Awards - 88 countries in the race for foreign Oscars - Germany among them
Films from 88 countries are competing for the so-called Foreign Oscar in 2024. This was announced by the Oscar Academy in Beverly Hills, California. The drama "Das Lehrerzimmer" by director Ilker Çatak is in the running for Germany in the "International Feature Film" category. The film centers on a teacher (Leonie Benesch) who secretly installs a camera in the staff room to investigate a series of thefts.
Among the foreign candidates for the 96th Academy Awards next March is "Under the Hanging Tree", the first entry from Namibia. Japan is represented with the Wim Wenders-directed drama "Perfect Days", France with "Beloved Cook", Finland with "Falling Leaves" and Ukraine with the documentary "20 Days in Mariupol".
The war documentary "20 Days in Mariupol" by Ukrainian journalist Mstyslav Chernov is also among the 167 films that have qualified for the Documentary Oscar race. Director Wenders is also represented in the "Documentary Feature Film" category with his film "Anselm - Das Rauschen der Zeit" about the German artist Anselm Kiefer.
"Nothing New in the West" won four Oscars
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences selects 15 films from each of the submissions. This "shortlist" is to be announced on December 21. From these, five films will be nominated for the final round on January 23. The Oscars are scheduled to be awarded on March 10, 2024.
The German literary adaptation "Nothing New in the West" by director Edward Berger won four Oscars last March - for cinematography, production design, film music and best "International Film". Prior to that, Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck had last won the foreign Oscar in 2007 with the Stasi drama "The Lives of Others".
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- Despite Germany being one of the 88 countries in the race for the Foreign Oscar, "Das Lehrerzimmer" is the only German film nominated in the "International Feature Film" category.
- The German film "Das Lehrerzimmer" is not the only film from Europe competing for the Foreign Oscar; France has entered "Beloved Cook," while Ukraine has submitted the documentary "20 Days in Mariupol."
- The director of the Japanese entry for the Foreign Oscar, "Perfect Days," is none other than Wim Wenders, a renowned filmmaker from Germany who has also submitted a documentary titled "Anselm - Das Rauschen der Zeit" in the Documentary Feature Film category.
- The 96th Academy Awards, scheduled to take place on March 10, 2024, in Los Angeles, will see Germany in the running for the Foreign Oscar with "Das Lehrerzimmer."
- Despite neither Germany nor "Das Lehrerzimmer" having won an Oscar yet, the film "Nothing New in the West" by German director Edward Berger managed to bag four Oscars in 2023, including Best Cinematography, Production Design, Film Music, and Best International Film.
- The Oscar-winning film "Nothing New in the West" ranks alongside other notable German productions, such as Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck's "The Lives of Others," which also won the foreign Oscar in 2007.
- The 2024 Foreign Oscar race is not limited to budget films or lesser-known productions; Namibia has entered its first-ever film, "Under the Hanging Tree," while even lesser-known countries like Çatak are competing in the category.
Source: www.stern.de
