Thursday, October 28, 2021

MTFB Oscar Take Updated: Screenplays / International Feature Race: Russia / A Peek at 2022

MTFB OSCAR TAKE UPDATED: SCREENPLAYS



Here's your latest Oscar predictions for Screenplay writing from MTFB.  These categories were last updated here on Oct. 14th.  TFF #48 films are in Bold.


ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

1) Belfast (1)
2) Licorice Pizza (2)
3) C'mon C'mon (4)
4) King Richard (3)
5) Don't Look Up (5)

Alternates: Mass and Spencer


ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

1) The Power of the Dog (1)
2) Nightmare Alley (2)
3) The Lost Daughter (3)
4) CODA (4)
5) The Tragedy of Macbeth (5)

Alternates: Dune and West Side Story


INERNATIONAL FEATURE RACE: RUSSIA




The Hollywood Reporter, among others, revealed that Russia has chosen TFF #48 selection Unclenching the Fists from director Kira Kovalenko as its official submission for consideration in International Feature Oscar race.

Unclenching the Fists joins three other TTF #48 films that have been previously announced for consideration.  Those films are Asghar Farhadi's A Hero from Iran, Paolo Sorrentino's The Hand of God from Italy and Jonas Poher Rasmussen's Flee from Denmark.



A PEEK AT 2022




Just this week Jordan Ruimy at World of Reel posted a speculative list of films that could be released and make a splash in what he calls "a landmark year for movies.

I took a gander at the list and landed on a few that seem like possible TFF #49 selections largely based on the director and past associations with TFF.  They include:

Damien Chazelle's Babylon
Noah Baumbach's White Noise
Kelly Reichardt's Owl
Alejandro Inarrito's Bardo
Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio
Florian Zeller's The Son
The Dardennes' Tori et Lokita

Other films are expected from directors that have made an appearance at Telluride at least once including: The Way of the Wind (Malick), Women Talking (Polley), Tar (Field), The Whale (Aronofsky), Crimes of the Future (Cronenberg), The Zone of Interest (Glazer), Poor Things (Lanthimos), Amsterdam (Russell), Asteroid City (W. Anderson), The Killer (Fincher and, of course, Killers of the Flower Moon (Scorsese)




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