The Academy of Arts and Cinematographic Sciences chose the Dolores Fonzi film to enter the preselected list for the best international film category.
Nativity scene, The directed film, co -written and starring Fonzi Doloreswill be the representative of Argentina to participate in the Pre -selection of the best international film category at the Oscar Awards And also in Best Ibero -American Film in the Goya Awards.
The selection was in charge of Academy of Arts and Cinematographic Sciences of Argentina. Fonzi’s film won Homo Argentumby Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat; The woman in lineby Benjamín Ávila, and Something new, something old, somewhat borrowedby Hernán Rosselli.
Belén premiered last Thursday in local cinemas and this week at the San Sebastián Festival and was very well received by the public.
The actors Graciela Borges and Peto Menahem They were responsible for making the announcement from the House of Culture. To be chosen, Belén was voted for 500 members of the Academywhich for the first time had a double vote system. This method sought to expand the space of legitimacy and recognition of the chosen film.
What will be Bethlehem to get to the Oscars
Now that she was chosen as the Argentine candidate, Nativity scene aims to be on the list of 15 films preselected by the Hollywood Academy that will compete in category A Best International Film.
While there is still a week to present candidates, for the moment the list already It contains 65 feature films and the number is expected to continue growing in the next few days.
On December 16, it will be announced which will be the 15 finalists and finally, the nominations for Oscar They will be known only on January 22. The final definition will come on the day of the ceremony, which will be held March 15 of next year at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, where the best of cinema will be rewarded.
The last time Argentina had a representative film in the Oscar It was in 2023, with 1985directed by Santiago Miter. The film stayed with the statuette in the best Ibero -American film.
What Belén is about
Bethlehem, directed by Fonzi Doloreswho also co -wrote it with Laura Paredes, is inspired by the facts rebuilt in the book We are Bethlehemwhich tells the real story of a young Tucumana who suffered a spontaneous abortion and was arrested and sentenced to eight years in prison for homicide aggravated by the link.
The film focuses on the relationship that the young woman had with her lawyer, Soledad Dezawhom he met after his conviction, and the way to his acquittal. In parallel, it shows how this particular case aroused a mass claim throughout the country for the legalization of abortion.
Source: Ambito
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