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December 7, 2022
Academy announces Animated, Documentary, and International Feature Films Eligible for 95th Oscars
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LOS ANGELES, CA - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced feature films eligible for consideration in the Animated Feature Film, Documentary Feature Film, and International Feature Film categories for the 95th Academy Awards.
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Twenty-seven features are eligible for consideration in the Animated Feature Film category for the 95th Academy Awards. Some of the films have not yet had their required qualifying release and must fulfill that requirement and comply with all the category’s other qualifying rules to advance in the voting process.
Short Films and Feature Animation Branch members are automatically eligible to vote in the category. Academy members outside of the Short Films and Feature Animation Branch are invited to opt-in to participate. They must meet a minimum viewing requirement to be eligible to vote in the category. Films submitted in the Animated Feature Film category also qualify for Academy Awards in other categories, including Best Picture.
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM
One hundred forty-four features are eligible for consideration in the Documentary Feature Film category for the 95th Academy Awards. Some of the films have not yet had their required qualifying release and must fulfill that requirement and comply with all the category’s other qualifying rules to advance in the voting process.
Members of the Documentary Branch vote to determine the shortlist and the nominees. The Academy will announce the shortlist of 15 films on Wednesday, December 21, 2022.
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
Ninety-two countries have submitted films that are eligible for consideration in the International Feature Film category for the 95th Academy Awards.
An international feature film is a feature-length motion picture (more than 40 minutes) produced outside the United States with a predominantly (more than 50%) non-English dialogue track. Uganda is a first-time entrant.
Academy members from all branches are invited to opt-in to participate in the preliminary round of voting. They must meet a minimum viewing requirement to be eligible to vote in the category. The Academy will announce the shortlist of 15 films on Wednesday, December 21, 2022.
• Films Eligible for Consideration in the International Feature Films Category
— Listed in Alphabetical Order by Country
- Albania, “A Cup of Coffee and New Shoes On”
- Algeria, “Our Brothers”
- Argentina, “Argentina, 1985”
- Armenia, “Aurora’s Sunrise”
- Australia, “You Won’t Be Alone”
- Austria, “Corsage”
- Azerbaijan, “Creators”
- Bangladesh, “Hawa”
- Belgium, “Close”
- Bolivia, “Utama”
- Bosnia and Herzegovina, “A Ballad”
- Brazil, “Mars One”
- Bulgaria, “In the Heart of the Machine”
- Cambodia, “Return to Seoul”
- Cameroon, “The Planters Plantation”
- Canada, “Eternal Spring”
- Chile, “Blanquita”
- China, “Nice View”
- Colombia, “The Kings of the World”
- Costa Rica, “Domingo and the Mist”
- Croatia, “Safe Place”
- Czech Republic, “Il Boemo”
- Denmark, “Holy Spider”
- Dominican Republic, “Bantú Mama”
- Ecuador, “Lo Invisible”
- Estonia, “Kalev”
- Finland, “Girl Picture”
- France, “Saint Omer”
- Georgia, “A Long Break”
- Germany, “All Quiet on the Western Front”
- Greece, “Magnetic Fields”
- Guatemala, “The Silence of the Mole”
- Hong Kong, “Where the Wind Blows”
- Hungary, “Blockade”
- Iceland, “Beautiful Beings”
- India, “Last Film Show”
- Indonesia, “Missing Home”
- Iran, “World War III”
- Iraq, “The Exam”
- Ireland, “The Quiet Girl”
- Israel, “Cinema Sabaya”
- Italy, “Nostalgia”
- Japan, “Plan 75”
- Jordan, “Farha”
- Kazakhstan, “Life”
- Kenya, “TeraStorm”
- Kosovo, “Looking for Venera”
- Kyrgyzstan, “Home for Sale”
- Latvia, “January”
- Lebanon, “Memory Box”
- Lithuania, “Pilgrims”
- Luxembourg, “Icarus”
- Mexico, “Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths”
- Moldova, “Carbon”
- Mongolia, “Harvest Moon”
- Montenegro, “The Elegy of Laurel”
- Morocco, “The Blue Caftan”
- Nepal, “Butterfly on a Windowpane”
- Netherlands, “Narcosis”
- New Zealand, “Muru”
- North Macedonia, “The Happiest Man in the World”
- Norway, “War Sailor”
- Pakistan, “Joyland”
- Palestine, “Mediterranean Fever”
- Panama, “Birthday Boy”
- Paraguay, “Eami”
- Peru, “Moon Heart”
- Philippines, “On the Job: The Missing 8”
- Poland, “EO”
- Portugal, “Alma Viva”
- Romania, “Imaculat”
- Saudi Arabia, “Raven Song”
- Senegal, “Xalé”
- Serbia, “Darkling”
- Singapore, “Ajoomma”
- Slovakia, “Victim”
- Slovenia, “Orchestra”
- South Korea, “Decision to Leave”
- Spain, “Alcarrà s”
- Sweden, “Cairo Conspiracy”
- Switzerland, “A Piece of Sky”
- Taiwan, “Goddamned Asura”
- Tanzania, “Tug of War”
- Thailand, “One for the Road”
- Tunisia, “Under the Fig Trees”
- Turkey, “Kerr”
- Uganda, “Tembele”
- Ukraine, “Klondike”
- United Kingdom, “Winners”
- Uruguay, “The Employer and the Employee”
- Venezuela, “The Box”
- Vietnam, “578: Magnum”
Nominations for the 95th Academy Awards will be announced on Tuesday, January 24, 2023.
The 95th Oscars will take place on Sunday, March 12, 2023, at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood and will be televised live on ABC and in more than 200 territories worldwide.
Source: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
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TIME Names the 2022 Person of the Year: Volodymyr Zelensky and the Spirit of Ukraine
Photo: 2022 TIME Person of the Year: Volodymyr Zelensky and the Spirit of Ukraine. Image provided by TIME.
NEW YORK, December 7, 2022 — Today, TIME named Volodymyr Zelensky and the Spirit of Ukraine as the 2022 Person of the Year.
The cover story is by TIME’s Simon Shuster. He spent nine months reporting on the invasion, during which Zelensky and his team granted him unparalleled access to work inside the presidential compound.
In his letter to readers, TIME Editor-in-Chief Edward Felsenthal writes, “This year’s choice was the most clear-cut in memory. Whether the battle for Ukraine fills one with hope or fear, the world marched to Volodymyr Zelensky’s beat in 2022. In the weeks after Russian bombs began falling on February 24, his decision not to flee Kyiv but to stay and rally support was fateful. After his first 40-second Instagram post on February 25, Ukraine’s president was everywhere. His information offensive shifted the geoÂpolitical weather system, setting off a wave of action that swept the globe.”
Felsenthal continues, “The impact of this story on 2022 is the essence of what Person of the Year was designed to capture, the idea that fateful events on the global stage are shaped—for better and worse—by the talents, priorities, fears, and quirks of individual human beings… For proving that courage can be as contagious as fear, stirring people and nations to come together in defense of freedom, and reminding the world of the fragility of democracy-and of peace, Volodymyr Zelensky and the spirit of Ukraine are TIME’s 2022 Person of the Year.”
• TIME also named the 2022 Athlete, Entertainer, Icon, Heroes, Innovator, and Breakthrough Artist of the Year:
HEROES OF THE YEAR
— The Women of Iran
INNOVATORS OF THE YEAR
— The NASA team who built the James Webb Space Telescope
ATHLETE OF THE YEAR
— Aaron Judge
ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
— Blackpink
ICON OF THE YEAR
— Michelle Yeoh
BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST OF THE YEAR
— Mickey Guyton
The “December 26, 2022 - January 9, 2023, Person of the Year Issue” of TIME goes on sale on Friday, December 16, 2022.
On December 8, TIME will host a reception featuring meaningful conversations with leaders whose impact defined 2022 at the Plaza Hotel in New York City.
Source: TIME
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Chandigarh University launches Mobile Science Bus; aims to cover 100% of Schools in Chandigarh.
Investment in science will lead the nation to become self-reliant in technology, says Chancellor Satnam Singh Sandhu, Chandigarh University.
Chandigarh University launches Science Bus in collaboration with the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India.
Photo: Adviser to Chandigarh Administrator, Mr. Dharam Pal, took a tour of the newly inaugurated Mobile Science Bus. Chandigarh University Chancellor, Mr. Satnam Singh Sandhu, and Ms. Purva Garg IAS, Education Secretary, Chandigarh Administration, accompanied him.
CHANDIGARH, India, December 7, 2022 — With a mission to motivate students to choose sciences as a career after schooling, Chandigarh University launched a Mobile Science Bus today. It is equipped with state-of-the-art research and practical-lab facilities that can help students perform advanced practices that are part of their course curriculum. The Science bus project is of the Government of India’s Mobile Science Exhibitions (MSE) mission. It is a joint effort of Chandigarh University and the Department of Science and Technology (DST). The inauguration ceremony was presided over by the Adviser to Chandigarh Administrator, Mr. Dharam Pal (IAS), along with Mr. Harsuhinder Pal Singh Brar (PCS), Director of School Education Chandigarh; Mr. Satnam Singh Sandhu, Chancellor of Chandigarh University; Ms. Purva Garg, Education Secretary Chandigarh; and Mr. Rajeev Kumar, Principal, Govt. Model Senior Secondary School Sector-22 Chandigarh.
The science bus, designed with modern equipment and relevant facilities worth one crore, aims at covering all the schools across the union territory of Chandigarh. A team of 20 faculty members will lead the bus. In addition, four research scientists from Chandigarh University will be on the bus. The bus will showcase projects and help students perform more than 150 experiments from up to Class 12 in Physics, Chemistry, and Biology, along with providing information about various devices, tools, and developments in the sector. The bus carries additional kits for students to perform experiments. A multimedia projector screen is also present for conducting experiments in a group.
Mr. Dharam Pal, Adviser to Chandigarh Administrator, said, “This Science Bus will become a milestone in school education and learning as it will reach out to every student where they can perform science practicals to enhance their learning. Some government schools in the periphery of Chandigarh are still establishing laboratory infrastructure. Hence, the Science Bus designed by Chandigarh University will reach their doorstep. The Department of Education, Union Territory of Chandigarh, will also help in this project by sending their teachers for training in new technology to get equipped with the skills needed to teach the students.”
Chancellor Satnam Singh Sandhu said, “The bus aims to cover all schools in Chandigarh within six months. Starting December 7, the bus will visit the model schools in Sectors 20 and 35 of Chandigarh, followed by the government schools in rural areas.”
Source: Chandigarh University
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