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October 9, 2015

81 COUNTRIES IN COMPETITION FOR 2015 FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OSCAR

Photo: Oscar presenter Kerry Washington arrives for the live ABC Telecast of The 87th Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, CA on Sunday, February 22, 2015. Image Credit: Matt Petit / © A.M.P.A.S.

Photo: Oscar presenter Anna Kendrick arrives for the live ABC Telecast of The 87th Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, CA on Sunday, February 22, 2015. Image Credit: Mark Suban / © A.M.P.A.S

Photo: Scene from KON-TIKI, Norway, which was a 2012 Foreign Language Film Nominee. Image Credit: © A.M.P.A.S.

LOS ANGELES, CA - Eighty-one countries have submitted films for consideration in the Foreign Language Film category for the 88th Academy Awards. Paraguay is a first-time entrant.

The 2015 submissions are:

• Afghanistan, “Utopia,” Hassan Nazer, director;
• Albania, “Bota,” Iris Elezi, Thomas Logoreci, directors;
• Algeria, “Twilight of Shadows,” Mohamed Lakhdar Hamina, director;
• Argentina, “The Clan,” Pablo Trapero, director;
• Australia, “Arrows of the Thunder Dragon,” Greg Sneddon, director;
• Austria, “Goodnight Mommy,” Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala, directors;
• Bangladesh, “Jalal’s Story,” Abu Shahed Emon, director;
• Belgium, “The Brand New Testament,” Jaco Van Dormael, director;
• Bosnia and Herzegovina, “Our Everyday Story,” Ines Tanovic, director;
• Brazil, “The Second Mother,” Anna Muylaert, director;
• Bulgaria, “The Judgment,” Stephan Komandarev, director;
• Cambodia, “The Last Reel,” Sotho Kulikar, director;
• Canada, “Félix and Meira,” Maxime Giroux, director;
• Chile, “The Club,” Pablo Larraín, director;
• China, “Go Away Mr. Tumor,” Han Yan, director;
• Colombia, “Embrace of the Serpent,” Ciro Guerra, director;
• Costa Rica, “Imprisoned,” Esteban Ramirez, director;
• Croatia, “The High Sun,” Dalibor Matanic, director;
• Czech Republic, “Home Care,” Slavek Horak, director;
• Denmark, “A War,” Tobias Lindholm, director;
• Dominican Republic, “Sand Dollars,” Laura Amelia Guzman, Israel Cardenas, directors;
• Estonia, “1944,” Elmo Nuganen, director;
• Ethiopia, “Lamb,” Yared Zeleke, director;
• Finland, “The Fencer,” Klaus Haro, director;
• France, “Mustang,” Deniz Gamze Erguven, director;
• Georgia, “Moira,” Levan Tutberidze, director;
• Germany, “Labyrinth of Lies,” Giulio Ricciarelli, director;
• Greece, “Xenia,” Panos H. Koutras, director;
• Guatemala, “Ixcanul,” Jayro Bustamante, director;
• Hong Kong, “To the Fore,” Dante Lam, director;
• Hungary, “Son of Saul,” Laszlo Nemes, director;
• Iceland, “Rams,” Grímur Hakonarson, director;
• India, “Court,” Chaitanya Tamhane, director;
• Iran, “Muhammad: The Messenger of God,” Majid Majidi, director;
• Iraq, “Memories on Stone,” Shawkat Amin Korki, director;
• Ireland, “Viva,” Paddy Breathnach, director;
• Israel, “Baba Joon,” Yuval Delshad, director;
• Italy, “Don’t Be Bad,” Claudio Caligari, director;
• Ivory Coast, “Run,” Philippe Lacote, director;
• Japan, “100 Yen Love,” Masaharu Take, director;
• Jordan, “Theeb,” Naji Abu Nowar, director;
• Kazakhstan, “Stranger,” Yermek Tursunov, director;
• Kosovo, “Babai,” Visar Morina, director;
• Kyrgyzstan, “Heavenly Nomadic,” Mirlan Abdykalykov, director;
• Latvia, “Modris,” Juris Kursietis, director;
• Lebanon, “Void,” Naji Bechara, Jad Beyrouthy, Zeina Makki, Tarek Korkomaz, Christelle Ighniades, Maria Abdel Karim, Salim Haber, directors;
• Lithuania, “The Summer of Sangaile,” Alante Kavaite, director;
• Luxembourg, “Baby (A)lone,” Donato Rotunno, director;
• Macedonia, “Honey Night,” Ivo Trajkov, director;
• Malaysia, “Men Who Save the World,” Liew Seng Tat, director;
• Mexico, “600 Miles,” Gabriel Ripstein, director;
• Montenegro, “You Carry Me,” Ivona Juka, director;
• Morocco, “Aida,” Driss Mrini, director;
• Nepal, “Talakjung vs Tulke,” Basnet Nischal, director;
• Netherlands, “The Paradise Suite,” Joost van Ginkel, director;
• Norway, “The Wave,” Roar Uthaug, director;
• Pakistan, “Moor,” Jami, director;
• Palestine, “The Wanted 18,” Amer Shomali, Paul Cowan, directors;
• Paraguay, “Cloudy Times,” Arami Ullon, director;
• Peru, “NN,” Hector Galvez, director;
• Philippines, “Heneral Luna,” Jerrold Tarog, director;
• Poland, “11 Minutes,” Jerzy Skolimowski, director;
• Portugal, “Arabian Nights - Volume 2, The Desolate One,” Miguel Gomes, director;
• Romania, “Aferim!” Radu Jude, director;
• Russia, “Sunstroke,” Nikita Mikhalkov, director;
• Serbia, “Enclave,” Goran Radovanovic, director;
• Singapore, “7 Letters,” Royston Tan, Kelvin Tong, Eric Khoo, Jack Neo, Tan Pin Pin, Boo Junfeng, K. Rajagopal, directors;
• Slovakia, “Goat,” Ivan Ostrochovsky, director;
• Slovenia, “The Tree,” Sonja Prosenc, director;
• South Africa, “The Two of Us,” Ernest Nkosi, director;
• South Korea, “The Throne,” Lee Joon-ik, director;
• Spain, “Flowers,” Jon Garano, Jose Mari Goenaga, directors;
• Sweden, “A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence,” Roy Andersson, director;
• Switzerland, “Iraqi Odyssey,” Samir, director;
• Taiwan, “The Assassin,” Hou Hsiao-hsien, director;
• Thailand, “How to Win at Checkers (Every Time),” Josh Kim, director;
• Turkey, “Sivas,” Kaan Mujdeci, director;
• United Kingdom, “Under Milk Wood,” Kevin Allen, director;
• Uruguay, “A Moonless Night,” German Tejeira, director;
• Venezuela, “Gone with the River,” Mario Crespo, director;
• Vietnam, “Jackpot,” Dustin Nguyen, director.

The 88th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Thursday, January 14, 2016, at 5:30 a.m. PT at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.

The 88th Oscars will be held on Sunday, February 28, 2016, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, and will be televised live by the ABC Television Network at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.

|GlobalGiants.Com|

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