19/12/2014 - Force Majeure, Ida, Corn Island and Timbuktu, among the shortlisted films

The Academy of Motion Picture, Arts and Sciences has announced that nine foreign films have been shortlisted from 83 originally submitted for the Oscar for Best Foreign Film. Only five films will make the list of finalists which is to be unveiled on January 15, 2015. The awards will be handed out February 22nd in a ceremony at the Dolby Theatre, Los Angeles.

The films, listed in alphabetical order by country, are:

Wild Tales [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile], Damián Szifrón
Argentina

Tangerines [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile], Zaza Urushadze
Estonia

Corn Island [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: George Ovashvili
film profile], George Ovashvili
Georgia

Timbuktu [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile], Abderrahmane Sissako
Mauritania

Accused [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile], Paula van der Oest
Netherlands

Ida [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Pawel Pawlikowski
interview: Pawel Pawlikowski
film profile], Paweł Pawlikowski
Poland

Leviathan [+see also:
trailer
film profile], Andrey Zvyagintsev
Russia

Force Majeure [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Ruben Östlund
film profile], Ruben Östlund
Sweden

The Liberator, Alberto Arvelo
Venezuela