The Portuguese Film Academy announces on Monday the Portuguese films that have passed the pre-selection process for nominations for the Oscars, the North American film awards, in 2025.
This preliminary selection was made by the Academy committee from thirty nationally produced feature films deemed eligible, scheduled to premiere between November 1, 2023 and guaranteed until September 30 of this year.
According to the academy, the committee included producer Andreia Nunes, director Cristel Alves Meira, actress Binete Undonque, director of photography José Thiago, director Luis Galván Teles, producer Pedro Borges, screenwriter Rita Benis, actor Rui Morrison and distributor Saúl Rafael.
The process at hand is to select the film that will represent Portugal in the Oscar nomination for Best International Film not in English.
According to the Portuguese Film Academy, the finalist films, which will be announced on Monday, will then be put to a vote by all members of the organization, with the chosen candidate announced in September.
The 97th Academy Awards, still considered the most coveted international film awards, is scheduled to take place on March 2, 2025, in Los Angeles, California.
Oscar nominations in all categories will be announced on January 17.
According to the Portuguese Film Academy, Portugal has nominated a candidate for the Best International Film category every year since 1980. However, there has never been a Portuguese nominee in this category.
Since its foundation in 2012, the Portuguese Film Academy has been responsible for selecting the films nominated for this category.
Portugal nominated João Canijo’s Mal Viver for this year’s Oscar, but the nominations included films from Italy, Japan, Spain, Germany and the UK, the country that won the Oscar for Zone of Interest. Jonathan Glazer
In addition to this selection process carried out by the Portuguese Film Academy, Portuguese cinema can participate in the Oscar nomination race in other categories, depending on the various selection criteria defined by the United States, such as films awarded at certain international festivals.
The 2023 edition saw the first Portuguese production nominated, in this case for the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film, with João González’s The Ice Merchants, but the film did not win the golden statuette.
This year, the Portuguese short film Um Caroço de Abacate, directed by Ari Zar, was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Live Action Short Film category (in its English title) but did not make it to the finals.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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