Updated: January 05, 2014, 12:00 AM
In pictures: Oscar shortlist of the nine best Foreign Language Films
Danis Tanovic‘s latest film, An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker, stars Nazif Mujic (at left) and Senanda Alimanovic and Romani Guypsies. Courtesy Danis Tanovic
A scene from Italian director Paolo Sorrentino's La grande bellezza (The Great Beauty). AP
Mads Mikkelsen gives an anguished performance as an innocent daycare worker accused of being a pedophile in The Hunt. Courtesy Danmarks Radio
Johan Heldenbergh and Veerle Baetens in Tribeca Film's The Broken Circle Breakdown. Courtesy Tribeca Films
The Notebook, is a Hungarian film about brorthers during WWII. Courtesy Hunnia Filmstudio
Rithy Panh uses clay figures, archival footage, and narration to recreate the atrocities Cambodia's Khmer Rouge committed between 1975 and 1979 in The Missing Picture. Courtesy Catherine Dussart Productions
Omar tells the story of a young, loved-up Palestinian who plots with his two best friends to shoot an Israeli soldier and ends up being captured and convinced by an Israeli spy to inform on them. Courtesy ZBROS
Ziyi Zhang, left, and Tony Leung Chiu Wai, in The Weinstein Company's upcoming release, "The Grandmaster." Wong Kar Wai swears he’s seen people fly. The acclaimed Hong Kong director crossed China meeting 100 kung fu masters as research for his new film about Bruce Lee’s teacher, The Grandmaster. AP Photo