Argentina, 1985film by Santiago Miter with Ricardo Darín and Peter Lanzani which follows the story of prosecutors Julio Strassera and Luis Moreno Ocampo to complete the trial of the Juntas of the last dictatorship, was selected in the category Best film not in English in the 76th edition of the Bafta British Film Awards, which will take place on 19 February.

Now, the film -which was the most watched in 2022 in national cinemas- We will have to wait for January 19 to find out if it will be part of the definitive list of the five international productions who will compete for the prize, awarded by the United Kingdom Academy of Film and Television.

the other candidates

For the moment, the list of candidates is completed with nine other titles, among these No news at the front (Germany, by Edward Berger), Bardo, false chronicle of few truths (Mexico, by Alejandro González Iñárritu), Close (Belgium, Lukas Dhont), corset (Austria, by Marie Kreutzer) e decision to leave (South Korea, by Park Chan-wook).

EO (Poland, by Jerzy Skolimowski), holy spider (European co-production spoken in Persian, by Ali Abbasi), The quiet girl (Ireland, spoken in Gaelic, by Colm Bairéad) e RRR (India, by SS Rajamouli), complete the list of non-English language films that also make up the category.

In doing so, Miter’s film adds new recognition within the prestigious industry awards circuit, after garnering nominations at the Goya, Critics’ Choice Awards and Golden Globes; as well as being shortlisted in the Oscar race, who will announce their final nominations on Jan. 24.

This is the corollary of a long tour of international festivals that the production has had since its theatrical premiere on September 29, such as the Venice Film Festival, the San Sebastian International Film Festival – where it won the Audience Award -, the London BFI Film Festival, the Goyas and the Rio International Film Festival, among others.