Thursday, January 15, 2009

NO OSCARS FOR INDIA THIS YEAR ALSO

The 2007’s highly-acclaimed film ‘Taare Zameen Par’ (TZP) has failed to make it to the Oscar nomination list.Aamir Khan’s directorial debut TZP, which was India’s official entry toOscar, did not figure among the nine films (short listed in the foreignlanguage film category).This might made aamir khan sad who is enjoying the success of his lates film ghajini
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Israeli documentary “Watz with Bashir,” which won the coveted Golden
Globe for Best Foreign Film and German film “Baader Meinhof Complex,”
which looks at a terrorist group in that country are among the nine
films competing for the 81st Academy Awards

The nine films that entered the second round

“Revanche,” Gotz Spielmann, director (Austria)
“The Necessities of Life,” Benoit Pilon (Canada)
“The Class,” Laurent Cantet, director (France)
“The Baader Meinhof Complex,” Uli Edel, director (Germany)
“Waltz with Bashir,” Ari Folman, director (Israel)
“Departures,” Yojiro Takita, director (Japan)
“Tear This Heart Out,” Roberto Sneider, director (Mexico)
“Everlasting Moments,” Jan Troell, director (Sweden)
“3 Monkeys,” Nuri Bilge Ceylan, director (Turkey)

The final list of 5 nominees will be announced on January 22nd.