#OSCAR2020: Entries open for Nigerian filmmakers

Entries have officially opened for Nigerian moviemakers to submit their works for the Best International Feature Film’ category of the 2020 Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, popularly called ‘The Oscars’.

The announcement was made in a statement issued on Tuesday by the Nigerian Oscar Selection Committee (NOC), which also informed that films of any genre by Nigerian filmmakers living in Nigeria or in the Diaspora will be accepted.

According to Committee, the film has to be 40 minutes, and produced outside the USA. NOC also added that entries received will be scrutinized under the eligibility rules and the nominated film will represent Nigeria at the Academy Award 2020.

Chairman of the Committee, Chineze Anyaene, said that for a film to be eligible, it must have, among other criteria, been released in Nigeria between October 1, 2018 and September 30, 2019, and must have been exhibited in a commercial cinema theatre for at least seven days.

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She added that criteria for selection include originality of story, good directing, acting, cinematography and sound, while the recording of the original dialogue track as well as the completed picture must be predominantly in a language or languages other than English.

The development comes days after the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) reconstituted a12-man committee of stakeholders in the movie industry to give Nollywood movies a better shot at Oscar 2020.

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