Academy Announces Short List of Foreign Language Oscar Nominees

Screendaily reports that the Academy has announced the nine features on the shortlist for the Foreign Language Film Academy Award. The list of nine was originally part of a record-breaking 83 submissions.

The list, in alphabetical order by country follows:

Argentina, "Wild Tales," Damian Szifron
Estonia, "Tangerines," Zaza Urushadze
Georgia, "Corn Island," George Ovashvili
Mauritania, "Timbuktu," Abderrahmane Sissako
Netherlands, "Accused," Paula van der Oest
Poland, "Ida," Pawe? Pawlikowski
Russia, "Leviathan," Andrey Zvyagintsev
Sweden, "Force Majeure," Ruben Ostlund
Venezuela, "The Liberator," Alberto Arvelo

This short list will be reduced to a further five nominees in mid-January whom will be announced with the rest of this year's Oscar nominees on January 15th.

The Oscars will be held on Sunday, February 22, 2015 at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, and will be televised live by the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.

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