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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that the field of Documentary Short Subject contenders for the 89th Academy Awards has been narrowed to ten (10) films, of which five will earn a nominations Voters from the Academy’s Documentary Branch viewed this year’s sixty-one (61) eligible entries and selected the following ten. The 10 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title. 4.1 Miles , Daphne Matziaraki, USA, 22' Brillo Box (3¢ Off) , Lisanne Skyler, USA, 40' Extremis , Dan Krauss, USA, 24' Frame 394, Rich Williamson, Canada and USA, 30' Joe's Violin , Kahane Cooperman, USA, 24' The Mute's House , Tamar Kay, Israel, 32' The Other Side of Home , Nare Mkrtchyan, USA, 40' Watani: My Homeland , Marcel Mettelsiefen, UK, 40' The White Helmets , Orlando von Einsiedel, UK, 41 Więzi (Close Ties), Zofia Kowalewska, Poland, 18' To read the press release go here . The nominations will be announced live on Tuesday, Jan...

The European Film Academy proudly announces the nominations in the categories European Animated Feature Film and European Comedy. Based on a list of films provided by Cartoon, the European Association of Animation Film, as well as on individual film submissions, a committee decided on the nominations in the category European Animated Feature Film. The committee consisted of EFA Board Member Antonio Saura, producer (Spain), director Tomm Moore (Ireland) and producer Anja Šošić (Poland), as well as Cartoon representatives Karsten Kiilerich (Denmark), Marc Du Pontavice (France), and Vincent Tavier (Belgium). The Nominations for European Comedy were decided by a committee consisting of EFA Board Member Ada Solomon, producer (Romania), Nacho Carballo from Gijón IFF, distributor Kim Foss (Denmark), Nik Powell from NFTS (UK), and Marten Rabarts representing EYE Film Institute (Netherlands). European Animated Feature Film Ma vie de Courgette (My Life as a Zucchini), claude Barras, Switzerland...

Today, October 11th the Academy published the list of films in competition for the 2017 Foreign Language film Oscar which honors films released in their respective countries during the 2016 period. There are quite a few changes. For starters there are 85 and not 86 submissions, then Afghanistan, Armenia and Tunisia are out; last, have to add Cambodia and Yemen.  Japan's entry seems to be the same but has a different name in English: Nagasaki: Memories of My Son by Yoji Yamada and Malaysia's English name is different to Redha. Most important is to highlight that this edition will be the 60th Anniversary of the Foreign Language Film Category as was introduced in 1956 for the 29th Academy Awards. To celebrate the anniversary the Academy created a site with all the category winners which is here and the most amazing collection with 60 videos with the acceptance speeches from the winners which is here . The 85 submissions is a NEW record! Will do another post with my comments a...