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	<title>Alt Film Guide &#187; Ajami</title>
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		<title>2010 Oscar Predictions: Best Foreign Language Film THE WHITE RIBBON</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 20:59:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator>
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Best Foreign Language Film: Michael Haneke&#8217;s The White Ribbon

Other nominees:  Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani&#8217;s Ajami (Israel), Juan José Campanella&#8217;s The Secret of Her Eyes (Argentina), Claudia Llosa&#8217;s The Milk of Sorrow (Peru), Jacques Audiard&#8217;s A Prophet (France).
Because only a relatively small group of Academy members vote in the special categories &#8212; short films, documentaries, foreign language films &#8212; winners often surprise and shock, e.g., last year&#8217;s  Departures over shoo-in Waltz with Bashir. Compounding matters, oftentimes those voters tend to be (much) older than the average Academy member, and their tastes are usually much more conservative. They&#8217;re probably the people who placed The Blind Side at the top of their Best Film ballot, thus earning Sandra Bullock&#8217;s  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oscar Predictions: Best Foreign Language Film</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-predictions-best-foreign-language-film-910/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 02:19:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator>
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		<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 five nominees. Thanks to that set-up, Pedro Almodovar&#8217;s Volver &#8212; sure to get nominated three years ago &#8212; was left out.
The White Ribbon, A Prophet, and The Secret in Their Eyes are about as sure to be included as possible. (But don&#8217;t forget Volver.) Winter in Wartime would have been a shoo-in if the Academy&#8217;s old set-up were still in place &#8212; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oscar 2010: Prestigious Foreign Language Film Contenders</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2010-best-foreign-language-film-881/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 02:52:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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This year, Scott Foundas won&#8217;t be asking, &#34;how do you say &#8216;Oscar scandal&#8217; in French (or German)?&#34; Two of the most widely acclaimed non-English language films released in 2009 &#8212; Michael Haneke&#8217;s The White Ribbon and Jacques Audiard&#8217;s A Prophet &#8212; are to be found in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences&#8217; list of semi-finalists for the best foreign language film Academy Award. In other words, there was no Volver, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, or Gomorrah furor this year.
The White Ribbon, about mysterious and violent occurrences taking place in a small German village shortly before the outbreak of World War I, was last year&#8217;s European Film Award winner in addition to also earning Haneke the [...]]]></description>
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		<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>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:42:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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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 Ribbon (above), Michael Haneke, director; 
Israel, Ajami, Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani, directors; 
Kazakhstan, Kelin, Ermek Tursunov, director;
The Netherlands, Winter in Wartime, Martin Koolhoven, director;
Peru, The Milk of Sorrow, Claudia Llosa, director. 


Sixty-five films  had originally qualified in the category. Notably absent from the list are Xavier Dolan&#8217;s I Killed My Mother (Canada); Miguel Littin&#8217;s Dawson, [...]]]></description>
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		<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>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 10:31:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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What movie is going to dominate the 2009 European Film Awards, to be held tonight in Bochum, in Germany&#8217;s Rhein-Ruhr region?
Well, three films will be battling it out for both the best picture and the best director awards: Jacques Audiard&#8217;s French prison drama A Prophet, Michael Haneke&#8217;s Austrian-German psycho-political drama The White Ribbon (above), and Danny Boyle&#8217;s Anglo-American-Indian Bollywoodish Slumdog Millionaire. All three have already won major awards elsewhere: the first two at Cannes; the third title in Hollywood and Britain.
Will the three favorites end up splitting the vote so that a dark horse will come out victorious? Nope. In those types of races, simplistic theories about  dark horses winning because favorites split the vote are both bad math [...]]]></description>
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		<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>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:47:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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 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&#8217;s Broken Embraces, starring Penelope Cruz; Costa-Gavras socially conscious drama Eden Is West; Xavier Dolan&#8217;s I Killed My Mother, one of the Toronto Film Festival&#8217;s best Canadian films of the year; and Marco Bellocchio&#8217;s Vincere, about Mussolini&#8217;s first wife (Giovanna Mezzogiorno) and child (Filippo Timi). 
Some of the titles, e.g., A Prophet, The White Ribbon, are also in the running for the best foreign language film Academy Award. Some have already won [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AFI FEST 2009 Awards</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/afi-fest-2009-awards/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:22:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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AFI FEST 2009 Awards
AFI FEST 2009: Hollywood/Santa Monica, Oct. 30-Nov. 7, 2009
&#160;

Andrea Arnold&#8217;s Fish Tank focuses on a working-class teenager (Katie Jarvis) frustrated that her mother has found a new beau (Michael Fassbender); Javier Rebollo&#8217;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&#8217;s Ajami (above) chronicles the day-to-day, anything-but-routine lives of several denizens of a tough neighborhood in Jaffa, where Muslims, Jews, and Christians are sworn to live in bloody disharmony.
&#160;
NEW LIGHTS COMPETITION AWARD WINNER

FISH TANK DIR: Andrea Arnold  UK

WOMAN WITHOUT PIANO (LA MUJER SIN PIANO) DIR: Javier Rebollo Spain/France

SPECIAL JURY MENTION
AJAMI DIR: Scandar Copti, Yaron Shani Israel/Germany

AFI FEST 2009 NEW LIGHTS [...]]]></description>
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		<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>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 05:58:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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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&#8217;s historical drama City of Life and Death, winner of the Golden Shell for best picture at the San Sebastian Film Festival
Claude Chabrol&#8217;s psychological mystery-drama Bellamy, his first collaboration with Gérard Depardieu
Lee Daniels&#8216; Precious: Based on the Novel &#8220;Push&#8221; by Sapphire, a strong possibility for the Oscar 2010 best picture shortlist and the Sundance 2009 US Narrative Jury Prize winner
Michael Haneke&#8217;s Palme d&#8217;Or winner and potential Oscar 2010 contender [...]]]></description>
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		<title>London Film Festival Awards 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:55:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator>
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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 a prison newcomer who learns how to become that realm&#8217;s top dog.

Special mention:  John Hillcoat’s THE ROAD

Best British Newcomer: Jack Thorne, screenwriter of the film THE SCOUTING BOOK FOR BOYS

Sutherland Award for most original and imaginative first feature: Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani for AJAMI 

Grierson Award  for Best Documentary: Yoav Shamir for [...]]]></description>
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