The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences telah merilis daftar dari 76 negara dan film-film yang didaftarakan untuk bersaing dalam ajang Academy Awards kategori Best Foreign Language (Film Asing Terbaik).

Di dalam daftar tersebut, ada beberapa film yang telah dijagokan, diantaranya: The Rocket (Australia), The Hunt (Denmark), Renoir (Perancis), The Grandmaster (Hong Kong), The Past (Iran), dan Wadjda (Saudi Arabia).

Di antara film-film terbaik dari 76 negara tersebut, terdapat juga sebuah film asal Indonesia, Sang Kiai karya Rako Prijanto.

Film Sang Kiai adalah sebuah film sejarah seorang tokoh besar, pahlawan dan ulama kenamaan, Hadratusy Syaikh KH. Hasyim Asy’ari, yang juga pendiri organisasi Islam ahlussunnah terbesar Nahdlatul Ulama. Dalam film tersebut dikisahkan bagaimana perjuangan KH. Hasyim Asy’ari dan para santri serta pondok-pesantren di Nusantara dalam mempertahankan kemerdekaan NKRI.

Alhamdulillah, film Sang Kiai berhasil masuk menjadi nominee Best Foreign Language film Oscar dan akan bertarung dengan 76 film-film dari 74 negara. Film yang masuk nominasi ini akan diumumkan pada tanggal 16 Januari 2014 mendatang dan pemenangnya akan diumumkan pada malam puncak di tanggal 2 Maret 2014.

Film Sang Kiai Hasyim Asy'ari Masuk Nominasi Film Asing Terbaik

Berikut adalah daftar lengkap judul film yang diurutkan berdasar negara asal film:

Afghanistan, Wajma – An Afghan Love Story, Barmak Akram

Albania, Agon, Robert Budina

Argentina, The German Doctor, Lucía Puenzo

Australia, The Rocket, Kim Mordaunt

Austria, The Wall, Julian Pölsler

Azerbaijan, Steppe Man, Shamil Aliyev

Bangladesh, Television, Mostofa Sarwar Farooki

Belgium, The Broken Circle Breakdown, Felix van Groeningen

Bosnia and Herzegovina, An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker, Danis Tanovic

Brazil, Neighboring Sounds, Kleber Mendonça Filho

Bulgaria, The Color of the Chameleon, Emil Hristov

Cambodia, The Missing Picture, Rithy Panh

Canada, Gabrielle, Louise Archambault

Chad, GriGris, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun

Chile, Gloria, Sebastián Lelio

China, Back to 1942, Feng Xiaogang

Colombia, La Playa DC, Juan Andrés Arango

Croatia, Halima’s Path, Arsen Anton Ostojic

Czech Republic, The Don Juans, Jiri Menzel

Denmark, The Hunt, Thomas Vinterberg

Dominican Republic, Quien Manda? Ronni Castillo

Ecuador, The Porcelain Horse, Javier Andrade

Egypt, Winter of Discontent, Ibrahim El Batout

Estonia, Free Range, Veiko Ounpuu

Finland, Disciple, Ulrika Bengts

France, Renoir, Gilles Bourdos

Georgia, In Bloom, Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Gross

Germany, Two Lives, Georg Maas

Greece, Boy Eating the Bird’s Food, Ektoras Lygizos

Hong Kong, The Grandmaster, Wong Kar-wai

Hungary, “The Notebook,” Janos Szasz

Iceland, Of Horses and Men, Benedikt Erlingsson

India, The Good Road, Gyan Correa

Indonesia, Sang Kiai, Rako Prijanto

Iran, The Past, Asghar Farhadi

Israel, Bethlehem, Yuval Adler

Italy, The Great Beauty, Paolo Sorrentino

Japan, The Great Passage, Ishii Yuya

Kazakhstan, Shal, Yermek Tursunov

Latvia, Mother, I Love You, Janis Nords

Lebanon, Blind Intersections, Lara Saba

Lithuania, Conversations on Serious Topics, Giedre Beinoriute

Luxembourg, Blind Spot, Christophe Wagner

Mexico, Heli, Amat Escalante

Moldova, All God’s Children, Adrian Popovici

Montenegro, Ace of Spades – Bad Destiny, Drasko Djurovic

Morocco, Horses of God, Nabil Ayouch

Nepal, Soongava: Dance of the Orchids, Subarna Thapa

Netherlands, Borgman, Alex van Warmerdam

New Zealand, White Lies, Dana Rotberg

Norway, I Am Yours, Iram Haq

Pakistan, Zinda Bhaag, Meenu Gaur and Farjad Nabi

Palestine, Omar, Hany Abu-Assad

Peru, The Cleaner, Adrian Saba

Philippines, Transit, Hannah Espia

Poland, Walesa. Man of Hope, Andrzej Wajda

Portugal, Lines of Wellington, Valeria Sarmiento

Romania, Child’s Pose, Calin Peter Netzer

Russia, Stalingrad,” Fedor Bondarchuk

Saudi Arabia, Wadjda, Haifaa Al Mansour

Serbia, Circles, Srdan Golubovic

Singapore, Ilo Ilo, Anthony Chen

Slovak Republic, My Dog Killer, Mira Fornay

Slovenia, Class Enemy, Rok Bicek

South Africa, Four Corners, Ian Gabriel

South Korea, Juvenile Offender, Kang Yi-kwan

Spain, 15 Years Plus a Day, Gracia Querejeta

Sweden, Eat Sleep Die, Gabriela Pichler

Switzerland, More than Honey, Markus Imhoof

Taiwan, Soul, Chung Mong-Hong

Thailand, Countdown, Nattawut Poonpiriya

Turkey, The Butterfly’s Dream, Yilmaz Erdogan

Ukraine, Paradjanov, Serge Avedikian and Olena Fetisova

United Kingdom, Metro Manila, Sean Ellis

Uruguay, “Anina,” Alfredo Soderguit

Venezuela, “Breach in the Silence,” Luis Alejandro Rodríguez and Andrés Eduardo Rodríguez.
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