63 Countries Seeking Foreign Language Film Oscar®
Beverly Hills, CA (RUSHPRNEWS) October 18, 2007— A record 63 countries, including new entrants Azerbaijan and Ireland, have submitted films for consideration in the Foreign Language Film category for the 80th Academy Awards®, Academy President Sid Ganis announced today.
The 2007 submissions are:
Argentina, “XXY,†Lucia Puenzo, director;
Australia, “The Home Song Stories,†Tony Ayres, director;
Austria, “The Counterfeiters,†Stefan Ruzowitzky, director;
Azerbaijan, “Caucasia,†Farid Gumbatov, director;
Bangladesh, “On the Wings of Dreams,†Golam Rabbany Biplob, director;
Belgium, “Ben X,†Nic Balthazar, director;
Bosnia and Herzegovina, “It’s Hard to Be Nice,†Srdan Vuletic,director;
Brazil, “The Year My Parents Went on Vacation,†Cao Hamburger, director;
Bulgaria, “Warden of the Dead,†Ilian Simeonov, director;
Canada, “Days of Darkness,†Denys Arcand, director;
Chile, “Padre Nuestro,†Rodrigo Sepulveda, director;
China, “The Knot,†Yin Li, director;
Colombia, “Satanas,†Andi Baiz, director;
Croatia, “Armin,†Ognjen Svilicic, director;
Cuba, “The Silly Age,†Pavel Giroud, director;
Czech Republic, “I Served the King of England,†Jiri Menzel,director;
Denmark, “The Art of Crying,†Peter Schonau Fog, director;
Egypt, “In the Heliopolis Flat,†Mohamed Khan, director;
Estonia, “The Class,†Ilmar Raag, director;
Finland, “A Man’s Job,†Aleksi Salmenpera, director;
France, “Persepolis,†Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud, directors;
Georgia, “The Russian Triangle,†Aleko Tsabadze, director;
Germany, “The Edge of Heaven,†Fatih Akin, director;
Greece, “Eduart,†Angeliki Antoniou, director;
Hong Kong, “Exiled,†Johnnie To, director;
Hungary, “Taxidermia,†Gyorgy Palfi, director;
Iceland, “Jar City,†Baltasar Kormakur, director;
India, “Eklavya – The Royal Guard,†Vidhu Vinod Chopra, director;
Indonesia, “Denias, Singing on the Cloud,†John De Rantau, director;
Iran, “M for Mother,†Rasoul Mollagholipour, director;
Iraq, “Jani Gal,†Jamil Rostami, director;
Ireland, “Kings,†Tom Collins, director;
Israel, “Beaufort,†Joseph Cedar, director;
Italy, “The Unknown,†Giuseppe Tornatore, director;
Japan, “I Just Didn’t Do It,†Masayuki Suo, director;
Kazakhstan, “Mongol,†Sergei Bodrov, director;
Korea, “Secret Sunshine,†Chang-dong Lee, director;
Lebanon, “Caramel,†Nadine Labaki, director;
Luxembourg, “Little Secrets,†Pol Cruchten, director;
Macedonia, “Shadows,†Milcho Manchevski, director;
Mexico, “Silent Light,†Carlos Reygadas, director;
The Netherlands, “Duska,†Jos Stelling, director;
Norway, “Gone with the Woman,†Petter Naess, director;
Peru, “Crossing a Shadow,†Augusto Tamayo, director;
Philippines, “Donsol,†Adolfo Alix, Jr., director;
Poland, “Katyn,†Andrzej Wajda, director;
Portugal, “Belle Toujours,†Manoel de Oliveira, director;
Puerto Rico, “Love Sickness,†Carlitos Ruiz, Mariem Perez, directors;
Romania, “4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days,†Cristian Mungiu, director;
Russia, “12,†Nikita Mikhalkov, director;
Serbia, “The Trap,†Srdan Golubovic, director;
Singapore, “881,†Royston Tan, director;
Slovakia, “Return of the Storks,†Martin Repka, director;
Slovenia, “Short Circuits,†Janez Lapajne, director;
Spain, “The Orphanage,†J.A. Bayona, director;
Sweden, “You, the Living,†Roy Andersson, director;
Switzerland, “Late Bloomers,†Bettina Oberli, director;
Taiwan, “Island Etude,†Chen Huai-En, director;
Thailand, “King of Fire,†Chatrichalerm Yukol, director;
Turkey, “A Man’s Fear of God,†Ozer Kiziltan, director;
Uruguay, “The Pope’s Toilet,†Enrique Fernandez, Cesar Charlone, directors;
Venezuela, “Postcards from Leningrad,†Mariana Rondon, director;
Vietnam, “The White Silk Dress,†Luu Huynh, director.
Nominations for the 80th Academy Awards will be announced on Tuesday, January 22, 2008, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.
Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2007 will be presented on Sunday, February 24, 2008, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network.
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