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Beverly Hills, CA — A record 63 countries, including new entrants Azerbaijan and Ireland, have submitted films for consideration in the Foreign Language Film category for the 80th Academy Awards®, Academy President Sid Ganis announced today.
The 2007 submissions are:
Argentina, “XXY,” Lucia Puenzo, director; Australia, “The Home Song Stories,” Tony Ayres, director; Austria, “The Counterfeiters,” Stefan Ruzowitzky, director; Azerbaijan, “Caucasia,” Farid Gumbatov, director; Bangladesh, “On the Wings of Dreams,” Golam Rabbany Biplob, director; Belgium, “Ben X,” Nic Balthazar, director; Bosnia and Herzegovina, “It’s Hard to Be Nice,” Srdan Vuletic,director; Brazil, “The Year My Parents Went on Vacation,” Cao Hamburger, director; Bulgaria, “Warden of the Dead,” Ilian Simeonov, director; Canada, “Days of Darkness,” Denys Arcand, director; Chile, “Padre Nuestro,” Rodrigo Sepulveda, director; China, “The Knot,” Yin Li, director; Colombia, “Satanas,” Andi Baiz, director; Croatia, “Armin,” Ognjen Svilicic, director; Cuba, “The Silly Age,” Pavel Giroud, director; Czech Republic, “I Served the King of England,” Jiri Menzel,director; Denmark, “The Art of Crying,” Peter Schonau Fog, director; Egypt, “In the Heliopolis Flat,” Mohamed Khan, director; Estonia, “The Class,” Ilmar Raag, director; Finland, “A Man’s Job,” Aleksi Salmenpera, director; France, “Persepolis,” Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud, directors; Georgia, “The Russian Triangle,” Aleko Tsabadze, director;
Germany, “The Edge of Heaven,” Fatih Akin, director; Greece, “Eduart,” Angeliki Antoniou, director; Hong Kong, “Exiled,” Johnnie To, director; Hungary, “Taxidermia,” Gyorgy Palfi, director; Iceland, “Jar City,” Baltasar Kormakur, director; India, “Eklavya – The Royal Guard,” Vidhu Vinod Chopra, director; Indonesia, “Denias, Singing on the Cloud,” John De Rantau, director; Iran, “M for Mother,” Rasoul Mollagholipour, director; Iraq, “Jani Gal,” Jamil Rostami, director; Ireland, “Kings,” Tom Collins, director; Israel, “Beaufort,” Joseph Cedar, director; Italy, “The Unknown,” Giuseppe Tornatore, director; Japan, “I Just Didn’t Do It,” Masayuki Suo, director; Kazakhstan, “Mongol,” Sergei Bodrov, director; Korea, “Secret Sunshine,” Chang-dong Lee, director; Lebanon, “Caramel,” Nadine Labaki, director; Luxembourg, “Little Secrets,” Pol Cruchten, director; Macedonia, “Shadows,” Milcho Manchevski, director; Mexico, “Silent Light,” Carlos Reygadas, director; The Netherlands, “Duska,” Jos Stelling, director; Norway, “Gone with the Woman,” Petter Naess, director; Peru, “Crossing a Shadow,” Augusto Tamayo, director; Philippines, “Donsol,” Adolfo Alix, Jr., director;
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Poland, “Katyn,” Andrzej Wajda, director;
Portugal, “Belle Toujours,” Manoel de Oliveira, director;
Puerto Rico, “Love Sickness,” Carlitos Ruiz, Mariem Perez, directors;
Romania, “4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days,” Cristian Mungiu, director;
Russia, “12,” Nikita Mikhalkov, director;
Serbia, “The Trap,” Srdan Golubovic, director;
Singapore, “881,” Royston Tan, director;
Slovakia, “Return of the Storks,” Martin Repka, director;
Slovenia, “Short Circuits,” Janez Lapajne, director;
Spain, “The Orphanage,” J.A. Bayona, director;
Sweden, “You, the Living,” Roy Andersson, director;
Switzerland, “Late Bloomers,” Bettina Oberli, director;
Taiwan, “Island Etude,” Chen Huai-En, director;
Thailand, “King of Fire,” Chatrichalerm Yukol, director;
Turkey, “A Man’s Fear of God,” Ozer Kiziltan, director;
Uruguay, “The Pope’s Toilet,” Enrique Fernandez, Cesar Charlone, directors;
Venezuela, “Postcards from Leningrad,” Mariana Rondon, director;
Vietnam, “The White Silk Dress,” Luu Huynh, director.
Nominations for the 80th Academy Awards will be announced on Tuesday, January 22, 2008, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.
Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2007 will be presented on Sunday, February 24, 2008, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network.
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