India has chosen “Taare Zameen Par,” a movie about a dyslexic child and a teacher who goes the extra mile, as its contender for the the best foreign-language Oscar category.
Oscar 2008: “Taare Zameen Par” About Dyslexic Child Is India’s Entry for Foreign-Language Oscar (Education, Teachers)
September 21, 2008 by
Oscar 2008: Cantet's The Class Is France's Entry for Foreign-Language Oscar
September 19, 2008 by
Sep 19, 2008–“The Class” (“Entre les murs”) has been selected to represent France in the foreign-language film category at the 81st Academy Awards.
Oscar 2008: Fans Invited to Red Carpet Seats
September 16, 2008 by
Sep 16, 2008–The annual online drawing for some of the most sought-after Red Carpet seats of the year is about to get underway.
Oscar 2008: Necessities of Life is Canada's Entry to Foreign-Language Oscar
September 16, 2008 by
Sep 16, 2008–Canada has submitted Montreal director Benoit Pilon's “The Necessities of Life,” a French-and Innu-language film about an Inuit hunter with tuberculosis in 1950s Quebec, for consideration in the Academy Awards' foreign-language film category.
Oscar 2008: Departures (Okuribito) is Japan's Entry for the Foreign-Language Film Oscar
September 15, 2008 by
Sep 15, 2008–The Motion Picture Producers' Association of Japan (Eiren) has selected the Yojiro Takita helmed drama “Okuribito” (“Departures”) as Japan's contender for the foreign language Oscar, the film's international distrib, Shochiku, announced Friday.
