The Foreigners of the Oscars
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The Foreigners of the Oscars January 10–27, 2019

As the 91st Academy Awards are approaching, Istanbul Modern Cinema offers a reminder of the entries for the “Best Foreign Language Film” category. Featuring a selection from the submissions from 87 countries cited to compete in the Oscar race, the program represents a category that brings together films from diverse cultures and languages, which were big hits in world festivals and, despite being Oscar-nominated, are outside the Hollywood track. The program includes Lee Chang-Dong’s poetic and mysterious film Burning (Beoning) based on a story by Haruki Murakami, as well as Lebanon’s candidate and Cannes Jury Prize-winner Capernaum helmed by Nadine Labaki. Also featured in the program are Ukraine’s entry Donbass by Sergei Loznitsa, who won the award for Best Director in Cannes’s Un Certain Regard category, and Belgium’s submission Girl, which focuses on Lara, a transgender teenager striving to become a ballerina.

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