Among the many 366 function movies are three Indian movies which might be within the operating for an Oscar nomination. The Priyanka Chopra and Rajkummar Rao starrer ‘The White Tiger’, Suriya’s movie ‘Soorarai Pottru’ and Nila Madhab Panda’s movie on local weather change ‘Kalira Atita’ are nonetheless within the race to clench Oscar glory.
In response to an announcement put up on the Academy’s official web site, to be eligible for consideration for the 93rd Academy Awards, function movies that opened in a industrial movement image theatre in a minimum of certainly one of six U.S. metropolitan areas (Los Angeles County; the Metropolis of New York; the Bay Space; Chicago, Illinois; Miami, Florida; and Atlanta, Georgia) by February 28, 2021, and accomplished a minimal qualifying run of seven consecutive days in the identical venue will likely be thought of. Owing to the pandemic, movies that meant for theatrical launch however have been made accessible by industrial streaming, VOD service or different broadcasts might also qualify if the movie is made accessible on the safe Academy Screening Room member web site inside 60 days of the streaming/VOD launch or broadcast.
The function movies should even have a operating time of greater than 40 minutes.
Whereas India will likely be rooting for the three movies, it should be famous that the highway to securing a nod remains to be weeks away. The official nominations for the 93rd Academy Awards will likely be introduced on Monday, March 15, 2021.
To safe a nod, the movie must go up towards favourites together with, ‘The Trial Of The Chicago 7’, ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Backside’, ‘Malcolm & Marie’, ‘Mank’, ‘Tenet’, ‘Soul’, ‘Sound Of Steel’ amongst different movies which have been among the many prime contenders on the ongoing awards season.
