It became known which movie will represent Ukraine at the Oscars 2025

It became known which movie will represent Ukraine at the Oscars 2025

Kyiv  •  UNN

September 9 2024, 05:07 PM • 14929 views

The Ukrainian Oscar Committee has selected the film La Palisade for nomination for the Oscar in the Best International Feature Film category. The film tells the story of a murder investigation in 1996.

At a meeting on September 9, the Ukrainian Oscar Committee chose the film La Palisade, which will compete for the 97th Academy Awards in the Best International Feature Film category. This is reported by UNN with reference to the press servicesof the Committee.  

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The Ukrainian Oscar Committee at its meeting on September 9 chose the film that will represent Ukraine among the contenders for the 97th Academy Awards in the category of Best International Feature Film.  It is the film “La Palisade” directed by Philip Sotnychenko

- the Committee said in a statement. 

The film is set in 1996. In the story, 5 months before the moratorium on the death penalty, two old friends, a police detective and a forensic psychiatrist, investigate the murder of their colleague.

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The film was selected by a vote of 14 members of the Ukrainian Oscar Committee. 

The Committee members reviewed the submitted films in detail, and the discussion was heated and constructive. As a result of the voting, La Palisade was selected as a contender. We wish the representative success in the Oscar race

- said Dmytro Sukholytkyi-Sobchuk, Head of the Ukrainian Oscar Committee.