the director’s film, already winner with La grande bellezza to represent Italy in the selection for the best international film. The announcement of the nominations will be in February
As expected, the film by Paolo Sorrentino was the hand of God the film that will represent Italy in the selection for the best international film at the Oscars. This was decided by the selection commission, set up at Anica at the request of the Academy, meeting today. was chosen among the 18 titles that had been proposed for candidacy among films distributed in Italy or in anticipation of being distributed between January 1, 2021 and December 31, 2021. The race towards the Oscar has just begun. The next stage is scheduled for December 21, when the shortlist of fifteen titles for the best international film will be announced. The official announcement of all nominations will be on February 8, 2022 and the Academy Awards ceremony will be held in Los Angeles on March 27. I’m happy that
was the hand of God has been selected to represent Italian cinema at the Oscars. I sincerely thank the Anica commission, which has chosen mine among many good films. Thanks to The Apartment, Fremantle and Netflix for supporting me. was the hand of God my most important and painful film and I am happy that all this pain today has resulted in joy. Today’s is only the first step and the beauty of this race is that the only competition in the world in which a victory is already in the top five. W the Italian cinema, the comment of the director, already winner of the Oscar (at the time the category was called best foreign film) with The great beauty .
The other competitors
This year the commission was composed of Alberto Barbera, Nicola Borrelli, Francesca Calvelli, Edoardo De Angelis, Piera Detassis, Andrea Goretti, Benedetto Habib, Federica Lucisano, Paolo Mereghetti, Lucia Milazzotto, Anna Praderio. With was the hand of God, presented in the competition in Venice 78, Sorrentino won the Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize and the young protagonist, Filippo Scotti, won the Mastroianni prize. The film, produced by Lorenzo Mieli with The Apartment and Netflix, has practically gone around the world of festivals and festivals, starting with those that count most in the race for the statuette. Sorrentino will have to contend with the French, among others Titanium by Julie Ducorneau, Palme d’Or in Cannes (preferred by the French commission a Anne’s choice by Audrey Diwan, Golden Lion 2021), the Spaniard The good patrol by Fernando Len de Aranoa (preferred to Parallel mothers Almodvar for which Penelope Cruz could be in the competition for best actress), the German I’m Your Man” (Bleecker Street) by Maria Schrader, the Japanese Drive my car by Rysuke Hamaguchi, and for Colombia Memory by Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul with Tilda Swinton. The criterion for falling into the category of best international film is quite broad: it must not be an American work, it can be in any language, as long as there is not too much dialogue in English. Italy is the country that has won several times, followed by France, Spain, Japan, Denmark, Sweden, Russia, Holland, Germany, Hungary, Argentina.
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