Ukraine’s Oscar contender is the film La Palisade about the 90s
10 September 2024 02:54
Ukraine will be represented at the Oscars by the film La Palisade directed by Philip Sotnychenko. This was announced by the Ukrainian Oscar Committee, "Komersant Ukrainian" reports
“The committee members reviewed the submitted films in detail, the discussion was heated and constructive. As a result of the voting, the film La Palisade was chosen as a contender. We wish the film every success in the Oscar race!” said Dmytro Sukholytkyi-Sobchuk, the committee’s chairman.
The authors describe the film as a post-Soviet ironic detective story. The events take place in 1996. Five months before the introduction of the moratorium on the death penalty, two old friends – a police detective and a forensic psychiatrist – are investigating the murder of their colleague.
Once upon a time, they were both in love with the victim’s widow. Immersed in a tangled case and long-forgotten memories, they create a future for their children to live in, inheriting their parents’ unfulfilled aspirations.
“La Palisade won awards at the Turin, Vilnius and Rotterdam film festivals.
In addition to La Palisiade , three other films were submitted for Oscars : “The House of the Word. An Endless Novel by Taras Tomenko, We Were Recruits by Lubomyr Levytskyi and Peaceful People by Oksana Karpovych.
The nominees will be announced on 17 January. The award ceremony will take place on 3 March. In 2024, Ukrainian director Mstislav Chernov’s film 20 Days in Mariupol won the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature
