R. Saputra, director
Iran, "A Separation," Asghar Farhadi, director
Ireland, "As If I Am Not There," Juanita Wilson, director
Israel, "Footnote," Joseph Cedar, director
Italy, "Terraferma," Emanuele Crialese, director
Japan, "Postcard," Kaneto Shindo, director
Kazakhstan, "Returning to the ‘A,’" Egor Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky, director
Lebanon, "Where Do We Go Now?" Nadine Labaki, director
Lithuania, "Back to Your Arms," Kristijonas Vildziunas, director
Macedonia, "Punk Is Not Dead," Vladimir Blazevski, director
Mexico, "Miss Bala," Gerardo Naranjo, director
Morocco, "Omar Killed Me," Roschdy Zem, director
Netherlands, "Sonny Boy," Maria Peters, director
New Zealand, "The Orator," Tusi Tamasese, director
Norway, "Happy, Happy," Anne Sewitsky, director
Peru, "October," Diego Vega and Daniel Vega, directors
Philippines, "The Woman in the Septic Tank," Marlon N. Rivera, director
Poland, "In Darkness," Agnieszka Holland, director
Portugal, "José and Pilar," Miguel Gonçalves Mendes, director
Romania, "Morgen," Marian Crisan, director
Russia, "Burnt by the Sun 2: The Citadel," Nikita Mikhalkov, director
Serbia, "Montevideo: Taste of a Dream," Dragan Bjelogrlić, director
Singapore, "Tatsumi," Eric Khoo, director
Slovak Republic, "Gypsy," Martin Sulík, director
South Africa, "Beauty," Oliver Hermanus, director
South Korea, "The Front Line," Jang Hun, director
Spain, "Black Bread," Agusti Villaronga, director
Sweden, "Beyond," Pernilla August, director
Switzerland, "Summer Games," Rolando Colla, director
Taiwan, "Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale," Wei Te-sheng, director
Thailand, "Kon Khon," Sarunyu Wongkrachang, director
Turkey, "Once upon a Time in Anatolia," Nuri Bilge Ceylan, director
United Kingdom,"Patagonia," Marc Evans, director
Uruguay, "The Silent House," Gustavo Hernández, director
Venezuela, "Rumble of the Stones," Alejandro Bellame Palacios, director
Vietnam, "The Prince and the Pagoda Boy," Luu Trong Ninh, director.
The 84th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Tuesday, January 24, 2012, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.
Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2011 will be presented on Sunday, February 26, 2012, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 200 countries worldwide.

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