Netherlands selects “Tonio” for Oscars foreign-language categorySeptember 6, 2016 - 15:56 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - For the Oscars, the Dutch are going with what they know. For the third time, the Netherlands has picked a film from veteran director Paula van der Oest to represent the country in the Oscar's foreign-language category. Her romantic comedy Zus & Zo earned the director an Academy Award nomination (though no win) in 2002. Her real-life drama Accused was put forward by the Netherlands in the foreign-language category in 2014, but failed to secure a nomination, The Hollywood Reporter said. Her latest, Tonio, is adapted from the best-selling novel by Dutch author A.F. Th. van der Heijden, which explores the death of his 21-year-old son Tonio in a car crash. Chris Peters plays Tonio, with Pierre Bokma and Rifka Lodeizen playing his parents. Tiny Netherlands has an impressive Oscar record. The country has received a total of five foreign-language nominations over the years and won the Oscar three times in the category. The wins came for Fons Rademakers' The Assault in 1986, for Marleen Gorris' Antonia's Line in 1995 and for Mike van Diem's Character in 1997. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will announce its 2017 shortlist of foreign-language nominees on Jan. 17. The final five nominees will be announced Jan. 24 when nominations in all categories of the Academy Awards will be unveiled. The 89th Oscars ceremony will take place Feb. 26. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |