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  • India’s ‘Court’ to compete with films from 80 countries at Oscars

    India’s ‘Court’ to compete with films from 80 countries at Oscars

    MUMBAI: India’s official entry to the Oscars – Court – will be competing with films from 80 countries in the Foreign Language Film category for the 88th Academy Awards.

     

    The Oscars have this year received film entries from 81 countries in this category including Paraguay, which is a first-time entrant.

     

    The Marathi language film Court is directed by Chaitanya Tamhane. Giving Court tough competition will also be renowned director Majid Majidi’s Iranian film Muhammad: The Messenger of God, which is Iran’s official entry to the Oscars this year.

     

    On the other hand, Paraguay’s maiden film entry for the Oscars is titled Cloudy Times, directed by Arami Ullón.

     

    The 2015 submissions for the Foreign Language Film category are:

     

    Afghanistan: Utopia directed by Hassan Nazer

    Albania: Bota directed by Iris Elezi, Thomas Logoreci

    Algeria: Twilight of Shadows directed by Mohamed Lakhdar Hamina

    Argentina: The Clan directed by Pablo Trapero

    Australia: Arrows of the Thunder Dragon directed by Greg Sneddon

    Austria: Goodnight Mommy directed by Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala

    Bangladesh: Jalal’s Story directed by Abu Shahed Emon

    Belgium: The Brand New Testament directed by Jaco Van Dormael

    Bosnia and Herzegovina: Our Everyday Story directed by Ines Tanovic

    Brazil: The Second Mother directed by Anna Muylaert

    Bulgaria: The Judgment directed by Stephan Komandarev

    Cambodia: The Last Reel directed by Sotho Kulikar

    Canada: Félix and Meira directed by Maxime Giroux

    Chile: The Club directed by Pablo Larraín

    China: Go Away Mr. Tumor directed by Han Yan

    Colombia: Embrace of the Serpent directed by Ciro Guerra

    Costa Rica: Imprisoned directed by Esteban Ramírez

    Croatia: The High Sun directed by Dalibor Matanic

    Czech Republic: Home Care directed by Slavek Horak

    Denmark: A War directed by Tobias Lindholm

    Dominican Republic: Sand Dollars directed by Laura Amelia Guzman, Israel Cardenas

    Estonia: 1944 directed by Elmo Nüganen

    Ethiopia: Lamb directed by Yared Zeleke

    Finland: The Fencer directed by Klaus Haro

    France: Mustang directed by Deniz Gamze Erguven

    Georgia: Moira directed by Levan Tutberidze

    Germany: Labyrinth of Lies directed by Giulio Ricciarelli

    Greece: Xenia directed by Panos H. Koutras

    Guatemala: Ixcanul directed by Jayro Bustamante

    Hong Kong: To the Fore directed by Dante Lam

    Hungary: Son of Saul directed by Laszlo Nemes

    Iceland: Rams directed by Grímur Hákonarson

    India: Court directed by Chaitanya Tamhane

    Iran: Muhammad: The Messenger of God directed by Majid Majidi

    Iraq: Memories on Stone directed by Shawkat Amin Korki

    Ireland: Viva directed by Paddy Breathnach

    Israel: Baba Joon directed by Yuval Delshad

    Italy: Don’t Be Bad directed by Claudio Caligari

    Ivory Coast: Run directed by Philippe Lacote

    Japan: 100 Yen Love directed by Masaharu Take

    Jordan: Theeb directed by Naji Abu Nowar

    Kazakhstan: Stranger directed by Yermek Tursunov

    Kosovo: Babai directed by Visar Morina

    Kyrgyzstan: Heavenly Nomadic directed by Mirlan Abdykalykov

    Latvia: Modris directed by Juris Kursietis

    Lebanon: Void directed by Naji Bechara, Jad Beyrouthy, Zeina Makki, Tarek Korkomaz, Christelle

    Ighniades: Maria Abdel Karim directed by Salim Haber

    Lithuania: The Summer of Sangaile directed by Alante Kavaite

    Luxembourg: Baby (A)lone directed by Donato Rotunno

    Macedonia: Honey Night directed by Ivo Trajkov

    Malaysia: Men Who Save the World directed by Liew Seng Tat

    Mexico: 600 Miles directed by Gabriel Ripstein

    Montenegro: You Carry Me directed by Ivona Juka

    Morocco: Aida directed by Driss Mrini

    Nepal: Talakjung vs Tulke directed by Basnet Nischal

    Netherlands: The Paradise Suite directed by Joost van Ginkel

    Norway: The Wave directed by Roar Uthaug

    Pakistan: Moor directed by Jami

    Palestine: The Wanted 18 directed by Amer Shomali, Paul Cowan

    Paraguay: Cloudy Times directed by Arami Ullón

    Peru: NN directed by Hector Galvez

    Philippines: Heneral Luna directed by Jerrold Tarog

    Poland: 11 Minutes directed by Jerzy Skolimowski

    Portugal: Arabian Nights – Volume 2, The Desolate One directed by Miguel Gomes

    Romania: Aferim! directed by Radu Jude

    Russia: Sunstroke directed by Nikita Mikhalkov

    Serbia: Enclave directed by Goran Radovanovic

    Singapore: 7 Letters directed by Royston Tan, Kelvin Tong, Eric Khoo, Jack Neo, Tan Pin Pin, Boo Junfeng, K. Rajagopal

    Slovakia: Goat directed by Ivan Ostrochovsky

    Slovenia: The Tree directed by Sonja Prosenc

    South Africa: The Two of Us directed by Ernest Nkosi

    South Korea: The Throne directed by Lee Joon-ik

    Spain: Flowers directed by Jon Garano, Jose Mari Goenaga

    Sweden: A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence directed by Roy Andersson

    Switzerland: Iraqi Odyssey directed by Samir

    Taiwan: The Assassin directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien

    Thailand: How to Win at Checkers (Every Time) directed by Josh Kim

    Turkey: Sivas directed by Kaan Mujdeci

    United Kingdom: Under Milk Wood directed by Kevin Allen

    Uruguay: A Moonless Night directed by German Tejeira

    Venezuela: Gone with the River directed by Mario Crespo

    Vietnam: Jackpot directed by Dustin Nguyen

     

    The 88th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on 14 January, 2016 at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.

     

    The 88th Oscars will be held on 28 February, 2016, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. The Oscar presentation will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.

  • Viewership of Fifa World Cup in Europe beats expectations

    Viewership of Fifa World Cup in Europe beats expectations

    MUMBAI: Since kicking off last Friday 9 June, the 2006 Fifa World Cup in Germany has received a strong response not just in terms of stadium attendance but also in terms of television viewership in Europe.

    Initial viewing figures have been provided by football governing body Fifa’s and Infront’s research agency Sponsorship Intelligence, from the first three days of play.

    In Germany, the ZDF coverage of the tournament’s opening game featuring the host nation was watched by 20.13 million, a market share of 76 per cent. It was the most viewed Fifa World Cup opening match in history of German television.

    England’s opening match against Paraguay reached 84 per cent market share in the UK. 12 million people tuning in BBC One’s coverage, which matched the average for England’s group stage games in 2002. This rating does not include the out-of-home viewing television audience, which is expected to be significant due to the air time of this match which was on Saturday 10 June at 2 pm.

    Even countries that were not playing in the time period when the ratings were taken have fared well on the television ratings front. A case in point is France. The first three games broadcast on TF1 have shown much improved ratings on average than all the games in 2002 not featuring France (12).

    Netherlands’s qualification for the 2006 event (the country failed to qualify in 2002) has helped boost the ratings in the country. Around 5.5 million fans watched the team beat Serbia-Montenegro on NL 2. The market share of 89.4 per cent, was well over half more than tuned into the 2002 final.

    In Poland, the audience for the game against Ecuador surpassed the 2002 top TVR which involved the final. Poland’s opening game got a TVR of 25.7 versus 25.3 for the 2002 Brazil versus Germany final. The match was covered by TVP 1.

    In Portugal the team’s efforts against Angola drew 2.9 million viewers (a market share of 81 per cent). This was over 30 per cent higher than the top rated audience four years ago. In Norway England’s game against Paraguay on TV 2 attracted a market share of 81 per cent .

    At the moment, the assessment of the viewing patterns is based on ‘overnights’ and audiences could be significantly higher once “out of home” viewing is added in to the total. This is likely to run at record levels for this World Cup, given the current public viewing trend and the effect of new media options.

    Infront Sports and Media will provide further summary highlights of television audience figures worldwide on a regular basis throughout the course of the tournament.

    The company is responsible for the worldwide marketing and sales of the broadcast rights to the 2006 Fifa World Cup. It has made the event more widely available than ever before. There are over 500 broadcasters covering the Fifa World Cup and coverage is being provided in virtually every country of the world.