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facebook Pintrest Indo-Canadian filmmaker Deepa Mehta's "Funny Boy" has been rejected for Oscar nomination in the best International Feature Film category at the 93rd Academy Awards. The filmmaker has co-written and co-directed the film that tells the story a gay Tamil boy growing up in Sri Lanka during the ethnic conflict of the 1970s and 1980s. To be a contender for Oscar in the International Feature Film category, the film must be produced outside the US, with more than 50 per cent dialogue in a foreign language. But according to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Mehta's on...

Funny Boy was disqualified for being predominantly in English. Telefilm Canada announced the new official submission on Saturday morning (December 19), the day after it pulled Mehta’s coming-of-age drama. The Academy’s eligibility rules state that submissions in the category must have a language other than English accounting for more than half of the dialogue track. Anne Dorval (Mommy) stars in 14 Days 12 Nights as a woman who meets her adopted daughter’s biological mother in Vietnam. Antonello Cozzolino produced, and eOne subsidiary Les Films Séville released the film in Canada on VoD...

'Funny Boy', Canada's Oscar entry disqualified for too much English dialogue ANI | Updated: Dec 19, 2020 15:33 IST Washington [US], December 19 (ANI): The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has disqualified Deepa Mehta's 'Funny Boy', Canada's entry for best international feature Oscar consideration, for having too much dialogue in English. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Christa Dickenson, executive director of Telefilm Canada, said in a statement on Friday, "Although we were disappointed when informed by the Academy, we are excited to exten...

Deepa Mehta’s 'Funny Boy' out of Oscar race The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has disqualified Canada's entry for best international feature Oscar consideration, for having too much dialogue in English The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has disqualified Deepa Mehta's 'Funny Boy', Canada's entry for best international feature Oscar consideration, for having too much dialogue in English. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Christa Dickenson, executive director of Telefilm Canada, said in a statement on Friday, "Although we were disappointed when informed by the ...

Deepa Mehta's 'Funny Boy' no longer eligible for Oscars international category for this reason © Provided by WION Deepa Mehta's 'Funny Boy', Canada's official entry for the best international feature has been disqualified from the Academy Awards, instead, it will be submitted for consideration in the best picture and general entry categories. Oscars 2021: All International Feature Films submissions so far The movie does not meet the awards eligibility requirements for having too many dialogues in English. The Best international feature is awarded to a movie which is produced outside the...