"Powidoki" Wajdy walczą o Oscara wśród 85 produkcji w kategorii najlepszy film nieanglojęzyczny

Po raz pierwszy swego kandydata wystawił Jemen. Mamy też dodatkowy polski akcent - udział Wiktora Zborowskiego w produkcji "Świt" ("Ausma"), która reprezentuje Łotwę.

Wśród faworytów niewątpliwie są znani, rozpoznawani poza granicami swego kraju twórcy jak Xavier Dolan z filmem "It's Only the End of the World" (Kanada), Petr Zelenka z "Zagubionymi" (Czechy), Paul Verhoeven z "Elle" (Francja), Jonás Cuarón z "Desierto" (Meksyk) czy Pedro Almodóvar z "Julietą" (Hiszpania).

Pełna lista kandydatów:Albania, “Chromium,” Bujar Alimani, director;Algeria, “The Well,” Lotfi Bouchouchi, director;Argentina, “The Distinguished Citizen,” Mariano Cohn, Gastón Duprat, directors;Australia, “Tanna,” Bentley Dean, Martin Butler, directors;Austria, “Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe,” Maria Schrader, director;Bangladesh, “The Unnamed,” Tauquir Ahmed, director;Belgium, “The Ardennes,” Robin Pront, director;Bolivia, “Sealed Cargo,” Julia Vargas Weise, director;Bosnia and Herzegovina, “Death in Sarajevo,” Danis Tanovic, director;Brazil, “Little Secret,” David Schurmann, director;Bulgaria, “Losers,” Ivaylo Hristov, director;Cambodia, “Before the Fall,” Ian White, director;Canada, “It’s Only the End of the World,” Xavier Dolan, director;Chile, “Neruda,” Pablo Larraín, director;China, “Xuan Zang,” Huo Jianqi, director;Colombia, “Alias Maria,” José Luis Rugeles, director;Costa Rica, “About Us,” Hernán Jiménez, director;Croatia, “On the Other Side,” Zrinko Ogresta, director;Cuba, “The Companion,” Pavel Giroud, director;Czech Republic, “Lost in Munich,” Petr Zelenka, director;Denmark, “Land of Mine,” Martin Zandvliet, director;Dominican Republic, “Sugar Fields,” Fernando Báez, director;Ecuador, “Such Is Life in the Tropics,” Sebastián Cordero, director;Egypt, “Clash,” Mohamed Diab, director;Estonia, “Mother,” Kadri Kõusaar, director;Finland, “The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki,” Juho Kuosmanen, director;France, “Elle,” Paul Verhoeven, director;Georgia, “House of Others,” Rusudan Glurjidze, director;Germany, “Toni Erdmann,” Maren Ade, director;Greece, “Chevalier,” Athina Rachel Tsangari, director;Hong Kong, “Port of Call,” Philip Yung, director;Hungary, “Kills on Wheels,” Attila Till, director;Iceland, “Sparrows,” Rúnar Rúnarsson, director;India, “Interrogation,” Vetri Maaran, director;Indonesia, “Letters from Prague,” Angga Dwimas Sasongko, director;Iran, “The Salesman,” Asghar Farhadi, director;Iraq, “El Clásico,” Halkawt Mustafa, director;Israel, “Sand Storm,” Elite Zexer, director;Italy, “Fire at Sea,” Gianfranco Rosi, director;Japan, “Nagasaki: Memories of My Son,” Yoji Yamada, director;Jordan, “3000 Nights,” Mai Masri, director;Kazakhstan, “Amanat,” Satybaldy Narymbetov, director;Kosovo, “Home Sweet Home,” Faton Bajraktari, director;Kyrgyzstan, “A Father’s Will,” Bakyt Mukul, Dastan Zhapar Uulu, directors;Latvia, “Dawn,” Laila Pakalnina, director;Lebanon, “Very Big Shot,” Mir-Jean Bou Chaaya, director;Lithuania, “Seneca’s Day,” Kristijonas Vildziunas, director;Luxembourg, “Voices from Chernobyl,” Pol Cruchten, director;Macedonia, “The Liberation of Skopje,” Rade Šerbedžija, Danilo Šerbedžija, directors;Malaysia, “Beautiful Pain,” Tunku Mona Riza, director;Mexico, “Desierto,” Jonás Cuarón, director;Montenegro, “The Black Pin,” Ivan Marinović, director;Morocco, “A Mile in My Shoes,” Said Khallaf, director;Nepal, “The Black Hen,” Min Bahadur Bham, director;Netherlands, “Tonio,” Paula van der Oest, director;New Zealand, “A Flickering Truth,” Pietra Brettkelly, director;Norway, “The King’s Choice,” Erik Poppe, director;Pakistan, “Mah-e-Mir,” Anjum Shahzad, director;Palestine, “The Idol,” Hany Abu-Assad, director;Panama, “Salsipuedes,” Ricardo Aguilar Navarro, Manolito Rodríguez, directors;Peru, “Videophilia (and Other Viral Syndromes),” Juan Daniel F. Molero, director;Philippines, “Ma’ Rosa,” Brillante Ma Mendoza, director;Poland, “Afterimage,” Andrzej Wajda, director;Portugal, “Letters from War,” Ivo M. Ferreira, director;Romania, “Sieranevada,” Cristi Puiu, director;Russia, “Paradise,” Andrei Konchalovsky, director;Saudi Arabia, “Barakah Meets Barakah,” Mahmoud Sabbagh, director;Serbia, “Train Driver’s Diary,” Milos Radovic, director;Singapore, “Apprentice,” Boo Junfeng, director;Slovakia, “Eva Nová,” Marko Skop, director;Slovenia, “Houston, We Have a Problem!” Žiga Virc, director;South Africa, “Call Me Thief,” Daryne Joshua, director;South Korea, “The Age of Shadows,” Kim Jee-woon, director;Spain, “Julieta,” Pedro Almodóvar, director;Sweden, “A Man Called Ove,” Hannes Holm, director;Switzerland, “My Life as a Zucchini,” Claude Barras, director;Taiwan, “Hang in There, Kids!” Laha Mebow, director;Thailand, “Karma,” Kanittha Kwunyoo, director;Turkey, “Cold of Kalandar,” Mustafa Kara, director;Ukraine, “Ukrainian Sheriffs,” Roman Bondarchuk, director;United Kingdom, “Under the Shadow,” Babak Anvari, director;Uruguay, “Breadcrumbs,” Manane Rodríguez, director;Venezuela, “From Afar,” Lorenzo Vigas, director;Vietnam, “Yellow Flowers on the Green Grass,” Victor Vu, director;Yemen, “I Am Nojoom, Age 10 and Divorced,” Khadija Al-Salami, director.17 stycznia Akademia Filmowa ogłosi 9 finalistów, spośród już ponad 85 zgłoszonych tytułów. 24 stycznia przedstawione zostaną nominacje. 89. ceremonia wręczenia Oscarów odbędzie się 26 lutego.

Kategoria Najlepszy film nieanglojęzyczny została wprowadzona w 1956 roku podczas 29. ceremonii. Na stronie Akademii można obejrzeć galerię podsumowującą 60-lecie przyznawania tego wyróżnienia. Przypomnijmy, iż dwa lata temu laureatem Oscara została "Ida" Pawła Pawlikowskiego, a w ubiegłym roku węgierski "Syn Szawła".