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9 features will advance to the next round of voting in the Foreign Language Film category for the 89th Academy Awards. As the official website of the Academy Awards reports, eighty-five films had originally been considered in the category.The films, listed in alphabetical order by country, are:

Australia, “Tanna,” Bentley Dean, Martin Butler, directors; Canada, “It’s Only the End of the World,” Xavier Dolan, director; Denmark, “Land of Mine,” Martin Zandvliet, director; Germany, “Toni Erdmann,” Maren Ade, director;
Iran, “The Salesman,” Asghar Farhadi, director; Norway, “The King’s Choice,” Erik Poppe, director; Russia, “Paradise,” Andrei Konchalovsky, director; Sweden, “A Man Called Ove,” Hannes Holm, director; Switzerland, “My Life as a Zucchini,” Claude Barras, director.

The source details, the shortlist will be winnowed down to the category’s five nominees by specially invited committees in New York, Los Angeles and London.  They will spend January 13 through January 15, viewing three films each day and then casting their ballots.

Nominations for the 89th Oscars will be announced on January 24, 2017. The 89th Oscars will be held on February 26, 2017.