Posted by The prospect of a Nigerian film winning the International Feature Film Oscar at the 2024 Academy Awards has been shattered as the nominee for the prize did not make the cut.
The winner of the Sundance Festival, “Mami Wata,” has been nominated by the Nigerian Official Selection Committee (NOSC) to compete in the 96th Academy Awards’ International Feature Film (IFF) category.
But once the 15 countries’ nominated films were released, the movie didn’t quite work out.
On its page, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences revealed the winners’ shortlists.
The films on the list are:
“The Monk and the Gun,” Bhutan
Armenia Denmark’s “Amerikatsi,” France’s “The Promised Land,” Finland’s “The Taste of Things” Autumnal Leaves, Germany “The Instructors’ Lounge” in Iceland Japan’s “Godland,” “Ideal Days” in Italy The Mexican “Io Capitano,” the Moroccan “Totem,” “The One Who Is All Lies”
Algeria, “Quadruple Daughters”
Spain “Snow Society”
Ukraine “A Week in Mariupol”
The United Kingdom “The Interest Zone”
The 96th Academy Awards will be broadcast live from the Dolby Theatre at Ovation in Hollywood to more than 200 countries worldwide on Sunday, March 10, 2024.