Today’s update is a small one as I added the Foreign Language Films as a category to “The Contenders“. It is still early and submissions aren’t due until October 1, but I have started a list of the films already submitted for consideration for 2009 Best Foreign Language Film.
The list below is just the start as each country names their 2009 Oscar submissions. I will update the list as films are named and you can keep tabs on it right here.
To be considered for the 2009 Academy Awards, a movie must be released in the submitting country between Oct. 1, 2007, and Sept. 30, 2008, and be publicly screened in a commercial theater for at least seven days. The film must also be predominantly in a language other than English. The Acad considers one pic per country.
- Crossing (South Korea; dir. Kim Tae-gyun)
- To verdener (Worlds Apart) (Denmark; dir. Niels Arden Oplev)
- Dunya & Desie (Netherlands; dir. Dana Nechushtan)
- Cape No. 7 (Taiwan; dir. Wei Te-sheng)
- Ploning (Philippines; dir. Dante Nico Garcia)
- Captain Abu Raed (Kingdom of Jordan; dir. Amin Matalqa)
