49 Länder wollen den Oscar gewinnen

Für die 77. Academy Awards, die legendären Oscar-Verleihung, reichten 49 Länder ihre Filme ein. Die Academy of Motion Arts and Sciences hat diese aufgenommen und wird Ende Januar fünf Filme in die Liste der Nominierungen aufnehmen.

Afghanistan, "Earth and Ashes," Atiq Rahimi, director;
Argentinien, "A Lost Embrace," Daniel Burman, director;
Österreich, "Antares," Gŏtz Spielmann, director;
Belgien, "The Alzheimer Case," Erik Van Looy, director;
Bosnia and Herzegovina, "Days and Hours," Pjer Žalica, director;
Brazil, "Olga," Jayme Monjardim, director;
Bulgaria, "Mila from Mars," Zornitsa Sophia, director;
Canada, "Far Side of the Moon," Robert Lapage, director;
Chile, "Machuca," Andrés Wood, director;
China, "House of Flying Daggers," Zhang Yimou, director;
Croatia, "Long Dark Night," Antun Vrdoljak, director;
Czech Republic, "Up and Down," Jan Hřebejk, director;
Denmark, "The Five Obstructions," Jørgen Leth & Lars von Trier, directors;
Ecuador, "Chronicles," Sebastián Cordero, director;
Egypt, "I Love Cinema," Osama Fawzy, director;
Estonia, "Revolution of Pigs," Jaak Kilmi, René Reinumägi, directors;
Finland, "Producing Adults," Aleksi Salmenperä, director;
France, "The Chorus," Christophe Barratier, director;
Germany, "Der Untergang," Oliver Hirschbiegel, director;
Greece, "A Touch of Spice," Tassos Boulmetis, director;
Hungary, "Kontroll," Nimród Antal, director;
Iceland, "Cold Light," Hilmar Oddsson, director;
India, "Shwaas," Sandeep Sawant, director;
Iran, "Turtles Can Fly," Bahman Ghobadi, director;
Israel, "Campfire," Joseph Cedar, director;
Italy, "The Keys to the House," Gianni Amelio, director;
Japan, "Nobody Knows," Hirokazu Kore-eda, director;
Korea, "Tae Guk Gi," Kang Je-gyu, director;
Macedonia, "The Great Water," Ivo Trajikov, director;
Malaysia, "A Legendary Love," Saw Teong Hin, director;
Mexico, "Innocent Voices," Luis Mandoki, director;
The Netherlands, "Simon," Eddy Terstall, director;
Norway, "Hawaii, Oslo," Erik Poppe, director;
Palestine, "The Olive Harvest," Hanna Elias, director;
Philippines, "Crying Ladies," Mark Meily, director;
Poland, "The Welts," Magdalena Piekorz, director;
Portugal, "The Miracle According to Salomé," Mário Barroso, director;
Romania, "Orient-Express," Sergiu Nicolaescu, director;
Russia, "Night Watch," Timolir Bekmambetov, director;
Serbia and Montenegro, "Goose Feather," Ljubiša Samardžić, director;
Slovenia, "Beneath Her Window," Metod Pevec, director;
South Africa, "Yesterday," Darrell Roodt, director;
Spain, "The Sea Inside," Alejandro Amenabar, director;
Sweden, "As in Heaven," Kay Pollak, director;
Switzerland, "Mein Name Ist Bach," Dominique de Rivaz, director;
Taiwan, "20 : 30 : 40," Sylvia Chang, director;
Thailand, "The Overture," Itthisoontorn Vichailak, director;
Uruguay, "Whisky," Juan Pablo Rebella, Pablo Stoll, directors;
Venezuela, "Punto y Raya," Elia Schneider, director.

Insgesamt sechs Filme haben bereits den “Besten ausländischen Film”-Oscar und einen Preis in einer anderen Kategorie gewonnen. Diese waren zuletzt «Tiger & Dragon» (2000) und «Das Leben ist schön» (1998).

Die Nominierungen werden am Dienstag, den 25. Januar 2004, im Samuel Goldwyn Theater bekannt gegeben. Quotenmeter.de berichtet wie jedes Jahr ausführlich.