The Great Beauty, Miele and Salvo in competition for the Oscar nomination
- The number of titles on the list is seven. The Italian candidate for Best Foreign Film will be chosen on September 25.
Seven titles will compete to represent Italy at the Academy Awards for the title of Best Foreign Film: The Great Beauty [+see also:
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interview: Paolo Sorrentino
film profile] by Paolo Sorrentino; Miele [+see also:
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interview: Valeria Golino
interview: Valeria Golino
film profile] by Valeria Golino; Razzabastarda [+see also:
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film profile] Alessandro Gassman; Salvo [+see also:
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interview: Fabio Grassadonia and Anton…
interview: Sara Serraiocco
film profile] by Antonio Piazza and Fabio Grassadonia; Viaggio sola [+see also:
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film profile] by Maria Sole Tognazzi; Viva la libertà [+see also:
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interview: Roberto Andò
film profile] by Roberto Andò and an absolute outsider, a horror thriller: Midway tra la vita e la morte [+see also:
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film profile] by John Real. The films were all distributed in Italy between October 1, 2012 and September 30, 2013.
The selection commission will meet on September 25 in order to decide on which Italian candidate to send to the Oscars. They will meet at the Anica headquarters, which will be acting as representative of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. The commission is made up of Nicola Borrelli (director of MiBAC); producer Martha Capello (president of AGPC – the association of young cinema producers); director Liliana Cavani; producer Tilde Corsi; Caterina D'amico (who presides over Italy’s Cinema Experimental Centre Foundation); reporter Piera Detassis; producer and distributor Andrea Occhipinti; Barbara Salabé (distributor) and actor Giulio Scarpati (president of the Italian actors’ union).
The announcement of the five foreign selected films to run at the next Oscars edition will be announced on January 16, 2014, while the award ceremony of the 86th Academy Awards will take place on March 2, 2014.
(Translated from Italian)
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