Oscar Awards: it was Sorrentino's hand of God nominated for best foreign film

The film by Italian director Paolo Sorrentino was nominated for an Oscar in the category of best foreign films , which today is more precisely called “Best International Feature Film”.

“ The Hand of God ,” which is certainly Sorrentino’s most intimate and personal film, made it into the nominees and will represent Italy alongside films from other countries that were also nominated in the category.

Recall that in October, ANICA (National Association of Cinematographic, Audiovisual, and Multimedia Industries) had chosen this film as the one to represent Italy at the Oscars, but the official announcement only arrived today. The last time an Italian film entered this category, even winning, was in 2014 , and it was also a Sorrentino film, namely The Great Beauty.

The ceremony will take place on Sunday, March 27 in Los Angeles.

The films nominated for best foreign film

Along with “It Was the Hand of God”, the following were nominated in the same category:

• Drive My Car (Japan)
• Flee (Denmark)
• Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom (Bhutan)
• The Worst Person in the World (Norway)

The other Italians nominated for the Oscars

In addition to Sorrentino, to represent Italy at the Oscars in general there will be:

• Massimo Cantini Parrini candidate for i morals of "Cyrano";
• the director Enrico Casarosa for the animation film "Luca“, Produced by Pixar and Disney.