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Post by youngserling on Jul 2, 2018 5:44:48 GMT
The competition for the Oscar for Best Foreign Film start. As you know every country has to choose a film as its representative. Such a decision may fall on the respective Academies of those countries, a jury or the Ministry of Culture. I will try to put here each movie when it is chosen by each country.
__List of submissions for Best Foreign Language Film 2018:
Belarus: Crystal Swan (Darya Zhuk) Estonia: Take It or Leave It (Liina Triškina-Vanhatalo)
Romania: I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians (Radu Jude) Slovakia: The Interpreter (Martin Šulík)
Switzerland: Eldorado (Markus Imhoof) Turkey: The Wild Pear Tree (Nuri Bilge Ceylan)
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Post by youngserling on Jul 2, 2018 5:55:09 GMT
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Post by youngserling on Aug 4, 2018 22:07:05 GMT
Romania has selected " I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians" as the film that will represent them in the next Oscar. The movie centers on a stage director who is preparing to stage a historical re-enactment of an episode from the Holocaust: the massacre of tens of thousands of Jews by Romanian troops in Odessa. Although Romanian cinema has been acclaimed at Film Festivals such as Cannes and Berlin, no Romanian film has been nominated for an Oscar (the closest was Beyond the Hills in 2012 which was Top 9) The absence of 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days among the nominees generated many criticisms. Can I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians be the first Romanian film to be nominated?
I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians - Trailer:
variety.com/2018/film/global/oscars-academy-awards-romania-radu-jude-1202893701/
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Post by youngserling on Aug 4, 2018 22:40:26 GMT
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Post by youngserling on Aug 12, 2018 1:46:44 GMT
Slovakia chose as the film that represented them at the Oscars to "The Interpreter". The movie tells the story of an 80 year old man who finds a book by a former SS officer detailing his activities in Slovakia during World War II. Realizing that his parents were executed by the officer, he sets out to get his revenge but instead meets the officer’s 70-year-old son who hardly knew his father.
Slovakia has never been nominated for an Oscar. Could The Interpreter be the first? The Interpreter - Trailer: newsnow.tasr.sk/culture/film-tlmocnik-to-compete-in-2019-oscars-race/
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Post by youngserling on Aug 19, 2018 23:05:27 GMT
Estonia has selected " Take It or Leave It" as the film that will represent them in the next Oscars. The movie is about a 30 year old construction worker who suddenly finds himself a single parent when his ex-girlfriend has a baby girl and informs him that she’ll put the child up for adoption unless he wants to take care of his daughter. Estonia won its first and for now its only nomination with Tangerines (2014). Will It Take It or Leave It the second? Take It or Leave It - Trailer:
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Post by youngserling on Aug 19, 2018 23:38:41 GMT
Turkey has selected " The Wild Pear Tree" as the film that will represent them in the next Oscar. The movie is about Sinan who is passionate about literature and has always wanted to be a writer. Returning to the village where he was born, he pours his heart and soul into scraping together the money he needs to be published, but his father’s debts catch up with him. Turkey has never been nominated for an Oscar (the closest was Three Monkeys in 2008 which was Top 9) This is the fifth time that a film by director Nuri Bilge Ceylan is selected to represent Turkey. Previously he did with Distant, Three Monkeys, Once Upon a Time in Anatolia and the Cannes winner "Winter Sleep". The Wild Pear Tree - Trailer:
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Post by MacLinney on Sept 4, 2018 12:13:01 GMT
Norway picks Iram Haq's Hva vil folk si ( What Will People Say). Official announcement here. The movie was a surprise hit here in Norway. With the help of glowing reviews, it has been seen by more than 125.000 people (almost 2,5% of the entire population). Hva vil folk si is based on the true story of the director, and her experiences growing up. It racked up six nominations at this year's Amanda Awards (the Norwegian equivalent to the Oscars), and won four awards, including Best Picture, Director, Screenplay and Leading Actor (Adil Hussain from India) - besting Joachim Trier's Thelma in all categories. The Norwegian committee had 32 movies to consider, first releasing a short list of three (the other two candidates being Utøya 22. juli (Erik Poppe) and Blindsone (Tuva Novotny).
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Post by DeepArcher on Sept 4, 2018 14:24:24 GMT
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Post by JangoB on Sept 14, 2018 17:41:51 GMT
Russia picks the Holocaust movie Sobibor which was co-written and essentially made with the support of our minister of culture (who sucks). Certainly will not make it to the Oscars but one could argue that we didn't really have a strong movie to submit for this particular purpose (I think the primary contenders "Leto" and "Dovlatov" would miss too) so they went with the default 'war movie' way.
Mexico has it much better though - their choice is Roma which kinda means that we've got our first official lock for the win!
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Post by wilcinema on Sept 17, 2018 6:14:35 GMT
Russia picks the Holocaust movie Sobibor which was co-written and essentially made with the support of our minister of culture (who sucks). Certainly will not make it to the Oscars but one could argue that we didn't really have a strong movie to submit for this particular purpose (I think the primary contenders "Leto" and "Dovlatov" would miss too) so they went with the default 'war movie' way. Mexico has it much better though - their choice is Roma which kinda means that we've got our first official lock for the win! It's weird Roma is selected as Mexico's representative for Foreign Language category! is it going to be nominated for BP and Best foreign language film? Life is beautiful all over again! And Amour, and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
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Post by ingmarhepburn on Sept 17, 2018 21:32:32 GMT
Chile (last year's winner) submitted "And Suddenly the Dawn" ( Y de pronto el amanecer). Directed by Silvio Caiozzi, it tells the story of Pancho Veloso, an old writer of celebrity articles who returns to his hometown of Chilean Patagonia after more than 40 years of having fled. When trying to write “salable” stories about that area so called “the end of the world” , he will face his past and leave his imposture. This is Caiozzi's seventh feature film, and it has already earned him the award for "Best Film" at the Montréal World Film Festival.
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Post by jimmalone on Sept 21, 2018 9:59:15 GMT
The content of this category looks very promising to me this year. With Cuaron, Ceylan, Koreeda three directors I like very much, have films in competition here. The entries of Norway and Chile also look as they could be pretty good.
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Post by speeders on Sept 21, 2018 12:23:37 GMT
Iceland has officially selected "Women At War". It premiered at Cannes, currently has a metacritic score of 81. "Halla, a choir conductor, wants to disrupt the operations of a Rio Tinto aluminium plant in the Icelandic highlands. She repeatedly damages pylons and wires to cut their power supply. One day, a long-forgotten application to adopt an orphan child from Ukraine is approved. At the same time, the government ramps up police and propaganda efforts in order to catch and discredit her. The film revolves around her attempts to reconcile her dangerous and illegal activism with the upcoming adoption." Variety: variety.com/2018/film/reviews/woman-at-war-review-1202808656/ The Playlist: theplaylist.net/woman-war-tiff-review-20180912/
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Post by speeders on Oct 8, 2018 23:49:02 GMT
Early Bets?
Both ThePlaylist and yours truly think that the frontrunners are...
Roma (Mexico) Cold War (Poland) Burning (South Korea) Shoplifters (Japan)
These films have had hype/exposure and could nab the 5th spot and probably will as there's only one European frontrunner at the moment:
Girl (Belgium) Woman At War (Iceland) I Am Not a Witch (The UK) Border (Sweden) Dogman (Italy) Sunset (Hungary)
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Post by wilcinema on Oct 9, 2018 20:51:56 GMT
Watch out for Dogman.
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