Thursday 15 January 2015

Estonian-Georgian Film "Tangerines" Has Made It to the Oscars!!!


All Estonians are smiling with pride today with the news that the Estonian-Georgian film 'Tangerines' has officially been nominated for an Academy Award. 'Tangerines' has made it to the final five in the Best Foreign Language Film category with the winner being announced on February 22nd.

The nominees for the Best Foreign Language Film are:

'Tangerines' by Zaza Urushadze - Estonia
'Ida' by Pawel Pawlikowski - Poland
'Leviathan' by Andrey Zvyagintsev - Russia
'Wild Tales' by Damian Szifron - Argentina
'Timbuktu' by Abderrahmane Sissako - Mauritania

This is the first time an Estonian film as been nominated for an Academy Award.

More information can be found at the Academy Awards website: 87th Academy Awards