Genevieve Nnaji’s ‘Lionheart’ joins 92 other films to fight for an
Oscar a year after it premiered at the Toronto International Film
Festival.
Nollywood’s representative at the upcoming 2020 Oscars, ‘Lionheart’
has been nominated alongside 92 other movies for the award.
‘Lionheart’ was premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film
Festival on September 9, 2019, and joins the 93 films that will be
struggling to get their first Oscars on February 9, 2020, at the Dolby
Theatre in Los Angeles, U.S.
The 93 entries for the category ahead of the 92nd Academy Awards is an
increase of six new films against the 2019’s award which had 87
submissions for the same category.
Genevieve Nnaji has made history as the first Nigerian filmmaker to
make it to Oscars with a film submission.
From Africa, Genevieve Nnaji’s ‘Lionheart’ is joined by nine other
films – Kwanbena Gyansah’s ‘Azali’ from Ghana; Mounia Meddour’s
‘Papicha’ from Algeria; Fawzi Saleh’s ‘Poisonous Roses’ from Egypt;
Jan Philipp Weyl’s ‘Running Against the wind’ from Ethiopia; Ravneet
Chadha’s ‘Subira’ from Kenya; Maryam Touzani’s ‘Adam’ from Morocco;
Mati Diop’s ‘Atlantics’ from Senegal; Jahmil XT Qubeka’s ‘Knuckle
City’ from South Africa; and Mohamed Ben Attia’s ‘Dear Son’ from
Tunisia.
84 other films are from Americas with 15 submissions, Oceania with 1
submission, Asia with 23 submissions, Europe with 40 submissions, the
UK with 1 submission, Malaysia, Honduras, and China with 1 submission
each.
