Austria picks “Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe” for foreign Oscar race September 9, 2016 - 14:51 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - For the 2017 Oscar race, Austria has chosen a biopic of one of its most famous sons. Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe is an unlikely sleeper hit chronicling the life, in exile, of the Jewish-Austrian writer, who fled the Nazis for shelter in Brazil. The drama, directed by Aimee & Jaguar actress Maria Schrader, features Austrian cabaret star Josef Hader in the lead role as the novelist, tortured by the people, and the dying culture, he left behind, The Hollywood Reporter reveals. Farewell to Europe has enjoyed nearly universal critical praise for its subtle portrayal that avoids the cliches of the biopic. The film has been a crossover success in Germany, Austria and France. Austria received its first-ever Oscar nomination, and first win, in the foreign-language category in 2007 with Stefan Ruzowitzky's The Counterfeiters. Gotz Spielmann was nominated (but didn't win) for his thriller Revenge in 2008, and Viennese filmmaker Michael Haneke won an Oscar for his home nation in 2012 with the French-language Amour. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will announce its 2017 shortlist of foreign-language nominees Jan. 17, 2017. The final five nominees (as well as the nominees in all other categories) will be announced Jan. 24, 2017. The 2017 Oscars will be held 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 |  Latest 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. |
