Iceland selects “Sparrows” for foreign-language Oscars categorySeptember 22, 2016 - 17:34 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Iceland has submitted Sparrows, a coming-of-age film from director Runar Runarsson, to represent the country in the 2017 Oscar race for the best foreign-language film, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The film, which premiered in Toronto last year, follows a teenage boy (Atli Oskar Fjalarsson) forced to adjust to living with his deadbeat dad, played by Ingvar E. Sigurosson, in a rough town in Iceland's far north. The setting gives some visual oomph to the somewhat conventional story, as does the hypnotic score from former Sigur Ros keyboardist Kjartan Sveinsson. Iceland has never won the foreign-language Oscar and so far has only one nomination to its name: the 1991 drama Children of Nature from Fridrik Thor Fridriksson. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will announce its 2017 shortlist of foreign-language nominees early next year. The final five nominees will be announced on Jan. 24. The 2017 Oscars will be held Feb. 26. 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 | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |