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Pidgin English now approved as Non-english recoding dialogue for Oscars submission

Pidgin English now approved as Non-english recoding dialogue for Oscars submission

The Nigeria Official Selection Committee (NOSC), for the Academy Awards ® IFF Submissions, previously known as the Nigeria Oscars Selection Committee, chaired by Chineze Anyaene-abonyi, a filmmaker, has announced the approval of Pidgin English by the Academy as a non-english (Foreign language) recording dialogue in films. As with every submission in the International Feature Category this year, the minutes and percentage of all individual languages in the country selected film will be required by the Academy.

In addition, this is in line with the Academy’s rule and definition of an international film as “a feature film with a predominantly (more than 50 percent) non- English dialogue track”.

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Anyaene confirmed that the request for approval started in December 2019, after which she visited the Academy’s office in Los Angeles in February 2020 following a meeting scheduled between herself and representatives of the International Feature Film (IFF) executives. She added that the outcome of that meeting was wider consultation with the IFF executives; ensuring approval is benchmarked and consistent with their screening matrix.

Anyaene has then been having a series of conversations with the Academy to secure quicker approval as the 93rd Oscars award was already knocking. This was a major concern for her and the recall of the NOSC 2019 submission of ‘Lionheart’, which was disqualified primarily for not satisfying the language requirement.

“This approval as secured by the NOSC is a new feat for the industry and It is untrue if any other individual or entity claims such achievement as this is beyond mere writing to the Academy without knowing the approval intricacies”, she ended.