Posted on by Evan Husney
BULLHEAD Makes Oscar Shortlist
Belgian Oscar® candidate and upcoming Drafthouse Films release BULLHEAD is one of nine films out of sixty-three submissions shortlisted for the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 84th Academy Awards®. Michael Roskam's stunning debut about a domineering cattle farmer (Matthias Schoenaerts in an award-winning, ferocious breakout performance), engaged in a shady deal with a mafioso meat trader, will be screened this weekend by The Academy in advance of the Oscar® nominations announcement on January 24th.
The "Phase I" committee, made of several hundred Los Angeles-based voting Academy® members, screened 63 foreign language submissions from mid-October to January 13. The group's top six choices, plus three additional selections voted by Breaking Bad Producer Mark Johnson's Foreign Language Executive Committee, constituted the official short list.
Announcement via Deadline Hollywood.