Argentina selects “The Distinguished Citizen” for foreign Oscars race October 1, 2016 - 15:41 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Argentina selected Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat's The Distinguished Citizen as its submission for both the Foreign-Language category at the Oscars and the Spanish Goya awards' best Ibero-American film slate, the Argentine Academy announced on Thursday, September 29, according to The Hollywood Reporter. An acid dramatic comedy about a Nobel Prize winning writer who returns to his small hometown in Argentina after living 40 years abroad, the sixth film by Cohn and Duprat (The Man Next Door) premiered in Venice, where it won a best actor award for its lead Oscar Martinez (Paulina). Martinez was also the star of one of the six episodes in Argentina's latest Oscar nom Wild Tales (2014), the country's seventh nominee in a list that includes Oscar winners The Official Story (1985) and The Secret In Their Eyes (2010).   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 |  Latest news Ameriabank's Trade Finance portfolio enriched with four prestigious awards from EBRD and IFC  Ameriabank received the awards from international financial institutions in recognition of its trade finance operations.Armenian Economy Minister to make trip to UAE May 20-22 A delegation led by Minister of Economy Gevorg Papoyan will travel to the UAE capital of Abu Dhabi on May 20-22Armenia Security Council chief traveling to Qatar Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia Armen Grigoryan will travel on a working visit to Qatar.Pillars installed in Armenian border village of Kirants In the Armenian village of Kirants, three border markers have been installed, and border guards stand next to them. |
