Ang Babae Sa Septic Tank vies for Oscars' Foreign Language Film

Kabilang ang kalahok ng Pilipinas na Ang Babae sa Septic Tank na pinagbibidahan ni Eugene Domingo sa mga pelikulang maglalaban-laban para sa Best Foreign Language Film category sa 84th Academy Awards o Oscars. Umabot sa 63 pelikula mula sa iba’t ibang bansa ang nakapasok sa naturang pandaigdigang kompetisyon. Sa unang pagkakataon, nagpasok din ng kanilang pambatong pelikula ang New Zealand na, The Orator. Ang nasabing bilang ng mga pelikula ay mababawasan pa hanggang sa mapili ang mga maglalaban-laban para sa Foreign Language Film category. Sa nakaraang 83rd Academy Awards, umabot sa 66 dayuhang pelikula ang naging kalahok sa naturang kategorya, pero siyam lamang ang nakapasok sa “shortlist." Ang nominasyon ng mga dayuhang pelikula para sa 84th Academy Awards na makapapasok sa shortlist ay malalaman sa Enero 2012. Gaganapin naman ang parangal (Oscars) sa Pebrero sa Los Angeles. Sa nakaraang 7th Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival, humakot ng parangal ang, Ang Babae sa Septic Tank. Kabilang dito ang Best Film, Best Actress (Eugene), Best Director (Marlon Rivera), at Best Screenplay (Chris Martinez). Narito ang kumpletong listahan ng mga kalahok: • Albania, "Amnesty," Bujar Alimani, director; • Argentina, "Aballay," Fernando Spiner, director; • Austria, "Breathing," Karl Markovics, director; • Belgium, "Bullhead," Michael R. Roskam, director; • Bosnia and Herzegovina,"Belvedere," Ahmed Imamovic, director; • Brazil, "Elite Squad: The Enemy Within," José Padilha, director; • Bulgaria, "Tilt," Viktor Chouchkov, Jr., director; • Canada, "Monsieur Lazhar," Philippe Falardeau, director; • Chile, "Violeta Went to Heaven," Andrés Wood, director; • China, "The Flowers of War," Zhang Yimou, director; • Colombia, "The Colors of the Mountain," Carlos César Arbeláez, director; • Croatia, "72 Days," Danilo Serbedzija, director; • Cuba, "Havanastation," Ian Padrón, director; • Czech Republic,"Alois Nebel," Tomás Lunák, director; • Denmark, "Superclásico," Ole Christian Madsen, director; • Dominican Republic,"Love Child," Leticia Tonos, director; • Egypt, "Lust," Khaled el Hagar, director; • Estonia, "Letters to Angel," Sulev Keedus, director; • Finland, "Le Havre," Aki Kaurismäki, director; • France, "Declaration of War," Valérie Donzelli, director; • Georgia, "Chantrapas," Otar Iosseliani, director; • Germany, "Pina," Wim Wenders, director; • Greece, "Attenberg," Athina Rachel Tsangari, director; • Hong Kong,"A Simple Life," Ann Hui, director; • Hungary, "The Turin Horse," Béela Tarr, director; • Iceland, "Volcano," Rúnar Rúnarsson, director; • India, "Abu, Son of Adam," Salim Ahamed, director; • Indonesia, "Under the Protection of Ka'Bah," Hanny R. Saputra, director; • Iran, "A Separation," Asghar Farhadi, director; • Ireland, "As If I Am Not There," Juanita Wilson, director; • Israel, "Footnote," Joseph Cedar, director; • Italy, "Terraferma," Emanuele Crialese, director; • Japan, "Postcard," Kaneto Shindo, director; • Kazakhstan, "Returning to the ‘A,’" Egor Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky, director; • Lebanon, "Where Do We Go Now?" Nadine Labaki, director; • Lithuania, "Back to Your Arms," Kristijonas Vildziunas, director; • Macedonia, "Punk Is Not Dead," Vladimir Blazevski, director; • Mexico, "Miss Bala," Gerardo Naranjo, director; • Morocco, "Omar Killed Me," Roschdy Zem, director; • Netherlands, "Sonny Boy," Maria Peters, director; • New Zealand,"The Orator," Tusi Tamasese, director; • Norway, "Happy, Happy," Anne Sewitsky, director; • Peru, "October," Diego Vega and Daniel Vega, directors; • Philippines: Ang Babae Sa Septic Tank (The Woman in the Septic Tank), Marlon Rivera • Poland, "In Darkness," Agnieszka Holland, director; • Portugal, "José and Pilar," Miguel Gonçalves Mendes, director; • Romania, "Morgen," Marian Crisan, director; • Russia, "Burnt by the Sun 2: The Citadel," Nikita Mikhalkov, director; • Serbia, "Montevideo: Taste of a Dream," Dragan Bjelogrlić, director; • Singapore, "Tatsumi," Eric Khoo, director; • Slovak Republic,"Gypsy," Martin Sulík, director; • South Africa,"Beauty," Oliver Hermanus, director; • South Korea,"The Front Line," Jang Hun, director; • Spain, "Black Bread," Agusti Villaronga, director; • Sweden, "Beyond," Pernilla August, director; • Switzerland, "Summer Games," Rolando Colla, director; • Taiwan, "Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale," Wei Te-sheng, director; • Thailand, "Kon Khon," Sarunyu Wongkrachang, director; • Turkey, "Once upon a Time in Anatolia," Nuri Bilge Ceylan, director; • United Kingdom,"Patagonia," Marc Evans, director; • Uruguay, "The Silent House," Gustavo Hernández, director; • Venezuela, "Rumble of the Stones," Alejandro Bellame Palacios, director; • Vietnam, "The Prince and the Pagoda Boy," Luu Trong Ninh, director. - FRJ, GMA News