KleinGa 18,177 Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 The Academy has disqualified a Nigerian film "Lionheart" which was predicted to *be strong competition* in the Best Film in a Foreign Language Category. The film features a bit of Igbo which is a native language of Nigeria but is predominantly in English. English is the official language of Nigeria. It is Nigeria's first submission to the Oscars. Does this mean Nigeria (and similar countries) can't submit to the oscars? What are your thoughts on this? https://www.thewrap.com/academy-disqualifies-nigerias-oscar-entry-lionheart/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
River 117,731 Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 Is the Academy international or American exclusive? because this rule is dumb, that means that even movies from Australia, India, UK and many other countries can't be qualified So sploosh your juice all over me you Riverboy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daylight Jokers 14,958 Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 Wth kind of rule was that? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
weed 74,295 Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 5 minutes ago, River said: Is the Academy international or American exclusive? because this rule is dumb, that means that even movies from Australia, India, UK and many other countries can't be qualified "Best International Feature Film" is the category lol it was disqualified because it had too much English That's sad.. maybe they can (if not too late) be entered in English categories then? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryusei 61,110 Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 I- what? Musery Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
katy666 99 Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 28 minutes ago, KleinGa said: The Academy has disqualified a Nigerian film "Lionheart" which was predicted to win the Best Film in a Foreign Language Category. The film features a bit of Igbo which is a native language of Nigeria but is predominantly in English. English is the official language of Nigeria. It is Nigeria's first submission to the Oscars. Does this mean Nigeria (and similar countries) can't submit to the oscars? What are your thoughts on this? https://www.thewrap.com/academy-disqualifies-nigerias-oscar-entry-lionheart/ ”The Academy has disqualified a Nigerian film "Lionheart" which was predicted to win the Best Film in a Foreign Language Category.” Did you make that up yourself? Cuz nobody predicts that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KleinGa 18,177 Posted November 5, 2019 Author Share Posted November 5, 2019 Just now, katy666 said: ”The Academy has disqualified a Nigerian film "Lionheart" which was predicted to win the Best Film in a Foreign Language Category.” Did you make that up yourself? Cuz nobody predicts that. I follow this category quite closely because I love foreign films and people do just because you’re not interested, doesnt mean there arent people out there who are Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr S 8,691 Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 I don't know I kind of think the rule is fair. Otherwise foreign films with English would have a huge advantage. Voters would understand it better and rely on subtitles less., thus making them more likely to win. If it was just for movie made in a foreign country then UK, Canada or Australia would win that category every year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
katy666 99 Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 2 minutes ago, KleinGa said: I follow this category quite closely because I love foreign films and people do just because you’re not interested, doesnt mean there arent people out there who are I follow this too, as the article says the frontrunners are Parasite,Pain and Glory” and Les Miserables. I was surprised to hear this “predicted winner” for the first time so I went through the wrap article word by word and found out you are the only one saying that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gypsy Life 118,907 Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 This is odd. I mean, the category was literally called Best Foreign Language Film, which would make sense why it wouldn't qualify. But they literally changed the category name a few months ago to Best International Feature Film, so if they didn't change the name for cases like this, then why did they change it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judas Society 3,584 Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 30 minutes ago, Gypsy Life said: This is odd. I mean, the category was literally called Best Foreign Language Film, which would make sense why it wouldn't qualify. But they literally changed the category name a few months ago to Best International Feature Film, so if they didn't change the name for cases like this, then why did they change it? Wait, so the foreign language category is replaces with international feature? Or they just added? Maybe there's a mix up? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gypsy Life 118,907 Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 19 minutes ago, Judas Society said: Wait, so the foreign language category is replaces with international feature? Or they just added? Maybe there's a mix up? Same category. Just change of name. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JR Gg 12,985 Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 1 hour ago, KleinGa said: I follow this category quite closely because I love foreign films and people do just because you’re not interested, doesnt mean there arent people out there who are Parasite is widely predicted to win, and tbh,will 99% win. Lionheart is third at best lol. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KleinGa 18,177 Posted November 5, 2019 Author Share Posted November 5, 2019 1 hour ago, Gypsy Life said: But they literally changed the category name a few months ago to Best International Feature Film, so if they didn't change the name for cases like this, then why did they change it? Which is what confuses me. Like this is making no sense to me and is a huge injustice to Nigeria and the director Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleachella 2,932 Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 Ma’am.... nobody thought this was strong competition. Parasite is winning 💀 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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