The shortlist for Best Foreign-Language movie at the Academy Awards has just been announced and Lebanon’s Where Do We Go Now is not on it.
Therefore, we are no longer in the race for an Oscar nomination.
The nine shortlisted movies, out of which five will be selected for nomination, are:
Belgium, “Bullhead,“
Canada, “Monsieur Lazhar,”
Denmark, “Superclásico,”
Germany, “Pina,”
Iran, “A Separation,”
Israel, “Footnote,”
Morocco, “Omar Killed Me,”
Poland, “In Darkness,”
Taiwan, “Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale.”
That’s it, fellow Lebanese, I guess we were too foolishly optimistic about our chances. I guess having a movie from Iran, Israel and Lebanon in a shortlist was too much for the region. Till next time, I guess (which means till Nadine Labaki’s third movie). You’d think winning the same prize that the King’s Speech and Slumdog Millionaire won, at one of the world’s top festivals, would be enough to pull an Oscar nomination for a movie. But I guess politics is more important.
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even if it was in the nominees, they’d ask her to pull it off.
small minded people would not accept her to be in the same competition with an israeli movie
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The Israeli movie may not end up being in the five selected nominees. But yeah, I think it would have made a big deal.
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Till next time, I guess (which means till Nadine Labaki’s third movie) –> or till another lebanese director movie, she’s not the only lebanese director, another good one might pop! 😀
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Let’s not be overly optimistic again :p
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Haha Let’s not be! Hard luck for Nadine! Separation is a very good movie so let it win! (w we know that Nadine will stay our “Malakeh” :P)
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A Separation is a great movie but not as good as Where Do We Go Now, in my opinion.
And LOL :p
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This is so sad. I’m actually shocked it wasn’t even short listed. Guess politics are more important than movie quality.
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Politics are more important, yup.
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