Palestinian film 'Omar' nominated for Oscar
Palestinian film
'Omar' nominated for Oscar
Tells story of baker
forced to become double agent for Israel.
By Haaretz and DPA | Jan. 16, 2014 | 4:04 PM
The Palestinian film
"Omar" has been nominated for an Academy Award in the Foreign
Language Film category, making it the second Palestinian film to be nominated
for the prestigious golden statuette.
Nominations for this
year's Academy Awards' major categories were announced early Thursday morning,
California time.
"Omar,"
directed by Hany Abu-Assad, will be competing against films from Belgium,
Cambodia, Denmark and Italy. Abu-Assad's "Paradise Now" was nominated
for the Foreign Language Film Oscar in 2005.
"Omar" tells
the story of a baker of the same name who is arrested and beaten by Israeli
intelligence agents after three young Palestinians decide to kill an Israeli
soldier. He is forced to work as a double agent for Israeli intelligence, and
the film follows the difficult choices he makes and the cat-and-mouse game he
plays with Israeli authorities.
The film, shot on
location in Nazareth in Israel and in the Palestinian Territories, won the Jury
Prize at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.
Among other notable Oscar
nominations announced Thursday were "American Hustle" and "12
Years a Slave."
Con artist caper
American Hustle came out on top of the Oscar nominations, earning seven nods
for the top prize in the US movie industry. The David O Russell picture
narrowly beat out 12 Years a Slave, which earned six nominations.
The two films will both
compete for best picture, best supporting actor and actress and best director.
Both were also nominated for screenplay awards.
American Hustle's Amy
Adams was nominated for best actress, while her colleague Christian Bale will
battle it out for the best actor prize with Chiwetel Ejiofor of 12 Years A
Slave, along with Bruce Dern (Nebraska), Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers
Club) and Leonardo DiCaprio (The Wolf of Wall Street).
The 86th Academy Awards
will be held on March 2.
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