The 95th Oscars ceremony will take place on March 12, 2023, and the American Film Academy has already announced the so-called “shortlists” in ten categories, from which the official candidates for the Oscars will emerge. Among the 15 candidates in the “Best International Film” category was the production of “IO” by Jerzy Skolimowski.
In the film, we see the world through the eyes of the title donkey, who travels a long way from a Polish circus to an Italian slaughterhouse. During this time, he encounters different people on his way who treat the animal very differently. The only person IO treats as “his” is Kassandra – his trainer from the circus, with whom he has to part with at the beginning of the film. Throughout its wandering, the donkey does not lose its innocence, and the film is an allegorical story that is supposed to bring the viewers closer to the reality of animal life in the modern world.
Who else made the “Best International Film” shortlist?
In this category, the film “IO” has strong competition. The “shortlist” also includes such films as the Belgian “Close” directed by Lukas Dhont, which is considered by many not only to be among the top five nominees, but also as a picture that can win in this category.
The film tells the story of the relationship between two twelve-year-old boys whose friendship is put to a great test when they change schools and clash with the conventions of other children. , and the film will hit Polish cinemas on February 17, 2023.
Another candidate on the short list is the Danish “Holy Spider”, directed by Ali Abbasi, which tells the story of a stubborn Iranian journalist who, despite police sluggishness and obstruction from all sides, uncovers and monitors all the crimes of a serial who killed sex workers under the pretext of “cleaning up the city” from sin.”
Famous names also include the South Korean director Park Chan-wook and his detective story entitled “Suspect” or the Oscar winner for “Birdman” (2014) and “The Revenant” (2015), the Mexican Alejandra González Iñárritu with the film “Bardo, the false chronicle of a handful of truths”, which collects mixed reviews among critics.
Here are all the shortlisted videos:
- Argentina, “Argentina, 1985”,
- Austria, “In a corset”,
- Belgium, “Close”,
- Cambodia, “Return to Seoul”
- Denmark, “Holy Spider”,
- France, Saint Omer,
- Germany, “No change in the west”
- India, “The Last Show”
- Ireland, “Quiet Girl”,
- Mexico, “Bardo. False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths”,
- Morocco, “Turquoise Dress”,
- Pakistan, “Joyland”,
- Poland, “IO”,
- South Korea, “Suspicious”,
- Sweden, “Boy From Heaven”.
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Source: Gazeta
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