Films from South Africa and Tunisia are in the running for next month s Oscars, which have been delayed because of the pandemic s impact on production schedules.
My Octopus Teacher is a documentary focused on a friendship forged between a South African filmmaker and a creature in the Atlantic Ocean.
After raking in eight awards at the 39th Hong Kong Film Awards, Hong Kong crime thriller Better Days has been nominated for Best International Feature Film in the upcoming Oscars.
Hero.
Directed by Derek Tsang from Hong Kong and starring Yiyang Qianxi, a member of TFBoys, and Golden Horse Awards winner Zhou Dongyu,
Better Days is an adaption of the novel
In His Youth, In Her Beauty by Chinese author Jiu Yuexi, which tells the story of two high school students who attempt to save one another from relentless bullying at school. It’s a deft combination of a crime thriller, school drama, romance, coming-of-age tale, with a bit of comedy thrown in for good measure, resulting in a massive success since its debut in 2019. The Oscar nominee certainly isn t the first time the film has been recognized, as it dominated the Hong Kong Film Awards in 2020, winning eight awards including Best Film, Director, Actress, Cinematography, and Screenplay.
The Father. Also nominated for best picture was Emerald Fennell’s
Promising Young Woman.
History was made in the best director category. Only five women have ever been nominated before. For the first time, two were this year. Chloé Zhao got a nod for her elegiac road-trip drama
Nomadland alongside first-time feature filmmaker Fennell for her pitch black #MeToo revenge comedy.
Never going to stop crying, Fennell, also nominated for best screenplay, said on Twitter.
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Zhao, the first woman of colour nominated for best director, is the most nominated woman in a single year in Oscar history. She was also tipped for the film’s adapted screenplay, editing and as a producer in the best picture category. The other directing nominees were Lee Isaac Chung for the tender family drama
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From producers to actors to inspiration, many films relied on Belgium for their very existence
The nominations for Hollywood’s famous Oscar awards were announced yesterday, and Belgium had its hand in several of the movie titles you’re seeing splashed across the media today. One of the films nominated for Best Picture might never have been made had it not been for the Brussels company that ultimately stepped up to produce it.
Sound of Metal has gotten nothing but rave reviews for its story of a heavy metal drummer who loses his hearing. The feature film debut of American director Darius Marder was stalled for years with no financing when the Brussels-based production company Caviar entered the picture.