Monday, December 19, 2016

Nine films advance in Oscars foreign-language race.


Nine movies have made the cut to compete for a nomination for the best foreign-language film Oscar, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said Thursday.
The shortlist includes Maren Ade's "Toni Erdmann," a German comedy about a troubled father-daughter relationship, which added a Golden Globe nomination in the foreign-language category on Monday after sweeping the board at the weekend's European film awards.

Nominations for the 89th Annual Academy Awards are expected to be announced on January 24, and the ceremony itself set for February 26 at the
Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

The films are:

"Tanna" (Australia)

"It's Only the End of the World" (Canada)

"Land of Mine" (Denmark)

"Toni Erdmann" (Germany)

"The Salesman" (Iran)

"The King's Choice" (Norway)

"Paradise" (Russia)

"A Man Called Ove" (Sweden)

"My Life as a Zucchini" (Switzerland)

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