Home : Press : Press Releases 76 Countries In Competition For 2013 Foreign Language Film Oscar® BEVERLY HILLS, CA – A record 76 countries have submitted films for consideration in the Foreign Language Film category for the 86th Academy Awards®. Moldova and Saudi Arabia are first-time entrants; Montenegro is submitting for the first time as an independent country. The 2013 submissions are: Afghanistan, Wajma – An Afghan Love Story, Barmak Akram, director; Albania, Agon, Robert Budina, director; Argentina, The German Doctor, Lucía Puenzo, director; Australia, The Rocket, Kim Mordaunt, director; Austria, The Wall, Julian Pölsler, director; Azerbaijan, Steppe Man, Shamil Aliyev, director; Bangladesh, Television, Mostofa Sarwar Farooki, director; Belgium, The Broken Circle Breakdown, Felix van Groeningen, director; Bosnia and Herzegovina, An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker, Danis Tanovic, director; Brazil, Neighboring Sounds, Kleber Mendonça Filho, director; Bulgaria, The Color of the Chameleon, Emil Hristov, director; Cambodia, The Missing Picture, Rithy Panh, director; Canada, Gabrielle, Louise Archambault, director; Chad, GriGris, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, director; Chile, Gloria, Sebastián Lelio, director; China, Back to 1942, Feng Xiaogang, director; Colombia, La Playa DC, Juan Andrés Arango, director; Croatia, Halima’s Path, Arsen Anton Ostojic, director; Czech Republic, The Don Juans, Jiri Menzel, director; Denmark, The Hunt, Thomas Vinterberg, director; Dominican Republic, Quien Manda? Ronni Castillo, director; Ecuador, The Porcelain Horse, Javier Andrade, director; Egypt, Winter of Discontent, Ibrahim El Batout, director; Estonia, Free Range, Veiko Ounpuu, director; Finland, Disciple, Ulrika Bengts, director; France, Renoir, Gilles Bourdos, director; Georgia, In Bloom, Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Gross, directors; Germany, Two Lives, Georg Maas, director; Greece, Boy Eating the Bird’s Food, Ektoras Lygizos, director; Hong Kong, The Grandmaster, Wong Kar-wai, director; Hungary, The Notebook, Janos Szasz, director; Iceland, Of Horses and Men, Benedikt Erlingsson, director; India, The Good Road, Gyan Correa, director; Indonesia, Sang Kiai, Rako Prijanto, director; Iran, The Past, Asghar Farhadi, director; Israel, Bethlehem, Yuval Adler, director; Italy, The Great Beauty, Paolo Sorrentino, director; Japan, The Great Passage, Ishii Yuya, director; Kazakhstan, Shal, Yermek Tursunov, director; Latvia, Mother, I Love You, Janis Nords, director; Lebanon, Blind Intersections, Lara Saba, director; Lithuania, Conversations on Serious Topics, Giedre Beinoriute, director; Luxembourg, Blind Spot, Christophe Wagner, director; Mexico, Heli, Amat Escalante, director; Moldova, All God’s Children, Adrian Popovici, director; Montenegro, Ace of Spades - Bad Destiny, Drasko Djurovic, director; Morocco, Horses of God, Nabil Ayouch, director; Nepal, Soongava: Dance of the Orchids, Subarna Thapa, director; Netherlands, Borgman, Alex van Warmerdam, director; New Zealand, White Lies, Dana Rotberg, director; Norway, I Am Yours, Iram Haq, director; Pakistan, Zinda Bhaag, Meenu Gaur and Farjad Nabi, directors; Palestine, Omar, Hany Abu-Assad, director; Peru, The Cleaner, Adrian Saba, director; Philippines, Transit, Hannah Espia, director; Poland, Walesa. Man of Hope, Andrzej Wajda, director; Portugal, Lines of Wellington, Valeria Sarmiento, director; Romania, Child’s Pose, Calin Peter Netzer, director; Russia, Stalingrad, Fedor Bondarchuk, director; Saudi Arabia, Wadjda, Haifaa Al Mansour, director; Serbia, Circles, Srdan Golubovic, director; Singapore, Ilo Ilo, Anthony Chen, director; Slovak Republic, My Dog Killer, Mira Fornay, director; Slovenia, Class Enemy, Rok Bicek, director; South Africa, Four Corners, Ian Gabriel, director; South Korea, Juvenile Offender, Kang Yi-kwan, director; Spain, 15 Years Plus a Day, Gracia Querejeta, director; Sweden, Eat Sleep Die, Gabriela Pichler, director; Switzerland, More than Honey, Markus Imhoof, director; Taiwan, Soul, Chung Mong-Hong, director; Thailand, Countdown, Nattawut Poonpiriya, director; Turkey, The Butterfly’s Dream, Yilmaz Erdogan, director; Ukraine, Paradjanov, Serge Avedikian and Olena Fetisova, directors; United Kingdom, Metro Manila, Sean Ellis, director; Uruguay, Anina, Alfredo Soderguit, director; Venezuela, Breach in the Silence, Luis Alejandro Rodríguez and Andrés Eduardo Rodríguez, directors. The 86th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Thursday, January 16, 2014, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater. Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2013 will be presented on Oscar Sunday, March 2, 2014, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center® and televised live on the ABC Television Network. The presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.
Posted on: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 17:41:57 +0000
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