When the Oscars Academy presented the 15 finalists competing for first a nomination and then the statuette itself, there were Norwegian Hopp, with Stellan Skarsgård in the lead role, and Danish En runda till med.
Among the other 15 films are four that were shown at the Gothenburg Film Festival last week;
in addition to A round to also Quo vadis, Aida?
from Bosnia-Herzegovina, Night of the Kings from the Ivory Coast and Russian Comrades.