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OSCARS 2015 Germany

15 films submitted for consideration as the German entry for the Oscars

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- Dominik Graf's Beloved Sisters, Dietrich Brugemann's Stations of the Cross and Edgar Reitz's Home From Home – Chronicle of a Vision, among the submitted films

15 films submitted for consideration as the German entry for the Oscars
Beloved Sisters by Dominik Graf

Fifteen films aiming to become the German entry for the 87th edition of the Oscars, in the category of Best Foreign Language Film, have been submitted to German Films by their German producers. An independent jury of experts will determine which one of them is the chosen one. 

The titles in question are the following :

Home From Home – Chronicle of a Vision [+see also:
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by Edgar Reitz (DE/FR, ERF Edgar Reitz Filmproduktion)
Beloved Sisters [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Dominik Graf
film profile
]
by Dominik Graf (Bavaria Filmverleih- und Produktion)
Finsterworld [+see also:
trailer
film profile
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by Frauke Finsterwalder (Walker + Worm Film)
Hanna's Journey [+see also:
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by Julia von Heinz (DE/IL, 2 Pilots Filmproduction)
The White Horse Inn [+see also:
trailer
film profile
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by Christian Theede (Ziegler Film)
Stations of the Cross [+see also:
film review
trailer
Q&A: Dietrich Brüggemann
film profile
]
by Dietrich Brüggemann (UFA Fiction)
Run Boy Run [+see also:
film review
trailer
making of
film profile
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by Pepe Danquart (DE/FR, bittersuess pictures, A Company Filmproduktion, B.A. Produktion, Quinte Film)
The Last Mentsch by Pierre-Henri Salfati (Elsani Film)
Stereo [+see also:
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by Maximilian Erlenwein (Frisbeefilms, Kaissar Film, Wild Bunch Germany)
West [+see also:
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by Christian Schwochow (zero one film, TERZ Film, öfilm, Senator Film Produktion)
We're the New People by Ralf Westhoff (Ralf Westhoff Filmproduktion, DRIFE – Deyle & Richter Filmproduktion)
WhoamI by Baran Bo Odar (Wiedemann & Berg Film)
Wolfschildren [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Rick Ostermann
film profile
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by Rick Ostermann (Zum Goldenen Lamm Filmproduktion)
Age of Cannibals [+see also:
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by Johannes Naber (Studio.tv.film)
Inbetween Worlds [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Feo Aladag
film profile
]
by Feo Aladag (Independent Artists Filmproduktion, Geißendörfer Film- und Fernsehproduktion)

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The German entry for the Oscars is selected by a committee consisting of representatives from nine associations and institutions: the Association of German Film Producers, the German Producers Alliance / Cinema Section, the Association of German Film Exporters, the Association of German Film Distributors, the German Cinema Owners Association, the German Film Critics Association, the German Society of Cinematographers, Bundesverband der Film- und Fernsehregisseure in Deutschland e.V., the German Film Academy (represented by Sherry Hormann). 

The screenings of the selection will be held in Munich on August 26 and 27 for the jury. The official German candidate will be announced on August 27. The five finalists for the foreign Oscar will be announced on January 15. The Oscars ceremony will be held on February 22 in the Dolby Theatre, in Hollywood.

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