There Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain shortlisted three Spanish films to choose which would be eligible for nomination for Best International Film in the Oscars 2023.
Among the three finalist films: Alcarrasby Carla Simon; The beasts, by Rodrigo Sorogoyen; And five little wolvess of Alauda Ruiz de Azua; finally it was Alcarras the one chosen by the Academy to present his candidacy.
Unfortunately, the Hollywood Academy excluded from this category the film of Carla Simon being Argentina, 1985 (Santiago Mitre, Argentina), Close (Lukas Dhont, Belgium), No news at the front (Edouard Berger, Germany), HEY (Jerzy Skolimowski, Poland) and The quiet girl (Colm Bairéad, Ireland) those who choose to Best International Film in this edition.
Antonio Banderas will present one of the prizes
Although the conductor of the ceremony will be jimmy kimmelthe Academy has announced which other stars will take to the Dolby Theater stage to present the prestigious statuettes.
And in this list we find a Spanish actor, Antonio Banderas. Besides the name of the man from Malaga, other big celebrities have been announced such as Hugh Grant, Salma Hayek Pinault, Nicole Kidman, Halle Bailey, Elizabeth Banks, Jessica Chastain, John Cho, Andrew Garfield, Danai Gurira, Florence Pugh oh Sigourney Weaver.
These join the previously announced, Riz Ahmed, Emily Blunt, Glenn Close, Jennifer Connelly, Ariana DeBose, Samuel L. Jackson, Dwayne Johnson, Michael B. Jordan, Troy Kotsur, Jonathan Majors, Melissa McCarthy, Janelle Monáe, Deepika Padukone, Questlove, Zoe Saldaña there Donnie Yen.
There was more luck for Spanish cinema at the Oscars 2022
In the last edition of the Oscars, Spanish cinema was luckier both in terms of nominations and winners.
The ceremony began with four nominees in four different categories: Penelope Cruz, Javier Bardem, Alberto Mielgo there Alberto Iglesias.
Finally, the only Spaniard to have won a statuette is Alberto Mielgo, who won over academics with his short film windscreen wipers (The wiper). His work won the Oscar for best animated short.
The director went on stage with the producer of the short film, Leo Sanchez, and assured that this award was a milestone. “It indicates where we can go as an art,” said the filmmaker as he picked up the golden statuette, the first to win a Spanish short film in the history of these awards.
However, Penelope Cruz there Javier Bardem they were about to win their second Oscar.
Jessica Chastain snatched the Oscar from the Madrid actress, nominated for parallel mothers. Chastain, who finally walked the red carpet, although she said she wouldn’t to show her support for her fellow makeup artists and. hair salon, received the prize of The eyes of Tammy Faye.
For its part, Javier Bardem saw how the pools were filled and Will Smith lifted the Oscar for the Williams method. The Madrid man was nominated for Best Actor for the film be the Ricardosin which he played with Nicole Kidman.
The other Spaniard nominated in the last edition was the musician Alberto Iglesiasobtaining his fourth candidacy for these awards on this occasion for parallel mothers. Finally, Dunes he snatched the statuette.
All eyes on Ana de Armas
In the absence of Spanish representatives, the eyes of all Spain will be on Ana de Armas. Although the actress was born in Cuba, at the age of 18 she moved to Madrid. Although he had already had a leading role in his country with A rose from France (2006), her acting career was forged in Spain, where she began to stand out among the cast of the series Boarding (2007-2010)o Spain, the legend (2010-2012).
From there, her acting career exploded thanks to films like Blade Runner 2049, Deep Water, No time to die or controversy Blondin which he gives life to Marilyn Monroe.
It is precisely this last work that leads her to this edition of the 95th edition of the Oscars as a nominee for Best Leading Actress. “Wow! I’m in a cloud. Thank you for all the love and support, for all your messages, calls and videos. My heart has never been so full! What an amazing day, what a precious honor. Thank you to the academy for making this dream come true,” he wrote on Instagram when he learned of his appointment.
The 34-year-old performer competes in this category with Cate Blanchett For Warehouse; Andrea Riseborough For To Leslie; michelle williams For The Fabelmans and with michelle yeo For All at once everywhere.