2023-08-14 18:40:08
The next Oscar ceremony will not take place until March 2024, but the pre-selection in Germany is already underway. Twelve productions are available.
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After the success of “Nothing New in the West” twelve films are applying as German entries for the next Oscars. Among them are Wim Wenders’ film “Anselm – The Noise of Time”, “Sisi & Me” by Frauke Finsterwalder, “Wochendrebellen” by Marc Rothemund and “Red Sky” by Christian Petzold, as well as German Films, the foreign representation of German film, in Munich announced.
The decision as to which film will be entered next year at the 96th Oscars for Germany in the race for the award for the best international film is to be made in the coming week. A specialist jury will meet on August 22nd and 23rd in Munich.
Whoever gets the nod is following in big footsteps: In spring, the German literary adaptation “Nothing New in the West” by director Edward Berger not only won the Oscar for best international film, but also three more for camera, set design and film music.
According to German Films, other applicants for the new German candidate are “The Teacher’s Room” by Ilker Çatak, “The Theory of Everything” by Timm Kröger, “A Whole Life” by Hans Steinbichler, “A Woman” by Jeanine Meerapfel, “Elaha” by Milena Aboyan, “Orphea in love” by Axel Ranisch, “The Ordinaries” by Sophie Linnenbaum and “What you can see from here” by Aron Lehmann.
The choice of the German contribution is only a preliminary stage in the race for the foreign Oscar. The shortlist of international applicants will be announced later. The five nominated films are then selected from this shortlist. The Oscars ceremony will then take place on March 10, 2024.
Only four German productions won the award for the best international (non-English language) film. Prior to “Nothing New in the West”, Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck was the last to do so in 2007 with the Stasi drama “The Lives of Others”. In 1980 the film adaptation of the novel “The Tin Drum” by Volker Schlöndorff received this award, in 2003 “Nowhere in Africa” by Caroline Link. (dpa)
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