China s Xu Fan | Updated: 2021-03-16 09:17 Share
Better Days. [Photo/Mtime]
Better Days a smash hit directed by Hong Kong filmmaker Derek Tsang has received a nomination for Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards, making it the first Chinese film in the 18 years since Zhang Yimou s
Hero to be nominated in the category, previously known as Best Foreign Language Film.
Other contenders include
Quo vadis, Aida? (Bosnia and Herzegovina).
Featuring stars Zhou Dongyu and Yi Yangqianxi, Better Days was a sleeper hit in recent years, resonating with audiences for its look at campus bullying.
So far, a total of seven Chinese films have received Oscar nominations, including Zhang s
Actors of color and female directors are better represented this year among the nominees for the 93rd Academy Awards. Hollywood has been under pressure to diversify ever since #OscarsSoWhite in 2015 drew attention to the lack of minority nominees.
Riz Ahmed, Leslie Odom Jr, Chloe Zhao react to Oscar nods
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With moviegoing nearly snuffed out by the coronavirus, the best-picture nominees had hardly any box office to speak of: $14.1 million in U.S. and Canada ticket sales. For the first time, Hollywood s biggest and most sough-after awards belong to movies that were almost entirely seen at home.
“We learned a lot of hard lessons last year, but a nice one was that people will find a way to go to the movies, even if they can only go as far as their living rooms,” said Aaron Sorkin, writer-director of “The Trial of the Chicago 7,” in a statement.
Netflix, as expected, led all studios with 35 nominations. The streaming service is still hunting its first best-picture winner, and this year has two shots in “Mank” and “The Trial of the Chicago 7” a movie Paramount Pictures sold off during the pandemic. Netflix led last year, too, with 24 nominations, but came away with just two wins.