Oscars 2021: Tunisian Kaouther Ben Hania remains in contention with "The Man Who Sold His Skin"
In 2021, the Oscars will be presented on April 25 in a face-to-face ceremony, but in several locations in Los Angeles.
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Director Kaouther Ben Hania offers Tunisia with "The Man Who Sold His Skin" the first nomination for the final of the Oscars in the category Best foreign film where France remains absent.
At the top of the list of final nominations, published this Monday, March 15, are the Netflix productions "Mank" and "The Chicago Seven", but also "Nomadland", by Chinese-American Chloe Zhao.
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It is the film directed by David Fincher for Netflix on the life of Citizen Kane screenwriter
Mank
, which comes first on this final list with ten nominations, among others in the category Best film which also includes
The Chicago Seven.
, also produced for Netflix, with six nominations, and
Nomadland
, the first film to be
awarded
a Golden Lion and a Golden Globe with a simultaneous theatrical / SVOD release.
Chinese-American Chloe Zhao's film won five nominations, including Best Film, Best Director and Best Actress for Frances McDormand.
Chadwick Boseman, a posthumous Oscar?
As for Steven Yeun, the Korean-American who became famous for his role in
The Walking Dead
, became the first Asian-American actor to be nominated among the best actors at the Oscars for his role in
Minari
, by Lee Isaac Chung.
Chadwick Boseman, who died in August 2019 at the age of 43 from cancer, can posthumously win the Best Actor trophy for
The Blues of Ma Rainey
, also released on Netflix.
France remains represented by
Le Père
, the Franco-British film directed by Florian Zeller from his own play.
The Father
, which premiered at the Sundance Festival in 2020, has now won six nominations, including the two protagonists of its dream cast, Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Colman.
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"The man who sold his skin", the Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania at the Venice Film Festival
One of the surprises on the list of nominations is certainly the feat of Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania.
The man who sold his skin
, whose actor Yahya Mahayni won the prize for Best Male Performance in Venice, is in the home stretch for the race for the most prestigious international film trophy.
For the first time in the history of Tunisian cinema, it offers its country a presence on the final list of Oscar nominations.
On the other hand,
La Nuit des Rois
, by Franco-Ivorian director Philippe Lacôte, failed to take the last step towards the Oscars.
In the category Best International film also maintains
Quo Vadis, Aida?
, by Jasmila Zbanic.
Left without a prize from the Mostra 2020, she hopes to win the Oscar for Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Drunk
, by Danish director Thomas Vinterberg, with Mads Mikkelsen in the title role, also keeps his chances and remains, with the animated film
Over The Moon
, by Glen Keane, Gennie Rim and Peilin Chou, the only film with the Cannes 2020 label still competing in the major categories for the Oscars.
Netflix and the Mostra are doing well
In this year of crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the world of cinema has been profoundly disrupted.
Among the festivals is the Festival which pulled out of the game with several films selected for Venice (
Nomadland
,
Quo Vadis Aida?
,
The man who sold his skin
, Vanessa Kirby for his performance in
Pieces Of A Woman
) who remain in the race for the Oscars.
But it is above all the platforms that have benefited from this year marked by the confinements and closures of movie theaters.
Unsurprisingly, Netflix tops the list with Aaron Sorkin's judicial drama around the Vietnam War,
The Chicago Seven
, but also with David Fincher's homage to the golden age of 'Hollywood,
Mank
, and
The Blues of Ma Rainey
, directed by George C. Wolfe and released in 2020 on Netflix.
On the other hand, other platforms like Amazon Prime Video and Disney + also establish themselves on the final list of nominations with
One Night In Miami
,
Soul
and
Borat 2
which had already made a triumph at the Golden Globes.
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The Oscars will be presented on April 25 in a face-to-face ceremony, but in several locations in Los Angeles.
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