Oscars 2025: Hindi-language international film 'Santosh' shortlisted from UK

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences AMPAS on Wednesday unveiled the names of the projects that are eligible for the Oscars 2025 raceSantosh a Hindilanguage international coproduction set in rural north India has found a spot in the Best International Feature Film categoryA total of 15 films have been selected for the Oscar shortlist in this category out of 85 total films submitted by countries all around the worldThe film was sent by the United Kingdom as their official submission for the Academy Awards 2025 The movie also premiered at the 77th Cannes Film Festival in May 2024 and was wellreceived by criticsReacting to this little glory Shahana took to Instagram and expressed her happinessSo happy for the team especially our writerdirector Sandhya Suri for this little glory of recognition for our film Santosh How incredible to be shortlisted from amongst 85 films Thank you to everyone who loved it supported it and voted for it she wroteDirected by Sandhya Suri the film stars Shahana as a driven young Hindu widow who inherits her husbands job as a police constable thanks to a government scheme She finds herself caught up in institutional corruption even as she warms to working with roughedged veteran detective Inspector Sharma Sunita Rajwar on a brutal murder case involving a teenage girl from the lower caste Dalit community as per The Hollywood ReporterThe films that progressed to the next round in International Feature category are following Armand IFC Films from Norway Dahomey Mubi from Senegal Emilia Perez Netflix from France Flow Janus Films and Sideshow from Latvia From Ground Zero No US Distribution from Palestine The Girl With the Needle Mubi from Denmark How to Make Millions before Grandma Dies Well Go USA Entertainment from Thailand Im Still Here Sony Pictures Classics from Brazil Kneecap Sony Pictures Classics from Ireland Santosh Metrograph Pictures from United Kingdom The Seed of the Sacred Fig Neon from Germany Touch Focus Features from Iceland Universal Language Oscilloscope Laboratories from Canada Waves No US Distribution from Czech Republic Vermiglio Janus Films from ItalyThe list includes films that are officially eligible to compete in various categories However it does not guarantee that these films will advance in the final nominations for the Academy AwardsOscar voting to determine the nominees in all 23 categories will start on Wednesday January 8 and it will end on Sunday January 12 Nominations will be announced on Friday January 17This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever