And it will be, right Argentina 1985 the film that represents our country at the 2023 Oscars, in the Best International Film category. Santiago Miter’s film, with Ricardo Darin and Peter Lanzani, was chosen by the Argentine Film Academy.
The decision was announced at 8pm at the Kirchner Cultural Center. The Academy had already selected Argentina 1985 compete for the Goya, the prize awarded by the Spanish Film Academy, in the category of best Ibero-American film.
So far this century, Argentina has won three Oscar nominations, winning it once (The secret in their eyes, In 2010). And, curiously, or not, the three films star Ricardo Darín (The son of the bridein the 2002 edition, and wild talesin 2015).
consulted by ClarioneRicardo Darín did not hide his emotion.
“I thank the Academy and I am happy to be able to represent our country, above all to give greater visibility to the theme, the film and the work we have all done”, he began. We voted, and not only, our film, because we had to vote more than one. We are privileged that Argentina has chosen us to represent it abroad (Argentina 1985) has already been voted for Goya “.
“And now, for this terrible road that has to be taken to get to that preselection in Hollywood. It would already be … a lot. Better not think about it. Our work has already been done and we are confident that we will make it a good film”, he concluded.
As we have already reported, the film on the historic Trial of Military Juntas, centered on the actions of prosecutors Julio César Strassera (Darín) and Luis Moreno Ocampo (Lanzani), opens this Thursday, September 29, three weeks before the Amazon Video stream is uploaded. Prime. He will do it in 223 independent rooms; chains Cinemark Hoyts, Cinépolis and Showcase won’t, because they wanted to have the film from the director of The student for a longer time in the bill, before it came to streaming.
The race for the announcement is that next Monday, October 3, the date given by the Hollywood Academy for the presentation of the films to compete in the best international film category expires.
Now, we have to go through the following stages: the film is sent with subtitles and stationery to the Hollywood Academy, and there several commissions see the films from all the countries they wish to participate in – it is estimated that between 90 and 100 -, and makes a first “cut” in which there are fifteen films selected, and then, yes, to establish which are the five that will compete for the Oscar for the best international film.
The truth is that our country hasn’t done very well in the latest nominations. In fact, the films that our Academy has sent to the other Academy since then wild tales arrived at the candidacy, in 2015, they did not pass the first “cut”.
How Oscar nominees are chosen
The selection works as follows. First, each country sends a film to represent it. The rules state that it should preferably be a peer (an academy) sending the film or a similar entity.
Until the establishment of the local Academy, in June 2004, the film was chosen by the Film Institute, consulting different bodies (directors, actors, producers, authors) and each one voted, or nominating a jury (it happened once, when Congratulationsby Lucho Bender, demoted to Nine queensby Fabián Bielinsky) or selected directly by the director of the INCAA.
Once the Hollywood Academy receives the films from the countries, a first selection is made, in which, as we said, 15 films remain. There are committees that see them all and choose the ones they think are best. And there is another committee that reads the chosen titles and warns that, perhaps, in one of those, who knows, some films have been left out that they understand deserve to be among the candidates. And then apply a corrective: so the 15 remain.
And we will have to wait a long time to find out if the Argentine film has been selected. On Wednesday 21 December the announcement of the shortlist o 2023 Oscar Finalists for Best International Film, Documentary, Visual Effects, Original Music, Makeup and Hair Salon and Short Films.
So yes, those 15 selected films are seen by three committees over a weekend. The recruiters are in Los Angeles, New York and London. And the five candidates remain with a majority.
All the Oscar nominations will be announced on Tuesday, January 24, 2023, including of course the 5 for best international film. And on Sunday 12 March there is the delivery.
how did it go
From The secret in their eyes won the Oscar in 2010, the only one who achieved the nomination was wild taleswho competed in 2015. That year the statuette went to the Pole Goingby Pawel Pawlikowski, the director of Cold War.
Since Juan José Campanella won the Oscar in 2010, the films that have represented us, for each edition – the year that appears is the year of the ceremony -, have been the following:
2011: Caracaraby Pablo Trapero
2012: Aballay, the fearless manby Fernando Spiner
2013: Clandestine childhoodby Benjamin Avila
2014: wakoldaby Lucia Puenzo
2015: wild talesby Damian Szifron
2016: The clanby Pablo Trapero
2017: the distinguished citizenby Mariano Cohn and Gaston Duprat
2018: Zamakby Lucrezia Martel
2019: The angelby Luis Ortega
2020: The Odyssey of the Gilesby Sebastian Borensztein
2021: sleepwalkersby Paola Hernandez
2022: the fugitiveby Natalia Meta
Source: Clarin
