Oscar 2009: Best Foreign-Language Film Semi-Finalists
Wide acclaim and a handful of top European Film Awards didn’t help Matteo Garrone’s Gomorrah land a spot in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences‘ list of best foreign-language film semi-finalists.
And in case you’re looking for Let the Right One In among the nine films still in the running, you won’t find it there. Although the Swedish vampire drama was chosen the best foreign-language film of the year by numerous US-based critics’ groups, it was ineligible for the Oscars simply because each country can submit only one film per year: Sweden’s choice for 2008 was Jan Troell’s Everlasting Moments.
The nine semi-finalists — out of 65 (accepted) foreign-language film submissions — are (listed in [...]
by Andre Soares | January 13, 2009
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Tags: 2009 Oscar, Academy Awards, Departures, Film Awards, Foreign Language Film Category, Gomorrah, Let the Right One In, Revanche, The Class, The Necessities of Life
