Human Film's Ahlaam picks up Golden Globe Foreign Language nod

Mohamed Al Daradji's Ahlaam which is Iraq's entry for next year's Academy Awards has been announced as one of 56 films pre-selected for the Golden Globes Foreign Language Film prize. The announcement comes as Leeds-based Human Film, who produced the film and is running a the awards campaign, invites websites and bloogers to host For Your Consideration banners.

The list of films selected in full:

9th Company (Russia/Ukraine/Finland) Fyodor Bondarchuk, director
After The Wedding (Denmark) Susanne Bier
Ahlaam (Iraq) Mohamed Al Daradji
Alatriste (Spain) Agustin Diaz Yanes
Along The Ridge (Anche Libero Va Bene) (Italy) Kim Rossi Stuart
Angel-A (France) Luc Besson
Apocalypto (USA) Mel Gibson
Avenue Montaigne (France) Daniele Thompson
Black Book (Zwartboek) (The Netherlands) Paul Verhoeven
The Blossoming Of Maximo Oliveros (The Philippines) Auraeus Solito
Bosta (Lebanon) Philippe Aractingi
Children Of Glory (Hungary) Krisztina Goda
Chronicle Of An Escape (Argentina) Adrian Caetano
Cinema, Aspirins & Vultures (Brazil) Marcelo Gomes
Climates (Iklimler) (Turkey) Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Curse Of The Golden Flower (China) Zhang Yimou
Days Of Glory (Algeria) Rachid Bouchareb
El Benny (Cuba) Jorge Luis Sanchez
A Family Friend (Italy) Paolo Sorrentino
Family Law (Argentina) Daniel Burman
Frozen Days (Israel) Danny Lerner
Golden Door (Nuovomondo) (Italy-France) Emanuele Crialese
Grbavica: The Land Of My Dreams (Bosnia-Herzegovina) Jasmila Zbanic
Il Caimano (Italy) Nanni Moretti
Ice Cream I Scream (Turkey) Yuksel Aksu
The Island (Russia) Pavel Lungin
King And The Clown (South Korea) Jun-ik Lee
Lage Raho Munnabhai (India) Rajkumar Hirani
La Mujer De Mi Hermano (Mexico) Ricardo De Montreuil
The Last Train (Germany) Dana Vavrova, Joseph Vilsmaier
Letters From Iwo Jima (Japan/USA) Clint Eastwood
Libertas (Croatia) Veljko Bulajic
The Lives Of Others (Germany) Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Love For Share (Indonesia) Nia Di Nata
Mario's War (La Guerra Di Mario) (Italy) Antonio Capuano
The Missing Star (La Stella Che Non C'e') (Italy) Gianni Amelio
Nomad (Kazakhstan) Sergei Bodrov, Ivan Passer, Talgat Temenov
Offside (Iran) Jafar Panahi
O Major Amor Do Mundo (Brazil) Carlos Diegues
Omkara (India) Vishal Bharadwaj
Pan's Labyrinth (Mexico) Guillermo Del Toro
Playing The Victim (Russia) Kiril Serebrennikov
Pretendiendo (Chile) Claudio Dabed
Prince Of The Himalaya (China) Sherwood Hu
The Protector (Thailand) Prachya Pinkaew
Rang De Basanti (India) Rakesh Omprakash Mehra
Reprise (Norway) Joachim Trier
Requiem (Germany) Hans-Christian Schmid
Retrieval (Z Ozysku) (Poland) Slawomir Fabicki
Riding Alone For Thousands Of Miles (China) Zhang Yimou
Sweet Mud (Adama Meshuga'at) (Israel) Dror Shaul
The Valet (France) Francis Veber
Vitus (Switzerland) Fredi M Murer
Volver (Spain) Pedro Almodovar
Water (Canada) Deepa Mehta
The Yacoubian Building (Egypt) Marwan Hamed