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China is reportedly set to spring a surprise by submitting the Chinese-French production The Nightingale as the nation's Oscars entry for best foreign film.
Directed by Philippe Muyl, the film follows a journey undertaken by an old man and young girl in southern China and is an adaptation of the director's 2002 French film The Butterfly.
No Chinese entry had been received for the 2015 Oscars when the deadline for submissions past last Wednesday.
However, reports from the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) yesterday claim the delay had been down to the fact China's National Day holiday.
"The movie The  Nightingale was chosen shortly before the National Day public holiday and will be announced officially after the holiday," an industry source told the Hollywood Reporter.
Academy Awards officials have so far not commented on the report.

More than 60 countries met last Wednesday's official deadline for submissions - but China, home to a fast-growing film industry, was not among them.
Film buffs had thought Chinese officials were debating whether to offer up Coming Home, a family drama set during the tumultuous Cultural Revolution, or gritty contemporary thriller Black Coal, Thin Ice. But no official explanation behind the delay had been given.
"We haven't heard anything," said Zhang Zhao, producer of Coming Home, on the sidelines of the BIFF in South Korea.
"There are many outstanding Chinese movies around now, so for us it is wishful thinking."
The US Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is set to announce its shortlist of five selected foreign entries in January, ahead of the Oscars ceremony on February 22.
Italian film The Great Beauty, directed by Paolo Sorrentino, won this year's prize.
 


The Nightingale said to be China's Oscars entry for best foreign film

Yang Xinyi (left) and Li Baotian in The Nightingale.

French director Philippe Muyl

Filmmaker Ruby Yang: looking at the city from a different angle

Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

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China is reportedly set to spring a surprise by submitting the Chinese-French production The Nightingale as the nation's Oscars entry for best foreign film.


The Nightingale said to be China's Oscars entry for best foreign film

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}China is reportedly set to spring a surprise by submitting the Chinese-French production The Nightingale as the nation's Oscars entry for best foreign film.

China is reportedly set to spring a surprise by submitting the Chinese-French production The Nightingale as the nation's Oscars entry for best foreign film.