The Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA) selects Colm Byread’s first feature film quiet girl (An Cailín Ciúin) as his entry for the 2023 Oscars for Best International Film in the first nominations announced for next awards season.
The Irish-language show won the IFTA Awards last March, becoming the first feature debut to win Best Picture, as well as Best Director, Actor, Cinematography, Editing, Set Design and Original Score.
Set in rural Ireland in 1981, the drama stars Catherine Clinch as a quiet, abandoned girl who is sent by an overcrowded and dysfunctional family to live with distant relatives for the summer. She begins to thrive under her care, but in this house where there are no secrets, she discovers a painful truth.
The film was well received in Ireland and the UK and set box office records for an Irish-language film when it was released in both territories last May, more than four times the previous record for a local-language film that grossed over $ 800,000. .
This year’s Irish Oscar selection committee included Emmy-nominated actress and producer Roma Downey (Ben-Hur, touched by an angel), Oscar-nominated actor John C. Reilly (Chicago Time to Win: The Rise of a Lakers Dynasty), producer and executive vice president of international strategy for Paramount TV David Flynn (Bodkin, Seraph falls), Oscar-nominated director Jim Sheridan (My left leg, in AmericaDirected by Aisling Walsh (Maude, a song for a broken child) and actress Fionnula Flanagan (other guard).
The committee was chaired by IFTA Executive Director Aine Moriarty.
“It’s a unique and beautiful film that takes your heart from the start and leaves you deeply moved,” said Moriarty.
“We are very proud to present this outstanding Irish language film to the Oscars, competing with the best in the world, knowing that this story will resonate with international audiences, beyond linguistic boundaries and, without a doubt, among members of the American Film Academy” . What’s more. ”
quiet girl Produced by Cleona Ní Chrualaoí as part of Cine4’s funding program for Irish language films in association with Screen Ireland, TG4 and Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI), the film also receives Section 481 funding from the Irish government. tax incentives.
Source: Deadline
