Sentences with phrase «in foreign language film»

• Anne finally caught «A Prophet» at the London film fest and it gives us a chance to discuss Tahar Rahim's amazing performance, the film's potential in the foreign language film race, etc..

At the end of the day, Philippe Claudel's film could be the beneficiary of serving France in the foreign language film race, in addition to a potential bid for Best Original Screenplay.

Transgender actress Daniela Vega stars in A Fantastic Woman and could very well make history at the Oscars by becoming the first transgender actress nominated for an acting role in the foreign language film should Sony Pictures Classics play their cards right.

Geographically, the five nominated titles in the foreign language film category stretch from the discos of Santiago, Chile («A Fantastic Woman») to the outskirts of Moscow («Loveless») with stops in Lebanon («The Insult»), Hungary («On Body and Soul») and Sweden («The Square»).

It is a shame that this film isn't as good as it should be, but if you throw everything else out the window for a little less than 90 minutes, some fun can be found in this foreign language film.

Not exact matches

«It was actually back in our early original content days and the red envelope entertainment, it's all we did was produce original stand - up comedy and acquired documentaries and foreign language films.

In L.A., he worked on a successful lobbying campaign that helped earn the Canadian film Les Invasions Barbares an Oscar for best foreign - language film.

Miramax picked up Children of Heaven for distribution, and it was nominated for a best foreign language film Oscar in 1998.

Agnieszka Holland's In Darkness is a familiar but stirring Oscar - season specimen (it's a foreign - language - film nominee) centering on a spontaneously righteous Gentile, Leopold Socha (Robert Wieckiewicz), who becomes a guardian angel for a small group of Polish Jews after the Nazis and their Ukrainian henchman have «liquidated» their ghetto.

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.

Denmark takes the stage back in a most dramatic fashion with A Royal Affair, recently named one of the five Oscar nominees for best foreign language film.

This isn't just the best foreign language release in 2006, it's one of the best films of the the year.

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

A few additional distributors did release at least 7 films in the U.S. last year but are not listed because most or all of their films do not have Metascores (these were mainly films in foreign languages).

A few additional distributors did release at least 7 films in the U.S. last year but are not listed because some or all of their films do not have Metascores (these were mainly films in foreign languages).

Despite some genuinely hilarious sequences that, regrettably, are spaced too far apart, this meditation on the things that matter in life is too slow and at times too forced to deserve the high praise it has been getting (including an Oscar nomination for best foreign language film that should have gone to a number of other more worthwhile pictures).

After earning an Oscar nomination for best foreign language film for Embrace of the Serpent, director Ciro Guerra returned to the Director's Fortnight with this story of an indigenous Wayuu family caught up in the Colombian drug trade.

For Denmark, the film, an Oscar nominee in the foreign - language category, might seem quietly radical, but Mr. Lindholm errs too far on the side of quiet.

While many groups require the film to be in a foreign language, others merely ask that the film be produced outside of the U.S..

Three films considered surefire Oscar nominees — «The Lego Movie,» «Life Itself» and «Force Majeure» — didn't find favor with the academy in, respectively, the animation, documentary and foreign - language categories.

Since first citing year - end cinematic achievements in 1929, NBR has recognized a vast selection of outstanding studio, independent, foreign - language, animated and documentary films, often propelling recipients such as George Miller's visionary 2015 Best Film winner MAD MAX: FURY ROAD into the larger awards conversation.

«Blue is the Warmest Color» was released too late in France to qualify for foreign language film, and though there was an Oscar push for its actresses, nothing materialized.

Sometimes those few mostly come in the form of foreign language film contenders, but sometimes Cannes blows away even Toronto when it comes to giving awards season its main contenders.

Villeneuve broke through with «Incendies,» which earned an Oscar nom for best foreign language film in 2011, but he has hardly gone Hollywood.

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM BPM (Beats Per Minute) A Fantastic Woman First They Killed My Father In the Fade - Winner The Square Thelma

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.

(1) The Intouchables, an $ 11.5 million dramedy, based on a true story, that was co-written and co-directed by Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano and has become the second highest - grossing French film of all - time in France and grossed more than $ 355 million internationally (more than any other French film and, for that matter, any non-English-language film, save for The Passion of the Christ); and (2) Rust and Bone, a fictional drama that was co-written and directed by Jacques Audiard, a best foreign language film Oscar nominee three years ago for France's Un Prophet, and features tour - de-force performances from Marion Cotillard, the best actress Oscar winner five years ago, and Matthias Schonaerts, the star of last year's Belgian nominee Bullhead.

Thanks to mainstream America's huffy dismissal of subtitles when it comes to cinema, we continue with another unnecessary remake of a foreign film, Secret in Their Eyes, an English language, celebrity studded face - lift of Argentinean Juan Jose Campanella's 2009 title (which won an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film thatforeign film, Secret in Their Eyes, an English language, celebrity studded face - lift of Argentinean Juan Jose Campanella's 2009 title (which won an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film thatForeign Language Film that year).

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Animated feature «The Croods» «Despicable Me 2» WINNER: «Frozen» «Monsters University» «The Wind Rises» Action movie «The Hunger Games: Catching Fire» «Iron Man 3» WINNER: «Lone Survivor» «Rush» «Star Trek Into Darkness» Actor in an action movie Henry Cavill — «Man of Steel» Robert Downey Jr. — «Iron Man 3» Brad Pitt — «World War Z» WINNER: Mark Wahlberg — «Lone Survivor» Actress in an action movie WINNER: Sandra Bullock — «Gravity» Jennifer Lawrence — «The Hunger Games: Catching Fire» Evangeline Lilly — «The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug» Gwyneth Paltrow — «Iron Man 3» Comedy WINNER: «American Hustle» «Enough Said» «The Heat» «This Is the End» «The Way Way Back» «The World's End» Actor in a comedy Christian Bale — «American Hustle» WINNER: Leonardo DiCaprio — «The Wolf of Wall Street» James Gandolfini — «Enough Said» Simon Pegg — «The World's End» Sam Rockwell — «The Way Way Back» Actress in a comedy WINNER: Amy Adams — «American Hustle» Sandra Bullock — «The Heat» Greta Gerwig — «Frances Ha» Julia Louis - Dreyfus — «Enough Said» Melissa McCarthy — «The Heat» Sci - fi / horror movie «The Conjuring» WINNER: «Gravity» «Star Trek Into Darkness» «World War Z» Foreign language film WINNER: «Blue Is the Warmest Color» «The Great Beauty» «The Hunt» «The Past» «Wadjda» Documentary feature «The Act of Killing» «Blackfish» «Stories We Tell» «Tim's Vermeer» WINNER: «20 Feet from Stardom» Song «Atlas» — Coldplay — «The Hunger Games: Catching Fire» «Happy» — Pharrell Williams — «Despicable Me 2» WINNER: «Let It Go» — Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson - Lopez — «Frozen» «Ordinary Love» — U2 — «Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom» «Please Mr. Kennedy» — Justin Timberlake, Oscar Isaac and Adam Driver — «Inside Llewyn Davis» «Young and Beautiful» — Lana Del Rey — «The Great Gatsby» Score WINNER: Steven Price — «Gravity» Arcade Fire — «Her» Thomas Newman — «Saving Mr. Banks» Hans Zimmer — «12 Years a Slave»

Best motion picture of the year «Amour» «Argo» «Beasts of the Southern Wild» «Django Unchained» «Les Misérables» «Life of Pi» «Lincoln» «Silver Linings Playbook» «Zero Dark Thirty» Performance by an actor in a leading role Bradley Cooper in «Silver Linings Playbook» Daniel Day - Lewis in «Lincoln» Hugh Jackman in «Les Misérables» Joaquin Phoenix in «The Master» Denzel Washington in «Flight» Performance by an actress in a leading role Jessica Chastain in «Zero Dark Thirty» Jennifer Lawrence in «Silver Linings Playbook» Emmanuelle Riva in «Amour» Quvenzhané Wallis in «Beasts of the Southern Wild» Naomi Watts in «The Impossible» Performance by an actor in a supporting role Alan Arkin in «Argo» Robert De Niro in «Silver Linings Playbook» Philip Seymour Hoffman in «The Master» Tommy Lee Jones in «Lincoln» Christoph Waltz in «Django Unchained» Performance by an actress in a supporting role Amy Adams in «The Master» Sally Field in «Lincoln» Anne Hathaway in «Les Misérables» Helen Hunt in «The Sessions» Jacki Weaver in «Silver Linings Playbook» Achievement in directing «Amour,» Michael Haneke «Beasts of the Southern Wild,» Benh Zeitlin «Life of Pi,» Ang Lee «Lincoln,» Steven Spielberg «Silver Linings Playbook,» David O. Russell Best foreign language film of the year «Amour,» Austria «Kon - Tiki,» Norway «No,» Chile «A Royal Affair,» Denmark «War Witch,» Canada Best animated feature film of the year «Brave,» Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman «Frankenweenie,» Tim Burton «ParaNorman,» Sam Fell and Chris Butler «The Pirates!

French love story «Blue Is the Warmest Color» won in all categories it was nominated for, including foreign language film and young actor / actress for the film's lead, Adele Exarchopoulos.

Notable examples of people of color representation in the nominations pool come in the documentary category where the black male director of «Strong Island,» Yance Ford, is the first openly trans person to have a film nominated, and in foreign - language film where «A Fantastic Woman,» starring Chilean trans actress Daniela Vega, is a possible winner.

Now opening theatrically in a new cut that runs a leisurely 151 minutes (four minutes shorter than the version that played at Cannes), «The Square,» which will represent Sweden in the upcoming Oscar race for best foreign - language film, may be addressing a broader, less industry - entangled crowd.

The director, who emigrated from Warsaw to London when he was 14, won the best foreign language film Oscar for his period drama Ida in 2015.

The Academy did a nice job this year in honoring foreign language films.

It shot last August, so it should be ready in time, and it's certainly one of the most eagerly anticipated foreign - language films of the year.

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM 2017: BPM (France) 2016: The Handmaiden (South Korea) 2015: Son of Saul (Hungary) 2014: Ida (Poland) 2013: Blue Is the Warmest Color (France) 2012: Amour (Austria, France, Germany) 2011: Certified Copy (France, Italy, & Belgium) 2010: Mother (South Korea) 2009: You, the Living (Sweden) 2008: Let the Right One In (Sweden) 2007: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (France) 2006: Pan's Labyrinth (Mexico / Spain) 2005: Caché (a.k.a. Hidden)(France / Austria) 2004: Maria Full of Grace (Colombia) 2003: The Son (Belgium) 2002: Y Tu Mama Tambien (Mexico)

His sentiments were echoed in more specific terms by the Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi, who won best foreign - language film for The Salesman, but elected not to attend the ceremony in protest of Trump's immigration ban on seven majority - Muslim countries.

Our team — comprised of associates, contributors, editors, graphic artists, web techs, and interns — collaborate on daily content aimed at bringing attention to films made by women — including small «indies» and foreign language films — and thereby celebrating their accomplishments in the entertainment industry.

It's a shame that a film made in a country with a different English accent has to hide its origins in order to be marketable; who knew British cinema was foreign language film?

Along with Firth and Eisenberg, best - actor contenders are Javier Bardem as a dying father in the Spanish - language drama «Biutiful,» which also is up for best foreign - language film; Bridges as boozy lawman Rooster Cogburn in «True Grit,» a role that earned John Wayne an Oscar for the 1969 adaptation of the Western novel; and James Franco in the real - life tale of a climber trapped in a crevasse after a boulder crushes his arm in «127 Hours.»

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As he noted in the statement, Farhadi in 2012 won the best foreign - language film award for «A Separation.»

He sees her settled with a new partner (Brady Corbet, who seems to be on a mission to cameo in as many foreign language films as is humanly possible) and heavily pregnant.

At first I questioned the decision to release the French horror flick, High Tension, in the United States dubbed instead of subtitled, as most foreign language films released here would be.

Additionally, the docs get their first round of predictions in the sidebar this week, as do the foreign language films.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has revealed the nine films advancing in this year's Oscar race for best foreign language film.

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 film is a tightly wound, superbly performed tale of revenge and redemption in the wake of the Irish Troubles, which sees Hirschbiegel (after the best - buried Hollywood stumble of «The Invasion») matching and exceeding the muscular, no - nonsense storytelling skills that won him a foreign - language Oscar nod for «Downfall» a few years back.