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Why no Foreign Language Oscar Nomination


Just watched it , and its wonderful . It had 4 nominations including best director but Why it didnt get foreign language nomination .

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It wasn't nominated because it was produced by an American campany.

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I never knew that. Although technically, it still should have been nominated because the category is still correct in calling it Foreign LANGUAGE and not Foreign Film.

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Correct but to be nominated it must be sent by a country and France would never send a movie that was produced, written and directed by Americans.

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Letter from iwo jima was directed by clint eastwood and got nominated for best foreign language film

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Forget what i just wrote, i was wrong, my bad

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