‘The Blue Star‘, ‘Frame‘ And ‘Second prize‘. one of them three films will represent in Spain at the Oscars in the category Best International FilmThey were chosen from 45 feature films. From this shortlist will emerge the film finally selected, after a second vote.
‘The Blue Star‘(Javier Macipe) is a co-production of Spain and Argentina set in the 90s, its protagonist is. Mauricio Aznara famous Spanish rocker who travels through Latin America to reconnect with his vocation, leaving behind the ghost of addiction. There she meets Don Carlos, an elderly musician who can barely pay his bills. Carlos generously welcomes the strange visitor and from their encounter an extravagant story is born. chimerical duo.
In ‘Frame‘ (Aitor Arregi, Jon Garaño, José Mari Goenaga) the protagonist is Enric Marco Batlle was a Spanish trade unionist who was Secretary General of the National Confederation of Labour (CNT) and President of the Mauthausen Association of Spain. During his term as head of the Association, Marco gave numerous lectures, mainly in educational centres, on his alleged experience as a survivor of the Nazi camps. Later, it was discovered that had falsified information in his biography appear as a survivor of the Flossenburg concentration camp during World War II.
‘Second prize” a part of history of the group Los Planetas from the hand of its director, Isaki Lacuesta. In the midst of artistic and cultural effervescence, an indie music group experiences its most delicate moment: the bassist breaks up with the group looking for her place outside of music and the guitarist is plunged into a dangerous spiral of self-destruction. Meanwhile, the singer faces a complicated process of writing and recording his third album. No one knows that this album will forever change the music scene of the entire country.
The actresses Malena Alterio (winner of the Goya for best leading actress for ‘don’t let anyone sleep‘), Belen Cuesta (winner of the Goya for best leading actress for ‘The Infinite Trench‘) And Victoria Luengo (nominated for the Goya for best leading actress for ‘Suro‘) were in charge of revealing the pre-selected titles at the Academy accompanied by the president of the Academy Fernando Méndez-Leite and the notary Eva Fernández Medina.
He next September 18th The film that will finally represent our country at the Hollywood Academy Awards will be announced.
The 97th Academy Awards will take place on Sunday March 2, 2025 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California. The show will air live on ABC “in more than 200 territories worldwide.” Nominees will be announced on January 17.
The Academy added that films that wish to apply for the next edition of the Oscars will have as deadline November 14.
Last year, those chosen in this phase were ‘20,000 species of bees‘, by Estibaliz Urresola; ‘close your eyes‘, by Victor Erice; and ‘The Snow Society‘, by JA Bayona. The third was the winner. It was then selected among the five Oscar nominations, but ultimately did not win any statuettes.
At the last edition, held on March 11, 2024, the film ‘Oppenheimer‘, by Christopher Nolan, was the big winner. It took home seven statuettes, including best film and best director. Emma Stone and the Irish Cillian Murphy They won Best Actor and Best Actress awards for their work.poor creatures” and ” Oppneheimer “, respectively.
