The Luxembourg co-production The Brand New Testament is one of nine films to receive Oscar nominations (i.e. on the short-list) for Best Foreign Language Film.
This short-list of nine will then be whittled down to five on 14 January ahead of the 88th Annual Academy Awards being held in Los Angeles on 28 February 2016.
The nominees are:
- Belgium/Luxembourg/France, “The Brand New Testament,” Jaco Van Dormael, director;
- Colombia, “Embrace of the Serpent,” Ciro Guerra, director;
- Denmark, “A War,” Tobias Lindholm, director;
- Finland, “The Fencer,” Klaus Härö, director;
- France, “Mustang,” Deniz Gamze Ergüven, director;
- Germany, “Labyrinth of Lies,” Giulio Ricciarelli, director;
- Hungary, “Son of Saul,” László Nemes, director (in photo);
- Ireland, “Viva,” Paddy Breathnach, director;
- Jordan, “Theeb,” Naji Abu Nowar, director.
Juliette Films in Luxembourg was involved in the production, with David Grumbach co-producer; it also received finding from Film Fund Luxembourg. The film has also recently received a nomination for the Golden Globes and was one of the winners at the 28th European Film Awards on Saturday evening in Berlin.
