FROM ARMENIA TO VENEZUELA: 28 FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM SUBMISSIONS (AND COUNTING)
Indie Wire
Sept 23 2009
A scene from Jacques Audiard’s "The Prophet." Image courtesy of Sony
Pictures Classics.The full submission list isn’t released until
October, but twenty-eight countries have now officially submitted
films to the 82nd Annual Academy Awards’ foreign-language category,
and indieWIRE has decided to start keeping tabs.
Listed below is an up-to-date rundown of the announced films, including
yesterday’s announcement of Xavier Dolan’s "I Killed My Mother" as
Canada’s selection, and recent picks by high-profile countries like
France’s "A Prophet," directed by Jacques Audiard and Germany’s "The
White Ribbon," directed by Michael Haneke (between the two countries,
fifty nominations have been accumulated the category). A few of the
films have links to an indieWIRE film page, though in the coming
weeks we should have them featured extensively across the list.
Check back for anticipated announcements from countries like Israel
(where Venice Film Festival winner "Lebanon" seems like a likely
candidate) and Spain (where Pedro Almodovar’s "Broken Embraces"
has already been ruled out), and feel free to the use the comments
section to make predictions or express outrage.
A scene from Xavier Dolan’s "I Killed My Mother." Image courtesy of
Regent Releasing.Films submitted for consideration in the Academy
Awards’ 2009 foreign language film category:
Armenia – Autumn of the Magician, directed by Ruben & Vahe Gevorkyants
Austria – Ein Augenblick Freiheit (For a Moment, Freedom), directed
by Arash T. Riahi
Brazil – Salve Geral, directed by Sergio Rezende
Bulgaria – The World is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the Corner,
directed by Stephan Komandarev
Canada – I Killed My Mother, directed by Xavier Dolan
Chile – Dawson, Isla 10, directed by Miguel LittÃn
Finland – Postia Pappi Jaakobille (Letters to Father Jacob), directed
by Klaus Haro
France – A Prophet, directed by Jacques Audiard
Germany – The White Ribbon, directed by Michael Haneke
Hong Kong – Prince of Tears, directed by Yonfan
Hungary РKam̩leon (Chameleon), directed by Kristzina Goda
India – Harishchandrachi Factory, directed by Paresh Mokashi,
Japan – Dare Mo Mamotte Kurenai (Nobody To Watch Over Me), directed
by Ryôichi Kimizuka
Kazakhstan – Kelin, directed by Ermek Tursunov
Korea – Mother, directed by Bong Jong-ho
Lithuania – Duburys (Waterhole), directed by Gytis Luksas
Morocco – Casanegra, directed by Nour Eddine Lakhmari
The Netherlands – Wit Licht (Silent Army), directed by Jean van
der Velde
Poland – Rewers (The Reverse), directed by Borys Lankosz
Portugal – Um Amor de Perdicão (Doomed Love), directed by Mário
Barroso
Romania – Police, Adjective, directed by Corneliu Prumboiu
Serbia – St. George Shoots the Dragon, directed by Srdjan Dragojevic
Slovenia – Pokrajina St. 2 (Landscape No 2), directed by Vinko
Moderndorfer
South Africa – White Wedding, directed by Jann Turner
Sri Lanka – Akasa Kusum (Flowers in the Sky), directed by Prasanna
Vithanage
Sweden – De Ofrivilliga (Involuntary), directed by Ruben Ostlunds
Taiwan – No Puedo Vivir Sin Ti (I Can’t Live Without You), directed
by Leon Dai
Venezula – Libertador Morales, El Justiciero, directed by Efterpi
Charalambidis