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Afghan Star Submitted as British Entry for Foreign Language Academy Award

In Afghanistan, Art, Film, History, News, Twitter, fame on 7 October 2009 tagged 2010 Academy Awards, @saadmohseni, Academy Award, Academy Awards, Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, Afghan Star, AMPAS, BAFTA, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, Dari, Hope Eternal, Oscar, Oscars, Saad Mohseni, Tolo TV, Welsh with View Comments

Bisyar cool: Afghan Star, which follows two male and two female participants in the contest, was submitted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta). Though British, it is eligible because most of its dialogue is in Dari. Last year’s submission, Hope Eternal, was predominantly in Welsh but did not make the eventual [...]