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unusual facts about foreign film



Focus Features

Focus Features (formerly USA Films, Universal Focus, Good Machine, Gramercy Pictures and October Films) is the art house films division of NBCUniversal, and acts as both a producer and distributor for its own films and a distributor for foreign films.


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Ali Suliman

He starred in Paradise Now, which won the Golden Globe award for Best Foreign Film.

Entertainment One Films

Their catalog includes foreign film classics such as La Dolce Vita, Peau d'Âne (Donkey Skin), The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, The Official Story, and Theorem as well as contemporary releases such as The Syrian Bride, Changing Times, Man Push Cart and the documentaries Our Brand Is Crisis and The Bridge.

Film Academy Baden-Württemberg

Recent proof of the Film Academy's philosophy of teaching are the Golden Leopard awarded to "Das Verlangen/The Longing" at the Locarno International Film Festival (2002), an Oscar nomination for "Das Rad" in the category "Best Animated Short Film" (2003), the Student Oscar at the Student Academy Awards for "Nimmermeer/Nevermore" in the category "Best Foreign Film" (2007).

Georgy Alexandrovich Avenarius

In 1936 Sergei Eisenstein invited him to Moscow, to organize new courses of Foreign film history at VGIK all-Soviet institute.

Hsu Feng

In particular the former received several international awards among them the Palme d'Or (1993), the Golden Globe (1993) and BAFTA (1994) Awards for best foreign film.

Ilya Lopert

He became head of foreign film distribution for MGM, resigning in 1946 to become an independent distributor.

Marina Golbahari

The movie went on to earn a Golden Globe award as best foreign film, and Golbahari's job in it was well received by many critics, including The Arizona Republic 's Richard Nilsen, who wrote, "there is no shortcoming in the acting of Marina Golbahari".

Music Box Films

Founded in 2007, the company's first releases were Tuya's Marriage, OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies, and Tell No One, the latter of which became a notable foreign-language film success in the United States, grossing over $6,000,000 and becoming the highest-grossing foreign film in the US in 2008.

Olinto Cristina

He also was a renowned dubber in Italian post-synchronized versions of foreign films, providing his voice for actors such as C. Aubrey Smith, Sig Ruman, Frank Morgan or Lionel Barrymore.

Peter Fudakowski

Their company, Premiere Productions Ltd, celebrated its 20th year in the film business with the production of Tsotsi, which won an Oscar for Best Foreign Film in 2006.

Sleepyard

Sleepyard released “The runner” on trust me records (2003) and contributed music to the movie Monsterthursday, which was nominated for best foreign film in the 2005 Sundance film festival.

Son of the Bride

Sant Jordi Awards, Barcelona, Spain: Sant Jordi, Best Foreign Actor, Ricardo Darín (also for La Fuga and Nueve reinas; Best Foreign Film, Juan José Campanella; 2002.

Susan Strasberg

She later starred in the Italian Holocaust film Kapò which was nominated for an Academy Award as best foreign film of 1960.

Sybil Danning

In 1977, she was praised for her role as a sadistic terrorist headed for Entebbe in the Best Foreign Film Oscar nominated Operation Thunderbolt with Klaus Kinski.

The Policeman

It won several other awards, such as best foreign film in the Barcelona film festival and best director in the Monte Carlo festival.

The Raging Moon

The film received two Golden Globe nominations, for Best Foreign Film (English Language), and Best Song, "Long Ago Tomorrow".

Veljko Despotović

Since 1962 he works as independent Serbian and foreign film set designer.

Ventanarosa

The film was Mexico's official selection for submission to the Best Foreign Film category at the Academy Awards and was directed by Arturo Ripstein.