Venezuela and Argentina finalists at the Oscars – The Times

Ed. Print CINEMA | La Argentina “Stories Wild” and Venezuelan “Libertador” are the only two Spanish-language tapes that managed to be chosen as finalists for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film

A scene from the Venezuelan film “Liberator”, the center actor Edgar Ramirez in the role of Simon Bolivar. | Runrun.es – Agency

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“Tales Wild,” a film that competes for Argentina but co-produced by the Spanish Desire of Almodóvar brothers, and “Liberator” of Venezuela are among the nine films finalists for the Oscar for Best Film Not in the English language, announced yesterday the Academy Awards in a statement.

Along with the two Latin American films will opt Oscar Polish “Ida”, recent winner at the European Film Awards, where she won five -better awards film, director (Pawel Pawlikowski), screenplay, cinematography and public -.

Also, the tapes submitted by Estonia (“Tangerines” by Zaza Urushadze), Georgia (“Corn Island” by George Ovashvili), Mauritania (“Timbuktu” by Abderrahmane Sissako), Holland (“Accused” by Paula van der Oest), Russia (“Leviathan” by Andrey Zvyagintsev) and Sweden (“Force Majeure” by Ruben Östlund).

Of these nine elected five nominees will to seize figurine the 87th edition of the Oscars, to be held in Los Angeles on February 22.

The Argentina candidate is an acidic comedy directed by Damián Szifrón, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and is . consists of six short stories in which the protagonists are in such extreme situations as absurd

Co-produced by El Deseo and Argentina Kramer & amp; Sigman Films, stars, among others, Ricardo Darin, Erica Rivas, Oscar Martinez, Dario Grandinetti, Leonardo Sbaraglia and Juliet Zylberberg.

“Tales Wild” gets the nomination, it would be the eighth time a Argentina opt film Oscar for best foreign film, with two wins in 1985 with “official history” and in 2009 with “The Secret in Their Eyes”.

The Venezuelan film, directed by Alberto Arvelo, is based on the life of Simon Bolivar and is led by Venezuelan Edgar Ramirez, American Danny Huston, British Iwan Rheon and Spanish María Valverde and has composed Gustavo Dudamel music.

In reaching the gala as a nominee, be the first time that a film of Venezuela opts for an Oscar in this category.

The director of the film “Liberator”, Alberto Arvelo, was yesterday “very happy” after being between the nine finalists of the five candidates will be selected for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language film, “an achievement” that has only one “last step”.

“News and we also joy knowing that there is still a step, but it is still an achievement, “said Arvelo in a brief telephone interview with Efe news agency.

Alberto Arvelo, director of the film” liberator “

” News and joy that we also knowing that there is still a step, but it is still an achievement. “

” Forgotten “

The Bolivian film” Forgotten ” Cochabamba produced by Carla Ortiz Oporto and managed to be inscribed on the list of candidates for Best Foreign Language Film and competed with 81 other films from different countries, failed to be chosen among the finalists.

However, “Forgotten” also managed to be inscribed in the Golden Globe Awards, whose nominations may be known in the coming days.

“Forgotten” is the film that closes tonight International Film Festival of Ayacucho in Peru.

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