‘Peepli Live’ is out of the Oscar Race for Best Foreign Lang Film
Aamir Khan’s Production “Peepli Live” is now out of the Oscar race. The Academy has released nine films for the Best Foreign Language Film which doesn’t have “Peepli Live” name in it.
Below are the nine films which are listed in nominations
1) ?Hors la Loi? (?Outside the Law?) from Algeria
2) “Incendies” from Canada
3) ?In a Better World? from Denmark
4) ?Dogtooth?, Greece
5) ?Confessions? , Japan
6) “Biutiful”, Mexico
7) “Life, above All”, South Africa
8) ?Tambien la Lluvia? (?Even the Rain?), Spain
9) ?Simple Simon?, Sweden
Foreign Language Film nominations for 2010 are again being determined in two phases.
The Phase I committee, consisting of several hundred Los Angeles-based members, screened the 66 eligible films between mid-October and January 13. The group?s top six choices, augmented by three additional selections voted by the Academy?s Foreign Language Film Award Executive Committee, constitute the shortlist.
The shortlist will be winnowed down to the five nominees by specially invited committees in New York and Los Angeles. They will spend Friday, January 21, through Sunday, January 23, viewing three films each day and then casting their ballots.
The 83rd Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Tuesday, January 25, 2011, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy?s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.
Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2010 will be presented on Sunday, February 27, 2011, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center?, and televised live by the ABC Television Network. The Oscar? presentation also will be televised live in more than 200 countries worldwide.