Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Kazakhstan picks their foreign-language Oscar film submissions

Posted by editor@vimooz.com on September 11, 2009 under Academy award, Foreign Film | Comments are off for this article

Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Kazakhstan have announced their official film selections for consideration for the foreign-language film Oscar category.

Ryoichi Kimizuka’s “Dare mo mamotte kurenai” (Nobody to watch over me) was chosen by the Motion Picture Producers Assn. of Japan.  The suspense drama, about a cop assigned to protect a teenage girl — the sister of a murder suspect — was released in January by Toho.

“Prince of Tears,” which premiered at this year’s Venice Film Festival, is Hong Kong’s selection. Directed by Yonfan, the film is about Taiwan’s Communist witch hunt in the early 1950s, known as the white terror, in which thousands were executed.

“No puedo vivir sin ti,” from director Leon Da is Taiwan’s selection.  The film is about an uneducated, unemployed man and his young daughter living happily together until the authorities intervene. It took top honors at the Taiwan Film Festival in July.

Ermek Tursunov’s  Kelin (pictured) has been named as Kazakhstan’s selection. Kelin is a sparsely worded romantic tribal story about a young beauty forced into an arranged marriage while her true love plots to win her back with disastrous results. It will premiere in the Discovery section at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival.

The closing date for submissions to the foreign language category is Oct. 1. Nominations will be announced Feb. 2 and the Academy Awards take place on March 7.

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