Today, January 23, the Oscar nominations were announced. Film critics predicted that our actor Yura Borisov, who starred in Sean Baker’s film “Anora”, had a good chance of being nominated for the prestigious award, and they were right. We tell you which works of Soviet and Russian filmmakers were included in the nominations.
1943 – “The defeat of German troops near Moscow”
The first film to win an Oscar was the documentary film “The Defeat of German Troops Near Moscow” directed by Leonid Varlamov and Ilya Kopalin. This painting of the century depicts the battle with Nazi troops near Moscow. The film was awarded an Oscar in the Best Documentary Film category.
1968 – “War and Peace”
The famous film adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s novel “War and Peace” glorified Soviet cinema around the world! The film won an Oscar in the “Best Foreign Language Film” category and was also nominated for the artist’s best work. The director was the famous Sergei Bondarchuk, who played the main role of Pierre Bezukhov.
1969 – “The Brothers Karamazov”
The film, adapted from Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s novel The Brothers Karamazov, was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Foreign Language Film category. Unfortunately, he did not win the coveted statuette; The award was given to the movie “Zeta” directed by Costa-Gavras (85).
1972 – “Tchaikovsky”
The documentary film “Tchaikovsky”, directed by Igor Talankin, about the life of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, was nominated for two Oscars: “Best Foreign Film” and “Best Adaptation of Musical Accompaniment”. The main role was played by Innokenty Smoktunovsky. But unfortunately the film did not win any awards.
1973 – “And here the dawns are quiet…”
The popular Soviet film “And the Dawns Are Quiet Here…”, directed by Stanislav Rostotsky and based on Boris Vasiliev’s story of the same name, about the heroism of soldiers during the Great Patriotic War, was nominated for an Oscar in this category. “Best Foreign Language Film.”
1976 – “Dersu Uzala”
The movie “Dersu Uzala”, a co-production between the USSR and Japan, adapted from the work of Vladimir Arsenyev, won the Oscar in the “Best Foreign Language Film” category. The film was directed by Akira Kurosawa.
1979 — “White Bim Black Ear”
Adapted from Gabriel Troepolsky’s book of the same name and directed by Stanislav Rostotsky, the heart-warming movie “White Beam Black Ear” was nominated for an Oscar in the “Best Foreign Language Film” category. Unfortunately, “Bim” lost to French director Bertrand Blier’s “Get Your Tissues Ready”.
1981 — “Moscow does not believe in tears”
The favorite drama of all Soviet women, “Moscow Doesn’t Believe in Tears” directed by Vladimir Menshov, eventually received the Oscar statuette in the category “Best Foreign Language Film”. Rumor has it that cinema scholars really liked Alexei Batalov’s performance and even wanted to invite him to Hollywood.
1983 — “Private Life”
Yuli Raizman’s film “Private Life” won many awards, but could not win the Oscar in the “Best Foreign Language Film” category.
1985 – “Battlefield Romance”
Pyotr Todorovsky’s drama A Romance from War was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Foreign Language Film category, but was beaten by the Swiss film Diagonal of an Elephant.
1990 – “Cow”
Russian artist and animator Alexander Petrov’s short cartoon “Cow” was nominated for an Oscar in the “Best Animated Short Film” category. But unfortunately, the film did not receive any awards.
1993 — “Urga – the land of love”
The Soviet-French film “Urga – Zone of Love”, directed by Nikita Mikhalkov and receiving many film awards, was also nominated for an Oscar in the “Best Foreign Language Film” category, but lost to the popular film “Indochina”, which he directed. Regis Warnier.
1995 – “The Sun Burnt”
Nikita Mikhalkov’s drama “Burnt by the Sun”, starring the director himself and the famous Russian actor Oleg Menshikov. The film was awarded the Oscar in the Best Foreign Language Film category. This film is the last Russian-language feature film to date to win an Oscar.
1997 – “Prisoner of the Caucasus”
The film “Prisoner of the Caucasus” directed by Sergei Bodrov Sr. tells about the fate of two Russian soldiers captured during the Chechen War. The film was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Foreign Language Film category, but lost out to the Czech film Kolya, directed by Jan Sverak.
1998 – “Thief”
Pavel Chukhrai’s drama “The Thief” was nominated for an Oscar in the “Best Foreign Language Film” category. The main role in the film was played by Vladimir Mashkov.
1998 – “Mermaid”
Russian artist Alexander Petrov’s cartoon “Mermaid” was nominated for an Oscar in the “Best Animated Short Film” category, but lost to the computer-animated film “Jerry’s Game”.
2000 – “The Old Man and the Sea”
Alexander Petrov’s (61) animated film “The Old Man and the Sea”, adapted from Ernest Hemingway’s story of the same name, won the Oscar in the “Best Animated Short Film” category.
2008 – “12”
The movie “12” became Nikita Mikhalkov’s third film to be nominated for an Oscar in the “Best Foreign Language Film” category.
2008 – “Mongol”
This year, the film “Mongol”, co-produced by Kazakhstan and Russia, was also nominated. The film was directed by Sergei Bodrov Sr. took over.
2008 – “My Love”
In the same year, Alexander Petrov’s animated project “My Love” was nominated in the “Best Animated Short Film” category.
2009 – “Toilet story – a love story”
This is the story of a public toilet worker who finds bouquets of flowers at work and tries to figure out who they are from. Unfortunately, the director of the cartoon, Konstantin Bronzit, did not win an Oscar at that time, but this funny movie will definitely lift your spirits, we recommend you watch it.
2015 – “Leviathan”
For the first time in 6 years, a Russian film competed for the Oscar in the “Best Foreign Language Film” category, and it was Andrei Zvyagintsev’s drama “Leviathan.” Before that, it had won the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film. But unfortunately Zvyagintsev never received the Oscar; his “Leviathan” was surpassed by Polish director Pavel Pawlikowski’s “Ida.”
2016 — “We cannot live without place”
Konstantin Bronzit and his cartoon were nominated again from Russia. This time, Konstantin came to America with the movie “We Cannot Live Without Space”. It was nominated in the Best Animated Short Film category.
2018 – “Without Love”
And again Zvyagintsev represented Russia at the Oscars. The movie ‘Loveless’ was awarded the special jury award at the Cannes Film Festival and was presented in the ‘Best Foreign Language Film’ category at the Oscars. According to the plot of the film, the parents of an ordinary Moscow family are getting divorced and are so passionate about their new personal life that they completely forget about their son who ran away from home.
2022 – “Sacred Ballet”
Russian director Anton Dyakov’s project “Boxballet” was nominated for an Oscar in the “Best Animated Short Film” category. However, the cartoon did not receive the coveted award, losing to Spanish director Alberto Mielgo’s “Windshield Wiper”.
2024 – Yura Borisov
Our actor Yura Borisova was nominated for an Oscar in the “Best Supporting Actor” category for his role in Sean Baker’s movie “Anora”. To get the statuette, the player must defeat Kieran Culkin (“True Pain”), Guy Pearce (“Brutalist”), Edward Norton (“Bob Dylan: Nobody”), and Jeremy Strong (“The Apprentice: The Rise of Trump”) must be defeated. ).
Source: People Talk
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