Academy unveils record-breaking 85 foreign Oscar contenders

Academy unveils record-breaking 85 foreign Oscar contenders

PanARMENIAN.Net - The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences unveiled the official submissions of 85 countries for foreign-language Oscar consideration. That’s a record number for submissions. The previous record was 83 in 2014, Variety said.

After screenings for voters, the Academy will announce a short list of nine foreign-language films in late December. The five nominees will be named Jan. 24, along with all the other Oscar nominations.

This year, Yemen is a first-time entrant.

The 2016 submissions are:

Albania, “Chromium,” Bujar Alimani, director Algeria, “The Well,” Lotfi Bouchouchi, director Argentina, “The Distinguished Citizen,” Mariano Cohn, Gastón Duprat, directors Australia, “Tanna,” Bentley Dean, Martin Butler, directors Austria, “Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe,” Maria Schrader, director Bangladesh, “The Unnamed,” Tauquir Ahmed, director Belgium, “The Ardennes,” Robin Pront, director Bolivia, “Sealed Cargo,” Julia Vargas Weise, director Bosnia and Herzegovina, “Death in Sarajevo,” Danis Tanovic, director Brazil, “Little Secret,” David Schurmann, director Bulgaria, “Losers,” Ivaylo Hristov, director Cambodia, “Before the Fall,” Ian White, director Canada, “It’s Only the End of the World,” Xavier Dolan, director Chile, “Neruda,” Pablo Larraín, director China, “Xuan Zang,” Huo Jianqi, director Colombia, “Alias Maria,” José Luis Rugeles, director Costa Rica, “About Us,” Hernán Jiménez, director Croatia, “On the Other Side,” Zrinko Ogresta, director Cuba, “The Companion,” Pavel Giroud, director Czech Republic, “Lost in Munich,” Petr Zelenka, director Denmark, “Land of Mine,” Martin Zandvliet, director Dominican Republic, “Sugar Fields,” Fernando Báez, director Ecuador, “Such Is Life in the Tropics,” Sebastián Cordero, director Egypt, “Clash,” Mohamed Diab, director Estonia, “Mother,” Kadri Kõusaar, director Finland, “The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki,” Juho Kuosmanen, director France, “Elle,” Paul Verhoeven, director Georgia, “House of Others,” Rusudan Glurjidze, director Germany, “Toni Erdmann,” Maren Ade, director Greece, “Chevalier,” Athina Rachel Tsangari, director Hong Kong, “Port of Call,” Philip Yung, director Hungary, “Kills on Wheels,” Attila Till, director Iceland, “Sparrows,” Rúnar Rúnarsson, director India, “Interrogation,” Vetri Maaran, director Indonesia, “Letters from Prague,” Angga Dwimas Sasongko, director Iran, “The Salesman,” Asghar Farhadi, director Iraq, “El Clásico,” Halkawt Mustafa, director Israel, “Sand Storm,” Elite Zexer, director Italy, “Fire at Sea,” Gianfranco Rosi, director Japan, “Nagasaki: Memories of My Son,” Yoji Yamada, director Jordan, “3000 Nights,” Mai Masri, director Kazakhstan, “Amanat,” Satybaldy Narymbetov, director Kosovo, “Home Sweet Home,” Faton Bajraktari, director Kyrgyzstan, “A Father’s Will,” Bakyt Mukul, Dastan Zhapar Uulu, directors Latvia, “Dawn,” Laila Pakalnina, director Lebanon, “Very Big Shot,” Mir-Jean Bou Chaaya, director Lithuania, “Seneca’s Day,” Kristijonas Vildziunas, director Luxembourg, “Voices from Chernobyl,” Pol Cruchten, director Macedonia, “The Liberation of Skopje,” Rade Šerbedžija, Danilo Šerbedžija, directors Malaysia, “Beautiful Pain,” Tunku Mona Riza, director Mexico, “Desierto,” Jonás Cuarón, director Montenegro, “The Black Pin,” Ivan Marinović, director Morocco, “A Mile in My Shoes,” Said Khallaf, director Nepal, “The Black Hen,” Min Bahadur Bham, director Netherlands, “Tonio,” Paula van der Oest, director New Zealand, “A Flickering Truth,” Pietra Brettkelly, director Norway, “The King’s Choice,” Erik Poppe, director Pakistan, “Mah-e-Mir,” Anjum Shahzad, director Palestine, “The Idol,” Hany Abu-Assad, director Panama, “Salsipuedes,” Ricardo Aguilar Navarro, Manolito Rodríguez, directors Peru, “Videophilia (and Other Viral Syndromes),” Juan Daniel F. Molero, director Philippines, “Ma’ Rosa,” Brillante Ma Mendoza, director Poland, “Afterimage,” Andrzej Wajda, director Portugal, “Letters from War,” Ivo M. Ferreira, director Romania, “Sieranevada,” Cristi Puiu, director Russia, “Paradise,” Andrei Konchalovsky, director Saudi Arabia, “Barakah Meets Barakah,” Mahmoud Sabbagh, director Serbia, “Train Driver’s Diary,” Milos Radovic, director Singapore, “Apprentice,” Boo Junfeng, director Slovakia, “Eva Nová,” Marko Skop, director Slovenia, “Houston, We Have a Problem!” Žiga Virc, director South Africa, “Call Me Thief,” Daryne Joshua, director South Korea, “The Age of Shadows,” Kim Jee-woon, director Spain, “Julieta,” Pedro Almodóvar, director Sweden, “A Man Called Ove,” Hannes Holm, director Switzerland, “My Life as a Zucchini,” Claude Barras, director Taiwan, “Hang in There, Kids!” Laha Mebow, director Thailand, “Karma,” Kanittha Kwunyoo, director Turkey, “Cold of Kalandar,” Mustafa Kara, director Ukraine, “Ukrainian Sheriffs,” Roman Bondarchuk, director United Kingdom, “Under the Shadow,” Babak Anvari, director Uruguay, “Breadcrumbs,” Manane Rodríguez, director Venezuela, “From Afar,” Lorenzo Vigas, director Vietnam, “Yellow Flowers on the Green Grass,” Victor Vu, director Yemen, “I Am Nojoom, Age 10 and Divorced,” Khadija Al-Salami, director

The 89th Oscars will be held on Sunday, February 26, 2017, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, and will be televised live on the ABC Television Network at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT.

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