India’s official entry upcoming oscarschelo show, acclaimed documentary feature all that breathesdocumentary short elephant whisperingAnd grandson grandson – song from period action blockbuster RRR has made it to the shortlist for the 95th Academy Awards, organizers said Thursday morning.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the body behind the awards, announced the shortlists in 10 categories: Documentary Feature Film, Documentary Short Film, International Feature Film, Makeup and Hairstyling, Music (Original Score), Music (Original Song), Animated Short film, live action short film, sound and visual effects.
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Directed by Pan Nalin, chailo show (titled “Last Film Show” in English) A Gujarati language coming-of-age story about a young boy’s love affair with cinema in a Saurashtra village.
Produced by Siddharth Roy Kapur and Dheer Momaya, the film is part of the International Feature Film Shortlist line-up.
team of chailo show He said that he is humbled and happy that his heartfelt respect for the cinematic medium has been recognized by the Academy.
“Ever since our selection by the Film Federation of India as India’s official entry to the 95th Oscars, we knew in our hearts that the film was bound to be something special.
“We would like to thank FFI, the millions of people who watched and appreciated ‘Chello Show’, as well as our international distributors who promoted the film well. This is a historic moment for India and we look forward to Very soon the Oscars are home,” Kapoor, Momaya and Nalin said in a joint statement.
According to the official website of the academy, chailo show will compete with 14 other films including Argentina, 1985 (Argentina), decision to leave (South Korea), all Quiet on the Western Front (Germany), close (Belgium) and blue caftan, (Morocco).
grandson grandson “RRR” has made it to the shortlist for Best Music (Original Song).
This is the third major international nomination grandson grandson, Popular Telugu Songs from SS Rajamouli’s Magnum Opus RRR, The pan-India film follows a pre-independence fictional story woven around two real-life Indian revolutionaries – Alluri Sitarama Raju (Ram Charan) and Komaram Bheem (Jr NTR) in the 1920s.
at the oscars, grandson grandson will face off with 14 other songs, including nothing is lost from (you give me strength) Avatar: The Way of Water,Lift me up From Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, ciao papa From Pinocchio by Guillermo del Toro, hold my hand From Top Gun: MaverickAnd carolina From Where the crawdads sing.
Composed by MM Keeravani and penned by Kaal Bhairav and Rahul Sipligunj, the track was previously nominated for Golden Globe and Critics’ Choice Awards.
Shaunak Sen’s famous film all that breathes, The Hindi title, co-produced internationally, is vying for a spot in the top five of the Best Documentary Feature category.
The Delhi-based film follows the story of two siblings, Mohd Saud and Nadeem Shahzad, who have dedicated their lives to rescuing and treating injured birds, especially black kites.
all that breathes won the first World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, a film gala that promotes independent cinema and filmmakers, and earned the Golden Eye Award for Best Documentary at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.
The other 14 nominees in the category are: “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed”, “Bad Ex”, “Children of the Mist”, “Descendants”, “Fire of Love”, “Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, a Song”. “, “Hidden Letters”, “A House Made of Splinters”, “The Janes”, “Last Flight Home”, “Moonage Daydream”, “Navalny”, “Retrograde”, and “The Territory”.
“The Elephant Whispers” by Kartiki Gonsalves is a documentary that depicts an unbreakable bond between two abandoned elephants and their caretakers. It is produced by “Period End of Sentence” fame Oscar winner Guneet Monga.
To make it to the final five, the Tamil titles were “The Flagmakers”, “Nussense Bear”, “Shut Up and Paint”, “Angola Do You Hear Us? Voice from a Plantation Prison”, “Anastasia”, and nine others in the section. Other Documentary Shorts.
Except for the International Feature Film segment, each shortlist is determined by members of the respective branch.
The Academy stated that members of all branches are invited to participate in the preliminary round of voting and must meet a minimum viewing requirement to be eligible to vote in the category.
Nominations for the 95th Academy Awards will be announced on January 24, while the Oscar ceremony will take place on March 12 at the Dolby Theater at Ovation Hollywood in Los Angeles.