Oscar 2005: Best Foreign-Language Film Entries (Croatia to Malaysia)

Oscar 2005: Best Foreign-Language Film Entries (Afghanistan to China)

Croatia, Long Dark Night, Antun Vrdoljak, director;

Czech Republic, Up and Down, Jan Hrebejk, director;

Denmark, The Five Obstructions, Jørgen Leth and Lars von Trier, directors;

Ecuador, Chronicles, Sebastián Cordero, director;

Egypt, I Love Cinema, Oussama Fawzy, director;

Estonia, Revolution of Pigs, Jaak Kilmi and René Reinumägik, directors;

Finland, Producing Adults, Aleksi Salmenperä, director;

France, The Chorus, Christophe Barratier, director;

Germany, Downfall, Oliver Hirschbiegel, director;

Greece, A Touch of Spice, Tassos Boulmetis, director;

Hungary, Kontroll, Nimród Antal, director;

Iceland, Cold Light, Hilmar Oddsson, director;

India, Shwaas, Sandeep Sawant, director;

Iran, Turtles Can Fly, Bahman Ghobadi, director;

Israel, Campfire, Joseph Cedar, director;

Italy, The Keys to the House, Gianni Amelio, director;

Japan, Nobody Knows, Hirokazu Kore-eda, director;

Korea, Tae Guk Gi, Kang Je-gyu, director;

Macedonia, [...]

by Andre Soares | November 15, 2004   
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2004 San Sebastián Film Festival Award Winners

Shot a mere month after the fall of Saddam Hussein’s regime, Bahman Ghobadi’s Turtles Can Fly won the Golden Shell at the 52nd edition of the San Sebastián Film Festival.
According to Reuters, Peruvian author and chairman of the jury Mario Vargas Llosa stated that although the decision was not unanimous, Turtles Can Fly had "moved us all, not only because of the terrible conditions in which it was filmed, but also because … despite the tragedy which it recounts, it is filled with humanity, poetry and even humor."
Set in Iraq’s Kurdistan right before the beginning of the U.S.-led invasion of that country, Turtles Can Fly tells the story of several Iraqi villagers who struggle to set up a [...]

by Andre Soares | September 30, 2004   
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