Oscar nominations announced for best foreign-language film

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Oscar nominations announced for best foreign-language film

The Associated Press Published Thursday, January 16, 2014 9:22AM EST

In this undated picture made available by the press office Punto e Virgola, Italian director Paolo Sorrentino is seen on the set of his movie "La grande bellezza" (The Great Beauty). (AP Photo/Gianni Fiorito, Punto e Virgola press office, ho)

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LONDON -- A Belgian drama of love, loss and bluegrass, and a love story from the Palestinian territories are among Academy Award nominees for best foreign-language film.

Felix van Groeningen's "Broken Circle Breakdown" and Hany Abu-Assad's "Omar" are nominated alongside Italian director Paolo Sorrentino's love letter to Rome, "The Great Beauty"; psychological thriller "The Hunt" from Denmark's Thomas Vinterberg; and "The Missing Picture," an exploration of Pol Pot's bloody dictatorship by Cambodia's Rithy Panh.

The shortlist was announced Thursday in Beverly Hills.

Winners of the 86th Oscars will be announced March 2 during a ceremony at Hollywood's Dolby Theatre.