Ukraine will submit Mykhailo Ilienko's film Firecrosser to the U.S. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as a contender for an Oscar in the category of Best Foreign Language Film, the Dzerkalo Tyzhnia Newspaper wrote on Wednesday, Sept. 5.
According to the newspaper, this decision was taken on September 5 by
the Ukrainian Oscar Committee of the Association of Producers of
Ukraine.
The film submitted by Ukraine is to be considered and approved by the
academy (Los Angeles, United States) for subsequent selection among
films from other countries by October 1.
The nominees in all 24 categories (there will be five contenders in
the “Foreign Language Film category this year) will be announced on
January 15, 2013.
The 85th Academy Awards ceremony will be held on February 24, 2013 in the Hollywood and Highland Center in Los Angeles.
Firecrosser is a story of a Ukrainian-born Soviet pilot, who goes
through fascist captivity during the Second World War, becomes a GULAG
prisoner and then an Indian chief in Canada. The film premiered on
September 21, 2011 as part of the competition program of the Third Kyiv
International Film Festival, where it won the Grand Prix.
