La night of the Oscars 2021, scheduled for next spring, is still a long way off, but the names of the 25 probable candidates our own have already been revealed. These are some films released between October 2019 and December 2020. Compared to past years, in fact, the rules ofAcademy for the submission of applications have changed due to the pandemic from Covid-19. In addition to a longer period of time for the choice of titles (15 months compared to the canonical 12), among the films in competition, both those released in theaters and those broadcast on major platforms will compete VOD (Video on Demand) and streaming, such as the latest movie with Sophia Loren, "Life ahead of him"of Edward Ponti, available on Netflix starting from 6th November last year.
From “18 gifts” to “Pinocchio”: the Italian films proposed for the 2021 Oscar nomination
There are many films that could represent Italy at the night of Oscar 2021 which will take place next 25th April al Dolby Theater in Hollywood (Los Angeles). However, only one of them will compete as best foreign film to try to win the coveted statuette of the Academy Awards. Among these is the aforementioned "Life ahead of him"of Edward Ponti, but also "The Goddess Fortuna”By the director Ferzan Ozpetek. The others in the race are: "18 gifts"of Francis Amato, "Pinocchio"of Matthew Garrone (with the unforgettable Gigi Proietti in the role of Eater), the animated film "Trash" from Francesco Dafano e Luke Della Grotta, "Far far"of Gianni DiGregorio, "Our father"of Claudius Walnut, "Do not hate"of Mauro Mancini (With Alessandro Gassmann), "Bad stories" from Damiano e Fabio D'Innocenzo, "Aspromonte the land of the least" from Mimmo Calopreste, "Stonebreaker" from Gianluca e Massimiliano De Serio and "Picciridda with its feet in the sand" from Paul Licata.
Other films in the running for Oscar nomination 2021 are: "Notturno"of Gianfranco Rossi, "Bar Giuseppe" from Julius Base, "The Sisters Macaluso" from Emma Dante, "The incredible story of the island of roses" from Sydney Sibilia, "The predators" from Peter Castellitto, "The man in the maze" from Donato Carrisi, "On the most beautiful"of Alice Philippi, "All my crazy love"of Gabriele Salvatores, "The truth about La dolce vita"of Joseph Pedersoli, "Return"of Cristina Comencini, "I wanted to hide"of Giorgio Rights, "The Shift" from Alexander Tonda and "The Mattarella crime" from Aurelius Grimaldi.
Italian films at the 2021 Academy Awards: when the name of the film in competition will be known
The task of deciding which will be the best film among the candidates will be up to theANICA (National Association of Multimedia Audiovisual Cinematographic Industries). The association will meet next 24th November to choose the film that will have the honor of representing Italy in the 2021 Oscar nominations. Finally, the official nomination announcement will arrive on 15 March 2021, 40 days before the 93rd night of the Oscars (Academy Awards 2021). The last Italian masterpiece, awarded with the Oscar as best foreign film was "the great beauty"of Paolo Sorrentino in 2014. Before that, "Life is Beautiful"of Roberto Benigni (which also won the award for best leading actor and best soundtrack) in 1999. The competing films are all very valid and with excellent chances of being able to win the coveted statuette. The next foreign film Oscar winner are you hiding among these 25 homegrown films? Only time will tell.
