Each year Oscar nominations They bring surprises, disappointments, neglect and satisfaction. The truth is that more and more productions from other latitudes, far from the Hollywood industry, show that the opening of the film academy is real and that the inclusion of members from other countries has weighed down the selection.
Although the “Barbenheimer” phenomenon escalated from the box office and social networks to the most important film awards in the world – for the 96th edition of the Oscars, Oppenheimer achieved 13 nominations and is the favorite, while Barbie was left with 8 nominations – cinema in others Languages Produced shines even in categories that previously seemed unattainable.
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The French film Anatomy of a Fall is one of the foreign titles with the most nominations, 5 in total, including for Best Picture and Best Director – with Justine Triet becoming the eighth woman to be nominated for Best Director – equaling the number of nominations the nomination from British film The Zone of Interest, based on the novel of the same name by Martin Amis. Meanwhile, Celine Song's Korean film Past Lives received two nominations.
Films produced in Spanish include the Chilean film La memoria infinite by Maite Alberdi, which will repeat in the documentary category at the Oscars in 2020 after its candidacy with El agent mole; “Robot Dreams” by Spaniard Pablo Berger, which was ranked best animated film (a section in which it is compared to “Spider-Man: Across the Spiderverse”, “Elemental” and “The Boy and the Heron”) and ” The Snow Society” by Juan Antonio Bayona, which is aiming for two awards: foreign film and makeup and hairdressing.
“It is very difficult to attract the attention of Hollywood with an international film made in a language that is not your own,” Bayona had said in a recent interview with Efe.
Mexican Rodrigo Prieto, an old Oscar acquaintance, was nominated for best photography for his work on “Killers of the Flower Moon,” the third film with the most nominations this year (10 in total). The cameraman had already aimed for the statuette for “Brokeback Mountain”, “Silence” and “The Irishman” (the last two also by Scorsese).
Also surprising in this section was the candidacy of the American Edward Lachman for his work in the Chilean film El Conde, a special look at the dictator Augusto Pinochet by director Pablo Larraín.
The ignored and the milestones
The Hollywood Film Academy, which this year is hosting the Oscars gala on March 10 at the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles and which now has almost 7,000 members from all over the world, apparently left out established names in the nominations.
Director Greta Gerwig wasn't in the running for this edition, but her film “Barbie” was nominated for best picture and was one of three films directed by women at the same time, along with “Anatomy of a Fall” and “Past Lives.” Category competed. Alexander Payne, who stood out for “The Holdovers,” also remained unnominated in this category.
Another who also didn't qualify – reigniting the controversy due to his absence from the Best Actor category – was Leonardo DiCaprio for his spectacular role in Killers on the Moon – for which Lily Gladstone and Robert de Niro were nominated. In DiCaprio's place, another artist who was not in the nomination would have qualified: Colman Domingo, nominated by Rustin and with a long career in television and theater.
Hollywood veterans Martin Scorsese and John Williams expanded their nomination list and set new records in the process. Scorsese, 81, became the oldest director ever nominated with “The Moon Killers,” his 10th nomination; Meanwhile, composer John Williams won his 49th nomination for the Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny soundtrack.
América Ferrera, an American with Honduran roots, was another surprise in the best supporting actress category. Her role in Barbie as Gloria, a mother trying to mend her relationship with her teenage daughter, captivated audiences as she delivered a moving monologue about how difficult it is for women to meet society's standards. This is the first Oscar nomination for Ferrera, who established herself on television as the protagonist of Ugly Betty, the American version of the Colombian soap opera Betty la fea.
Other unexpected nominations included: “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” with special effects, which also featured the sci-fi film “The Creator” (released as “Resistance” and for another Oscar for Best Sound is nominated), and “Napoleon” by Ridley Scott. that more than three technical candidates were excluded from the main categories.
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