Four films nominated to compete for the right to represent Ukraine at 2025 Oscars
The Ukrainian Oscar Committee has stopped accepting entries for the national selection of the film that Ukraine will nominate for an Oscar. Source: Ukrainian Film Academy on Facebook Details: This time, four films compete for the right to represent Ukraine in the category Best International Feature Film of the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences award.
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Unfinished Novel
, directed by Taras Tomenko
A historical drama about Khvylovyi, Kurbas, Yohanssen, and Semenko, the inhabitants of Kharkiv's Slovo House, who are destined to become representatives of Ukraine's Executed Renaissance.
- La Palisiada, directed by Filip Sotnychenko
A Post-Soviet noir film set in 1996, when Ukraine still had a death penalty moratorium in place for several months.
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A documentary about Borys Savenko, a 19-year-old recruit in the 3rd Assault Brigade, and his path from mobilisation to participation in hostilities.
- Intercepted, directed by Oksana Karpovych
A documentary with an unusual approach: the director used radio interception of telephone conversations between Russian soldiers and their families. These conversations sound against the backdrop of the destruction caused in Ukraine, and shock the viewer with the everyday cruelty towards Ukrainians.
The Ukrainian Oscar Committee also stated that it will review the selected films for compliance with the American Academy's requirements and will decide which tape will represent Ukraine at the Oscars in 2025 at its meeting on September 9. Who represented Ukraine at the Oscars last year?
In 2023, the documentary 20 Days in Mariupol directed by Mstyslav Chernov was nominated for an Academy Award. This is a documentary film based on footage shot by war correspondent, photographer, and videographer Mstyslav Chernov in Mariupol, which was besieged by Russian forces. In the end, Chernov's film became the third Ukrainian film nominated for an Oscar in the 96 years of the award's existence, and won the Best Documentary Feature Film.
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