Istanbul Modern Cinema wishes to remind the candidates for the "Best Foreign Language Film" category in the Oscar’s, as the award season approaches. The nine frontrunners of the race will be announced on Thursday, 10 January. Although nominated for an Oscar, the films in this program are produced outside of Hollywood, became hits in festivals worldwide and therefore represent a category where different languages and cultures come together.
A ROYAL AFFAIR (EN KONGELIG AFFÆRE), 2012
Denmark | 35mm, Color, 137’ | Danish, English, German
Director: Nikolaj Arcel
Cast: Mads Mikkelsen, Alicia Vikander, Mikkel Boe Folsgaard
BARBARA, 2012
Germany | 35mm, Color, 105’ | German
Director: Christian Petzold
Cast: Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld, Rainer Bock
BEYOND THE HILLS (DUPA DEALURI, 2012
Romania | 35mm, Color, 150’ | Romanian
Director: Cristian Mungiu
Cast: Cosmina Stratan, Cristina Flutur, Valeriu Andriuta
CEASAR MUST DIE (CEASAR DEVE MORIRE), 2012
Italy | 35mm, Black-White & Color, 76’ | Italian
Director: Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani
Cast: Cosimo Rega, Giovanni Arcuri, Antonio Frasca
LORE, 2012
Australia | 35mm, Color, 108’ | German
Director: Cate Shortland
Cast: Saskia Rosendahl, Nele Trebs, André Frid
SISTER (L'ENFANT D'EN HAUT), 2012
Switzerland | 35mm, Color, 97’ | French, English
Director: Ursula Meier
Cast: Léa Seydoux, Kacey Mottet Klein, Martin Compston
SNOW WHITE (BLANCANIEVES), 2012
Spain | 35mm, Color, 112’ | No-dialogue
Director: Pablo Berger
Cast: Maribel Verdú, Ángela Molina, Daniel Giménez Cacho
THE INTOUCHABLES (LES INTOUCHABLES), 2012
France | 35mm, Color, 112' | French
Director: Olivier Nakache, Eric Toledano
Cast: François Cluzet, Omar Sy, Anne Le Ny, Audrey Fleurot
WHERE THE FIRE BURNS (ATEŞİN DÜŞTÜĞÜ YER), 2012
Türkiye | 35mm, Color, 105’ | Turkish
Director: İsmail Güneş
Cast: Hakan Karahan, Elifcan Ongurlar, Yeşim Ceren Bozoğlu