Good news for Spanish-language cinema: Sirât y Belén They pave their way to the Oscars. This Tuesday, December 16, at 11 in the morning, the Hollywood Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the madre of the Oscars, has announced the list of foreign films that will compete for the golden statuette next March. Among the 15 chosen, there are both , directed by Oliver Laxe, like Argentina Belénby actress and filmmaker Dolores Fonzi. From among them, the five final nominees will emerge on January 22. Besides, Sirât goes far, because it is also nominated for four more: best original soundtrack, best sound, and best photography.
The 20 pre-selected soundtracks, the 15 feature-length documentaries, the 15 short documentaries, and the 15 animated short films have also been announced. We also already know the 10 that will compete for the Oscar in the categories of makeup and hairdressing, the 16 for photography, the 10 for visual effects, the 10 for best sound, the 20 for best original soundtrack and the 15 for best songs. All of them are the basis for the five that will remain in each of their categories.
Sirât y Belén They will have tough competitors along the way. , but not Argentina. In its category, a total of 86 films from the same number of countries—one more than last year—had managed to pass the first phase (fulfillment of formal requirements, basically) to get here. They had to be produced outside the United States, last more than 40 minutes and have a language other than English in at least 50% of their footage.
Now, the 15 that remain are, apart from the Spanish speakers, The secret agent (Brazil), a simple accident (France), Sound of Falling (Germany), Homebound (India), Hokuko (Japan), Hind’s voice (Tunisia), No Other Choice (South Korea), The left-handed girl (Taiwan), Late Shift (Swiss), Valor Sentimental (Norway), The President’s Cake (Irak), All That’s Left You (Jordan) and Palestine 36 (Palestine).
In the rest of the categories, Frankenstein by Guillermo del Toro opts for the best makeup and hairstyling, and also the best castingfor the best photography, for the best sound, for the best visual effects and for the best music.
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