08:27 | Lima, Feb. 02 (ANDINA).
The full list of nominees for the 82nd Annual Academy Awards will be announced on February 2nd. Nine films, including Peru's Berlinale Golden Bear winner La Teta Asustada (The Milk of Sorrow), have advanced to the next round of voting in the Foreign Language Film category.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says a committee of "several hundred" members selected the nine films from 65 that qualified in the category.
Still in contention for an Academy Award nomination are: "El Secreto de Sus Ojos" from Argentina, "Samson & Delilah" from Australia, Bulgaria's "The World Is Big and Salvation Lurks around the Corner," "Un Prophete" from France, Golden Globe winner "The White Ribbon" from Germany, Israel's "Ajami," Kazakhstan's "Kelin," "Winter in Wartime" from the Netherlands and Peru's "Milk of Sorrow."
The 82nd Academy Awards nominations will be announced on Tuesday, February 2, 2010, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.
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Published: 2/2/2010