Despite the tremendous opinions Anikulapo has obtained in nations round the sector considering that its ultimate, the Nigerian Official Selection Committee (NOSC) for the Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) did no longer approve of it being nominated for the 2023 Academy Awards.
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Kunle Afolayan expressed his unhappiness together with his movie’s rejection on Instagram, writing, “I am so thrilled and overjoyed that the entire international has determined to tag ANIKULAPO movie a masterpiece even though the Nigeria Oscar selection committee thinks it isn’t always really worth submitting for the Oscars.” Will retain to accomplish that.
The Nigeria Oscars committee, led via Chineze Anyaene-Abonyi and in charge of submitting a Nigerian film to the Oscars’ International Feature Film (IFF) category, has now discovered why Anikulapo turned into now not ordinary.
According to a source close to the committee, NOSC’s choice to feature “No Film is Eligible” as a vote casting category cost Nigeria the possibility to have a film submitted for Oscar attention.
“While Eleshin Oba acquired 5 votes, Anikulapo and King of Thieves each obtained one vote.”
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“However, eight individuals of the 15-member committee voted for “No Film is Eligible,” a ordinary category that ensured none of the films made it to the Oscars, according to the source,”
