Northern Skirts

Northern Skirts
Northern Skirts
Directed by	Barbara Albert
Written by	Barbara Albert
Starring	Nina Proll
Release date	2 September 1999;
Running time	103 minutes
Country	Austria
Language	German

Northern Skirts (German: Nordrand) is a 1999 German-language film directed by Barbara Albert. It was an international co-production between Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. It was Austria's official Best Foreign Language Film submission at the 72nd Academy Awards, but did not manage to receive a nomination.^[1] The film addresses the marginalisation of the Vienna's migrant and ethnic minority population against the background of rising xenophobia encouraged by Joerg Haider and the so-called Freedom Party.

^ "Record 47 Countries In Oscar Contention" (Press release). Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 22 November 1999. Archived from the original on 4 October 2008. Retrieved 20 August 2008.

[1] "Record 47 Countries In Oscar Contention" (Press release). Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 22 November 1999. Archived from the original on 4 October 2008. Retrieved 20 August 2008.

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