2018, India’s Official Entry Out of Oscar 2024 Race

Mumbai: 2018, the Malayalam blockbuster, which was India’s official entry to Oscar 2024, failed to secure a spot among the final 15 films in the International Feature Film category. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences released shortlists in 10 categories.

2018 is a Jude Anthany Joseph-directed survival drama about the Kerala floods in 2018.

The films, selected by the Academy in the International Feature Film category are Amerikatsi (Armenia), The Monk and the Gun (Bhutan); The Promised Land (Denmark); Fallen Leaves (Finland); The Taste of Things (France); The Teachers’ Lounge (Germany); Godland (Iceland), lo Capitano (Italy), Perfect Days (Japan), Totem (Mexico), The Mother of All Lies (Morocco), Society of the Snow (Spain), Four Daughters (Tunisia), 20 Days in Mariupol (Ukraine) and The Zone of Interest (United Kingdom).

But in the Documentary Feature category, a film based on the Jharkhand gangrape case has been selected. This documentary named ‘To Kill a Tiger’, is made by Toronto-based director Nisha Pahuja.

The Oscars 2024 shortlists include movies that can officially compete but it does not guarantee that the film will advance in the final nominations of the Academy Awards, which will be announced on January 23.

Since Lagaan in 2002, no Indian entry has secured a nomination for Best International Feature Film at the Oscars. In the past, Nargis’ Mother India and Mira Nair’s Salaam Bombay made it to the final five.

The 96th Academy Awards will be held on March 10, 2024, at Los Angeles’ Dolly Theatre.