Venezuela, Estonia and Croatia are hoping
to win first-time Oscar nominations after submitting official films for the
Academy's consideration. Film bosses in the countries joined peers in Sweden,
Finland, Mexico and Serbia by offering up their best movies for the Best
Foreign Film category at the 2015 Oscars this week (beg08Sep14). Venezuela
officials chose historical drama El Libertador - the most expensive film made
in the nation - while the Croatians surprised Oscars bosses by overlooking
award-winning films Number 55 and The Bridge at the End of the World in favour
of comedy Cowboys, which won the Audience Award at the country's recent Pula
Film Festival. The Estonians have offered up another festival favourite, war
movie Tangerines. More…
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