07/09/2007

German Films is organising the selection process for the naming of the German entry for the 80th Oscar Awards in the Best Foreign Language Film category.

A total of seven German feature film productions were registered by German producers with German Films. After viewing the titles, a nine-person independent expert jury with representatives from the most important associations of the local film industry will decide which will be submitted to the Oscars for Germany.

The films are as follows:

And Along Come Tourists (Am Ende kommen Touristen) [+see also:
trailer
interview: Alexander Fehling
film profile]
by Robert Thalheim (23/5 Filmproduktion, Berlin)

The Edge of Heaven (Auf der andern Seite) [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Fatih Akin
interview: Klaus Maeck
film profile]
by Fatih Akin (Corazón International, Hamburg)

The House of the Sleeping (Das Haus der schlafenden Schönen) [+see also:
trailer
film profile]
by Vadim Glowna (Atossa Film Produktion, Berlin)

My Fürer - The Really Truest Truth About Adolf Hitler (Mein Fürer - Die wirklich wahrste wahrheit über Adolf Hitler) [+see also:
trailer
film profile]
by Dani Levy (X Filme Creative Pool, Berlin)

Strajk (Die Heldin von Danzig)
by Volker Schloendorff (Provobis, Gesellschaft für Film und Fernsehen, Berlin)

Four Minutes (Vier Minuten) [+see also:
trailer
film profile]
by Chris Kraus (Kordes & Kordes Film, Berlin)

Winter Journey (Winterreise) [+see also:
trailer
film profile]
by Hans Steinbichler (d.i.e. film, Munich)

The results will be announced by German Films on September 18 and must be submitted to the Academy in Los Angeles by no later than October 1.

The names of the selection jury have been published at www.german-films.de, German Films and the Academy Awards.