ZAGREB, Oct 28 (Hina) - Croatia's candidate for next year's motion picture Academy Award in the foreign language film category will be Zrinko Ogresta's "Red Dust", 17 representatives of the Croatian Association of Film Employees
(HDFD) decided by secret vote on Thursday.
ZAGREB, Oct 28 (Hina) - Croatia's candidate for next year's motion
picture Academy Award in the foreign language film category will be
Zrinko Ogresta's "Red Dust", 17 representatives of the Croatian
Association of Film Employees (HDFD) decided by secret vote on
Thursday.#L#
According to a joint statement from the HDFD and Interfilm, which
co-produced the film with Croatian Radio and Television, the other
Croatian candidate for the Oscars was Neven Hitrec's
"Bogorodica".
Whether "Red Dust" will run for the Academy Award will be known in
January, two months prior to the 26 March award-giving ceremony in
Los Angeles. "Red Dust" is Ogresta's second film to represent
Croatia at the Oscars, the first being "Isprani".
An urban story about a young man nicknamed Crni, "Red Dust" won the
Golden Anchor award as best film at the Haifa International Film
Festival in September, and was also shown at last month's Venice
Film Festival.
Ogresta's film won four awards at the Croatian Film Festival Pula
99, for best direction, best screenplay, best editing, and best
supporting actor, as well as the audience award. Next month, the
film should be shown at festivals in Houston, Rome, and Ljubljana.
"Red Dust" stars Josip Kucan, Marko Matanovic, Ivo Gregurevic,
Slaven Knezovic, Mirta Takac, and Kristijan Ugrina; Goran Tribuson
and Ogresta wrote the screenplay, Neven Framnges the music, while
Davorin Gecl was director of photography.
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