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Iran names preliminary Academy Awards nominees

Iran names preliminary Academy Awards nominees
Iran has unveiled the title of 12 films shortlisted as the country's preliminary nominees for the 2014 Oscar's Foreign Language Film submission.
The jury committee is slated to announce Irans submission for the years Oscar Awards after reviewing the selected films.

Iranian cineastes like Fatemeh Motamed-Aria, Masoud Kimiaie, Kamal Tabrizi, Amir Esfandiari and Ali Reza Zarindast are some of the committee members.

Peyman Moadis directorial debutSnow on the Pines, Abdolreza Kahanis dramaNeedlessly and Causelessly, Mani HaqiqisModest Receptionand Ali MosaffasThe Last Step, Ali Reza DavoudnejadsThe Acting Classand Behnam BehzadisBending the Rulesare among the preliminary entries.

Maziar MirisPainting Pool, Parviz ShahbazisTrapped, Pouran DerakhshandehsHush Girls Dont Scream, Behrouz ShoeibisThe Vestibuleand Faramarz Qaribians film noirThe Sinnersare other films on the shortlist.

The award winning Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadis Paris-set tale dramaThe Pastis also among the lineup.

Assigned by Irans Farabi Cinema Foundation (FCF), the committee must announce the result until October 1, 2013.

Iran has submitted a total of seventeen films for Oscar consideration in Best Foreign Language Film category since 1977.

Majid Majidi'sChildren of Heavenreceived an Oscar nomination on two occasions at the 71st of the Awards in 1998.

Asghar Farhadi's family dramaA Separationthat represented Iran in two categories of the 84th edition, picked up the Best Foreign Language Film Award in 2012.

On September 24, 2012, Reza Mirkarimi's dramatic comedyA Cube of Sugarwas also selected as the Iranian entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, but the film due to a sudden decision of Irans culture ministry was not submitted.

The ministry boycotted the 2013 Oscars in the wake of the anti-Islam videoInnocence of Muslimsmade in the United States that denigrated the Prophet Muhammad.

Oscars Foreign Language Film Award Committee annually oversees the process and reviews all the submitted films.

The Academy Award for best foreign-language film is given to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the US with a predominantly non-English dialogue track.

The 86th edition of Academy Awards ceremony is scheduled to take place on March 2, 2014, at the Dolby Theatre in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles, California.

By Press TV

 

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