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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has released the 63 contenders for the 2012 award. They are:
Albania, "Amnesty," Bujar Alimani;
Argentina, "Aballay," Fernando Spiner;
Austria, "Breathing," Karl Markovics;
Belgium, "Bullhead," Michael R. Roskam;
Bosnia and Herzegovina,"Belvedere," Ahmed Imamovic;
Brazil, "Elite Squad: The Enemy Within," José Padilha;
Bulgaria, "Tilt," Viktor Chouchkov;
Canada, "Monsieur Lazhar," Philippe Falardeau;
Chile, "Violeta Went to Heaven," Andrés Wood;
China, "The Flowers of War," Zhang Yimou;
Colombia, "The Colors of the Mountain," Carlos César Arbeláez;
Croatia, "72 Days," Danilo Serbedzija;
Cuba, "Havanastation," Ian Padrón;
Czech Republic,"Alois Nebel," Tomás Lunák;
Denmark, "Superclásico," Ole Christian Madsen;
Dominican Republic,"Love Child," Leticia Tonos;
Egypt, "Lust," Khaled el Hagar;
Estonia, "Letters to Angel," Sulev Keedus;
Finland, "Le Havre," Aki Kaurismäki;
France, "Declaration of War," Valérie Donzelli;
Georgia, "Chantrapas," Otar Iosseliani;
Germany, "Pina," Wim Wenders;
Greece, "Attenberg," Athina Rachel Tsangari;
Hong Kong,"A Simple Life," Ann Hui;
Hungary, "The Turin Horse," Béla Tarr;
Iceland, "Volcano," Rúnar Rúnarsson;
India, "Abu, Son of Adam," Salim Ahamed;
Indonesia, "Under the Protection of Ka'Bah," Hanny R. Saputra;
Iran, "A Separation," Asghar Farhadi;
Ireland, "As If I Am Not There," Juanita Wilson;
Israel, "Footnote," Joseph Cedar;
Italy, "Terraferma," Emanuele Crialese;
Japan, "Postcard," Kaneto Shindo;
Kazakhstan, "Returning to the ‘A,’" Egor Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky;
Lebanon, "Where Do We Go Now?" Nadine Labaki;
Lithuania, "Back to Your Arms," Kristijonas Vildziunas;
Macedonia, "Punk Is Not Dead," Vladimir Blazevski;
Mexico, "Miss Bala," Gerardo Naranjo;
Morocco, "Omar Killed Me," Roschdy Zem;
Netherlands, "Sonny Boy," Maria Peters;
New Zealand,"The Orator," Tusi Tamasese;
Norway, "Happy, Happy," Anne Sewitsky;
Peru, "October," Diego Vega and Daniel Vega;
Philippines, "The Woman in the Septic Tank," Marlon N. Rivera;
Poland, "In Darkness," Agnieszka Holland;
Portugal, "José and Pilar," Miguel Gonçalves Mendes;
Romania, "Morgen," Marian Crisan;
Russia, "Burnt by the Sun 2: The Citadel," Nikita Mikhalkov;
Serbia, "Montevideo: Taste of a Dream," Dragan Bjelogrlić;
Singapore, "Tatsumi," Eric Khoo;
Slovak Republic,"Gypsy," Martin Sulík;
South Africa,"Beauty," Oliver Hermanus;
South Korea,"The Front Line," Jang Hun;
Spain, "Black Bread," Agusti Villaronga;
Sweden, "Beyond," Pernilla August;
Switzerland, "Summer Games," Rolando Colla;
Taiwan, "Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale," Wei Te-sheng;
Thailand, "Kon Khon," Sarunyu Wongkrachang;
Turkey, "Once upon a Time in Anatolia," Nuri Bilge Ceylan;
United Kingdom,"Patagonia," Marc Evans;
Uruguay, "The Silent House," Gustavo Hernández;
Venezuela, "Rumble of the Stones," Alejandro Bellame Palacios;
Vietnam, "The Prince and the Pagoda Boy," Luu Trong Ninh.
The only one I've seen so far is Chouchkov's "Tilt" --
It's a love story, where a group of high school friends who are quietly "gaming" the system; one of them falls in love with the daughter of the head of the secret police. When her father discovers this, he sets up a sting operation and offers him a choice between prison or emigrating to the west. It's kind of interesting that when he returns home (still head or heels in love with her) after the fall of communism all major players are exactly the same, only now they are successful capitalists with strong underworld ties.
There's a few familiar names like Wenders and Ceylan. Aki Kaurismäki' makes an re-appearance---Kaurismäki had refused to allow his films to represent Finland at the Oscars as long as George Bush was President.
Béla Tarr has announced his retirement from film and his last film is nominated.
Any predictions or early buzz on which films will be on the final 5 announced on January 24th? Or more importantly has anyone seen any of these films?
Albania, "Amnesty," Bujar Alimani;
Argentina, "Aballay," Fernando Spiner;
Austria, "Breathing," Karl Markovics;
Belgium, "Bullhead," Michael R. Roskam;
Bosnia and Herzegovina,"Belvedere," Ahmed Imamovic;
Brazil, "Elite Squad: The Enemy Within," José Padilha;
Bulgaria, "Tilt," Viktor Chouchkov;
Canada, "Monsieur Lazhar," Philippe Falardeau;
Chile, "Violeta Went to Heaven," Andrés Wood;
China, "The Flowers of War," Zhang Yimou;
Colombia, "The Colors of the Mountain," Carlos César Arbeláez;
Croatia, "72 Days," Danilo Serbedzija;
Cuba, "Havanastation," Ian Padrón;
Czech Republic,"Alois Nebel," Tomás Lunák;
Denmark, "Superclásico," Ole Christian Madsen;
Dominican Republic,"Love Child," Leticia Tonos;
Egypt, "Lust," Khaled el Hagar;
Estonia, "Letters to Angel," Sulev Keedus;
Finland, "Le Havre," Aki Kaurismäki;
France, "Declaration of War," Valérie Donzelli;
Georgia, "Chantrapas," Otar Iosseliani;
Germany, "Pina," Wim Wenders;
Greece, "Attenberg," Athina Rachel Tsangari;
Hong Kong,"A Simple Life," Ann Hui;
Hungary, "The Turin Horse," Béla Tarr;
Iceland, "Volcano," Rúnar Rúnarsson;
India, "Abu, Son of Adam," Salim Ahamed;
Indonesia, "Under the Protection of Ka'Bah," Hanny R. Saputra;
Iran, "A Separation," Asghar Farhadi;
Ireland, "As If I Am Not There," Juanita Wilson;
Israel, "Footnote," Joseph Cedar;
Italy, "Terraferma," Emanuele Crialese;
Japan, "Postcard," Kaneto Shindo;
Kazakhstan, "Returning to the ‘A,’" Egor Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky;
Lebanon, "Where Do We Go Now?" Nadine Labaki;
Lithuania, "Back to Your Arms," Kristijonas Vildziunas;
Macedonia, "Punk Is Not Dead," Vladimir Blazevski;
Mexico, "Miss Bala," Gerardo Naranjo;
Morocco, "Omar Killed Me," Roschdy Zem;
Netherlands, "Sonny Boy," Maria Peters;
New Zealand,"The Orator," Tusi Tamasese;
Norway, "Happy, Happy," Anne Sewitsky;
Peru, "October," Diego Vega and Daniel Vega;
Philippines, "The Woman in the Septic Tank," Marlon N. Rivera;
Poland, "In Darkness," Agnieszka Holland;
Portugal, "José and Pilar," Miguel Gonçalves Mendes;
Romania, "Morgen," Marian Crisan;
Russia, "Burnt by the Sun 2: The Citadel," Nikita Mikhalkov;
Serbia, "Montevideo: Taste of a Dream," Dragan Bjelogrlić;
Singapore, "Tatsumi," Eric Khoo;
Slovak Republic,"Gypsy," Martin Sulík;
South Africa,"Beauty," Oliver Hermanus;
South Korea,"The Front Line," Jang Hun;
Spain, "Black Bread," Agusti Villaronga;
Sweden, "Beyond," Pernilla August;
Switzerland, "Summer Games," Rolando Colla;
Taiwan, "Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale," Wei Te-sheng;
Thailand, "Kon Khon," Sarunyu Wongkrachang;
Turkey, "Once upon a Time in Anatolia," Nuri Bilge Ceylan;
United Kingdom,"Patagonia," Marc Evans;
Uruguay, "The Silent House," Gustavo Hernández;
Venezuela, "Rumble of the Stones," Alejandro Bellame Palacios;
Vietnam, "The Prince and the Pagoda Boy," Luu Trong Ninh.
The only one I've seen so far is Chouchkov's "Tilt" --
It's a love story, where a group of high school friends who are quietly "gaming" the system; one of them falls in love with the daughter of the head of the secret police. When her father discovers this, he sets up a sting operation and offers him a choice between prison or emigrating to the west. It's kind of interesting that when he returns home (still head or heels in love with her) after the fall of communism all major players are exactly the same, only now they are successful capitalists with strong underworld ties.
There's a few familiar names like Wenders and Ceylan. Aki Kaurismäki' makes an re-appearance---Kaurismäki had refused to allow his films to represent Finland at the Oscars as long as George Bush was President.
Béla Tarr has announced his retirement from film and his last film is nominated.Any predictions or early buzz on which films will be on the final 5 announced on January 24th? Or more importantly has anyone seen any of these films?
