È stata presentata parte della lista nella categoria Miglior Film Straniero per 85° Edizione degli Oscar. La selezione finora include voci di alto profilo e in concorso nei festival di quest’anno, tra cui Michael Haneke Amour (Austria), Cate Shortland Lore (Australia), di Christian Petzold Barbara (Germania), Cristian Mungiu Beyond The Hills (Romania) e Kim Ki-duk, il recente vincitore del Festival del Cinema di Venezia, con Pietà (Corea del Sud). Ancora nessun nome da parte del cinema Italiano ma la selezione è ancora lunga.
Lo scorso anno, la categoria ha premiato il film iraniano A Separation vincitore anche del festival di Berlino. L’Accademia annuncerà l’elenco completo delle proposte ammissibili nel mese di ottobre 2012. Nove finalisti tra le decine di voci saranno selezionati a metà gennaio, con gli ultimi cinque candidati che saranno annunciati il 24 gennaio 2013. Qui sotto la lista dei film per ora passati alla selezione:
Australia – Lore, directed by Cate Shortland (German)
Austria – Amore, directed by Michael Haneke (French)
Azerbaijan – Buta, directed by Ilgar Najaf (Azeri)
Belgium – Our Children, directed by Joachim Lafosse (French)
Bosnia and Herzegovina – Children of Sarajevo, directed by Aida Begić (Bosnian)
Bulgaria – Sneakers, directed by Valeri Yordanov (Bulgarian)
Cambodia – Lost Loves, directed by Chhay Bora (Khmer)
Croatia – Cannibal Vegetarian, directed by Branko Schmidt (Croatian)
Czech Republic – In The Shadows, directed by David Ondricek (Czech, German)
Germany – Barbara, directed by Christian Petzold (German)
Greece – Unfair World, directed by Filippos Tsitos (Greek)
Hungary – Just The Wind, directed by Benedek Fliegauf (Hungarian)
Japan – Our Homeland, directed by Yong-hi Yang (Japanese)
Macedonia –The Third Half, directed by Darko Mitrevski (Macedonian, German, Bulgarian)
Morocco – Death For Sale, directed by Faouzi Bensaïdi (Arabic)
Netherlands – Kauwboy, directed by Boudewijn Koole (Dutch)
Norway – Kon-Tiki, directed by Joachim Rønning & Espen Sandberg (Norwegian)
Palestinian Territories – When I Saw You, directed by Annemarie Jacir (Arabic)
Phillippines – Bwakaw, directed by Jun Lana (Tagalog)
Poland – 80 Million, directed by Waldemar Krzystek (Polish)
Portugal – Blood of My Blood, directed by João Canijo (Portuguese)
Romania – Beyond The Hills, directed by Cristian Mungiu (Romanian)
Serbia – When Day Breaks, directed by Goran Paskaljević (Serbian)
Slovenia – A Trip, directed by Nejc Gazvoda (Slovene)
South Korea – Pieta, directed by Kim Ki-duk (Korean)
Sweden – The Hypnotist, directed by Lasse Hallstrom (Swedish)
Urkraine – Firecrosser, directed by Mykhailo Illienko (Russian, Ukranian)
Venezuela – Rock, Paper, Scissors, directed by Hernán Jabes (Spanish)
Fonte: Indiewire
