And interestingly, in the category which is usually filled with foreign names, the foreign film category, foreign language film category, there's a very familiar American name.

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This year, the Foreign Language Film category shut out four submissions on the grounds that they weren t in the language of their submitting country.

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And the U.S. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is considering whether to nominate Nairobi Half Life for an Oscar in the Best Foreign Language Film category -- the first time a Kenyan movie has been considered.

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And since the category Best Foreign Language Film was created in 1957, only five foreign language films have received nods for Best Picture.

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