14:51 | Los Angeles, Jan. 20 (ANDINA).
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 for the 82nd Academy Awards.
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."
Foreign Language Film nominations for 2009 are again being determined in two phases.
The Phase I committee, consisting of several hundred Los Angeles-based members, screened the 65 eligible films between mid-October and January 16. The group’s top six choices, augmented by three additional selections voted by the Academy’s Foreign Language Film Award Executive Committee, constitute the shortlist.
The shortlist will be winnowed down to the five nominees by specially invited committees in New York and Los Angeles. They will spend Friday, January 29, through Sunday, January 31, viewing three films each day and then casting their ballots.
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: 1/20/2010