Anders W. Berthelsen, Paprika Steen, Sebastián Estevanez in Ole Christian Madsen's SuperClásico The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the list of nine films still in contention for the 2012 Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award. Sixty-three films had originally qualified in the category. The films, listed in alphabetical order by country, are: Belgium, Bullhead, Michael R. Roskam, director; Canada, Monsieur Lazhar, Philippe Falardeau, director; Denmark, Superclásico, Ole Christian Madsen, director; Germany, Pina, Wim Wenders, director; Iran, A Separation, Asghar Farhadi, director; Israel, Footnote, Joseph Cedar, director; Morocco, Omar Killed Me, Roschdy Zem, director; Poland, In Darkness, Agnieszka Holland, director; Taiwan, Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale, Wei Te-sheng, director. As in the past five years, the Best Foreign Language Film nominations are being determined in two phases. The information below is from the Academy's press release: The Phase I committee, consisting of several hundred Los Angeles-based members,...
- 1/18/2012
- by Steve Montgomery
- Alt Film Guide
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