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'Roma,' ‘Cold War' Among Foreign-Language Oscar Nominees

The winner will be announced at the 91st Academy Awards ceremony on Feb 24

Films from Mexico, Poland, Lebanon, Japan and Germany are competing in the Academy Awards race for best foreign-language film.

Five nominees announced Tuesday include Alfonso Cuaron's Mexican memory masterpiece, "Roma," Polish director Pawel Pawlikowski's black-and-white period drama "Cold War" and Lebanese filmmaker Nadine Labaki's child-poverty drama "Capernaum."

Also in the running are "Shoplifters," the story of a family on society's margins by Japan's Hirokazu Kore-eda, and German director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck's artist biopic "Never Look Away."

The winner will be announced at the 91st Academy Awards ceremony on Feb 24.

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