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Nigeria: Nigeria's Oscars Hopes Dashed As Academy Releases International Film Feature Shortlist
This Day, 10 February 2021
Any hope of Nigeria participating in the 93rd Academy Awards popularly known as the Oscars scheduled for April was dashed by the release of shortlist of the International Feature… Read more »
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Nigeria: With 'The Milkmaid' Oscars Confirmation, Anyaene's Dream Come True
This Day, 5 February 2021
The recent news of the Academy Awards also known as the Oscars, confirming the eligibility of 'The Milkmaid', Nigeria's submission for the 2021 awards was like having a sweet bowl… Read more »
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Nigeria: The Milkmaid' Fails to Make Official Oscars Shortlist
Premium Times, 10 February 2021
The Milkmaid is a Hausa language-based thriller on insurgency, especially as it affects women and children in Sub-Saharan Africa. Read more »
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Nigeria: Milkmaid Movie - NFVCB Dispels Sabotage Rumours, NOSC Clears the Air
This Day, 18 December 2020
As The Milkmaid movie, Nigeria's submission for the International Feature Film Category at the 63rd Academy Awards, gets nods of approval from respected veterans, Yinka Olatunbosun… Read more »
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Nigeria: Nigeria's Milkmaid Movie Faces Litmus Test
This Day, 11 December 2020
For the 93rd Academy Awards, Nigeria's selection for the International Feature Film Award category, 'The Milkmaid' may have ruffled some feathers within the film industry with some… Read more »
Nigerian Film The Milkmaid Misses Oscars 2021 Shortlist
The hope for a Nigerian film to win an Oscar has been dashed, after the film, The Milkmaid which was submitted to the Academy failed to make the shortlist in the International Feature Film category. The category celebrates films from other countries with predominantly non-English dialogue. Two African films, Night of the Kings from Cote d'Ivoire and The Man Who Sold His Skin from Tunisia, made the shortlist. Nigeria's first-ever entry for the Oscars in 2019 was LionHeart, but it was disqualified for not meeting the language requirement.
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Milkmaid has been selected as Nigeria's official entry for the 2021 Oscars, in the International Feature Film category. The film which is currently showing in cinemas ... Read more »
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Movies that debuted on a streaming service without a theatrical run will be eligible for the Oscars, but only for this year. The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences ... Read more »
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The Academy has disqualified Nigeria's Lionheart from the Oscar race in the Best International Feature Film category "for having too much dialogue in English". It was the first ... Read more »
