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Films From Chile, Lebanon up for Foreign-language Oscar

by Associated Press

   LONDON --

   Movies from Chile, Lebanon, Russia, Hungary and Sweden are competing in
   the Academy Awards race for best foreign-language film.

   Five nominees announced Tuesday include Chilean director Sebastian
   Lelio's drama with a transgender heroine, "A Fantastic Woman"; Lebanese
   filmmaker Ziad Doueiri's forceful "The Insult"; and Russian director
   Andrey Zvyagintsev's stark divorce story "Loveless."

   Also nominated are mystical abattoir drama "On Body and Soul" by
   Hungarian director Ildiko Enyedi, and Swedish filmmaker Ruben Ostlund's
   art world satire "The Square."

   The winner will be announced at the 90th Academy Awards ceremony on
   March 4.