Italy enters film for Oscar contention
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A movie depicting the voyage of a Sicilian family from their homeland to America at the beginning of the last century was selected Monday as Italy's candidate for best foreign language film at the U.S. Academy Awards.
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The film awards season gets under way with Golden Globe nominations starting the countdown to the Oscars.
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A bid to give Hollywood heavyweight Robert  De Niro honorary Italian citizenship has pitted adoring fans in  Italy against Italian Americans who say his movie Mafia roles  give them a bad name.
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Â«Ringrazio molto sinceramente il festival di Cannes che ha rifiutato questo film e mi ha permesso di essere qui. Grazie VeneziaÂ». Sul palco del teatro la Fenice, Mike Leigh, faccia da coniglio intelligente
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Two movies about the Iraq war and its  impact on Americans back home are among 22 competition entries  at the Venice Film Festival this year, lending political weight  to a cinema showcase laden with Hollywood productions.
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The Oscar race of 2007 has begun with a pair of grim films capturing attention over more widely-hyped movies, indicating to awards watchers that the race for Hollywood's most prestigious awards is wide open.
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LOS ANGELES  - There's no official starting gun to the annual Oscar race, and the finish line for the 80th Annual Academy Awards isn't until February 24. But a number of races already have begun -- some quietly, some not so quietly.
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Here's a look at the Oscar favourites.
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South Africa toasted its first  film nominated for an Oscar on Wednesday, hoping the poignant  story of a woman's battle with AIDS could help the fledgling  film industry take flight.
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Francis Ford Coppola's first movie in a decade, "Youth Without Youth," will have its world premiere at the Rome Film Festival next month, organizers said Thursday.
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The controversial new German film about the last days of Hitler is creating more controversy, after being submitted for Oscar considerations.
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India's official entry for this year's Oscars may have failed to make it to the grade but the 80th   Annual Academy Awards will still have a couple of Indian connections.
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As the Venice Film Festival winds down a  handful of front-runners have emerged in the competition for  the top prizes, with "Vera Drake," British director Mike  Leigh's story about an abortionist, inching ahead.
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Un regista da Oscar. Un kolossal di produzione italiana. E Al Pacino in uno dei personaggi piÃ¹ discussi della storia del teatro. Per un &#39;Mercante di Venezia&#39; da antologia. Quando Michael Radford si mise in
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AlgeriaÂs official Oscar submission for best foreign language film is a damn good war movie.
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ROMA â Le chiavi di casa di Gianni Amelio ha cominciato ieri la corsa verso le nomination agli Oscar per il miglior film straniero. Il film si riprende cosÃ¬ una rivincita dopo le delusioni veneziane quando
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The struggles of past nominees demonstrate the elusive nature of motion picture's most prestigious prize.