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OSCARS 2013

Best foreign-language film Oscar: 7 out of 9 shortlisted films are European

- Amour, Untouchable, Beyond the Hills, Sister, A Royal Affair, The Deep and Kon-Tiki want to make it in Hollywood

Nine films – seven out of them produced in Europe - will advance to the next round of voting in the Foreign Language Film category for the 85th Academy Awards. The ontenders include:

Amour [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Michael Haneke
film profile
]
- Michael Haneke - Austria
A Royal Affair [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Mikkel Boe Følsgaard
interview: Nikolaj Arcel
film profile
]
- Nikolaj Arcel - Denmark
The Untouchables [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile
]
- Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano - France
The Deep [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile
]
- Baltasar Kormákur - Iceland
Kon-Tiki [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile
]
- Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg - Norway
Beyond the Hills [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Cosmina Stratan
interview: Cristian Mungiu
interview: Cristian Mungiu
interview: Cristian Mungiu
film profile
]
- Cristian Mungiu - Romania
Sister [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Kacey Mottet Klein
interview: Ursula Meier
film profile
]
 - Ursula Meier – Switzerland
War Witch - Kim Nguyen - Canada
No - Pablo Larraín - Chile

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The shortlist will be winnowed down to the five nominees by specially invited committees in New York and Los Angeles.

The 85th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Thursday, January 10. Academy Awards will be presented on Sunday, February 24, 2013.

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