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01/12/2006

Stellar Shortlist Announced For BBC Four World Film Awards

BBC Four has announced the shortlist for the prestigious BBC Four World Cinema Award, as voted for by the UK's leading film critics, film school heads and festival directors.
This films on this year's shortlist are:
  • 'Volver' – Pedro Almodóvar (Spain)
  • 'Hidden' (Caché) - Michael Haneke (France/Germany/ Austria/Italy)
  • 'The Child' (L'enfant) - Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne (Belgium/ France)
  • 'The Beat My Heart Skipped' (De Battre Mon Coeur S'est Arrêté) – Jacques Audiard (France)
  • 'The Death of Mr Lazarescu' (Moartea Domnului Lazarescu) – Cristi Puiu (Romania)
  • 'Lady Vengeance' (Chin-Jeol-Han Geum-Ja-Sssi) – Chan-Wook Park (South Korea)
Jonathan Ross, hosts the live award programme on BBC Four on January 25, 2007.
Ross commented: "Jean-Luc Godard famously said that cinema was dead.
"Well, here's six fine films happy to flick a v-sign at the grouchy, gallic genius: a blood bath from South Korea, an eerie French thriller, another great movie from a Spanish master – and that's just for starters."
Janice Hadlow, Controller, BBC Four, added her approval: "Now in its fourth year, the BBC Four World Cinema Award goes from strength to strength.
"The judges have a large challenge ahead of them in deciding between such a varied and powerful range of films that all deserve recognition."
The BBC Four World Cinema Award 2007 will take place at the National Film Theatre, London and the event is sponsored by Pioneer GB Limited.
In January, the National Film Theatre, London and The Filmhouse, Edinburgh, are holding special BBC Four World Cinema Award seasons, when all the shortlisted films will be screened.
For further details about dates and times, please contact the venues directly.
BBC Big Screens will be showing a special feature on the nominated films in the two weeks prior to the award.
More about the award and shortlist can be found on: www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour This is the fourth BBC Four World Cinema Award. Last year's winner was 'Downfall', a powerful and compelling drama set in war-torn Germany. The director Oliver Hirschbiegel flew in from Vienna to collect his award.
The BBC Four World Cinema Award will be judged by a panel with an expert knowledge of international cinema past and present (such as film makers, actors, critics and writers).
Previous jury members include actors Gillian Anderson and Robert Carlyle, Oscar-winning director Kevin MacDonald and singer Björk.
More details on the judging panel for 2007 will be available shortly.
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