Oscar - 9 Foreign Language Film finalists

The Academy has released the final shortlist for this year's foreign language film prize. From the 9 remaining films, which has been whittled down from the original list of 63 entries, 5 films will become nominees on Tuesday morning. The finalists are...

• Belgium - "Bullhead" - Michael A. Roskam, director
• Canada - "Monsieur Lazhar" - Philippe Falardeau, director
• Denmark - "Superclasico" - Ole Christian Madsen, director
• Germany - "Pina" - Wim Wenders, director
• Iran - "A Separation" - Asghar Farhadi, director
• Israel - "Footnote" - Joseph Cedar, director
• Morocco - "Omar Killed Me" - Roschdy Zem, director
• Poland - "In Darkness" - Agnieszka Holland, director
• Taiwan - "Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale" - Wei Te-sheng, director