Emilia Perez passes the preselection stage

All signals remain green in the Oscar raceEmilia Perez. Jacques Audiard’s musical drama about Mexican cartels has passed the preselection stage and remains in the running to win nominations, on January 17, in several technical categories and the flagship one for best international film.

Of the 85 foreign language films submitted to the Academy of Oscars, it selected 15. Alongside Emilia Perez appear The Convocation (Norway), the animated film Flow (Latvia), From Ground Zero (Palestine), The young woman with the needle (Denmark), How to Make Millions before Grandma Dies (Thailand), I’m Still Here (Brazil), the Gaelic musical biopic Kneecap (Ireland), Santosh (United Kingdom), Wild fig tree seeds (Germany), Touch (Iceland), Universal Language (Canada), Waves (Czech Republic), Vermilion (Italy). Without forgetting for Senegal, the documentary by Mati Diop Dahomeyalso selected in the preselection for best documentary.

Only 5 lucky people left on January 17

Last year, the candidate that the CNC preferred to Anatomy of a fall, The Passion of Dodin Bouffant, which had passed this first barrier but had not obtained a nomination. France has not won the Oscar for best international film since 1993 and Indochina.

Emilia Perez, which is on the rise with ten nominations at the Golden Globes, was also preselected in the categories of best makeup and hairstyle, sound, original soundtrack and song, where Audiard’s film places two titles The Evil et My Way. This presence in many categories bodes well for the drama’s popularity within the Oscar voting body. The musical Wicked displays the same plebiscite and is eligible in the categories of best makeup and hairstyle, sound, original soundtrack and special effects.

It now remains for the preselected films to complete the test and secure a nomination. Only five slots are available per category. This first round of voting begins on January 8 and closes on the 12th. Nominations will be announced on January 17. The moment of truth will take place on Sunday March 2 in Los Angeles. Broadcast on ABC in the United States and Disney + in France, this 97^e Oscar ceremony will be hosted by presenter Conan O’Brien.