{"id":546459,"date":"2023-02-01T20:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-01T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/why-no-international-oscars-nom-for-rrr-understanding-that-submission-process\/"},"modified":"2023-02-01T20:30:00","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T17:30:00","slug":"why-no-international-oscars-nom-for-rrr-understanding-that-submission-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-no-international-oscars-nom-for-rrr-understanding-that-submission-process\/","title":{"rendered":"#Why No International Oscars Nom for \u2018RRR\u2019? Understanding That Submission Process"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a26e15843196\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a26e15843196\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-no-international-oscars-nom-for-rrr-understanding-that-submission-process\/#Why_No_International_Oscars_Nom_for_%E2%80%98RRR_Understanding_That_Submission_Process\" >Why No International Oscars Nom for \u2018RRR\u2019? Understanding That Submission Process<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_No_International_Oscars_Nom_for_%E2%80%98RRR_Understanding_That_Submission_Process\"><\/span>Why No International Oscars Nom for \u2018RRR\u2019? Understanding That Submission Process<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    On Jan. 24, India had three reasons to celebrate: an original song Oscar nomination for \u201cNaatu Naatu,\u201d the showstopping tune featured in the film <em>RRR<\/em>; a documentary feature nom for <em>All That Breathes<\/em>; and a documentary short nom for <em>The Elephant Whisperers<\/em> \u2014 a respectable showing for a country that takes great pride in its cinematic output. But if leaders of the nation\u2019s film industry had played their cards differently a few months earlier when deciding which film should represent India in the best international feature Oscar competition, there could have been even more cause for celebration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    For that Oscar category, a country can submit only one title. There are no exceptions for countries with vibrant film industries that produce multiple worthy candidates each year because, as it is, Academy members who volunteer to evaluate the submissions barely have time to consider <em>that<\/em> many. Indeed, 92 countries and regions entered a title this season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    The Academy requires that each country form an \u201corganization, jury or committee\u201d to pick the entry. The group must include, but is not limited to, local \u201cartists and\/or craftspeople from the field of motion pictures.\u201d Some countries entrust this decision to their own academy (Spain always goes with the pick of its 1,500-member Academy of Cinematic Arts and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Science<\/a>s, while Israel automatically enters whichever film the Israeli Academy of Film and Television chooses to honor with the top prize at its Ophir Awards). But most countries, including India, defer to a relatively small committee.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    In September, such a group was convened by the Film Federation of India \u2014 its participants\u2019 names had to be made known to the Academy but not the public \u2014 and voted unanimously to enter Pan Nalin\u2019s <em>Last Film Show<\/em>, a Gujarati-language drama about how Nalin fell in love with filmmaking as a boy, rather than<em> RRR<\/em>, a Telugu-language historical fantasy epic helmed by India\u2019s most commercially successful director, S. S. Rajamouli, and built around two of its biggest stars, N.T. Rama Rao Jr. and Ram Charan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    While <em>Last Film Show <\/em>is charming, and did land a spot on the international feature shortlist of 15 finalists, it didn\u2019t come as a surprise when it, like every other Indian entry of the past 21 years, failed to advance to the final five.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    After premiering at Tribeca, <em>Last Film Show<\/em> grossed just $81,424 worldwide and registered little recognition on the awards circuit. In contrast,<em> RRR<\/em> raked in $155 million worldwide \u2014 the third-highest total ever for an Indian film \u2014 en route to winning the best director New York Film Critics Circle award; the Critics Choice award for best foreign-language film; best original song honors from the Golden Globe and Critics Choice groups; and the L.A. Film Critics Association Award for best music.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Why did India submit what was clearly going to be a harder sell to the Academy than the alternative available to it, as the nation previously did when it chose <em>Lagaan<\/em> \u2014 which was ultimately nominated before losing \u2014 over <em>Monsoon Wedding<\/em>, which grossed nearly $14 million in the U.S. and could have won, and <em>The Good Road<\/em> \u2014 which ultimately wasn\u2019t nominated \u2014 over <em>The Lunchbox<\/em>, which grossed more than $4 million in the U.S. and could have won, too? And why have many other countries behaved similarly?<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Motivations vary. Some countries enter whichever film is most successful domestically. Others try to figure out which project the Academy, which remains largely American, is most likely to respond to (John C. Reilly, an American-born actor of Irish descent, was recruited to this year\u2019s Irish committee). And still others consider things like whether a film\u2019s director had a film previously submitted; how a selection could impact relations with a particular distributor (France is thought to have entered <em>The Intouchables<\/em>, which wasn\u2019t ultimately nominated, over <em>Rust and Bone<\/em>, for which Marion Cotillard went on to receive a best actress nom, because the former was distributed by Harvey Weinstein, who a year earlier had guided the largely French film <em>The Artist<\/em> to major Oscar success); how a film reflects on the country\u2019s major film festival (Italy\u2019s committee includes Venice chief Alberto Barbera, and France\u2019s, until this season, included Cannes chief Thierry Fr\u00e9maux and tended to select films that had premiered at his fest, like polarizing Palme d\u2019Or winner <em>Titane<\/em>, which ultimately wasn\u2019t nominated).<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Some countries even prioritize the degree to which a film projects an image of their country that they wish to present to the world \u2014 hence the presence of government bureaucrats and censors on the Chinese, Iranian and Russian committees \u2014 and punish prior indiscretions: Japan passed over Akira Kurosawa\u2019s <em>Ran<\/em> after Kurosawa skipped the film\u2019s opening-night screening at the Tokyo International Film Festival, the head of which later served on the selection committee; and some suspect Mexico declined to enter Alfonso Cuar\u00f3n\u2019s <em>Y Tu Mam\u00e1 Tambi\u00e9n<\/em> because officials resented his earlier satire of the nation\u2019s AIDS policy, <em>S\u00f3lo con Tu Pareja<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    It\u2019s undeniably awkward when a film that wasn\u2019t entered for best international feature ends up recognized in other categories. Cases in point: Sweden\u2019s <em>Cries and Whispers<\/em> (cinematography win and picture, directing, writing and costume noms), Germany\u2019s <em>Das Boot<\/em> (directing, writing, cinematography, editing, sound and sound effects editing noms), Italy\u2019s <em>Il Postino<\/em> (picture, director, actor, screenplay and score noms), France\u2019s <em>La Vie en Rose<\/em> (Cotillard won best actress), Spain\u2019s <em>Talk to Her <\/em>(Pedro Almod\u00f3var was nominated for best director and won original screenplay) and now <em>RRR<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Clearly, the process through which countries decide which film will represent them is far from perfect. But for the time being, it <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ears to be \u2014 to paraphrase Winston Churchill\u2019s thoughts on democracy \u2014 the worst system \u2026 except for all the others.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    <em>This story first appeared in the Jan. 27 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/subscribe.hollywoodreporter.com\/sub\/?p=THR&amp;f=saleb_2&amp;s=IH2205THRS\">Click here to subscribe<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" class=\"optanon-category-C0004\">\n!function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\nif (f.fbq) return;\nn = f.fbq = function() {n.callMethod ? n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);};\nif (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\nn.push = n;\nn.loaded = !0;\nn.version = '2.0';\nn.queue = [];\nt = b.createElement(e);\nt.async = !0;\nt.src = v;\ns = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n}(window, document, 'script', 'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '352999048212581');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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