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SA doccie My Octopus Teacher makes final cut for Oscars and scores Bafta nom 16 March 2021 11:16 AM Share This: South African documentary film My Octopus Teacher has made it to the final list of nominees for the 93rd Academy Awards. My Octopus Teacher will go up against four other films in the Documentary Feature category when the Oscar Awards ceremony is held on Sunday 25 April. The film follows South African filmmaker Craig Foster who develops an extraordinary relationship with an octopus whi...

Where to watch every 2021 Oscar-nominated film Antonio Ferme, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail The 93rd Oscar nominations have finally been announced, recognizing films released during a year where movie theaters were largely closed. If you’re looking to catch up on all of the nominees, we’ve compiled a list of every film that was nominated for an Academy Award this year and where to stream them. Competing for best picture are “Judas and the Black Messiah,” “Mank,” “Minari,” �...

The South African film has been nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Documentary Feature category.

SA documentary gets Oscar nod Updated Jacaranda FM News YouTube The film, which has garnered critical acclaim since its release on Netflix, has been nominated in the Documentary Feature category. It is up against four other films.  The film, which was directed by Pippa Ehrlich and James Reed, documents a year spent by filmmaker Craig Foster forging a relationship with a wild common octopus in a Western Cape kelp forest.  It has already won two awards at the Critics’ Choice Awards in Nove...

Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas announced this year's nominees

Photo: Tom Foster/Netflix The South African documentary My Octopus Teacher has been nominated for an Academy Award in the Documentary Feature category. The film will go up against four other movies in the category. Directed by Pippa Ehrlich and James Reed, the film centres on the award-winning filmmaker, Craig Foster who develops a friendship with a curious octopus while diving in the Atlantic Ocean. Since the films release on Netflix, it has become an awards season darling. It won two awards ...

The 2021 Oscar nominations celebrate actors, actresses and directors of color. But Latinos are mostly shut out from the top categories.

There’s always a trend when it comes to the Oscars, and for the past few years, that’s been #OscarsSoWhite. This year, however, the nominations have taken a turn in the right direction with more diversity across categories. Judas and the Messiah struck gold with nominations for Daniel Kaluuya and LaKeith Stanfield as Best Supporting Actor and Shaka King for Best Original Screenplay. Leslie Odom, Jr. was also tapped for Regina King’s directorial debut of One Night In Miami, which receive...

Africas Oscar-shortlisted films show an industry spreading across borders CNN 3/15/2021 By Aisha Salaudeen, CNN © courtesy Memento Films International Koné Bakary as Roman, the young inmate forced to tell stories at La MACA prison. Its an exciting time for filmmakers and movie fans around the world: Academy Awards season is here. And with several African films up for official nominations, people across the continent will be paying close attention when those nominations are...

Here Are the International Feature Film Oscar Contenders Most Likely to Land Nominations IndieWire 3/10/2021 Academy voters must turn in their nomination ballots by today at 5 p.m. PT. When they do, they will be participating in a process for the nomination of Best International Feature Film. For the first time in history, anyone from any branch, anywhere, can vote in that category — if they’ve watched all 15 shortlisted international feature films. They have the unenviable task of pickin...