Hidden disqualified
The AMPAS (Academy of Motion Picture, Arts and Sciences) has just decided that Michael Haneke's latest film, Hidden [+see also:
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The Austrian committee for film and TV professionals who selected this movie is protesting against this disqualification, asserting that this film is profoundly Austrian in all respects. Should the AMPAS maintain its decision, the most likely candidates are >The Educators (Die fetten Jahre sind vorbei) by Hans Weingartner and Silentium [+see also:
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(Translated from French)
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