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List Of Submissions To The 91st Academy Awards For Best Foreign Language Film
This is a list of submissions to the 91st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) has invited the film industries of various countries to submit their best film for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film every year since the award was created in 1956. The award is presented annually by the Academy to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non-English dialogue. The Foreign Language Film Award Committee oversees the process and reviews all the submitted films. The submitted motion pictures must be first released theatrically in their respective countries between 1 October 2017 and 30 September 2018. The deadline for submissions was 1 October 2018, with the Academy announcing a list of eligible films on 8 October. A total of 89 countries submitted a film, with 87 of those being accepted. Two countries submitted a film for the first time. Malawi sent '' The Road ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Alfonso Cuarón Orozco ( , ; born 28 November 1961) is a Mexican filmmaker. He is known for directing films in a variety of genres including the family drama ''A Little Princess'' (1995), the romantic drama ''Great Expectations'' (1998), the coming of age road film ''Y tu mamá también'' (2001), the fantasy film ''Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban'' (2004), the science fiction films ''Children of Men'' (2006) and ''Gravity'' (2013), the semi-autobiographical drama ''Roma'' (2018), and the 2009 short ''I Am Autism''. Cuarón has received 10 Academy Award nominations, winning four including Best Director for ''Gravity'' and ''Roma'', Best Film Editing for ''Gravity'', and Best Cinematography for ''Roma''. He is the first Mexico-born filmmaker to win the Best Director award, and one of only four people to have been nominated for Academy Awards in six different categories. Early life Cuarón was born in Mexico City, the son of Alfredo Cuarón, a doctor specializing in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Variety (magazine)
''Variety'' is an American media company owned by Penske Media Corporation. The company was founded by Sime Silverman in New York City in 1905 as a weekly newspaper reporting on theater and vaudeville. In 1933 it added ''Daily Variety'', based in Los Angeles, to cover the motion-picture industry. ''Variety.com'' features entertainment news, reviews, box office results, cover stories, videos, photo galleries and features, plus a credits database, production charts and calendar, with archive content dating back to 1905. History Foundation ''Variety'' has been published since December 16, 1905, when it was launched by Sime Silverman as a weekly periodical covering theater and vaudeville with its headquarters in New York City. Silverman had been fired by '' The Morning Telegraph'' in 1905 for panning an act which had taken out an advert for $50. As a result, he decided to start his own publication "that ouldnot be influenced by advertising." With a loan of $1,500 from his f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lukas Dhont
Lukas Dhont (born 1991) () is a Belgian film director and screenwriter. He was featured in Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe list in 2019. Early life Dhont was born in Gent (in English Ghent), Belgium. His mother, Hilbe is a fashion teacher at an art school. He has a younger brother Michiel who is a producer. As a teenager, Dhont worked as a costume design assistant on film and television sets. Career He made his feature-length debut in 2018 with ''Girl'', a drama film inspired by the story of Nora Monsecour which focuses on a trans girl pursuing a career as a ballerina. ''Girl'' premiered at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Caméra d'Or award for best first feature film, as well as the Queer Palm. It received the André Cavens Award for Best Film given by the Belgian Film Critics Association (UCC) and was selected as the Belgian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards. It received nine nominations at the 9th Magritte Awards and won four, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girl (2018 Film)
''Girl'' is a 2018 drama film directed by Lukas Dhont, in his feature debut. It was written by Dhont and Angelo Tijssens and stars Victor Polster, in his acting debut, as a trans girl who pursues a career as a ballerina. The film screened in the ''Un Certain Regard'' section at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Caméra d'Or award, for best first feature film, as well as the Queer Palm, and Polster won the Un Certain Regard Jury Award for Best Performance. It was selected as the Belgian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards, although it did not make the December shortlist. It received nine nominations at the 9th Magritte Awards and won four, including Best Screenplay and Best Actor for Polster. ''Girl'' was inspired by Nora Monsecour, a trans female dancer from Belgium, whom Dhont met when he was 18 and she was 15. While initially praised by critics, the film was criticised by some trans and queer writers for its depiction of gender ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darya Zhuk
Daria or Darya (russian: Дарья) is a traditional Russian female name, also used in some other predominantly Eastern Orthodox countries in Europe. Origin Saint Daria of Rome is a venerated martyr of the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches, which contributed to widespread adoption of the name. There are two theories as to its origin. According to one version, Daria is the female variant of the Persian name Darius (via Latin ''Darius'' and grc, Δαρεῖος ''Dareĩos'' from Old Persian داریوش ''Dārayavauš'', literally "he who holds firm the good", that is, "wealthy", "prosperous" or "maintaining possessions well"). The modern Persian male variant of the name, Daria (Darya), is commonly written as Dara.http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=Darius , Online Etymology Dictionary. Daria is a Latinized Late Greek variant spelling of Darya. In Modern Persian, ''daryā'' (Old Persian ''drayah-'') coincidentally means "sea". On the other hand, Max Vasmer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crystal Swan
''Crystal Swan'' ( be, Хрусталь, italic=yes) is a 2018 Belarusian drama film directed by Darya Zhuk. It was selected as the Belarusian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. Plot In the 1990s, Velya hopes to leave Belarus and become a DJ in the United States. Her plans change following an error on her visa application. Cast * Alina Nasibullina as Velya * Ivan Mulin as Stepan * Yuri Borisov as Alik * Svetlana Anikey as Velya's mother *Ilya Kapanets as Kostya *Anastasiya Garvey as Vika *Lyudmila Razumova as Alya *Natalya Onishenko as Angela *Anatoly Golub *Artem Kuren *Vyacheslav Shakalido as Mihalych Reception ''Crystal Swan'' has an approval rating of 100% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 13 reviews, and an average rating of 7/10. Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 73 out of 100, based on 6 critics, indicating "generally favourable review".https://www.metacritic.com/movie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mostofa Sarwar Farooki
Mostofa Sarwar Farooki (born 2 May 1973) is a Bangladeshi film director, producer and screenwriter. His films ''Third Person Singular Number'', ''Television'', ''No Bed Of Roses'' were critically acclaimed across the world and received numerous international and national awards. He founded filmmakers' movement called ''"Chabial"''. Early life Farooki was born 2 May 1973 in the Nakhalpara neighborhood of Dhaka, Bangladesh. He attended Tejgaon Government Boys' High School. Career Farooki has set a new trend in terms of presentation and direction in the early 2000. His debut film was '' Bachelor'' (2003) starring Humayun Faridi, Aupee Karim, Ferdous Ahmed, Shabnur and many others. Then his second film, a political satire ''Made In Bangladesh'' (2007) starring Zahid Hasan, Tariq Anam Khan, Shahiduzzaman Selim and others. His third film ''Third Person Singular Number'' starring Nusrat Imrose Tisha, Topu, Mosharraf Karim was premiered in Busan International Film Festival (2009). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
No Bed Of Roses
''No Bed of Roses'' (''Doob'' as the Bengali version) is a 2017 Bangladeshi-Indian drama film written and directed by Mostofa Sarwar Farooki. It was produced by Abdul Aziz, Himanshu Dhanuka and Irrfan Khan under the banner of Jaaz Multimedia and Eskay Movies along with Irrfan Khan Films. It stars Irrfan Khan, Nusrat Imrose Tisha, Rokeya Prachy and Parno Mittra. The story builds up around the members of two families discovering the finer fabric of love when the headman of a family dies. The theme is that death doesn't always take things away: Sometimes it gives back. It was selected as the Bangladeshi entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. Cast * Irrfan Khan as Javed Hasan * Nusrat Imrose Tisha as Saberi * Rokeya Prachy as Maya * Parno Mittra as Nitu * Rashad Hossain as Ahir * Nader Chowdhury * Ashok Dhanuka as Aynal * Mujib Pardeshi * Mohammed Rakibul Hasan Reza as Lotus Production Casting Irrfan Khan was cast in to pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruth Beckermann
Ruth Beckermann (born 1952, Vienna) is an Austrian filmmaker and writer. Beckermann lives and works as an author and filmmaker in Vienna and Paris. Her films have been shown at prestigious festivals (most of them premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival or the Cinéma du Réel Festival in Paris). Her films ''Paper Bridge'' and ''East of War'' have won several major awards. Life and career Ruth Beckermann was born in Vienna, Austria in 1952. Her parents were Jewish survivors of the Holocaust. Beckermann studied Journalism and Art History in Vienna and Tel Aviv, and received her doctorate in 1977. In New York she studied Photography at the School of Visual Arts. During her studies she worked as an editor for the magazines Weltwoche and Trend. Her first film was made in cooperation with Josef Aichholzer and Franz Grafl of the ''Videogroup Arena'' in 1977. Shot on video and 16mm film, ''Arena Besetzt'' (''Arena Squatted'') documented the occupation of the old Viennes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Waldheim Waltz
''The Waldheim Waltz'' (german: Waldheims Walzer) is a 2018 Austrian documentary film directed by Ruth Beckermann. It was selected as the Austrian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. Synopsis Director Ruth Beckermann investigates the erasure of Austria's Nazi-era past by profiling U.N. Secretary General and Austrian President Kurt Waldheim, who once served in the German ''Wehrmacht''. See also * List of submissions to the 91st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film * List of Austrian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film Austria has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film since 1961. The award is handed out annually by the United States Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to a feature-length motion picture produced outsi ... References External links * 2018 films 2018 documentary films 2010s German-language films Austrian document ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Gilmour
Benjamin Gilmour (born 1975) is an Australian German poet, author and film-maker. He is known for writing and directing '' Jirga (2018)'', '' Son of a Lion (2007)'' and ''Paramedico (2012)''. His books include ''Paramedico'', ''Warrior Poets'' and ''The Gap''. Biography He was born in Germany but soon moved to Australia. He grew up in Lane Cove, Sydney. Career Gilmour is the author of several books on his filmmaking in Pakistan and Afghanistan. His first non-fiction book ''Warrior Poets - Guns, movie-making and the Wild West of Pakistan'' was published in 2008 and details his time living among the Pashtun tribes of the Northwest Frontier. The book was based on his directing of the feature film ''Son of a Lion'' (2007). His third book ''The Gap'' was released in 2019. He is also the author of an illustrated book for children ''The Travel Bug'' and two volumes of poetry, ''The Song of a Hundred Miles'' and ''Night Swim''. His award-winning feature film ''Jirga'' was released ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jirga (film)
''Jirga'' (, meaning "jirga, meeting") is a 2018 Australian drama film written and directed by Benjamin Gilmour and produced by John Maynard. It stars Sam Smith as a former Australian soldier returning to Afghanistan to seek forgiveness from the family of a man he killed while serving in the war. The film was shot under extreme circumstances, in dangerous locations and with assistance from the local people of Afghanistan. Deemed too politically divisive to be produced in Pakistan the film moved production at the last minute to Afghanistan and shot in one of the most dangerous regions in the world, Kandahar Province. Gilmour sought to create a film which showed the beauty of the Afghan country and people as well as highlight the detrimental impact of the War in Afghanistan on Western and Afghan people. He also wanted to create a film in which line between truth and fiction is blurred. Gilmour stated he wishes to "make an audience feel like they're not quite sure if they're watching ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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