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> <channel><title>Alt Film Guide &#187; Ajami</title> <atom:link href="http://www.altfg.com/blog/tag/ajami/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog</link> <description>The Oscars, film awards, new releases, Los Angeles screenings, movie classics, gay movies, film festivals, box office, foreign and independent films</description> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:15:26 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <item><title>2010 Oscar Predictions: Best Foreign Language Film THE WHITE RIBBON</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/best-foreign-language-film-the-white-ribbon-58192/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/best-foreign-language-film-the-white-ribbon-58192/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 20:59:38 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21402</guid> <description><![CDATA[2010 Oscar Predictions Best Foreign Language Film Ajami, Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani (Israel) A Prophet, Jacques Audiard (France) The Secret in Their Eyes, Juan Jose Campanella (Argentina) The White Ribbon, Michael Haneke (Germany) Winter in Wartime, Martin Koolhoven (The Netherlands) The best foreign language film category is especially difficult to predict because only a group of about 20 Academy members will decide on the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-predictions-best-foreign-language-film-910/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar 2010: Prestigious Foreign Language Film Contenders</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2010-best-foreign-language-film-881/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2010-best-foreign-language-film-881/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 02:52:49 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21122</guid> <description><![CDATA[This year, Scott Foundas won't be asking, &#34;how do you say 'Oscar scandal' in French (or German)?&#34; Two of the most widely acclaimed non-English language films released in 2009 &#8212; Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon and Jacques Audiard's A Prophet &#8212; are to be found in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' list of semi-finalists for the best foreign language film Academy Award. [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2010-best-foreign-language-film-881/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar 2010: THE WHITE RIBBON, A PROPHET, AJAMI &#8211; Foreign Language Film Semi-Finalists</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2010-the-white-ribbon-a-prophet-776/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2010-the-white-ribbon-a-prophet-776/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:42:53 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21120</guid> <description><![CDATA[The nine semi-finalists in the Foreign Language Film category for the 2010 Academy Awards have been announced. They are: Argentina, El Secreto de Sus Ojos / The Secret of Her Eyes, Juan Jose Campanella, director; Australia, Samson &#38; Delilah, Warwick Thornton, director; Bulgaria, The World Is Big and Salvation Lurks around the Corner, Stephan Komandarev, director; France, A Prophet, Jacques Audiard, director; Germany, The White [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2010-the-white-ribbon-a-prophet-776/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>European Film Awards 2009 Predictions: Best Film</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/european-film-awards-2009-predictions-best-film-765/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/european-film-awards-2009-predictions-best-film-765/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 10:31:52 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=19403</guid> <description><![CDATA[What movie is going to dominate the 2009 European Film Awards, to be held tonight in Bochum, in Germany's Rhein-Ruhr region? Well, three films will be battling it out for both the best picture and the best director awards: Jacques Audiard's French prison drama A Prophet, Michael Haneke's Austrian-German psycho-political drama The White Ribbon (above), and Danny Boyle's Anglo-American-Indian Bollywoodish Slumdog Millionaire. All three have [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/european-film-awards-2009-predictions-best-film-765/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Golden Globes 2010: Best Foreign Language Film Longlist</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/golden-globes-2010-best-foreign-language-film-884/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/golden-globes-2010-best-foreign-language-film-884/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:47:35 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=19294</guid> <description><![CDATA[Ulrich Tukur in John Rabe (top); City of Life and Death (middle); Lebanon (bottom) A record 69 foreign language films are in the running for the 2010 Golden Globes, Philip Berk, president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, has announced. Among the films in the longlist are Pedro Almodóvar's Broken Embraces, starring Penelope Cruz; Costa-Gavras socially conscious drama Eden Is West; Xavier Dolan's I Killed [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/golden-globes-2010-best-foreign-language-film-884/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AFI FEST 2009 Awards</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/afi-fest-2009-awards/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/afi-fest-2009-awards/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:22:46 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=18337</guid> <description><![CDATA[AFI FEST 2009 Awards AFI FEST 2009: Hollywood/Santa Monica, Oct. 30-Nov. 7, 2009 &#160; Andrea Arnold's Fish Tank focuses on a working-class teenager (Katie Jarvis) frustrated that her mother has found a new beau (Michael Fassbender); Javier Rebollo's Woman Without Piano is a dramatic portrait of 24 hours in the life of a Madrid housewife (Carmen Machi); and Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani's Ajami (above) [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/afi-fest-2009-awards/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AFI FEST 2009: PRECIOUS, THE WHITE RIBBON, AJAMI</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/afi-fest-2009-precious-the-white-ribbon-ajami/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/afi-fest-2009-precious-the-white-ribbon-ajami/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 05:58:31 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=18214</guid> <description><![CDATA[Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire by Lee Daniels (top); The White Ribbon by Michael Haneke (middle); Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Filippo Timi in Vincere by Marco Bellocchio (bottom) Among the Sunday, Nov. 1, highlights at the AFI FEST 2009 at the Chinese Theater complex in Hollywood are: Lu Chuan's historical drama City of Life and Death, winner of the Golden Shell for best picture [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/afi-fest-2009-precious-the-white-ribbon-ajami/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>London Film Festival Awards 2009</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/london-film-festival-awards-2009/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/london-film-festival-awards-2009/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:55:46 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=18090</guid> <description><![CDATA[Star of London for Best Film: Jacques Audiard’s A PROPHET On behalf of the London Film Festival jury, Anjelica Huston stated: “A masterpiece: Un prohète has the ambition, purity of vision and clarity of purpose to make it an instant classic. With seamless and imaginative story-telling, superb performances and universal themes, Jacques Audiard has made a perfect film.” In A Prophet, Tahar Rahim stars as [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/london-film-festival-awards-2009/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
