Shortlist for Ukraine's Oscars submissions announced.
The Ukrainian Oscar Committee announced[1] a list of five films that will be submitted to the Oscars in 2024. Three of the nominees include documentaries 20 Days in Mariupol[2] by Mstyslav Chernov, Iron Butterflies[3] by Roman Liubyi, and Terykony[4] by Taras Tomenko. The remaining films depict two different periods in Ukrainian history. Pamfir[5] is a film by Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk and takes place in Carpathian Mountains in modern day.
The Ady Walter film SHTTL[6] is set in shtetl, a Jewish settlement, in Ukraine in 1941. One of the submitted films will be Ukraine's entry for the Best International Feature Film category. The Ukrainian Oscar Committee is made up of 11 Ukrainian film industry professionals, each of which are elected by members of the Ukrainian film academy.
Elsa Court
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Elsa Court is a news editor at the Kyiv Independent.
She was previously an intern at the Kyiv Post and has a Master's in Conflict Studies and Human Rights from Utrecht University.
Before joining the Kyiv Independent, she worked at the Netherlands Red Cross programme to arrange hosts for Ukrainian refugees and as a freelance writer and editor.
Elsa is originally from the UK and is based in the Netherlands.