2014 Academy Awards – Foreign Language Films
A record 75 countries entered the foreign language category this year, and a record 16 submitted films directed by women. (A 76th country, Pakistan, was disqualified for failing to submit a subtitled print of its entry.) I saw 70 of the 75 entries. Here are my comments on the five nominees, as well some non-nominees that I consider noteworthy.
The 5 Nominees
- Denmark—The Hunt (Jagten)
- Italy—The Great Beauty (La grande bellezza)
- Cambodia—The Missing Picture (L’image manquante)
- Palestine—Omar
- Belgium—The Broken Circle Breakdown
7 Notable Non-Nominees
- United Kingdom—Metro Manila
- Kazakhstan—The Old Man (Shal)
- New Zealand—White Lies (Tuakiri Huna)
- Morocco—Horses of God (Les chevaux de Dieu)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina—An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker (Epizoda u zivotu beraca zeljeza)
- Slovenia—Class Enemy (Razredni sovrazn)
- Iceland—Of Horses and Men (Hross í os)