Beverly Hills, CA – Sixty-five countries, including first-time entrants Ethiopia and Greenland, have submitted films for consideration in the Foreign Language Film category for the 83rd Academy Awards’.
The 2010 submissions are:
Albania, ‘East, West, East,’ Gjergj Xhuvani, director;
Algeria, ‘Hors la Loi’ (‘Outside the Law’), Rachid Bouchareb, director;
Argentina, ‘Carancho,’ Pablo Trapero, director;
Austria, ‘La Pivellina,’ Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel, directors;
Azerbaijan, ‘The Precinct,’ Ilgar Safat, director;
Bangladesh, ‘Third Person Singular Number,’ Mostofa Sarwar Farooki, director;
Belgium, ‘Illegal,’ Olivier Masset-Depasse, director;
Bosnia and Herzegovina, ‘Circus Columbia,’ Danis Tanovic, director;
Brazil, ‘Lula, the Son of Brazil,’ Fabio Barreto, director;
Bulgaria, ‘Eastern Plays,’ Kamen Kalev, director;
Canada, ‘Incendies,’ Denis Villeneuve, director;
Chile, ‘The Life of Fish,’ Matias Bize, director;
China, ‘Aftershock,’ Feng Xiaogang, director;
Colombia, ‘Crab Trap,’ Oscar Ruiz Navia, director;
Costa Rica, ‘Of Love and Other Demons,’ Hilda Hidalgo, director;
Croatia, ‘The Blacks,’ Goran Devic and Zvonimir Juric, directors;
Czech Republic, ‘Kawasaki’s Rose,’ Jan Hrebejk, director;
Denmark, ‘In a Better World,’ Susanne Bier, director;
Egypt, ‘Messages from the Sea,’ Daoud Abdel Sayed, director;
Estonia, ‘The Temptation of St. Tony,’ Veiko Ounpuu, director;
Ethiopia, ‘The Athlete,’ Davey Frankel and Rasselas Lakew, directors;
Finland, ‘Steam of Life,’ Joonas Berghall and Mika Hotakainen, directors;
France, ‘Of Gods and Men,’ Xavier Beauvois, director;
Georgia, ‘Street Days,’ Levan Koguashvili, director;
Germany, ‘When We Leave,’ Feo Aladag, director;
Greece, ‘Dogtooth,’ Yorgos Lanthimos, director;
Greenland, ‘Nuummioq,’ Otto Rosing and Torben Bech, directors;
Hong Kong, ‘Echoes of the Rainbow,’ Alex Law, director;
Hungary, ‘Bibliotheque Pascal,’ Szabolcs Hajdu, director;
Iceland, ‘Mamma Gogo,’ Fridrik Thor Fridriksson, director;
India, ‘Peepli [Live],’ Anusha Rizvi, director;
Indonesia, ‘How Funny (Our Country Is),’ Deddy Mizwar, director;
Iran, ‘Farewell Baghdad,’ Mehdi Naderi, director;
Iraq, ‘Son of Babylon,’ Mohamed Al-Daradji, director;
Israel, ‘The Human Resources Manager,’ Eran Riklis, director;
Italy, ‘La Prima Cosa Bella’ (‘The First Beautiful Thing’), Paolo Virzi, director;
Japan, ‘Confessions,’ Tetsuya Nakashima, director;
Kazakhstan, ‘Strayed,’ Akan Satayev, director;
Korea, ‘A Barefoot Dream,’ Tae-kyun Kim, director;
Kyrgyzstan, ‘The Light Thief,’ Aktan Arym Kubat, director;
Latvia, ‘Hong Kong Confidential,’ Maris Martinsons, director;
Macedonia, ‘Mothers,’ Milcho Manchevski, director;
Mexico, ‘Biutiful,’ Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, director;
Netherlands, ‘Tirza,’ Rudolf van den Berg, director;
Nicaragua, ‘La Yuma,’ Florence Jaugey, director;
Norway, ‘The Angel,’ Margreth Olin, director;
Peru, ‘Undertow’ (‘Contracorriente’), Javier Fuentes-Leon, director;
Philippines, ‘Noy,’ Dondon S. Santos and Rodel Nacianceno, directors;
Poland, ‘All That I Love,’ Jacek Borcuch, director;
Portugal, ‘To Die Like a Man,’ Joao Pedro Rodrigues, director;
Puerto Rico, ‘Miente’ (‘Lie’), Rafael Mercado, director;
Romania, ‘If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle,’ Florin Serban, director;
Russia, ‘The Edge,’ Alexey Uchitel, director;
Serbia, ‘Besa,’ Srdjan Karanovic, director;
Slovakia, ‘Hranica’ (‘The Border’), Jaroslav Vojtek, director;
Slovenia, ‘9:06,’ Igor Sterk, director;
South Africa, ‘Life, above All,’ Oliver Schmitz, director;
Spain, ‘Tambien la Lluvia’ (‘Even the Rain’), Iciar Bollain, director;
Sweden, ‘Simple Simon,’ Andreas Ohman, director;
Switzerland, ‘La Petite Chambre,’ Stephanie Chuat and Veronique Reymond, directors;
Taiwan, ‘Monga,’ Chen-zer Niu, director;
Thailand, ‘Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives,’ Apichatpong Weerasethakul, director;
Turkey, ‘Bal’ (‘Honey’), Semih Kaplanoglu, director;
Uruguay, ‘La Vida Util,’ Federico Veiroj, director;
Venezuela, ‘Hermano,’ Marcel Rasquin, director.
The 83rd Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Tuesday, January 25, 2011, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.
Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2010 will be presented on Sunday, February 27, 2011, 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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