Son Of Saul, Embrace Of The Serpent, A War among those on Oscar shortlist

The Academy unveiled on Thursday evening the nine films that advance in the foreign-language Oscar contest.


The films in alphabetical order by country are:

Belgium: The Brand New Testament, Jaco Van Dormael
Colombia: Embrace Of The Serpent, Ciro Guerra
Denmark: A War, Tobias Lindholm
Finland: The Fencer, Klaus Härö
France: Mustang, Deniz Gamze Ergüven
Germany: Labyrinth Of Lies, Giulio Ricciarelli
Hungary: Son Of Saul, László Nemes
Ireland: Viva, Paddy Breathnach
Jordan: Theeb, Naji Abu Nowar.