Koozhangal (Pebbles) was unanimously picked by the jury members as India’s But somehow, these eloquent ramblings end with infighting over India’s submissions. The discourse is equally tiring, for it invariably begins with divided opinions on how the Oscars are just a PR machinery and not an ultimate test of standard for international cinema.

It is a testament to an empty gabfest, since most of these are pointless with seldom positive outcomes.Īlso Read | Get ‘First Day First Show’, our weekly newsletter from the world of cinema, in your inbox. Koozhangal was also screened at the Kyiv Molodist Film Festival in Ukraine and at the prestigious Shanghai International Film Festival.Every year, during the interval preceding the Academy Awards, the discourse you will find on social media, especially among film writers and filmmakers, paints a pretty grim picture about the urgency to be appropriated by the West. The film also bagged the Tiger Award at the International Film Festival of Rotterdam earlier this year, making it the first Tamil film to win the award. Koozhangal has been nominated as India’s official entry to the Oscars in 2022, and is produced and presented by actor Nayanthara and director Vignesh Shivan.

This time, the Spirit Awards show is slated to be held on March 7, 2022.

The Spirit Awards are among the most prestigious award shows in the US and the ceremony is typically held a day before the Academy Awards show. Other nominees under the category include Finnish director Juho Kuosmanen’s film Compartment No 6, Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Japanese film Drive My Car, Spanish film Parallel Mothers directed by Pedro Almodóvar and starring Penelope Cruz, French film Petite Maman directed by Céline Sciamma, and Mexican film Prayers For The Stolen directed by Tatiana Huezo.

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