9 Foreign Language Films Advance in 2007 Oscar Race

Nine films will advance to the next round of voting in the Foreign Language Film category for the 80th Academy Awards. Sixty-three films had originally qualified in the category. The films, listed in alphabetical order by country, are: Austria, ’The Counterfeiters’ Stefan Ruzowitzky, director Brazil, ’The Year My Parents Went on Vacation’ Cao Hamburger, director Canada, ’Days of Darkness’ Denys Arcand, director Israel, ’Beaufort’ Joseph Cedar, director Italy, ’The Unknown Woman’ Giuseppe Tornatore, director Kazakhstan, ’Mongol’ Sergei Bodrov, director Poland, ’Katyn’ Andrzej Wajda, director Russia, ’12’ Nikita Mikhalkov, director Serbia, ’The Trap’ Srdan Golubovic, director Members of committe will view the shortlisted films and select the five nominees for the category.