ALBANIA - A Cup of Coffee and New Shoes On
ALGERIA - Our Brothers
ARGENTINA - Argentina, 1985
ARMENIA - Aurora's Sunrise
AUSTRALIA - You Won't Be Alone
AUSTRIA - Corsage
AZERBAIJAN - Creators
BANGLADESH - Hawa
BELGIUM - Close
BOLIVIA - Utama
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA - A Ballad
BRAZIL - Mars One
BULGARIA - In the Heart of the Machine
CAMBODIA - Return to Seoul
CAMEROON - The Planters Plantation
CANADA - Eternal Spring
CHILE - Blanquita
CHINA - Nice View
COLOMBIA - The Kings of the World
COSTA RICA - Domingo in the Mist
CROATIA - Safe Place
CZECHIA - Il Boemo
DENMARK - Holy Spider
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Bantu Mama
ECUADOR - Lo Invisible
ESTONIA - Kalev
FINLAND - Girl Picture
FRANCE - Saint-Omer
GEORGIA - A Long Break
GERMANY - All Quiet on the Western Front
GREECE - Magnetic Fields
GUATEMALA - The Silence of the Mole
HONG KONG - Where the Wind Blows
HUNGARY - Blockade
ICELAND - Beautiful Beings
INDIA - Last Film Show
INDONESIA - Missing Home
IRAN - World War III
IRAQ - The Exam
IRELAND - The Quiet Girl
ISRAEL - Cinema Sabaya
ITALY - Nostalgia
JAPAN - Plan 75
JORDAN - Farha
KAZAKHSTAN - Life
KENYA - TeraStorm
KOSOVO - Looking for Venera
KYRGYZSTAN - Home for Sale
LATVIA - January
LEBANON - Memory Box
LITHUANIA - Pilgrims
LUXEMBOURG - Icarus
MEXICO - Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
MOLDOVA - Carbon
MONGOLIA - Harvest Moon
MONTENEGRO - The Elegy of Laurel
MOROCCO - The Blue Caftan
NEPAL - Butterfly on a Windowpane
NETHERLANDS - Narcosis
NEW ZEALAND - Muru
NORTH MACEDONIA - The Happiest Man in the World
NORWAY - War Soldier
PAKISTAN - Joyland
PALESTINE - Mediterranean Fever
PANAMA - Birthday Boy
PARAGUAY - Eami
PERU - Moon Heart
PHILIPPINES - On the Job: The Missing 8
POLAND - EO
PORTUGAL - Alma Viva
ROMANIA - Immaculat
SAUDI ARABIA - Raven Song
SENEGAL - Xalé
SERBIA - Darkling
SINGAPORE - Ajoomma
SLOVAKIA - Victim
SLOVENIA - Orchesta
SOUTH KOREA - Decision to Leave
SPAIN - Alcarras
SWEDEN - Boy from Heaven
SWITZERLAND - A Piece of Sky
TAIWAN - Goddamned Asura
TANZANIA - Tug of War
THAILAND - One for the Road
TUNISIA - Under the Fig Trees
TURKIYE - Kerr
UGANDA - Tembele
UKRAINE - Klondike
UNITED KINGDOM - Winners
URUGUAY - The Employer and the Employee
VENEZUELA - The Box
VIETNAM - 578: Magnum
NIGERIA out again....
After the Nigerian government and the national film community got super angry at the selection committee for not submitting any of the three candidates, AMPAS gave them a rare second chance.
And the committee met again today and decided to make sure everyone stayed angry by refusing to send a film, including "Elesin Oba" (Toronto) whose director just passed away and which has gotten fairly good reviews. These Nigerian and Egyptian committees must really hate movies. Why do they even agree to be on the committee if they're not interested in promoting their national cinema?
https://www.qed.ng/breaking-nosc-ret...nsion-expires/
This whole Nigeria saga.![]()
Why, Nigeria? So weird.
I think the Egyptian committee decision is respectable more than anything. There simply were no film worthy to represent the country. Why embarrass themselves? The only one they could’ve sent wasn’t released within the Academy’s deadline. I applaud them even more for not being cheaters like what the Moroccan committee did by submitting Blue Caftan. That’s set to open in cinemas in 2023
I’d respectfully disagree with you. If Egypt just had a couple of soft-core pornographic films and a no-budget horror movie, okay, I understand that they don’t want to embarrass themselves. But “Kira and El Gin” has a 3.5 on letterboxd and an 8.1 on IMDb. “The Crime” got a Netflix deal. “B19” is by one of Egypt’s most acclaimed indie directors. Do I think that any of these would have earned Egypt’s first Oscar nomination. NO I do not. But somebody must like them and all of them could have gotten exposure by being seen by some of the biggest names in Hollywood. Obviously, Egypt can do what it wants. But I don’t understand losing a free opportunity for exposure. In the recent debate in Nigeria, one filmmaker rightly said “It is not the committee’s job to select a film that will be nominated for an Oscar. Their job is to select the best film to represent Nigeria.”
So I think Egypt and Nigeria made rather dumb decisions this year. And in the past, so have Albania, Bolivia, Cuba, Macedonia, Paraguay, and the UK, who have all declined to enter any of the entries they received in past years. If they had picked films, at least 10-20 people on this board alone would have sought out the film and someone would have liked it and recommended it to someone else.
We’ll soon see if Australia, Malaysia and South Africa join the list.
Decision To Leave (Winner)
Argentina, 1985
All Quiet On The Western
Close
Corsage
The Quiet Girl
Bardo
I've had two people in my life this weekend tell how much they loved Argentina 1985, one a cinephile and one not. Both unsolicited.
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If Amazon plays their cards right with Argentina, 1985, they can do a Cold War type of performance and even capitalize on that empty slot in Lead Actor for Ricardo Darin
Also Ricardo Darin was in the last three films nominated for Argentina for IFF (and El Secreto de sus Ojos won). So could be a household name for some.
I love cats
1. Argentina, 1985
2. All Quiet on the Western Front
3. Decision to Leave
4. Close
5. Joyland
6. Holy Spider
7. Bardo
8. Corsage
9. Saint Omer
Yeaaaah, I had this feeling yesterday while reading reviews that it hits the "perfect" AMPAS spot between intellectual and baity. Watch out, Close and Decision to Leave!
If Ricardo Darin was someone more known in the states, I'd bet on him for a dark horse spot in Actor.
Well, there's this at least. Still, I'd feel more confident with "CSI" appearences etc.![]()
Darin can get the GG and BAFTA nom alongside some mentions like London. Now the GG has FIPRESCI voters, and Argentina, 1985 won that award at Venice.
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Darin barely does anything in that movie so idk, he's solid but hardly super-memorable.
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I have a ticket to watch Saint Omer next Sunday at a local film festival's fall run.
They are so amazing, they should work together right now.
Netflix grabs Columbia submission
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