Ukrainian committee chooses film to represent Ukraine at 2025 Oscars – video

At a meeting on Monday, 9 September, the Ukrainian Oscar Committee chose the film that will represent Ukraine at the 97th Academy Awards of the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Source: the Ukrainian Oscar Committee on Facebook Details: Ukraine will be represented by Filip Sotnychenko's film La Palisiada in the Best International Feature Film category.

In addition to La Palisiada, three other films took part in the national selection: House of the Word.

An Endless Novel by Taras Tomenko, We Were Recruits by Liubomyr Levytskyi and Intercepted by Oksana Karpovych. The film that will represent Ukraine at the Oscars 2025 was chosen by 14 members of the Oscar Committee. Quote: "The members of the Committee reviewed the nominated films in detail, and the discussion was heated and constructive.

As a result of the voting, La Palisiada was selected as a nominee. We wish the representative every success in the Oscar race!" said director Dmytro Sukholytkyi-Sobchuk, the head of the Ukrainian Oscar Committee.

For reference: La Palisiada is the feature film debut of director Philip Sotnychenko. The creators call the film's genre post-Soviet noir.

The events take place in Ukraine in 1996, a few months before the signing of Protocol 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which provided for the abolition of the death penalty. Special technology was used to create the film, which combines retro film footage with modern digital technology. The main cast of the film consists of Andrii Zhurba, Novruz Khikmet, Oleksandr Parkhomenko, Valeriia Oleinykova, Olena Mamchur, and Oleksandr Marlieiev.

The film had its world premiere at the Rotterdam Film Festival.

There, the film was presented in the main competition and won the FIPRESCI award.

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