The German film “Nothing New in the West” won the Oscar for Best International Film at the 95th Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Hollywood tonight.
Kartika Gonsalves’ “Talking Elephants” won Best Documentary Short Film.
“Nothing New in the West” by Edward Berger has already won this year’s BAFTA awards from the British Academy of Film, including in the nomination “Best film in a non-English language”.
The work is based on the novel of the same name by Erich Maria Remarque, dedicated to the Great War of 1914-1918.
“Argentina, 1985” by Santiago Mitra, dedicated to the so-called “Processo das Juntas”, the first trial in the country to convict the leaders of the military dictatorship (1976-1983) for their crimes (awarded with a Golden Globe). ), “Close” by Lucas Dont, “Eo” by Jerzy Skolimowski and “The Quiet Girl/An Cailín Ciúin” by Colm Byread were other candidates.
Also in the nomination “Best Documentary Short Film” were nominated “Sally” by Maxim Arbugaev and Evgenia Arbugaeva, “How to measure a year?” Jay Rosenblatt, The Martha Mitchell Effect Anne Alverg and Debra McClatchy, Stranger at the Gate. Joshua Seftel.
The 95th Academy Awards will take place tonight at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, where Portugal’s Joao González’s The Ice Traders is also nominated for Best Animated Short Film.
The Ice Traders is the first Portuguese film to be nominated for a Hollywood Oscar.
This year’s All at the Same Time from Every Side, an independent production by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, leads the race with 11 nominations, combining the best film and director nominations, as well as the acting categories.
Also nominated for the Oscar for Best Picture were The Spirits of Inisherin (Martin McDonagh), The Storytellers (Steven Spielberg), Tar (Todd Field), The New West (Edward Berger), and Top Gun. : Maverick (Joseph Kosinski), Elvis (Baz Luhrmann), Avatar: The Way of the Water (James Cameron), The Voice of Women (Sarah Polley) and Triangle of Sorrow (Ruben Östlund).
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