The American Film Academy has excluded the Portuguese film
Listen, directed by Ana Rocha de Sousa, from the nomination for Best Foreign Film at the 2021 Oscars.
After analyzing the Portuguese submission, the American Film Academy informed that “The International Feature Film Executive Committee decided the candidacy was ineligible and requested that a new film candidacy be submitted as urgently as possible,” the Portuguese Academy of Cinema (APC) announced.
The American Film Academy has concluded that the film is mostly spoken in the English language, and, therefore, does not comply with the competition rules.
According to the APC source, “the exclusion is linked to one of the eligibility criteria that requires at least 50 percent of the participant film must be spoken in a non-English language.”
“Listen” rejected as Oscars candidate By TPN/Lusa, in News · 19-12-2020 12:00:00 · 0 Comments
The United States Academy of Cinema has rejected the Portuguese application of the film “Listen”, by Ana Rocha de Sousa, for the nomination of Best International Film. “After analysing the film Listen by Ana Rocha de Sousa, the International Feature Film Executive Committee considered the candidacy ineligible and requests that a new candidate be sent as urgently as possible”, said the Portuguese Academy of Cinema (APC), who has now opened a new selection process.
APC stresses that the exclusion is linked to one of the eligibility criteria that requires at least 50 percent of the candidate film to be spoken in a non-English language .
News17 December 2020Brussels, BelgiumResearch and Innovation
Commission ensures continuation of the European Research Council and appoints top scientists to its governing body
The Commission has today extended the European Research Council (ERC) established for the period 1 January 2014 – 31 December 2020 until the adoption of the next Framework Programme for Research and Innovation - Horizon Europe. The Commission today also appointed five new members to the governing body of the ERC, the Scientific Council, and reappointed 16 current members for the same period.
Mariya Gabriel, Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, said:
I am pleased that we today have extended the European Research Council to ensure continuity and a successful transition to Horizon Europe. This testifies to the importance attached to the ERC for frontier research in Europe. I also warmly welcome the five new members of the ERC Scientific Council; they are bringing additional sc