The Oscar race has ended for three Chinese films up for the Best Foreign Film competition, as the Academy announced its nine final nominees on Wednesday.

Together with mainland director Chen Kaige's "Forever Enthralled", Hong Kong's critically acclaimed film "Prince of Tears" and Taiwan's 2009 Golden Horse Film Awards top winner "No Puedo Vivir Sin Ti" have failed to advance to the shortlist of the coveted Best Foreign Film Oscar, making it a seventh year of absence of a Chinese film in the race since Zhang Yimou's "Hero" received a nomination in 2003. Leading the nine favorites is Austrian director Michael Haneke's "The White Ribbon", which won the 2010 Golden Globe's Best Foreign Language Picture and the Palme d'Or at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. Other powerful films on the shortlist include French director Jacques Audiard's prison drama "Un Prophète" and Peruvian movie "The Milk of Sorrow", winner of Golden Bear at the 2009 Berlinale. Famous Italian director Giuseppe Tornatore's Sicilian epic "Baaria" and Israeli film "Lebanon", the top prize winner at last year's Venice Film Festival, have been surprisingly ruled out of the final contention. A total of 65 films were vying for the Oscar's Best Foreign Film award during the preliminary selection. Shortlist for Best Foreign Film Oscar Argentina - "El Secreto de Sus Ojos" Australia - "Samson & Delilah" Bulgaria - "The World Is Big and Salvation Lurks around the Corner" France - "Un Prophete" Germany - "The White Ribbon" Israel - "Ajami" Kazakhstan - "Kelin"The Netherlands - "Winter in Wartime" Peru - "The Milk of Sorrow" 關鍵詞： Snub vt. 冷落 nominee n. 被提名者 ribbon n. 絲帶 Palme d'Or 金棕櫚獎(某電影節的獎項)

Cannes 戛納 Peruvian adj. 秘魯的 Golden Bear 金熊獎(某電影節的獎項) Berlinale 柏林電影節 Venice Film Festival 威尼斯電影節 中文大意： 上周三，電影學會宣佈最後的九部最佳外語影片提名，三部華語影片被拒之門外。 這三部影片分別為：大陸導演陳凱歌執導的《梅蘭芳》、香港影片《淚王子》和2009年臺灣金馬獎最佳影片《不能沒有你》。它們都沒能進入奧斯卡最佳外語片的提名名單，這是自張藝謀的《英雄》在2003年獲得提名後，華語影片連續第七年缺席此獎項。 在這九部提名影片，由奧地利導演邁克爾·哈內克 執導的影片《白絲帶》曾經獲得過2010年金球獎最佳外語片與2009年戛納電影節金棕櫚獎。

其它有競爭力的影片包括法國導演雅克·歐迪亞執導的《預言者》與秘魯影片《傷心的乳汁》 ，此片曾獲得2009年柏林電影節金熊獎。 由著名的意大利導演朱塞佩·托納多雷執導的影片《巴阿裡亞》 與以色列影片《黎巴嫩》，這些在去年的威尼斯電影節獲獎影片都被驚奇地排除在競爭行列之外。 共有65部影片參加瞭奧斯卡最佳外語片的角逐。 奧斯卡最佳外語片提名名單： 阿根廷-《他們眼中的秘密》 澳大利亞-《賽門和黛利拉》 保加利亞-《在世界轉角遇見愛》 法國-《預言者》 德國-《白絲帶》 以色列-《阿賈米》 哈薩克斯坦-《柯林》 荷蘭-《戰時冬天》 秘魯-《傷心的乳汁》