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NOSC Reports ‘No Submission’ As Nigerian Films Fail To Meet Oscar Eligibility Criteria
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NOSC Reports ‘No Submission’ As Nigerian Films Fail To Meet Oscar Eligibility Criteria 

The IFF qualifying requirements were not successfully met by three non-English language films that supposedly made the finals.

By Omotayo Olutekunbi

Nigeria has withdrawn from the competition for the 2023 Academy Awards, according to NOSC, the nation’s official selection body for the Academy of Motion Picture, Arts and Sciences.

The NOSC chairwoman, Chineze Anyaene-Abonyi, stated that the committee was sorry to announce that it had been unable to discover a qualified entry.

The 15-member community was unable to agree on three competing titles as a result of their voting habits, according to a statement signed by Abonyi.

Although the committee received three epic films following its call for submissions in August, it turned out that none of them will advance to the next stage owing to the voting patterns of members,” an excerpt of the statement reads per The Punch. The committee delivered a ‘no film eligibility’ verdict on September 3, 2022.

The committee oversees Nigerian applications each year and selects the finest ones for the international feature film category, which was established by the Academy to honor films from throughout the world.

Since the NOSC committee last presented a potential Oscar candidate in 2020 with Desmond Obviagele’s “The Milkmaid,” this will be the second consecutive “non-eligibility” decision.

After several weeks of discussion, the committee declared there will be no submission in October 2021. Before the NOSC decision, Kunle Afolayan and Mo Abudu announced that their non-English films, “Anikulapo” and “Elesin Oba,” would have a limited theatrical run.

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