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Nigeria: Oscars 2022 - Nigerian Movies Fail Eligibility Rule Test - Selection Committee
Premium Times, 31 October 2021
The Committee had, in September, called on Nigerian filmmakers to submit their films for the next edition of the Award scheme. Read more »
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Africa: Oscars - Where Are The African Films?
DW, 25 March 2022
In nearly 75 years, the Oscar for the best international film has only gone to an African production three times and a Bollywood production has never won. Europe dominates the… Read more »
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Namibia: No Local Film Qualified for Oscars
New Era, 16 December 2021
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Africa: Telling Africa's Stories As Seen Through African Eyes
allAfrica, 30 November 2021
The African film industry has grown rapidly over the past few years as an influx of great stories are being created, filmed, directed, starred,… Read more »
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South Africa: South Africa Takes Barakat to The Oscars
allAfrica, 9 November 2021
Barakat has been chosen as South Africa's official submission for the best international feature category at the 94th Academy Awards that… Read more »
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South Africa: Award-Winning Barakat is South Africa's Official Selection for 2022 Oscars
MultiChoice, 8 November 2021
The National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) has selected the multi-award-winning MultiChoice film Barakat as South Africa’s official submission for Best… Read more »
Oscars Snub - Where Are The African Films?
The hope of an African film winning the Best International Feature Film award, has once again been dashed as all films submitted from the continent have been excluded.
In the run-up for the Oscars, ten African countries submitted their nominations for the Best International Film category formerly known as Best Foreign Language Film. The 10 films are Djaâfar Gacem's 'Heliopolis' (Algeria), Ngang Romanus' 'Hidden Dreams' (Cameroon), Mahamat-Saleh Haroun's 'Lingui, The Sacred Bonds' (Chad), Ayten Amin's 'Souad' (Egypt), Gilbert Lukalia's 'Mission to Rescue' (Kenya).
Others include Gift Sukez Sukali's 'Fatsani: A Tale of Survival' (Malawi), Nabil Ayouch's 'Casablanca Beats' (Morocco), Khadar Ayderus Ahmed's 'The Gravedigger's Wife' (Somalia), Amy Jephta's 'Barakat' (South Africa), and Abdelhamid Bouchnak's 'Golden Butterfly' (Tunisia).
The last win for Africa was in 2006, when a South African production, Tsotsi, won the Oscar for best foreign-language film. Nigeria's internationally renowned Nollywood industry produces around 2,500 films a year and it hasn't won a single foreign film Academy Award.
The 94th Academy Awards will take place on March 27, 2022 in Hollywood.
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Barakat had been chosen as South Africa's official submission for the best international feature category at the 94th Academy Awards.
