Status: 08/24/2022 9:25 p.m
A German film last won the Academy Award in the category “Best Foreign Language Film” 15 years ago. This time the film adaptation of the novel by Erich Maria Remarque is in the running for the Oscars.
The film “Nothing New on the West” is sent into the race for the US Academy Awards, known as the Oscars. This was announced by the diplomatic mission of German film, German Films.
A jury selected director Edward Berger’s film from a total of nine applications. “Erich Maria Remarque wrote a book almost 100 years ago that is unfortunately more relevant today than we expected,” said Berger. “It is a great honor for us that we are now going to enter the race for the Oscars with our film. It’s a long way.”
The choice of the German contribution is just a preliminary stage in the race for the Academy Award in the category “Best Foreign Language Film”. The shortlist of 15 titles from the international applicants will be announced in December. Five nominated films are selected from this shortlist. The awards ceremony will take place on March 12, 2023.
“The Lives of Others” won in 2007
Last year, the futuristic tragic comedy “I’m your human” by director Maria Schrader made it onto the shortlist – but didn’t make it into the final round. The last German film to receive an Oscar was the 2007 Stasi drama “The Lives of Others” by director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck.
The other German applicants for the upcoming Oscars were “Dear Kurt” by Til Schweiger, “Rabiye Kurnaz against George W. Bush” by Andreas Dresen, “Everyone is talking about the weather” by Annika Pinske, “Everything in the best order” by Natja Brunckhorst , “The Passport Forger” by Maggie Peren, “Nico” by Eline Gehring, “Nobody’s with the Calves” by Sabrina Sarabi and “We Might as Well Be Dead” by Natalia Sinelnikova.