No golden statuette for Titanium. At least not in the “best international film” category. Julia Ducournau’s feature film, Palme d’Or at the last Cannes Film Festival, was chosen to represent France at the Oscars in this category sometimes incorrectly called “best foreign film” and which actually rewards non-English-speaking works. However, it does not appear in the first preselection of fifteen titles revealed Tuesday by the Academy of Oscars.
France, which holds the record for the most nominations in this category (39), will therefore remain a spectator during the ceremony to be held on March 27 and will ultimately see five films compete for this trophy.
A film anything but consensual
I have to say that Titanium is not a consensus feature film. Genre film, violent, tragic tale mixing body horror about misogyny and identity, he stands out for his daring.
A total of 92 films, representing as many countries, entered the race for the Oscar for best international film 2022. The fifteen preselected unveiled on Tuesday are: Great Freedom (Austria), A world (Belgium), The school at the end of the world (Bhutan), Compartment n ° 6 (Finland), Flee (Denmark), I’m your man (Germany), Lamb (Iceland), A hero (Iran), God’s hand (Italy), Drive My Car (Japan), Hive (Kosovo), Prayers For The Stolen (Mexico), Julie (in 12 chapters) (Norway), El Buen Patron (Spain).