Goldwyn to release Oscar-nominated "Tangerines" in US

Oscar-nominated Estonian-Georgian war-time drama Tangerines will soon be released in the United States after the film was bought by American independent film company Samuel Goldwyn Films.

Goldwyn acquired the rights to screen Tangerines in the US. The film was nominated for an Academy Award in the foreign language section. 

Goldwyn is planning to release the film later this year.

Tangerines, directed by Georgian man Zaza Urushadze, centres around an older Estonian man who cares for two wounded soldiers from opposite sides of the 1990-era war in Georgia.

See the film review here.

Tangerines was produced by Estonian film production company Allfilm and Georgian production company Cinema 24. As well as directing, Urushadze jointly produced the film with Ivo Felt. The cast includes Lembit Ulfsak, Elmo Nuganen, Mikhail Meskhi, Giorgi Nakashidze, Raivo Trass and Zurab Bealishvili.

Since its release the film has won awards at the Warsaw, Mannheim-Heidelberg, Palm Springs and Seattle film festivals.

Meanwhile, the deal to screen Tangerines in the US was negotiated by Ian Puente of Samuel Goldwyn Films and Nick Stiliadis of Cinemavault, on behalf of the filmmakers.