BluntBoy:


English is allowed, but the indigenous language should be used far more. So the Oscar is not against English dialogue in foreign movies. It is just against using too much English.

The criteria is fair.

there is nothing like “the indigenous language” in Nigeria oga. That’s my point. We have over 500 native languages in Nigeria. Which do we pick? Or are you suggesting we incorporate all our spoken native languages into one movie? Won’t that cause confusion to you?

Ajibade123:
king of boys nko... that one nko

Or mokalik

Don't you know this people value African culture ..it is more to us if we promote our culture...look at the Asians, dey speak their language..

naptu2:


I'm going to try and summarise what I've been saying for more than 20 years.

I do not consider the Academy Awards (Oscars) and the Grammy Awards to be international awards. They are American national awards.

The thing is that American culture is the dominant culture across the world, so people mistake them for international awards.

The people who vote for these awards are members of American academies.

They do not want any movie that can in any way compete with American movies in the Best Foreign Language category.

That's why the criteria are that:

1) The movie must be in a language that is foreign to Americans.

2) Most of the crew of the film (the director, producer, editor, etc) must be foreigners (they must not be Americans)

And

3) The funding for the movie must primarily be from foreign sources.

true. I agree with this. They only include the foreign category to satisfy their fake sense of inclusitivity and ‘diversity’. They don’t really want to see us compete with them.

naptu2:


I'm going to try and summarise what I've been saying for more than 20 years.

I do not consider the Academy Awards (Oscars) and the Grammy Awards to be international awards. They are American national awards.

The thing is that American culture is the dominant culture across the world, so people mistake them for international awards.

The people who vote for these awards are members of American academies.

They do not want any movie that can in any way compete with American movies in the Best Foreign Language category.

That's why the criteria are that:

1) The movie must be in a language that is foreign to Americans.

2) Most of the crew of the film (the director, producer, editor, etc) must be foreigners (they must not be Americans)

And

3) The funding for the movie must primarily be from foreign sources.

Then I wonder why Africans are wailing over an award meant for Americans

They need to reframe then.

majamajic:



the film is not from Nigerian !!!


many here do not read the news content

i was just SMH when reading through
Nigerians and oversabi

this Joy na good movie.

Abeg anyone knows correct movie or series I can see on netflix? I wanted to watch power but could nt. A friend said its becos I was using Nigerian account.

Rules are rules!

slyfoxxjoe:
there is nothing like “the indigenous language” in Nigeria oga. That’s my point. We have over 500 native languages in Nigeria. Which do we pick? Or are you suggesting we incorporate all our spoken native languages into one movie? Won’t that cause confusion to you?

There is a board that selects movies for each country.

Every year, this board sends out invitations to film makers and directors to send in their movies. This board then makes a unanimous decision on what film to send as their country's representative movie.

So, if you have a movie in Efik and it is properly produced with great and unambiguous English subtitle, you are welcome to submit it to the board.

slyfoxxjoe:
Nigeria’s official language is English. Why do they think we all speak some Zulu language here?

the organizers say they need movies in foreign language (not english). their award, their rule. shey u understand

toprealman:
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Neddstark:
This is getting irritating. Dont we Nigerians read? We know we cannot compete on the average movie categories, so we opt for the international category. Unfortunately, the international category has strong rules of the language of communication not being majorly in English. When the movies eventually get rejected, we now claim racism. Why are African themed movies like The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind not going for international feature film category?

I tire for my fellow Nigerians. The rules are very clear...just follow the damn rules and stop claiming victim.

sonature1:


I noticed that most Nigerian films made in our local languages are low-budget flicks with terrible translations.

The reason is probably that they don't get the attention, hype and revenue that the English-themed movies get.

So, I am guessing that the day an Igbo, Hausa or Yoruba movie is submitted to the Oscars, it will be disqualified at once.

Unless they will start making films in our local languages with great budget in the hopes of snagging an Oscar plaque.

Your observations are poignant I must say. Producers are not ready to invest substantial funds into such genres because the audience is restricted. The chances of recouping on the investment is quite negligible.

maynation:
I think the criterion is obviously fair enough.

No English-speaking movie deserves this award, no need going haywire over this.

EXACTLY!

operandus:
Let them continue blowing grammar with no local content, we want to be more english than the English. ......mtcheew

I tire o. Lol

kay29000:


I tire for my fellow Nigerians. The rules are very clear...just follow the damn rules and stop claiming victim.

This isn't a Nigerian film. It's an Austrian film about Nigerian prostitutes in Austria. It was submitted by Austria, not Nigeria.

popsy2:


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respond here.....charges for NGO registration?

popsy2:


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toprealman:
respond here.....charges for NGO registration?

Err, I think he needs to respond on another thread and he can mention your username there. Both of you are derailing this thread (see rule 1).

This is an Austrian movie. Couldn't they base it on Austrian prostitutes? ... I hope their prostitutes picket their film board for neglecting them in favour of foreign Nigerian prostitutes.
On Lionheart being rejected..... didn't they know the rules? I want to believe they knew... but went ahead anyway with the we would explain attitude.

Most of the Prostitutes cannot speak their native language well. They are all from that region

what happened to king of boys?
the movie is great and the language is in our local language (Yoruba, Hausa and a little igbo)

skyhighweb:
they says its being rejected for too much english, abi u no sabi read in English ni?

What is this cockloving dude saying?

thatigboman:
the organizers say they need movies in foreign language (not english). their award, their rule. shey u understand

of course. I’m just saying it’s a stupid rule. They can do whatever they want.

Neddstark:
This is getting irritating. Dont we Nigerians read? We know we cannot compete on the average movie categories, so we opt for the international category. Unfortunately, the international category has strong rules of the language of communication not being majorly in English. When the movies eventually get rejected, we now claim racism. Why are African themed movies like "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" not going for international feature film category? Didn't African-themed "Last King of Scotland" win an oscar for best actor in the past?

Just to point out: The boy who harnessed the wind is the UK's submission in that film category. I'm guessing it's because English is the official language. The official language in Nigeria too is English hence the confusion on the basis for disqualification.

naptu2:


This isn't a Nigerian film. It's an Austrian film about Nigerian prostitutes in Austria. It was submitted by Austria, not Nigeria.

I know, but referring to the Genevieve situation.

seanwilliam:
Dem full nairaland, awon wole shoyinka

i tell u

dem carry English 4 head

Neddstark:


What is this cockloving dude saying?

i dont know, wanna put two dicks in ur mouth and ask me again, u slowpoke?

popsy2:
Nawa o. We have a thousand and one Igbo,Yoruba, Hausa etc movies that we could have submitted.

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Those Igbo,Yoruba, Hausa etc movies still have a lot to improve on.

Too much drama...

[quote author=popsy2 post=83949616]Nawa o. We have a thousand and one Igbo,Yoruba, Hausa etc movies that we could have submitted.

those one thousand and one films you talked about are not good enough for a local award let alone Oscar. especially their errors in subtitling. They murder English in their subtitles like no tomorrow

To Nigerians, originality is a big issue, they like to copy anything foreign, so also their language.