Denmark's In a Better World wins foreign Oscar

London:



The Danish drama "In a Better World" won the best foreign language film Oscar, an honor for both the acclaimed filmmaker Susanne Bier and for Denmark cinema.

"In a Better World" is the third Danish film to win the foreign language film Academy Award. The other two were "Babette's Feast" in 1987 and "Pelle the Conqueror" in 1988.

The other nominees were Mexico's "Biutiful," Greece's "Dogtooth," Canada's "Incendies" and Algeria's "Outside the Law."

The foreign language winner was whittled down from 66 submissions, with countries allowed one submission each.