''Tanna'' cast members (from left) Marie Wawa, Lingai Kowia, a guest, Mungai Dain and Jimmy Joseph Nako at the Venice Film Festival. Luckily for the filmmaking duo, they are strong chances to win an Oscar anyway for their romantic drama Tanna. "No other Australian film has done it so it is history making," Dean told AAP on Tuesday. Tanna is competing with Toni Erdmann (Germany), The Salesman (Iran), A Man Called Ove (Sweden) and Land of Mine (Denmark) for the foreign language Oscar. Dean, despite bad mobile phone coverage in Tanna, managed to call the chief and tell him about the Oscar nomination.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 25, 2017 04:34 UTC