{"id":1301,"date":"2008-10-19T20:42:55","date_gmt":"2008-10-20T00:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=1301"},"modified":"2018-12-05T20:43:49","modified_gmt":"2018-12-06T01:43:49","slug":"foreign-language-oscar-contenders-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2008\/10\/19\/foreign-language-oscar-contenders-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"Foreign Language Oscar Contenders Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has released the names of all the films that have met the qualifications for consideration for Best Foreign Language Film at the upcoming Academy Awards.<\/p>\n

A record 67 countries are eligible to be among the five final nominess that will be announced on Thursday, January 22. The Academy Awards will be presented on Sunday, February 22, 2009.<\/p>\n

The complete list is after the jump.
\n
\nAfghanistan, Opium War<\/strong>, Siddiq Barmak
\nAlbania, The Sorrow of Mrs. Schneider<\/strong>, Piro Milkani and Eno Milkani
\nAlgeria, Masquerades<\/strong>, Lyes Salem
\nArgentina, Lion’s Den<\/strong>, Pablo Trapero
\nAustria, Revanche<\/strong>, Gotz Spielmann
\nAzerbaijan, Fortress<\/strong>, Shamil Nacafzada
\nBangladesh, Aha!<\/strong>, Enamul Karim Nirjhar
\nBelgium, Eldorado<\/strong>, Bouli Lanners
\nBosnia and Herzegovina, Snow<\/strong>, Aida Begic
\nBrazil, Last Stop 174<\/strong>, Bruno Barreto
\nBulgaria, Zift<\/strong>, Javor Gardev
\nCanada, The Necessities of Life<\/strong>, Benoit Pilon
\nChile, Tony Manero<\/strong>, Pablo Larrain
\nChina, Dream Weavers<\/strong>, Jun Gu
\nColombia, Dog Eat Dog<\/strong>, Carlos Moreno
\nCroatia, No One’s Son<\/strong>, Arsen Anton Ostojic
\nCzech Republic, The Karamazovs<\/strong>, Petr Zelenka
\nDenmark, Worlds Apart<\/strong>, Niels Arden Oplev
\nEgypt, The Island<\/strong>, Sherif Arafa
\nEstonia, I Was Here<\/strong>, Rene Vilbre
\nFinland, The Home of Dark Butterflies<\/strong>, Dome Karukoski
\nFrance, The Class<\/strong>, Laurent Cantet
\nGeorgia, Mediator<\/strong>, Dito Tsintsadze
\nGermany, The Baader Meinhof Complex<\/strong>, Uli Edel
\nGreece, Correction<\/strong>, Thanos Anastopoulos
\nHong Kong, Painted Skin<\/strong>, Gordon Chan
\nHungary, Iska’s Journey<\/strong>, Csaba Bollok
\nIceland, White Night Wedding<\/strong>, Baltasar Kormakur
\nIndia, Taare Zameen Par<\/strong>, Aamir Khan
\nIran, The Song of Sparrows<\/strong>, Majid Majidi
\nIsrael, Waltz With Bashir<\/strong>, Ari Folman
\nItaly, Gomorra<\/strong>, Matteo Garrone
\nJapan, Departures<\/strong>, Yojiro Takita
\nJordan, Captain Abu Raed<\/strong>, Amin Matalqa
\nKazakhstan, Tulpan<\/strong>, Sergey Dvortsevoy
\nKyrgyzstan, Blue Heavens<\/strong>, Marie Jaoul de Poncheville
\nLatvia, Defenders of Riga<\/strong>, Aigars Grauba
\nLebanon, Under the Bombs<\/strong>, Philippe Aractingi
\nLithuania, Loss<\/strong>, Maris Martinsons
\nLuxembourg, Nuits d’Arabie<\/strong>, Paul Kieffer
\nMacedonia, I’m From Titov Veles<\/strong>, Teona Strugar Mitevska
\nMexico, Tear This Heart Out<\/strong>, Roberto Sneider
\nMorocco, Goodbye Mothers<\/strong>, Mohamed Ismail
\nThe Netherlands, Dunya & Desie<\/strong>, Dana Nechushtan
\nNorway, O’Horten<\/strong>, Bent Hamer
\nPalestine, Salt of This Sea<\/strong>, Annemarie Jacir
\nPhilippines, Ploning<\/strong>, Dante Nico Garcia
\nPoland, Tricks<\/strong>, Andrzej Jakimowski
\nPortugal, Our Beloved Month of August<\/strong>, Miguel Gomes
\nRomania, The Rest Is Silence<\/strong>, Nae Caranfil
\nRussia, Mermaid<\/strong>, Anna Melikyan
\nSerbia, The Tour<\/strong>, Goran Markovic
\nSingapore, My Magic<\/strong>, Eric Khoo
\nSlovakia, Blind Loves<\/strong>, Juraj Lehotsky
\nSlovenia, Rooster’s Breakfast<\/strong>, Marko Nabersnik
\nSouth Africa, Jerusalema<\/strong>, Ralph Ziman, director
\nSouth Korea, Crossing<\/strong>, Tae-kyun Kim
\nSpain, The Blind Sunflowers<\/strong>, Jose Luis Cuerda
\nSweden, Everlasting Moments<\/strong>, Jan Troell
\nSwitzerland, The Friend<\/strong>, Micha Lewinsky
\nTaiwan, Cape No. 7<\/strong>, Te-Sheng Wei
\nThailand, Love of Siam<\/strong>, Chookiat Sakveerakul
\nTurkey, 3 Monkeys<\/strong>, Nuri Bilge Ceylan
\nUkraine, Illusion of Fear<\/strong>, Aleksandr Kiriyenko
\nU.K., Hope Eternal<\/strong>, Karl Francis
\nUruguay, Kill Them All<\/strong>, Esteban Schroeder
\nVenezuela, The Color of Fame<\/strong>, Alejandro Bellame Palacios<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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