Poland’s “Ida,” Sweden’s “Force Majeure” and Russia’s “Leviathan” are among the films that have made the Oscar shortlist in the Best Foreign Language Film category, the Academy announced on Friday.
The other shortlisted films were Argentina’s “Wild Tales,” Estonia’s “Tangerines,” Georgia’s “Corn Island,” Mauritania’s “Timbuktu,” the Netherlands’ “Accused” and Venezuela’s “The Liberator.”
In a highly competitive year with at least 15 films that could easily have made the list, a number of notable films were left off.
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Among them are Turkey’s “Winter Sleep,” which won the Palme d’Or at Cannes this year; Hungary’s ”White God,” which won acclaim in that festival’s Un Certain Regard section; Canada’s “Mommy,” from celebrated young director Xavier Dolan; Israel’s “Gett, the Trial of Viviane Amsalem,” which was nominated for a Golden Globe; and Belgium’s “Two Days, One Night,” from the Dardenne brothers.