It was Peru's official nomination into the 2006 Academy Awards.
The film was Canada's official nomination for the foreign-language Oscar.
Whether Italy's choice will be selected as one of five official nominations on Tuesday remains to be seen.
Several candidates announced their intentions to run for mayor of Auckland before official nominations opened.
This is done only to determine whether or not a work is eligible or entered into the proper category for official nomination.
Carson thereupon fell out of the contest - or rather announced that he was not standing, for no official nominations had been made.
He ran as an independent after failing to gain the party's official nomination in Miyagi.
The clock starts with each candidate's official nomination.
Eisenhower's official nomination for Radford came in mid-1953.
Today's election was by secret ballot and there were no official nominations.
