Sentences with phrase «foreign language film shortlist»

Oliver Schmitz's finessed feature also made the best foreign language film shortlist for the 2011 Academy Awards, with the work of the Mapantsula making the nine - strong shortlist but failing to endure through to the final five.

Not exact matches

But it is a powerful film, one of the nine shortlisted for the foreign - language Oscar, and it is elevated, as it would need to be, by Diane Kruger's superb performance in the central role.

His latest, «In the Fade,» is Germany's Oscar submission and one of the nine films shortlisted for best foreign language film.

The film may be smarting from its widely (if not, ahem, entirely) unexpected omission from the Oscar foreign - language shortlist earlier this week, but Xavier Beauvois's sombre religious drama «Of Gods and Men» found more love in its home country, where it scooped a leading 11 nominations for the César Awards.

French filmmaker Philippe Garrel's Lover For a Day heads to theaters after playing at the New York and Chicago film festivals this fall, while Cohen Media Group is opening Lebanon's The Insult, which is shortlisted in the foreign language category.

«The Insult has had an extensive international film festival tour over the past year, including stops along the way in Venice, Telluride, Toronto, and most recently Palm Springs, where Ziad participated in a panel with the other shortlisted foreign language directors,» commented Cohen.

For that matter, if academy voters took international cinema seriously, they might have spared a thought for Beya, a Congolese woman who had never acted on - screen before giving her mesmerizing performance in «Félicité» (shortlisted as Senegal's entry for the foreign - language film Oscar).

• But for omitting «Gomorrah» from their 9 - film shortlist, AMPAS» foreign - language committee earns this week's biggest dunce cap.

As for the beginning of «Happy End» — which Austria put forth as an Oscar contender for best foreign language film (it did not make the shortlist)-- it's not very happy either.

But it was also an unusual kind of Cannes breakout, as following its very enthusiastic reception at the 2014 festival, the film gathered gentle momentum internationally throughout the year, playing the festival circuit and sweeping the boards at Argentina's national film awards, before being shortlisted for the foreign - language Oscar in 2015 and getting a US release in February.

Nominated for a Golden Globe for foreign language film, the movie recently also made the Academy's shortlist for the foreign language Oscar as well.

This rural tragedy, shortlisted for last year's foreign language Oscar, was the film that convinced Audiard to cast him.

BEST FOREIGN - LANGUAGE FILM The nine - film shortlist seems to have a clear top five: «Ida,» «Leviathan,» «Wild Tales,» «Timbuktu» and «Force Majeure,» and I'd be surprised if most of them don't makeFILM The nine - film shortlist seems to have a clear top five: «Ida,» «Leviathan,» «Wild Tales,» «Timbuktu» and «Force Majeure,» and I'd be surprised if most of them don't makefilm shortlist seems to have a clear top five: «Ida,» «Leviathan,» «Wild Tales,» «Timbuktu» and «Force Majeure,» and I'd be surprised if most of them don't make it.