Oscar 2023: how and who the candidates vote for in the category of Argentina, 1985

There is less than a day left, just hours to find out if

, by

, with

and Peter Lanzani, remains as one of the five candidates for the Oscar for best international film.

, Argentina time (5:30 in Los Angeles).

But what is the voting process like in this particular area?

Because it is not the same as in other areas, such as to choose the candidates for the Hollywood Academy Award for best film, leading actors or direction.

For best picture nominations, the slightly more than 9,500 Academy members who are eligible to vote have no restrictions or prove they've seen the films.

They must vote establishing an order of preference.

If they consider that

is the best, they put it first, and so on, in descending order.

Awarded.

Ricardo Darín with the director of "Argentina, 1985", Santiago Miter, the night of the Golden Globe. Photo Golden Globe Awards @goldenglobes

The members of the Academy who belong to the branch of interpreters, choose the nominees in the four categories that correspond to them (best leading actress and actor, and best supporting actress and actor), as the musicians choose the nominees for the best original music and original song, the editors, for best edition, and so on.

How to choose in the category of "Argentina, 1985"

Each country is invited to present what it considers its best film to the Academy.

Only one film per country is accepted.

The designation of the official presentation must be made by an organization, jury or committee made up of people from the film industry.

Peter Lanzani and Ricardo Darín, as Luis Moreno Ocampo and Julio César Strassera, in the film.

Photo File Clarín

For example, the UK bid is submitted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, and the Brazilian bid is submitted by a committee under its Ministry of Culture.

was chosen by the Film Academy of our country.

In the case of the Best International Film category, there was a first round in which the members of the Hollywood Academy who expressly signed up to vote participated.

The Academy sent them 8 films each (there were 92 in total), and they also put them in order of preference.

And the 15 titles that received the best votes passed that cut and made up the short list, the first selection that was announced on Wednesday, December 21, 2022. And there is

.

And until Tuesday of last week, January 17, the vote that decided which are the 5 nominees was open.

There, the voters had to see all 15 films.

Juan José Campanella with the last Oscar for Argentina, for "El secreto de sus ojos".

It was in 2010. Photo Archive Clarín

Once the nominations are in, the members of the Academy will be able to vote in this category, as if it were the best film or actors, because voting will already be open to everyone.

The country that won the Oscar the most times in the category that before 2020 was called the best film spoken in a foreign language is Italy, with 14 awards won (including three Special Awards) and 29 nominations, while France is the country with the most nominations ( 37, and 12 awards, including three Special Awards).

Up to now, Argentina has had 7 nominations and has won it twice:

, by Luis Puenzo, in 1986, and

, by Juan José Campanella, in 2010. The candidates were

, by Sergio Renán (in 1975),

, by María Luisa Bemberg (in 1985),

, by Carlos Saura (1999),

, by Campanella, (2002) and

(2015), by Damián Szifron.

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