LONDON - Ukraine has surprised many awards observers by selecting Oles Sanin's little known nationalist period epic "The Guide" as its entry for the Academy Awards' foreign-language category rather than the critically lauded edgy contempo drama "The Tribe."
Variety: Ukraine spurns Cannes winner ‘Tribe’, follows ‘Guide’ for Oscar nomination
Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy's 'The Tribe' was expected to be Ukraine's Oscar choice, but was snubbed.
