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| Blue Is the Warmest Colour will not qualify for foreign language Oscar | Blue Is the Warmest Colour will not qualify for foreign language Oscar |
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| The winner of the Palme d'Or at Cannes, Blue Is the Warmest Colour, will be ineligible for nomination for this year's best foreign language film Oscar, it has emerged. | The winner of the Palme d'Or at Cannes, Blue Is the Warmest Colour, will be ineligible for nomination for this year's best foreign language film Oscar, it has emerged. |
| Directed by Abdellatif Kechiche and starring Adèle Exarchopoulos and Léa Seydoux, Blue was expected to follow in the footsteps of the previous year's Palme winner, Michael Haneke's Amour, and feature strongly at the Academy awards. | Directed by Abdellatif Kechiche and starring Adèle Exarchopoulos and Léa Seydoux, Blue was expected to follow in the footsteps of the previous year's Palme winner, Michael Haneke's Amour, and feature strongly at the Academy awards. |
| However, one of the regulations states that a film must have opened in its home country by the end of September to be put forward for nomination. Blue is due to be released in France on 9 October, thereby missing the deadline, and its French distributors Wild Bunch are not willing to give up the prime spot in the domestic release schedule. | However, one of the regulations states that a film must have opened in its home country by the end of September to be put forward for nomination. Blue is due to be released in France on 9 October, thereby missing the deadline, and its French distributors Wild Bunch are not willing to give up the prime spot in the domestic release schedule. |
| Jonathan Sehring, president of Sundance Selects/IFC Films, holder of the film's US rights, told Deadline he had attempted to persuade Wild Bunch to release the film earlier since an Oscar nomination would make a huge difference to its US box office prospects. | Jonathan Sehring, president of Sundance Selects/IFC Films, holder of the film's US rights, told Deadline he had attempted to persuade Wild Bunch to release the film earlier since an Oscar nomination would make a huge difference to its US box office prospects. |
| He said: "They actually were going to do a qualification run in [Lille], the town where it was shot in northern France. But ultimately the French governing body said 'No'. It had to be a wide release in order for it to qualify … it's unfortunate." | He said: "They actually were going to do a qualification run in [Lille], the town where it was shot in northern France. But ultimately the French governing body said 'No'. It had to be a wide release in order for it to qualify … it's unfortunate." |
| Sundance Selects has the option to postpone the US release of Blue for a year in the hope that it will be shortlisted for the 2015 Oscars, but it is unlikely to want to wait that long. There is the possibility that, like Amour, Blue will be nominated in non-foreign-language categories, which are not affected by the September deadline. In any case, the film will be shown at major US film festivals and other awards ceremonies this year. | Sundance Selects has the option to postpone the US release of Blue for a year in the hope that it will be shortlisted for the 2015 Oscars, but it is unlikely to want to wait that long. There is the possibility that, like Amour, Blue will be nominated in non-foreign-language categories, which are not affected by the September deadline. In any case, the film will be shown at major US film festivals and other awards ceremonies this year. |
| In recent years, the Palme d'Or and best foreign language Oscar have rarely shared titles. Of the non-English language films that have won the Palme d'Or since 1990, only Amour has won the Academy award, while Farewell My Concubine, The Class and The White Ribbon have achieved a shortlist nomination. | In recent years, the Palme d'Or and best foreign language Oscar have rarely shared titles. Of the non-English language films that have won the Palme d'Or since 1990, only Amour has won the Academy award, while Farewell My Concubine, The Class and The White Ribbon have achieved a shortlist nomination. |
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