{"id":5634,"date":"2017-11-23T15:28:28","date_gmt":"2017-11-23T13:28:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=5634"},"modified":"2017-11-23T15:28:56","modified_gmt":"2017-11-23T13:28:56","slug":"inxeba-looks-to-be-strong-contender-in-oscar-race-for-foreign-film-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2017\/11\/23\/inxeba-looks-to-be-strong-contender-in-oscar-race-for-foreign-film-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Inxeba Looks To Be Strong Contender In Oscar\u00ae Race For Foreign Film Award"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"AwardsWatch, which tracks and predicts the nominees and winners of the entertainment industry\u2019s biggest awards, the Oscars\u00ae, has given South Africa film \u2018Inxeba\u2019 an 80% chance of winning the Foreign Language Film race, stating, \u201cThe film will be able to stand out from the pack and it also has many elements in its favour: diversity, a world rarely seen, an important and shocking narrative and powerful drama. It represents what voters love: a film that goes deeply local to offer a story of global resonance.\u201d It goes on to say that the film explores both psychological and physical wounds with great artistry and sensitivity.<\/p>\n

A record 92 films are vying for the Oscars\u00ae foreign language film nominations. The Academy\u00a0\u00a0 Awards\u00ae season screenings in Los Angeles are currently underway with \u2018Inxeba\u2019 (The Wound) screening at the Landmark Theatre in Pico Boulevard, the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica, Soho House in West Hollywood, and Soho House in New York, among others. Official screenings of the film for the 75th Golden Globe Awards also take place between now and early December.<\/p>\n

In an interview with entertainment news blog Deadline Hollywood, director John Trengove explained that the film is about a rite of passage into manhood through a specific and meaningful cultural practice. \u201cWhen we first started speaking about the possibility of making a queer South African film, people like Robert Mugabe were saying that homosexuality is un-African and threatens traditional culture. That\u2019s why it was important for us to bring these two strands together in the film. It\u2019s more than a queer love story; it also investigates issues of hypermasculinity.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the same interview, Niza Jay, who plays the role of Kwanda, an initiate who challenges the notion of tradition, said the film will have a long lifespan given all the issues it speaks to, particularly those of masculinity and manhood which are close to his heart. \u201cI knew I had to be involved from the moment I auditioned for the role,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The film\u2019s journey to the Oscars\u00ae began with a hugely successful world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, and was followed by its European premiere as the opening film on the Panorama programme at the 67th Berlinale in Germany.<\/p>\n

\u201cLike South Africa\u2019s 2006 Oscar\u00ae winner \u2018Tsotsi\u2019, \u2018Inxeba\u2019 has picked up a string of awards,\u201d says Helen Kuun, MD of Indigenous Film Distribution, which is distributing the film in South Africa. \u201cMost notably, the majority have been best film and audience awards, as was the case with \u2018Tsotsi\u2019. A key nod was Best First Feature Award at the BFI London Film Festival. These industry awards have become Oscar\u00ae precursors, with many going on to win at the Oscars\u00ae too. The global response to the film has been very exciting and bodes well for the upcoming awards season.\u201d<\/p>\n

Variety also mentioned \u2018Inxeba\u2019 (The Wound) in a recent article focused on awards season contenders stating, \u201cIt\u2019s among the strongest of multiple LGBT-themed foreign-language submissions this year: its intersectional view of racial and sexual identity, combined with its masculinity-in-crisis drama, make it one to watch for a nomination.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 92 films competing for the Oscar\u00ae will be cut to a shortlist of nine before Christmas, with announcement of the 5 nominations following in late January 2018.<\/p>\n

In South Africa, viewers will be able participate by voting for or against the film at People\u2019s Choice screenings hosted by TimesLive in Johannesburg and Cape Town in early December. These screenings will coincide with screenings to AMPAS\u00ae members in Hollywood. The official Golden Globe Fraternity screening will coincide with a showing of \u2018Inxeba\u2019 hosted by The Other Foundation at the Kopano Regional Conference, Freedom Park in Pretoria on 26 November. A second showing will take place in Durban at the KwaMashu Community Advancement Project on 6 December.<\/p>\n

\u2018Inxeba\u2019 (The Wound) is releasing in cinemas in South Africa on 2 February 2018, shortly after the official five nominations for Best Foreign Language Film 2018 are announced by the Academy\u00ae in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

AwardsWatch, which tracks and predicts the nominees and winners of the entertainment industry\u2019s biggest awards, the Oscars\u00ae, has given South Africa film \u2018Inxeba\u2019 an 80% chance of winning the Foreign Language Film race, stating, \u201cThe film will be able to stand out from the pack and it also has many elements in its favour: diversity,… Continue reading Inxeba Looks To Be Strong Contender In Oscar\u00ae Race For Foreign Film Award<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[32],"class_list":["post-5634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-awards","tag-oscars","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5634\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}