12/12/2008

It was announced yesterday that Matteo Garrone’s Gomorrah [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Domenico Procacci
interview: Jean Labadie
interview: Matteo Garrone
film profile] has been nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film.

The awards of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which will we presented January 11, 2009, are considered the first step to the Oscar nominations. For Gomorrah, it marks further recognition after the Grand Prix at Cannes and a sweeping five European Film Awards.

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Also in the running with Garrone are The Baader Meinhof Gang [+see also:
trailer
film profile] (Germany), Everlasting Moments [+see also:
trailer
film profile] (Sweden/Denmark), I’ve Loved You So Long [+see also:
trailer
film profile] (France) and the European/Israeli co-production Waltz with Bashir [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile].

(Translated from Italian)