Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

The Academy’s Foreign Language Film Award Nominees Symposium brought together the directors of the motion pictures nominated in the Foreign Language Film category to discuss their work and address such wide-ranging topics as art, politics and the challenges of their profession. This two-hour event also featured brief clips from each of the nominated films.

The 2009 Foreign Language Film Award nominees are:

“Ajami” (Israel)
“The Milk of Sorrow (La Teta Asustada)” (Peru)
“A Prophet (Un Prophète)” (France)
“The Secret in Their Eyes (El Secreto de Sus Ojos)” (Argentina)
“The White Ribbon (Das Weisse Band)” (Germany)

Above: This year’s Foreign Language Film Award directors Jacques Audiard, “A Prophet (Un Prophète),” Michael Haneke, “The White Ribbon (Das Weisse Band),” Yaron Shani, “Ajami,” Claudia Llosa, “The Milk of Sorrow (La Teta Asustada),” Scandar Copti, “Ajami,” Juan Jose Campanella, “The Secret in Their Eyes (El Secreto de Sus Ojos)”.