The fact that both movies center around the Nigerian community, and are written and directed by women of color has not gone unnoticed.
, also directed by a woman of color, because of its English dialogue. Austrian-Iranian director Sudabeh Mortezai’s, Austria’s pick for the 92nd annual Academy Awards, centers around Nigerian sex workers in Vienna and premiered to high praise at the 2018 Venice Film Festival. According to, the Academy realized during a standard review that two thirds of the movie was in English, thereby making it ineligible for consideration.
Why does this keep happening? And why does it demand discussion? To answer that, we have to take a look at the history of this category, and how it has evolved over the years. Best International Feature Film is a new name for an old category. Prior to 2020, it was known as Best Foreign-Languge Film, but the name was changed in 2019.
“We have noted that the reference to ‘Foreign’ is outdated within the global filmmaking community,” Karaszewski and Diane Weyermann, co-chairs of the International Feature Film Committee, said in a . “We believe that International Feature Film better represents this category, and promotes a positive and inclusive view of filmmaking, and the art of film as a universal experience.”1. It must be feature-length. .3. It must have a “predominantly non-English dialogue track.”Wait, Is That Different From Best Foreign-Language Film?
Not really. The biggest oversight in designing the Best International Feature Film category is that its name is now very misleading. The rules of eligibility for the category have not changed at all, but the category’s title appears to indicate that a movie merely needs to be international to be considered. That is false. The majority of the dialogueSo, What’s The Problem If
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