Thursday
Aug132015
Germany's Submissions for Oscar Consideration
Thursday, August 13, 2015 at 12:50PM 
Having had no luck scoring a nomination for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar since Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon six years ago, Germany has just announced the shortlist for consideration as the country's entry for the 88th Academy Awards. The eight films listed are:
- 13 Minutes (Elser) by Oliver Hirschbiegel
- Head Full of Honey (Honig im Kopf) by Til Schweiger
- Jack by Edward Berger
- Labyrinth of Lies (Im Labyrinth des Schweigens) by Giulio Ricciarelli
- Sanctuary (Freistatt) by Marc Brummund
- Schmidts Katze by Marc Schlegel
- Victoria by Sebastian Schipper
- We Are Young. We Are Strong. (Wir sind jung. Wir sind stark.) by Burhan Qurbani
Let's take a closer look...