The film was Canada 's entry in the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 85th Academy Awards . It was a rare Canadian submission for featuring a substantial amount of Lingala as well as French . It was among nine shortlisted in December 2012 , and became one of the five nominees . Mwanza received a visa to allow her to attend the Academy Awards . It was the third consecutive Quebec film nominated , following '' Incendies '' and '' Monsieur Lazhar '' , with Nguyen proclaiming " People around the world are looking at Quebec cinema now and waiting for the next director to come out of here . This has a tremendous impact on a country ’s recognition outside of its borders "
85th Academy Awards
85th Academy Awards
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