MADRID.- the movie The Snow Societyby JA Bayona, made the cut among the fifteen finalist films in the category of best international film in the 96th edition. scar, whose gala will be held next March 11, 2024 again at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles.
Likewise, the short film by Pedro Almodvar, Extra forma de vidahas also received support from academics.
In the case of Bayona’s film, it also made the cut in three other categories: best special effects, best original music, and best makeup and hairstyling.
The Academia of Hollywood announced on December 21 the list of fifteen movies shortlisted in the category (known as shortlist) of the best foreign film, chosen among the nearly one hundred films presented. However, the five nominated films will definitely be known on January 23, when the rest of the nominations are announced.
Representatives of Spain
In the nomination round, Academy members from all branches are invited to vote but to participate they must prove that they have seen the 15 shortlisted films. Last year the Spanish candidacy fell to Alcarrs, by Carla Simón, who did not manage to enter the five finalists for the Oscars.
The Snow Society It was the Spanish film chosen on September 20 by academics to represent Spain at the Oscars. With a film based on the story of survivors of the Los Andes air tragedy, Bayona already explained that she had an immediate reaction when reading Pablo Vieci’s book.
This work collects the testimonies of the survivors of the plane accident that hit the Andean mountain range on October 13, 1972, and claimed twelve victims. The filmmaker already spoke about the preparation they would do for the film’s landing in the United States.
“We have to try to get the film seen by as many academics as possible, because unlike other films, it has not been released yet. We will make sure that they see it to be able to compete: there is an outline of how the whole process is done and Now we will start working on it in detail,” producer Beln Atienza remarked at the time.
Asked about being nominated in other categories, the filmmaker ironically asked: “go first with the international category.” “This film is a ‘rara avis’, it has taken us years to finance something like this in Spanish. It is an effort to compete with American films and I think we are ready to compete in other categories,” he said in September.
The return of Almodvar
While, Extra forma de vidathe short film by Almodvar that premiered at the last Cannes festival and features Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal as protagonists, will be among the finalists for the best short film category at the Oscars.
The filmmaker’s work has had better luck than his previous short film, The human voicewhich was left out of the shortlist in the year 2021. In the 2022 edition, on the contrary, both Penlope Cruz and Alberto Iglesias were nominated for an Oscar for their work in Parallel Mothers.
It is precisely in 2022 when the last Spanish triumph was recorded at the Hollywood Academy ceremony. Director Alberto Mielgo raised the award for Best Animated Short Film for The windshield wiperco-production between Spain and the United States.
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