At the last edition of the Berlinale 2022, the Barcelona-based film director Carla Simón, won the Golden Bear in the competition. All thanks to his film Alcarràs, which has been chosen as an Oscar candidate production.
In fact, the film will represent Spain at the Academy Awards. Therefore, the race to reach the gala of the 95th edition of the Hollywood Awards, to be held on March 12, 2023 in Los Angeles, begins now.
Alcarràs nominated for an Oscar on behalf of Spain
The production will represent the country in the best foreign film category. It is worth mentioning that fwas chosen by the members of the Spanish Film Academy over “Cinco lobitos” by Alauda Ruiz de Azúa and “As bestas” by Rodrigo Sorogoyen.
The three films were the finalists among 42 nominees.
On December 21, 2022, the shortlist of 15 candidates for the Oscar in the Best International Film category will be made from all the applicant countries.
About Carla Simón and the film
Carla Simón is a 35-year-old filmmaker who tells in “Alcarràs” a family drama about the decadence of the rural world.
The film was born out of his real family experience and the struggle along with other farmers to stay true to the crop and the land. Always looking to bring peaches to people’s plates.
Alcarràs is a sample of the experiences of simple and hard-working people. Even the title of the film is named after the city where his aunts, uncles and cousins live.
It is a town located in the region of Segriá, Catalonia. It has 9,000 inhabitants and the people there live from the cultivation of fruit trees.
The story tells how farmers today want to convince their children not to continue cultivating the land. All because it is more expensive to grow compared to the price at which it is sold.
The Oscar nominee’s international competitors
Other countries have already defined their films with which they will participate. For example, two of the favorites:
Germany
He chose the new version of Edward Berger’s “All Quiet at the Front,” based on a novel by Erich Maria Remarque. In it he recounts his own experiences in the trenches of WWI. The film will premiere at the Toronto and Zurich film festivals, ahead of Netflix.
South Korea
With the film “Decision to Leave”, a thriller by the master Park Chan-wook, which premiered at the last edition of the Cannes Film Festival. It is a production halfway between Hitchcock and Buñuel.
Canada
He will nominate an animated documentary in Mandarin “Eternal Spring” by Jason Loftus.
Uruguay
It will be represented by the film “El empleado y el patrón” by Manolo Nieto.
