France submits "Mustang" for foreign Oscar raceSeptember 22, 2015 - 18:51 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - France has chosen Deniz Gamze Erguven’s critically-aclaimed debut “Mustang” to vie for a foreign-language Oscar nomination, Variety reports. The socially-engaged movie portrays the youth of five sisters who are raised in a conservative household in Turkey. Winner of Directors’ Fortnight’s Europa Cinemas nod, “Mustang” highlights the conditions of women in contemporary Turkey. The movie, which is led-produced by Charles Gilibert’s CG Cinema, was chosen by a selection committee comprising Cannes’ artistic director Thierry Fremaux, Oscar-winning director Michel Hazanavicius (“The Artist”), film body UniFrance’s president Jean-Paul Salome, French Academy president Alain Terzian, Cinematheque Francaise director Serge Toubiana and thesps Nathalie Baye (“Laurence Anyways”) and Melanie Laurent (“By the Sea”). Repped by Paris-based Kinology, the movie was acquired by Cohen Media Group for the U.S. after its applauded Directors’ Fortnight premiere. “Mustang” beat out Jacques Audiard’s Palme d’Or winning “Dheepan,” Stephane Brize’s “The Measure of a Man” which won its star Vincent Lindon the best actor nod in Cannes, Catherine Corsini’s “Summertime” which premiered in Toronto, and Xavier Giannoli’s “Marguerite.” Audiard’s “A Prophet” is the last French candidate to have earned a foreign-language Oscar nomination in 2010. Photo: Cannes Film Festival Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | India wants Armenia’s proposals on use of Chabahar port India is expecting proposals from Armenia regarding the use of Chabahar port in Iran, Indian ambassador says. EU welcomes Armenia-Azerbaijan “progress” The EU has welcomed “progress” made in the framework of the Armenia-Azerbaijan border delimitation process. Belarus opposition leader slams Lukashenko for Karabakh trip Belarusian opposition politician Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya has harshly criticized the visit of Lukashenko to Karabakh. Mkhitaryan raises arrest of former Karabakh leaders in Azerbaijan Inter Milan star Henrikh Mkhitaryan has shared a news story about the extension of the arrest of former Karabakh leaders. |