The prestigious Oscar award is slated for February 2016 and the final list of Indian films at the 305 list of films across the world are announced. In the foreign film category Marathi film Court`, Kannada films Care of Footpath 2` and Rangitaranga`, Malayalam Jalam`, Konkani Nachom Iyam Kumpasaar, Hindi film Hemalska` and Indo-Australian film Salt Bridge` are in the list according to sources.

In the categories of best film, actor, director music etc the competition is faced. The minimum duration of the film should be forty minutes and they have been released in 2014 for award entry. The screening for seven days is compulsory in USA. The voting for such films is done by experts in various fields.

The 88th Academy award nominations will be made available on January 14 and countdown starts on 28th of February 2016.