Nine films on Foreign Oscar longlist
Nine films have gone forrader to the next one shot of ballot in the Best Foreign Language Film class for the Oscars.
Sixty-three films, including the Irish-language plastic film 'Kings', had originally qualified in this category.
The nine-spot films in rivalry are: 'The Counterfeiters' (Oesterreich), 'The Year My Parents Went on Vacation' (Federative Republic of Brazil), 'Days of Darkness' (Canada), 'Beaufort' (Zion), 'The Terra incognita Woman' (Italian Republic), 'Mongol' (Republic of Kazakhstan), 'Katyn' (Republic of Poland), '12' (Russia) and 'The Trap' (Srbija).
The Academy Award nominations will be announced on Tues 22 January with the awards ceremony taking station on William Ashley Sunday 24 Feb.
