Oscars 2022 shortlists Iran’s ‘A Hero’ for best int’l feature

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has shortlisted Iranian movie ‘A Hero’ in the 2022 edition of the international feature film category.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the shortlists for the 94th Oscars in 10 categories on Tuesday.

‘A Hero’, directed by two-time Oscar winner Asghar Farhadi, is also shortlisted for the Best Picture – Non-English Language category at the 79th edition of the Annual Golden Globe Awards.

The shortlist also includes ‘Great Freedom’ from Austria, ‘Playground’ from Belgium, ‘Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom’ from Bhutan, ‘Flee’ from Denmark, ‘Compartment No. 6’ from Finland, ‘I’m Your Man’ from Germany, ‘Lamb’ from Iceland, ‘The Hand of God’ from Italy, ‘Drive My Car’ from Japan, ‘Hive’ from Kosovo, ‘Prayers for the Stolen’ from Mexico, ‘The Worst Person in the World’ from Norway, ‘Plaza Catedral from Panama, and ‘The Good Boss’ from Spain.

‘A Hero’ is about Rahim, a working-class man separated from his first wife, with whom he has a stuttering young son, who has spent three years incarcerated for defaulting on a debt, but is given leave for two days, during which he tries to turn around his fortunes, but quickly finds himself caught in a web of white lies.

The movie has toured a wide range of the most prominent global galas, including the Sydney Film Festival in Australia, the Hamptons International Film Festival in the US, the Mostra-Sao Paulo International Film Festival in Brazil, the Montclair Film Festival in the US, and the Film Festival Cologne in Germany, the Busan International Film Festival in South Korea, the Adana Golden Boll International Film Festival in Turkey, the Zurich Film Festival in Switzerland, and the Cannes Film Festival in France, where it won the Grand Prix.

The National Board of Review in the US named ‘A Hero’ the Best Foreign Language Film and the movie also won the Best Original Screenplay.

The Asia Pacific Screen Awards in Australia gave the achievement in directing prize to Farhadi for the movie.

Famous cineastes such as Amir Jadidi, Mohsen Tanabandeh, Fereshteh Sadr-Orafaee, and Sarina Farhadi are on the cast list of ‘A Hero’.

The renowned cinematic magazine Variety predicted ‘A Hero’ as a potential movie to win the award for the best film at the Oscars 2022.

Nomination voting for the Oscars 2022 begins on January 27, 2022, and concludes on February 1. Nominations for the 94th Academy Awards will be announced on February 8.

The 94th Oscars will be held on March 27 at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland in Hollywood and will be televised live on ABC and in more than 200 territories worldwide.

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