Oscar nominations

Arts

Takeaways from the Oscar nominations: heavy hitters rewarded, plus some surprises

12:38pm January 23, 2024

by Linda Holmes

Oppenheimer led all films with 13 nominations. Barbie's Greta Gerwig was overlooked for best director. Many first-time actors were recognized, and international films performed well.

Islam Mubarak as Sakina in You Will Die at Twenty, the first Sudanese film submitted for an Academy Award.

'You Will Die At Twenty' Is Sudan's First Ever Academy Awards Entry

5:27am February 08, 2021

by Neda Ulaby

The film is first Sudanese feature made in 20 years, and only the seventh ever to come from the country. It's being submitted for consideration for the Oscar for Best International Feature Film.

Parvana runs through a street market in the trailer for "The Breadwinner".

Health & Safety

If Afghanistan Ran The Oscars, 'The Breadwinner' Would Triumph

12:10pm March 03, 2018

by Ruchi Kumar

Afghan viewers have fallen in love with the Oscar-nominated animated film, which follows the story of a young girl who dresses like a boy to support her family under Taliban rule.

Master guitar maker Arnulfo Rubio Orozco holds up his latest project. It's taken him a month to craft this guitar with pearl accents and wood from southern Mexico.

A Town In Mexico Sees Guitar Sales Soar Thanks To The Movie 'Coco'

12:06am February 17, 2018

by Carrie Kahn

The town of Paracho is celebrating after its onetime resident helped design the guitar featured in the hit Disney-Pixar movie, and now it can't keep up with orders for the instrument.

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Khaleed Khateeb, 21, was the videographer for the Netflix documentary The White Helmets. "This photo was after double tap of aircraft on July 27, 2014," he says, referring to an airstrike followed by another attack. "I don't know how I survived."

Health & Safety

Young Syrian Risked His Life To Film Oscar-Nominated Doc

2:51pm January 24, 2017

by Maanvi Singh

He began posting videos of rescue missions on YouTube — and ended up working as a videographer for the Oscar-nominated 'The White Helmets.'

In the movie, the cattle herder Kidane (center, played by Ibrahim Ahmed) and his family live in a tent in the mountains near Timbuktu.

Director Of Oscar-Nommed 'Timbuktu' Found A Star In A Refugee Camp

7:03am February 22, 2015

by Rena Silverman

A 12-year-old girl followed him everywhere. And she got the part. Abderrahmane Sissako tells what it's like to make a reality-based movie in Mauritania.