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A Moroccan satire, a sub-Saharan political drama and an Oscar-shortlisted film about a group of street children in Tehran are the works screening at the Spring Film Series, hosted by the Sharjah Art Foundation.
All three films in the series explore themes of sacrifice, showing how its characters manoeuvre social and political dilemmas while trying to achieve their ambitions.
The screenings, which will be held at Mirage City Cinema, are free to attend. However, advance booking is required as the venue has a limited audience capacity in line with Covid-19 social distancing measures.
The series will launch on Friday with a screening of
Nigerian filmmaker, Desmond Ovbiagele has reacted to The Milkmaid not making the Oscars Best International Feature Film category shortlist.
The investment banker turned filmmaker revealed that though the movie did not make the shortlist, it made an unimaginable impact which will not be forgotten in a hurry.
“We are proud of what our Oscar run has meant for our cast and crew, for the Nigerian film industry, and for Nigerians everywhere,”
Ovbiagele said in a recent press release.
“We wanted to tell a story that truly reflected the impact and complexities of religious insurgency in Nigeria on those who experience it by force or by choice. Achieving that and being recognized as belonging among the best of the best in international storytelling through film is an incredible honor and we are thrilled that we’ve opened the door for a greater diversity of stories to be told.”
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By Vanessa Obioha
Any hope of Nigeria participating in the 93rd Academy Awards popularly known as the Oscars scheduled for April was dashed by the release of shortlist of the International Feature Film, a category that celebrates films from other climes than the United States with predominantly non-English dialogue.
The body has earlier released a long list of films from 93 countries eligible for competing in this category. Nigeria’s submission, ‘The Milkmaid’ was among films eligible to compete.
However, in a shortlist released by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences the body behind the Oscars Tuesday, ‘The Milkmaid’ failed to make the cut. Only 15 films from countries such as Chile, Tunisia, Iran, Mexico, Romania, Norway would advance to the nominations round where Academy members will be invited to opt in to participate and view all 15 shortlisted films to vote.
‘The Milkmaid’, Nigeria’s official selection for the Oscars in the International Feature Film (IFF) category, has been dropped from the race.
The Nigerian Official Selection Committee (NOSC) confirmed this to Channels Television on Wednesday.
According to the spokesperson, Victor Akande, the Milkmaid was among 93 movies that had initially been eligible but it did not make it to the final shortlist of 15.
“This is to thank you for your help towards the journey of “The Milkmaid” movie in this year’s Oscars.
“It is unfortunate that we (Nigeria) couldn’t make it to the next shortlist, but it was indeed a worthy attempt, and we can only say: “Tomorrow’s another day.”