Today, Tuesday, is the deadline to vote for the Oscar winners.
And on Sunday the 12th we will know if
Argentina, 1985
, by Santiago Mitre, with Ricardo Darín and Peter Lanzani, is the winner in the category of best international film.
But how is the voting process?
How did
Argentina, 1985
become the eighth Argentine film to reach the candidacy?
Because to get to the nominations, the system is not the same as in other areas, such as choosing the candidates for the Hollywood Academy Award for best film, leading actors or direction.
A couple checks the screening hours of the eighth Argentinian film nominated for an Oscar.
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For best picture nominations,
the just over 9,500 Academy members
who are eligible to vote are unrestricted, nor do they have to prove they've seen the films.
They must vote establishing an order of preference.
If they consider that
The Spirits of the Island
is the best, they put it first, and so on, in descending order.
The members of the Academy who belong to the branch of interpreters, chose the nominees in the four categories that concern 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 it was chosen 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.
Darín, Peter Lanzani and the young cast of the film.
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.
Argentina, 1985 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 Argentina, 1985, was already
there
.
Then the vote was open that decided which are the 5 nominees.
There, the voters had to see, yes or yes, the 15 films.
"All Quiet on the Front", the German film that many give as a favorite in the field.
But...
And from March 2 until today, Tuesday the 7th, the members of the Academy are empowered to vote in this category, as if it were the best film or actors, because voting is already 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).
Argentina, without counting
Argentina, 1985
, had up to now 7 nominations and won it twice:
La historia oficial
, by Luis Puenzo, in 1986, and
El secreto de sus ojos
, by Juan José Campanella, in 2010. Those that were Candidates:
La trugua
, by Sergio Renán (in 1975),
Camila
, by María Luisa Bemberg (in 1985),
Tango
, by Carlos Saura (1999),
El hijo de la novia
, by Campanella, (2002) and
Wild Tales
(2015 ), by Damian Szifron.
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