Oscars 2023: how and for whom the candidates in the Argentina category vote, 1985

Less than a day left, just a few hours to know if Argentina, 1985Of Santiago Mitrawith Ricardo Darin and Peter Lanzani, remains one of five Oscar nominees for best international film. It will be this Tuesday 24 January, from 10:30.Argentina time (5:30 in Los Angeles).

But what is the voting process like in this particular area? Because it’s not like in other areas, like choosing Hollywood Academy Award nominees for best picture, leading actor or direction.

For the Best Picture nominations, the just over 9,500 Academy members who can vote have no restrictions or prove they have seen the films. They must vote in an order of preference. If they consider it the spirits of the island is the best, they put it first, and so on, in descending order.

Members of the Academy who belong to the branch of performers choose candidates in the four categories corresponding to them (best actress and leading actor, and best supporting actress and actor), as well as musicians choose candidates for best original music and original song, publishers, for the best edition, and so on.

How to choose in the category “Argentina, 1985”

Each country is invited to submit what it considers its best film to the Academy. Only one film per country is accepted. The designation of the official presentation must be made by an organization, a jury or a committee composed of people from the film industry.

For example, the UK’s bid is submitted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, while Brazil’s is submitted by a committee under its Ministry of Culture. Argentina, 1985 was chosen by the Film Academy of our country.

In the case of the Best International Film category, there was a first round attended by members of the Hollywood Academy who expressly signed up to vote. The Academy sent them 8 films each (there were 92 in total), and also ranked them in order of preference. And the 15 titles that received the best votes passed that cut and made up the short list, the first selection which was announced on Wednesday December 21, 2022. And there it appears Argentina, 1985.

And until Tuesday of last week, January 17, the vote was open to decide who the 5 candidates were. There, voters had to see all 15 films.

Once the nominations have been entered, Academy members will be able to vote in this category, as if it were the best film or actor, because the voting will already be open to all.

The country that has won the Oscar several times in the category that before 2020 was defined as best film spoken in a foreign language is Italy, with 14 awards won (including three Special Awards) and 29 nominations, while France is the country with multiple nominations (37 and 12 awards, including three Special Awards).

Argentina has had 7 nominations so far and won it twice: The official storyby Luis Puenzo, in 1986, and The secret in their eyesby Juan José Campanella, in 2010. The candidates were Truceby Sergio Renán (in 1975), Camillaby María Luisa Bemberg (in 1985), Tangoby Carlos Saura (1999), The son of the bridefrom Campanella, (2002) and wild tales (2015), by Damian Szifron.