"Baby(A)lone" will defend Luxembourg's colours in the race for the Oscars

Press release by: National Selection Committee for the Oscars

The National Selection Committee for the Oscars has selected the Luxembourg film "Baby(A)lone" to represent the Grand Duchy at the 88th Academy Awards.^e Academy Awards in the "Best foreign language film award" category.
The film, adapted from the novel "Amok" by Tullio Forgiarini and directed by Donato Rotunno, is a joint production between Luxembourg (Iris Productions) and Belgium (Iris Films). The production benefited from the participation of many Luxembourg technicians and actors, with Joshua Defays and Charlotte Elsen playing the lead roles alongside Etienne Halsdorf, Gintare Parulyte and Fabienne Hollwege.

The nominations for "Best Foreign Film" will be announced on 14 January 2016.

The National Selection Committee for the Oscars is made up of 7 people representing the audiovisual sector:

Nicole Dahlen, Cinémathèque de la Ville de Luxembourg
Guy Daleiden, National Support Fund for Audiovisual Production
Claude Lahr, Association of Directors and Scriptwriters (LARS)
Paul Lesch, University of Luxembourg
Carlo Thiel, Luxembourg Association of Audiovisual Technicians (ALTA)
Viviane Thill, Centre national de l'audiovisuel (CNA)
Laurent Witz, Union luxembourgeoise de la production audiovisuelle (ULPA)

Official website:
www.baby-a-lone.lu

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