Yesterday the Academy finally released the full list of 2012 Foreign Language Oscar contenders adding four films I did not have on my previous list from the Dominican Republic, Indonesia, United Kingdom and a mysterious title I can’t find anything about from Kazakhstan and now that the short list has been announced and everyone has posted the Academy’s press release it’s like searching for a needle in a haystack if you go looking for more information on it. That said, if anyone has a link to any information on Egor Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky’s Returning to the ‘A’ I would love to share it as I have links and information for all other 62 films submitted for consideration.
As I said in Once Upon a Time in Anatolia.
I’ve included the complete list below with links to 62 of the 63 titles, some that link to the pages here on RopeofSilicon.com where I’ve added the film to the database, but many linking to IMDb. Sort through and see if anything appeals to you.
Afghanistan to France
- Albania, The Forgiveness of Blood (dir. Joshua Marston)
- Argentina, Aballay (dir. Fernando Spiner)
- Austria, Breathing (dir. Karl Markovics)
- Belgium, Bullhead (dir. Michael R. Roskam)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belvedere (dir. Ahmed Imamovic)
- Brazil, Tropa de Elite 2 (dir. Jose Padilha)
- Bulgaria, Tilt (dir. Viktor Chouchkov)
- Canada, Monsieur Lazhar (dir. Philippe Falardeau)
- Chile, Violeta (dir. Andres Wood)
- China, The War of Flowers (dir. Zhang Yimou)
- Colombia, The Colors of the Mountain (dir. Carlos Cesar Arbelaez)
- Croatia, 72 Days (dir. Danilo Serbedzija)
- Cuba, Habanastation (dir. Ian Padron)
- Czech Republic, Alois Nebel (dir. Tomas Lunak)
- Denmark, SuperClasico (dir. Ole Christian Madsen)
- Dominican Republic, Love Child (dir. Leticia Tonos)
- Egypt, Lust (dir. Khalid Al-Haggar)
- Finland, Le Havre (dir. Aki Kaurismaki)
- France, Declaration of War (dir. Valerie Donzelli)
Georgia to Morocco
- Georgia, Chantrapas (dir. Otar Iosseliani)
- Germany, Pina (dir. Wim Wenders)
- Greece, Attenberg (dir. Athena Rachel Tsagkari)
- Hong Kong, A Simple Life (dir. Ann Hui)
- Hungary, The Turin Horse (dir. Bela Tarr)
- Iceland, Volcano (dir. Runar Runarsson)
- India, Adaminte Makan Abu (dir. Salim Ahamed)
- Indonesia, Under the Protection of Ka’Bah (dir. Hanny R. Saputra)
- Iran, Nader and Simin, A Separation (dir. Asghar Farhadi)
- Ireland, As If I Am Not There (dir. )
- Israel, Footnote (dir. Joseph Cedar)
- Italy, Terraferma (dir. Emanuele Crialese)
- Japan, Postcard (dir. Kaneto Shind0)
- Kazakhstan, Returning to the ‘A’ (dir. Egor Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky)
- Lebanon, Where Do We Go Now? (dir. Nadine Labaki)
- Lithuania, Back to Your Arms (dir. Kristijonas Vildzicnas)
- Macedonia, Punk’s Not Dead (dir. Vladimir Blazevski)
- Mexico, Miss Bala (dir. Gerardo Naranjo)
- Morocco, Omar Killed Me (dir. Roschdy Zem)
Netherlands to Venezuela
- Netherlands, Sonny Boy (dir. Maria Peters)
- New Zealand, The Orator (dir. Tusi Tamasese)
- Norway, Happy, Happy (dir. Anne Sewitsky)
- Peru, October (dir. Daniel Vega Vidal)
- Philippines, The Woman in the Septic Tank (dir. Marlon Rivera)
- Poland, In Darkness (dir. Agnieszka Holland)
- Portugal, Jose and Pilar (dir. Miguel Gonçalves Mendes)
- Romania, Morgen (dir. Marian Crisan)
- Russia, Burnt by the Sun 2: Citadel (dir. Nikita Mikhalkov)
- Serbia, Montevideo, God Bless You! (dir. Dragan Bjelogrlic)
- Singapore, Tatsumi (dir. Eric Khoo)
- Slovakia, Gypsy (dir. Martin Sulik)
- Slovenia, Silent Sonata (dir. Janez Burger)
- South Africa, Beauty (dir. Oliver Hermanus)
- South Korea, The Front Line (dir. Jang Hun)
- Spain, Black Bread (dir. Agusti Villaronga)
- Sweden, Beyond (dir. Pernilla August)
- Switzerland, Summer Games (dir. Rolando Colla)
- Taiwan, Seediq Bale (dir. Wei Te-Sheng)
- Thailand, Kon Khon (dir. Sarunyu Wongkrachang)
- Turkey, Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (dir. Nuri Bilge Ceylan)
- United Kingdom, Patagonia (dir. Marc Evans)
- Uruguay, The Silent House (dir. Gustavo Hernandez)
- Venezuela, The Rumble of the Stones (dir. Alejandro Bellame)
- Vietnam, Thang Long Aspiration (dir. Luu Trong Ninh)
On top of the Foreign Language contenders, the Academy also announced the field of Documentary Short Subject contenders for the 84th Academy Awards, which has been narrowed to eight films out of 35 eligible entries, of which three to five can earn an Oscar nomination.
The eight films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production company.
- “The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement,” Purposeful Productions, Inc.
- “God Is the Bigger Elvis,” Documentress Films
- “In Tahrir Square: 18 Days of Egypt’s Unfinished Revolution,” Downtown Docs
- “Incident in New Baghdad,” Morninglight Films
- “Pipe Dreams,” Leslie Iwerks Productions
- “Saving Face,” Milkhaus/Jungefilm
- “The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom,” Supply & Demand Integrated
- “Witness,” Buche
As always, I remind you to stay up-to-date on everything Oscar from news, buzz and predictions in my “The Contenders” section of the site. Bookmark it and visit it often!
