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LONDON, Feb 19 (Reuters) – The German remake of the anti-war classic “All Quiet on the Western Front” won the country’s top industry award on Sunday. Britain It leads the contenders at the Academy Film Awards.
The Netflix drama, based on German author Erich Maria Remarque’s 1928 novel about the horrors of World War I from the perspective of a young German soldier, has 14 nominations.
It will compete for the night’s top prize – best film – with the dark comedy ‘Inisher’s Banshees’, the biopic ‘Elvis’, ‘All at once’ and the musical drama ‘Tar’.
Volker Bertelmann, pianist and composer nominated for the original score of All Quiet on the Western Front, said, “I was very impressed by the reactions we had with the film in German at many Q&As abroad.” Reuters on the red carpet.
“I… always hoped that this movie would communicate in some way.”
“Banshees” and “Everywhere” each, about two hostile friends on a remote island off the coast of Ireland 10 has a nomination.
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The latter’s Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert were named best filmmakers of 2022 at the Directors Guild of America awards on Saturday.
Banshees’ Colin Farrell trying to reconnect with his daughter sick Competition in the leading actor category is tight, with Brendan Fraser in The Whale playing an obese man and Austin Butler playing Elvis. Presley in the movie Elvis.
Michelle Yeoh, who has already won awards for her portrayal of a laundromat unexpectedly introduced to an alternate multiverse in Everything Everywhere, and Cate Blanchett, who plays a gay conductor of a Berlin orchestra whose career collapses due to an abuse scandal, are the two favorites for the lead actress award in Tár.
“Sometimes it really happens, and sometimes we wonder if it’s really happening, and then (I’m) very happy for everyone involved,” Yeoh told Reuters of his film’s strong start so far in the awards season.
One person not attending BAFTA is Bulgarian investigative journalist Hristo Grozev, who was featured in the documentary Navalny, about imprisoned Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny.
Grozev, who was wanted by Russia in December, said on Twitter on Friday that he and his family had been “banned from participation by British police”.
“The reason was given: we ‘represent a public safety risk,'” he said.
In response, the London Metropolitan Police “the police does not and cannot prohibit anyone from attending a private event,” he said, adding that decisions about attendance rest with event organizers.
“We cannot comment on an individual’s safety or the advice they have been given,” he said.
“However, the situation facing journalists around the world and the fact that some journalists face hostile intentions of foreign countries while in Great Britain is a reality that worries us completely.”
Jane Millichip, chief executive of BAFTA, said that although Grosev will not attend the ceremony, the film’s nominated producers will.
Reporting by Marie-Louise Gumuchian; Added by Sarah Mills report; Edited by Barbara Lewis
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2023-02-19 22:16:11
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