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Nigerian Movies Fail to Meet Oscars' Eligibility Criteria - Again

For the second year in a row, Nigeria will not be submitting a film in the International Feature Film (IFF) category of the Oscars.

The Chairperson of Nigerian Official Selection Committee (NOSC) Chineze Anyaene-Abonyi said none of the entries received by the  (NOSC) for the Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) met the eligibility criteria.

Nigeria's last submission was "The Milkmaid" in 2020.

In 2019, the Oscars disqualified Nigeria's official submission "Lionheart" for not meeting the non-English dialogue criteria. It led to the controversy on whether or not Nigerian Pidgin should not be considered a local language.

Although the Oscars has since reviewed the rule, approving dialogues in Pidgin, 'The Milkmaid' shot with Hausa, Fulfulde and Arabic dialogues appeared to have been made with the original Academy rules in mind and had not left anything to chance.

The 95th Academy Awards ceremony will honour films released in 2022 and is scheduled to take place at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California, on March 12, 2023.

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