Decision to Leave' makes Academy Awards' shortlist for international feature film

  

Director Park Chan-wook's Cannes-winning film "Decision to Leave" has been included on the shortlist for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the list, Wednesday (local time), for 15 films of the category, after reviewing candidates from 92 countries.

It will announce the five finalists on Jan. 24 before the awards ceremony, which is slated for March 12.

"Decision to Leave" is a romance thriller revolving around a detective (Park Hae-il) who suspects a Chinese widow (Tang Wei) is the culprit in a murder case and later falls in love with her.

The film, which won the Best Director award at the 75th Cannes Film Festival, was also nominated as the best non-English language film at the 80th Golden Globe Awards scheduled for January, as well as the best foreign language film at the Critics' Choice Awards, also slated for January.

Other films on the Academy's shortlist are: "Argentina, 1985" (Argentina), "Corsage" (Austria), "Close" (Belgium), "Return to Seoul" (Cambodia), "Holy Spider" (Denmark), "Saint Omer" (France), "All Quiet on the Western Front" (Germany), "Last Film Show" (India), "The Quiet Girl" (Ireland), "Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths" (Mexico), "The Blue Caftan" (Morocco), "Joyland" (Pakistan), "EO" (Poland) and "Cairo Conspiracy" (Sweden).