
For Your Consideration: Foreign Oscar Hopefuls
In an historic year, a record-high 76 countries submitted films to the Academy for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. For one week only, Film Society offers a sampling of 10 of these prestigious possibilities for your consideration. The five nominees will be announced on January 16.
Danis Tanovic
2013|
Bosnia and Herzegovina / France / Slovenia|
75 minutes|
Bosnian with English subtitles
Nazif and Senada barely make ends meet to support their family. When Senada’s life is threatened by a miscarriage and she needs urgent care, the couple must confront the cruelty and callousness of contemporary society.
Wong Kar Wai
2013|
Hong Kong / China|
130 minutes|
Mandarin, Cantonese, and Japanese with English subtitles
Wong Kar Wai’s most ambitious film to date features exquisitely staged action and a virtuosic performance by Tony Leung as the legendary kung fu master Ip Man.
Amat Escalante
2013|
Mexico|
105 minutes|
Spanish with English subtitles
New York Premiere!
Twelve-year-old Estela has fallen madly in love with a young police cadet with whom she wants to run away and marry. As she pursues her dream, one deadly mistake leads to another, and she unwittingly drags her family into the horror of devastating drug violence.
Thomas Vinterberg
2012|
Denmark|
115 minutes|
Danish with English subtitles
Mads Mikkelsen plays Lucas, a highly-regarded school teacher who has been forced to start over after overcoming a tough divorce. An untruthful remark throws the small community in which he lives into a collective state of hysteria, and forces Lucas to fight a lonely fight for his life and dignity.
Valeria Sarmiento
2012|
Portugal / France|
151 minutes|
English, Portuguese, and French with English subtitles
Prepared by Ruiz from a screenplay by Carlos Saboga (Mysteries of Lisbon), Lines of Wellington was completed by Sarmiento—Ruiz’s longtime editor as well as his widow—who has created a revealing portrait of life during the Peninsular War. An NYFF50 Selection.
Gilles Bourdos
2012|
France|
111 minutes|
French with English subtitles
Set on the French Riviera in the summer of 1915, Gilles Bourdos’ lushly atmospheric drama tells the story of celebrated impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and the passing of the torch from a great painter to his son Jean, the great filmmaker of such classics as Grand Illusion and Rules of the Game.
Haifaa Al Mansour
2012|
Saudi Arabia|
98 minutes|
Arabic with English subtitles
Although she lives in a conservative world, Wadjda is fun loving, entrepreneurial and always pushing the boundaries of what she can get away with. Wadjda sees a beautiful green bicycle for sale. She wants the bicycle desperately so that she can beat her friend Abdullah in a race.
Barmak Akram
2013|
Afghanistan / France|
85 minutes|
Persian with English subtitles
Gregarious waiter Mustafa charms a pretty student named Wajma. After Wajma discovers she is pregnant, her certainty that Mustafa will marry her falters, and word of their dalliance gets out. Her father must decide between his culturally held right to uphold family honor and his devotion to his daughter.
December 27 – January 2
In an historic year, a record-high 76 countries submitted films to the Academy for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. For one week only, Film Society offers a sampling of 10 of these prestigious possibilities for your consideration. The five nominees will be announced on January 16.








