The National Cinematography Center (CNC) announced this Wednesday the five films preselected to represent France at the 2024 Oscars. “Anatomy of a Fall”, which won the Palme d’Or this year, is part of the list.
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Golden Palm Anatomy of a fall, The Passion of Dodin Bouffant Or On the black paths are among the five films in the running to represent France at the 2024 Oscars, the National Cinematography Center (CNC) announced on Wednesday.
The choice between these films in order to know which of them will represent France at the prestigious prize must be made following a commission between producers, international sellers and the American distributors of each preselected film, which must be held on 21 september. This year, one director – the winner of the 2023 Palme d’Or, Justine Triet – and four directors are in the running.
Films presented at Cannes
Four of these films (Anatomy of a fall by Justine Triet, Drop of gold by Clément Cogitore, The Passion of Dodin Bouffant – prize for directing – by Tran Anh Hung and The Animal Kingdom by Thomas Cailley) were presented at the Cannes Film Festival. The fifth film in the selection is On the black paths by Denis Imbert, with Jean Dujardin. It exceeded one million spectators at the box office.
Last year, the film Saint-Omer, a double award-winner at the Venice Film Festival and directed by Alice Diop, was chosen to represent France at the Oscars. The last French film to win the Oscar for Best International Film was Indochina by Régis Wargnier, in 1993. Titanium by Julia Ducournau, French representative in 2022, had not been preselected by the Academy of Oscars.