The Rocket selected as Australia’s entry in the Academy Awards

Australian feature film The Rocket has been selected as the Australian entry for the Best Foreign Language category in the 86th annual Academy Awards.

The announcement:

The feature film The Rocket has been selected as the Australian entry for consideration for Best Foreign Language Film for the Academy Awards®, with nominations to be announced early 2014.

To be eligible for consideration for the Best Foreign Language Film Award, a film must be defined by predominantly non-English dialogue and have been released in its country of origin for at least seven days. Each country can submit one film for nomination consideration. Lore was Australia’s official entry in 2012.