Greek film nominated for Oscar

Yorgos Lanthimos’ film ‘Dogtooth’ was nominated on Tuesday for an Academy Award in the category of best foreign language film.

Dogtooth will compete along with Mexican director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s film “Biutiful”; “Outside the Law” by Algeria’s Rachid Bouchareb; “Incendies” by Canada’s Denis Villeneuve and “In a Better World” from Denmark’s Susanne Bier.

The Academy Award ceremony will take place on Feb. 27 in Los Angeles.

Culture Minister Pavlos Geroulanos, in a statement, said the nomination “goes beyond the sphere of cinema, arts and culture. It concerns an entire country, its people, a new generation of creators who personify the ‘Yes, it can be done’ in difficult period.”