Best Foreign Language Film

Oscar Foreign-Language Roundup: 'Amour,' 'The Intouchables' Are On Top; Iran Boycotts

Awards | Oscars
 September 25, 2012 By Steve Pond 33 weeks ago

As defending champ Iran says it won't participate in the Oscars because of "Innocence of Muslims," Austria's "Amour" and France's "The Intouchables" look like sure-fire nominees

  

Bruce Davis, Ron Yerxa Taking Over Oscar Foreign-Language Committee

Awards | Oscars
 August 30, 2012 By Steve Pond 37 weeks ago

Producer Ron Yerxa and former AMPAS executive Bruce Davis are new co-chairs of a committee overseen for 12 sometimes controversial years by Mark Johnson

  

Oscar Rule Changes Include More Songwriters, Bigger VFX Shortlists

Awards | Oscars
 June 28, 2012 By Steve Pond 46 weeks ago

Adjustments to the Academy Awards rules will increase the number of potential Best-Song nominees to four, and tweak the processes for Foreign Language, Makeup and Visual Effects categories

  

See a Clip From France's Oscar Contender (Exclusive)

Awards | Oscars
 December 12, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Well-received French entry is based on the true story of a child's illness, but keeps a light touch

  

Reviewing Oscar's Foreign Films, Part 3: War, Disease & Pinball

Awards | Oscars
 December 9, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Dysfunctional families, driven artists and war-torn countries are portrayed in films from France, Sweden, Croatia, Colombia and more

  

One Year Later, Oscar's Foreign-Language War Still Rages

Awards | Oscars
 December 8, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Unconventional Greek film "Dogtooth" remains a flash point for voters who feel disenfranchised by blue-ribbon committees

  

'A Separation,' 'Once Upon a Time in Anatolia' Win Top Asia Pacific Screen Awards

Awards | Oscars
 November 24, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Iranian and Turkish Oscar entries named the year's best films in Australian ceremony

  

The Missing Categories: What's NOT on the Oscar Ballot

Awards | Oscars
 February 2, 2011 By Steve Pond 2 years ago

In some of the categories that contain the year's best movies, Oscar voters may number in the hundreds, not the thousands

  

Best & Worst of Oscar's Foreign Contenders, Part 3

Awards | Oscars
 January 17, 2011 By Steve Pond 2 years ago

The Cannes winner that could fall flat with Oscar voters, and the contender that might also be the year's best movie

  
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