All is not lost: Mexicans Michelle Couttolenc, Jaime Baksht and Carlos Cortés Navarrete have been nominated for an Oscar for best sound for their work in El Sonido del Metal, the Hollywood Academy announced.
These three talents are among the very few Latin American names that appear in this year’s categories, after the Mexican film Ya No Soy Aqui, the Guatemalan film La Llorona and the Chilean El Agent Topo were left out of the race for the statuette in more titles. important, reported EFE.
Instead, the productions that aspire to win the award for best international film are Another Round (Denmark), Better Days (Hong Kong), Collective (Romania), The Man Who Sold His Skin (Tunisia) and Quo Vadis, Aida? (Bosnia and Herzegovina).
However, of the three Latin films mentioned above, only The Topo Agent managed to slip into another category, that of the best documentary.
Maita Alberdi’s film will face in this section Collective, Crip Camp, Lo Que el Pulpo Me Enseñado and Time.
Since its premiere in January 2020 at the Sundance Film Festival, the Chilean film has traveled the planet, garnering applause and winning awards at competitions such as the San Sebastian Festival.
The documentary tells the story of Sergio, an octogenarian tragicomic who works as a spy in an asylum to find out about possible ill-treatment. It is a co-production between Chile, Spain, the Netherlands, the United States and Germany.
In turn, the Mexican film I’m No Longer Here, which premiered on Netflix last year, was one of the great sensations of international cinema during the pandemic.
Fernando Frías’ film tells the story of a young man named Ulysses, who is part of the band Los Terkos, which is immersed in the Colombian musical subculture in the city of Monterrey.
And, although he won ten Ariel Awards, including Best Picture, he failed to win Hollywood Academy voters, meaning a year with a large absence of Mexican names after Guillermo del Toro’s triumphs. Alfonso Cuarón and Alejandro G. Iñárritu.
Finally, La Llorona, an amazing aspect of magical terror at the Mayan genocide in Guatemala, starring María Mercedes Coroy, was nominated for Golden Globes for Best Foreign Language Film, an award that American Minari he got to take it.
The Oscars of the pandemic have been postponed for two months to try to avoid the impact of the coronavirus and will take place on April 25 (February 28 was the starting date).
The academy announced today that the gala, whose format is still a mystery due to Covid-19 restrictions, will take place at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, the usual venue for the Oscars, and at Union Station, California’s central station. and a novelty this time.