Forgive us, but we are a bit chuffed with ourselves as a number of our selections for the KFF programme have been recognised as Oscar contenders.
Three films,
The Brutalist,
Nickel Boys and
Emilia Pérez are all in contention for the Best Picture award and two,
Flow and
Seed of the Sacred Fig are nominated as Best International Feature. For an animated film like
Flow (also up for the award in that category) to be nominated in a feature film category, is testament to the brilliance of the storytelling and the animator’s art.
Adrien Brody and Karla Sofia Gascón are up for Best Actor and actress for their roles in
The Brutalist and
Emilia Pérez and their respective co-stars Guy Pearce, Felicity Jones and Zoe Saldana are nominated as Best Supporting Actors. The films also feature as nominees in the Best Direction, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Screenplay categories.
The one-of-a-kind movie
Emilia Pérez even has two nominations for best original song. The Alhambra will be rocking on Sunday afternoon.