More than 50 countries up for the Oscar for best film in a foreign language

More than fifty countries have already chosen the tape to represent them in the next edition of the Oscar in the category of Best Foreign Language Film.

The latest to join this list at the moment have been Iceland, Canada, Czech Republic, Lebanon, Thailand, Norway, Peru, Bosnia and Italy.

These last two are the most remarkable, Bosnia will present «An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker«, A film that received very good reviews at the last Berlin Film Festival, where it also won the Grand Jury Prize and the Best Actor Award.

Italy also enters the list of favorites for the award with «The great beauty"To Paolo Sorrentino, a film that despite not winning any awards left a very good feeling during its time at the Cannes Film Festival.

Films shortlisted for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film:

• "An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker" (Bosnia)
• "Blind Spot" (Luxembourg)
• "Boorgman" (Holland)
• "Boy Eating the Bird's Food" (Greece)
• "Gap in silence" (Venezuela)
• "Burning Bush" (Czech Republic)
• "Child's Pose" (Romania)
• "Class Enemy" (Slovenia)
• "Circles" (Serbia)
• "Countdown" (Thailand)
• "Dream of the Butterfly" (Turkey)
• "Eat, Sleep, Die" (Sweden)
• «The cleaner» (Peru)
• "Four Corner" (South Africa)
• "Gabrielle" (Canada)
• "Ghadi" (Lebanon)
• Gloria (Chile)
• "Halimin put" (Croatia)
• «Heli» (Mexico)
• "Iam Yours" (Norway)
• "Ilo, Ilo" (Singapore)
• "In Bloom" (Georgia)
• Juvenile Offender (South Korea)
• "The green bicycle" (Saudi Arabia)
• "The great beauty" (Italy)
• «La Playa DC» (Colombia)
• "Le gran cahier" (Hungary)
• "Linhas de Wellington" (Portugal)
• "Metro Manila" (United Kingdom)
• "More Than Honey" (Switzerland)
• "Mother, I Love You" (Estonia)
• "My Dog Killer" (Slovakia)
• "Of Horses and Men" (Iceland)
• "Paradjanov" (Ukraine)
• "Who rules?" (Dominican Republic)
• «15 years and a day» (Spain)
• "Renoir" (France)
• "Neighborhood sounds" (Brazil)
• Soongava (Nepal)
• "Soul" (Taiwan)
• "Stalingrad" (Russia)
• Television (Bangladesh)
• "The Broken Circle Breakdown" (Belgium)
• "The Color of the Chameleon" (Bulgaria)
• "The Disciple" (Finland)
• "The Good Road" (India)
• "The Grandmaster" (HongKong)
• "The Great Passage" (Japan)
• "The Horses of God" (Morocco)
• "The Rocket" (Australia)
• "The Wall" (Austria)
• "Transit" (Philippines)
• "Two Lives" (Germany)
• "Walesa: Man of Hope" (Poland)
• "White Lies" (New Zealand)
• "Zinda Bhaag" (Pakistan)

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