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Tuesday, October 23, 2018

2018 Oscars -- 87 countries submit for Best Foreign Language Film

Oscars news 2019

Here is the list of submissions for Best Foreign Language Film this year. A total of 87 films have been submitted for consideration.

Afghanistan, “Rona Azim’s Mother,” Jamshid Mahmoudi, director;
Algeria, “Until the End of Time,” Yasmine Chouikh, director;
Argentina, “El Ángel,” Luis Ortega, director;
Armenia, “Spitak,” Alexander Kott, director;
Australia, “Jirga,” Benjamin Gilmour, director;
Austria, “The Waldheim Waltz,” Ruth Beckermann, director;
Bangladesh, “No Bed of Roses,” Mostofa Sarwar Farooki, director;
Belarus, “Crystal Swan,” Darya Zhuk, director;
Belgium, “Girl,” Lukas Dhont, director;
Bolivia, “The Goalkeeper,” Rodrigo “Gory” Patiño, director;
Bosnia and Herzegovina, “Never Leave Me,” Aida Begić, director;
Brazil, “The Great Mystical Circus,” Carlos Diegues, director;
Bulgaria, “Omnipresent,” Ilian Djevelekov, director;
Cambodia, “Graves without a Name,” Rithy Panh, director;
Canada, “Family First,” Sophie Dupuis, director;
Chile, “…And Suddenly the Dawn,” Silvio Caiozzi, director;
China, “Hidden Man,” Jiang Wen, director;
Colombia, “Birds of Passage,” Cristina Gallego, Ciro Guerra, directors;
Costa Rica, “Medea,” Alexandra Latishev, director;
Croatia, “The Eighth Commissioner,” Ivan Salaj, director;
Czech Republic, “Winter Flies,” Olmo Omerzu, director;
Denmark, “The Guilty,” Gustav Möller, director;
Dominican Republic, “Cocote,” Nelson Carlo De Los Santos Arias, director;
Ecuador, “A Son of Man,” Jamaicanoproblem, director;
Egypt, “Yomeddine,” A.B. Shawky, director;
Estonia, “Take It or Leave It,” Liina Trishkina-Vanhatalo, director;
Finland, “Euthanizer,” Teemu Nikki, director;
France, “Memoir of War,” Emmanuel Finkiel, director;
Georgia, “Namme,” Zaza Khalvashi, director;
Germany, “Never Look Away,” Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, director;
Greece, “Polyxeni,” Dora Masklavanou, director;
Hong Kong, “Operation Red Sea,” Dante Lam, director;
Hungary, “Sunset,” László Nemes, director;
Iceland, “Woman at War,” Benedikt Erlingsson, director;
India, “Village Rockstars,” Rima Das, director;
Indonesia, “Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts,” Mouly Surya, director;
Iran, “No Date, No Signature,” Vahid Jalilvand, director;
Iraq, “The Journey,” Mohamed Jabarah Al-Daradji, director;
Israel, “The Cakemaker,” Ofir Raul Graizer, director;
Italy, “Dogman,” Matteo Garrone, director;
Japan, “Shoplifters,” Hirokazu Kore-eda, director;
Kazakhstan, “Ayka,” Sergey Dvortsevoy, director;
Kenya, “Supa Modo,” Likarion Wainaina, director;
Kosovo, “The Marriage,” Blerta Zeqiri, director;
Latvia, “To Be Continued,” Ivars Seleckis, director;
Lebanon, “Capernaum,” Nadine Labaki, director;
Lithuania, “Wonderful Losers: A Different World,” Arunas Matelis, director;
Luxembourg, “Gutland,” Govinda Van Maele, director;
Macedonia, “Secret Ingredient,” Gjorce Stavreski, director;
Malawi, “The Road to Sunrise,” Shemu Joyah, director;
Mexico, “Roma,” Alfonso Cuarón, director;
Montenegro, “Iskra,” Gojko Berkuljan, director;
Morocco, “Burnout,” Nour-Eddine Lakhmari, director;
Nepal, “Panchayat,” Shivam Adhikari, director;
Netherlands, “The Resistance Banker,” Joram Lürsen, director;
New Zealand, “Yellow Is Forbidden,” Pietra Brettkelly, director;
Niger, “The Wedding Ring,” Rahmatou Keïta, director;
Norway, “What Will People Say,” Iram Haq, director;
Pakistan, “Cake,” Asim Abbasi, director;
Palestine, “Ghost Hunting,” Raed Andoni, director;
Panama, “Ruben Blades Is Not My Name,” Abner Benaim, director;
Paraguay, “The Heiresses,” Marcelo Martinessi, director;
Peru, “Eternity,” Oscar Catacora, director;
Philippines, “Signal Rock,” Chito S. Roño, director;
Poland, “Cold War,” Pawel Pawlikowski, director;
Portugal, “Pilgrimage,” João Botelho, director;
Romania, “I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians,” Radu Jude, director;
Russia, “Sobibor,” Konstantin Khabensky, director;
Serbia, “Offenders,” Dejan Zecevic, director;
Singapore, “Buffalo Boys,” Mike Wiluan, director;
Slovakia, “The Interpreter,” Martin Šulík, director;
Slovenia, “Ivan,” Janez Burger, director;
South Africa, “Sew the Winter to My Skin,” Jahmil X.T. Qubeka, director;
South Korea, “Burning,” Lee Chang-dong, director;
Spain, “Champions,” Javier Fesser, director;
Sweden, “Border,” Ali Abbasi, director;
Switzerland, “Eldorado,” Markus Imhoof, director;
Taiwan, “The Great Buddha+,” Hsin-Yao Huang, director;
Thailand, “Malila The Farewell Flower,” Anucha Boonyawatana, director;
Tunisia, “Beauty and the Dogs,” Kaouther Ben Hania, director;
Turkey, “The Wild Pear Tree,” Nuri Bilge Ceylan, director;
Ukraine, “Donbass,” Sergei Loznitsa, director;
United Kingdom, “I Am Not a Witch,” Rungano Nyoni, director;
Uruguay, “Twelve-Year Night,” Álvaro Brechner, director;
Venezuela, “The Family,” Gustavo Rondón Córdova, director;
Vietnam, “The Tailor,” Buu Loc Tran, Kay Nguyen, directors;
Yemen, “10 Days before the Wedding,” Amr Gamal, director.

Tuesday, September 18, 2018

2017 Beachhouse Awards by the numbers

54 films earned at least 1 nod, with 14 films taking at least 1 win...

5 wins; 7 nods -- Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

3 wins; 7 nods -- Blade Runner 2049
3 wins; 6 nods -- Lady Bird

2 wins; 11 nods -- Dunkirk
2 wins; 8 nods -- Baby Driver
2 wins; 7 nods -- Coco (BEST PICTURE)
2 wins; 4 nods -- Phantom Thread
2 wins; 3 nods -- Darkest Hour

1 win; 8 nods -- Logan
1 win; 6 nods -- The Big Sick
1 win: 6 nods -- Get Out
1 win; 3 nods -- The Greatest Showman
1 win; 3 nods -- Wonder Woman
1 win; 1 nod -- Faces Places
1 win: 1 nod -- Wind River

7 nods -- I, Tonya

6 nods -- The Shape of Water

4 nods -- The Florida Project

3 nods -- The Disaster Artist
3 nods -- Call Me By Your Name
3 nods -- The Lost City of Z

2 nods -- Split
2 nods -- Molly's Game
2 nods -- The Post
2 nods -- Star Wars: The Last Jedi
2 nods -- Thor: Ragnarok

1 nod -- The Breadwinner
1 nod -- In this Corner of the World
1 nod -- The Lego Batman Movie
1 nod -- Loving Vincent
1 nod -- Mudbound
1 nod -- War for the Planet of the Apes
1 nod -- Wonder
1 nod -- A Ghost Story
1 nod -- Beauty and the Beast
1 nod -- BPM (Beats Per Minute)
1 nod -- First They Killed My Father
1 nod -- Loveless
1 nod -- The Square
1 nod -- John Wick 2
1 nod -- Columbus
1 nod -- Lucky
1 nod -- Lady Macbeth
1 nod -- Spider-Man: Homecoming
1 nod -- Sronger
1 nod -- American Made
1 nod -- Brawl in Cell Block 99
1 nod -- Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
1 nod -- Good Time
1 nod -- Hostliles
1 nod -- Ingrid Goes West
1 nod -- The Killing of a Sacred Deer
1 nod -- Logan Lucky
1 nod -- Professor Marston and the Wonder Woman

2017 BEACHHOUSE AWARDS -- Best Picture

And the nominees and Winner for Best Picture of 2017 are...

BABY DRIVER

THE BIG SICK

COCO

DUNKIRK

THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI

2017 BEACHHOUSE AWARDS -- Director

And the nominees and Winner for Director are...

GUILLERMO DEL TORO - "The Shape of Water"

MARTIN MCDONAGH - "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"

CHRISTOPHER NOLAN - "Dunkirk"

DENIS VILLENEUVE - "Blade Runner 2049"

EDGAR WRIGHT - "Baby Driver"

2017 BEACHHOUSE AWARDS -- Actor

And the nominees and Winner for Actor are...

JAMES FRANCO - "The Disaster Artist"

HUGH JACKMAN - "Logan"

DANIEL KALUUYA - "Get Out"

JAMES MCAVOY - "Split"

GARY OLDMAN - "Darkest Hour"

2017 BEACHHOUSE AWARDS -- Actress

And the nominees and Winner for Actress are...

JESSICA CHASTAIN - "Molly's Game"

SALLY HAWKINS - "The Shape of Water"

VICKY KRIEPS - "Phantom Thread"

MARGOT ROBBIE - "I, Tonya"

SAOIRSE RONAN - "Lady Bird"

2017 BEACHHOUSE AWARDS -- Supporting Actor

And the nominees and Winner for Supporting Actor are...

WILLEM DAFOE - "The Florida Project"

SAM ROCKWELL - "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"

RAY ROMANO - "The Big Sick"

MICHAEL SHANNON - "The Shape of Water"

PATRICK STEWART - "Logan"

2017 BEACHHOUSE AWARDS -- Supporting Actress

And the nominees and Winner for Supporting Actress are...

BETTY BUCKLEY - "Split"

HOLLY HUNTER - "The Big Sick"

ALLISON JANNEY - "I, Tonya"

LESLEY MANVILLE - "Phantom Thread"

LAURIE METCALF - "Lady Bird"

2017 BEACHHOUSE AWARDS -- Ensemble Cast

And the nominees and Winner for Ensemble Cast are...

THE BIG SICK

GET OUT

LADY BIRD

THE POST

THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI

2017 BEACHHOUSE AWARDS -- Original Screenplay

And the nominees and Winner for Original Screenplay are...

THE BIG SICK

COCO

I, TONYA

LADY BIRD
THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI

2017 BEACHHOUSE AWARDS -- Adapted Screenplay

And the nominees and Winner for Adapted Screenplay are...

CALL ME BY YOUR NAME

THE DISASTER ARTIST

LOGAN

THE LOST CITY OF Z

MOLLY'S GAME

2017 BEACHHOUSE AWARDS -- Animated Feature

And the nominees and Winner for Animated Feature are...

THE BREADWINNER

COCO

IN THIS CORNER OF THE WORLD

THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE

LOVING VINCENT