Two blockbusters from 2022 have made it onto the list of contenders for the 95th Academy Awards, bringing Kannada cinema to the attention of the Oscars.
Kantara by Rishab Shetty and Vikrant Rona by Anup Bhandari have both found a spot among the 301 feature films up for nomination, which will begin this week. These, however, do not represent India’s official Academy Award submission.
The actors eligible for nomination in the acting categories were included in The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’s January 10 announcement of the “Reminder List of Productions Eligible for the 95th Academy Awards.” RRR, The Kashmir Files, Rocketry: The Nambi Effect, Gangubai Kathiawadi, Me Vasantrao, and All That Breathes are some of the other entries from Indian films on the list.
The two film’s filmmakers shared the news and their gratitude for the honor. Mr. Shetty expressed his sincere gratitude to his followers after receiving two “Oscar qualifiers” with great satisfaction.
The work of Mr. Bhandari has now appeared on the Oscars Reminder List twice. His debut movie Rangitaranga (2015) previously appeared on the list in 2016.
Two blockbusters from 2022 have made it onto the list of contenders for the 95th Academy Awards, bringing Kannada cinema to the attention of the Oscars.
Kantara by Rishab Shetty and Vikrant Rona by Anup Bhandari have both found a spot among the 301 feature films up for nomination, which will begin this week. These, however, do not represent India’s official Academy Award submission.
The actors eligible for nomination in the acting categories were included in The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’s January 10 announcement of the “Reminder List of Productions Eligible for the 95th Academy Awards.” RRR, The Kashmir Files, Rocketry: The Nambi Effect, Gangubai Kathiawadi, Me Vasantrao, and All That Breathes are some of the other entries from Indian films on the list.
The two film’s filmmakers shared the news and their gratitude for the honor on Twitter. Mr. Shetty expressed his sincere gratitude to his followers after receiving two “Oscar qualifiers” with great satisfaction.
The work of Mr. Bhandari has now appeared on the Oscars Reminder List twice. His debut movie Rangitaranga (2015) previously appeared on the list in 2016.
How to be eligible
“Feature films must open in a commercial motion picture theatre in at least one of six U.S. metropolitan areas: Los Angeles County; the City of New York; the Bay Area; Chicago, Illinois; Miami, Florida; and Atlanta, Georgia, between January 1, 2022, and December 31, 2022, and complete a minimum qualifying run of seven consecutive days,” the statement posted on the Academy website reads. A feature film must be longer than 40 minutes in length.
Voting will be open to the 9,579 eligible voters from January 12 to January 17. The Oscar ceremony will be held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on March 12 after the official nominations are made public on January 24.