Although “The Jockey” did not enter Film Internacional, Pablo Helman, visual effects specialist for “Wicked”, and Santiago Fondevila, actor and co-producer of the Italian “Vermiglio”, are still in the race.
For the fourth time in his career, the Argentine Pablo Helmana visual effects specialist, entertains the possibility of winning an Oscar. On Tuesday, among others, the shortlist for his specialty was announced, and there he is, for his work in “Wicked”. True, it is only the shortlist, but it is certain that it will enter the final list. The film was a box office success, and you know how these things are. People vote for the winner. He was previously a candidate for “Star Wars. Episode II”, “War of the Worlds” and “The Irishman”which deserved to win. Now their rivals in this shortlist are the teams of “Alien: Romulus”, “Deadpool & Wolverine”, “Dune. Part Two”, “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” and “Mufasa”nothing new.
Another Argentine who participates in this instance is Santiago Fondevilaactor and co-producer of the Italian “Vermiglio”which entered the shortlist for Best International Film, as they say now, As for the national representative “The jockey”we already know that he left the track. It was logical, the “surrealistic comedy”, as they defined it there, did not go with the usual taste of the voters, who for a rare film already have “Emilia Pérez”. Strange, disturbing, full of songs and horrors, French almost all spoken in Spanish, it is not only in the shortlist for Best International Film but also in the Original Music, Song (twice: “Evil” and “My way”), Sound, Makeup and Hairstyle. Afterwards, other categories will surely be added, perhaps even the most important ones of Best Film and Director.
While we’re at it, other songs in the running to keep in mind are “Beyond”, “Tell Me it’s You” and “Kiss the Sky”respectively, “Moana 2”, “Mufasa” and “The Wild Robot”. But let’s go back to the Best International Film list. The sentimentality is also strong there. “I’m Still Here” (original title, “Ainda is here”), of Walter Salles, with the veteran Fernanda Montenegrothe same as the remembered, clean and intensely emotional “Central Station”. Montenegro She is already among the candidates for Best Actress for the Golden Globes that will be awarded on January 5.
Of 85 representatives from as many countries, only 14 remained on the current list (that’s why it is called short), which will have to be reduced to 5 in the final list. For now, there is the aforementioned “Vermiglio”a postwar drama in a mountain town made by Maura Delperohere well appreciated for its previous “Home”a small Italian-Argentine co-production also called “Maternal”. And another sentimental one of unexpected origin, the Thai comedy “How to be a millionaire before grandma dies”of Pat Boonitipatwhich, without any poster, has already been released in 32 countries, has so far earned 6 million dollars and by great coincidence is premiering here this Thursday.
Of the rest, it is worth noting some rarities: “The seed of the sacred fig tree”of Mohammad Rasoulof, German drama set in Iran, spoken in Farsi, “The Girl with the Needle” Danish terror of a young pregnant woman who enters where it does not suit her, “Flow”, drawing of a cat in the middle of the water, from Latvia, “Santosh”an English police drama set in India and starring natives of that country, “Dahomey”Senegalese documentary about the return of royal treasures to Benin, already seen in Sala Lugones and Plataforma Mubi, and particularly a film by 22 Palestinian directors: the collective “From Ground Zero”, about daily life in devastated Gaza.
Another Palestinian film, “No Other Land”appears on the list of Best Documentary along with an American one, “The Bibi Files”already spread in a dozen countries (in Mexico as “Netanyahu File”). And another Palestinian, on the list of Best Fiction Short, “An Orange for Jaffa”where a young man with an orange wants to cross a border post by taxi. These titles are unlikely to be on the definitive list, where they also appear “Dahomey”who plays in two boxes, “Porcelain War”Ukrainian artists continue to create beauty even as the enemy advances, “Frida”North American production of Carla Gutierrez about Frida Kahlo, “Hollywoodgate”on a North American military base today taken over by the Taliban, “Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat”story of the jazz musicians who protested at the UN over the death of Lumumba (film seen at the African Film Festival and Bafici) and “Will & Harper”, where Harper has changed sex and is no longer Will’s friend, but his friend. This film also has a song in competition.
There are more, but it is worth highlighting one that can already be seen on Netflix: “The singular life of Ibelin”about a Norwegian boy with a serious muscle disease, who spent up to twenty hours connected to Internet games. He seemed lonely, but when he died his parents were surprised by the amount of condolences that came to them from different parts of the world. Not only that, other players also came from different parts of the world to the funeral. For everyone, more than a player, he had been a friend. He even had a platonic girlfriend!
Source: Ambito
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