Saturday, November 16, 2019

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The Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) has announced that the feature documentary, Gaza,  has been selected as Ireland’s entry for the Best International Feature Film category at the 92nd annual Academy Awards in February 2020.
Gaza, directed by Garry Keane (DeafeningThe Writing in the Sky) and award-winning conflict photographer Andrew McConnell, is a beautiful and poignant documentary made from inside the Gaza strip and brings the audience into a unique place beyond the reach of TV news reports to reveal the humanity within a world rich with eloquent and resilient characters. The film, which is mostly in the Arabic language is a cinematic portrait of people attempting to lead meaningful lives against the rubble of perennial conflict. This film depicts a people plagued by conflict but not defined by it, and journeys through a physically broken and battered landscape, leaving its diverse cast of real characters to speak for themselves.
This is not the first time Ireland has chosen a film in a language other than its native Irish language for this category, with previous selections including As If I Am Not There (in the Serbo-Croatian language) in 2014 and VIVA (in the Spanish language) in 2017.  The Irish language has proved popular through the years with selections including Kings for 2011, An Bronntanas 2015 and Song of Granite in 2018.
Gaza was chosen by IFTA’s special Selection Committee, which this year included writer/director Neasa Hardiman (Sea FeverJessica JonesHappy Valley), writer/actor Mark O’Halloran (VivaGarageAdam & Paul), editor Úna Ní Dhonghaíle (Stan & Ollie, RosieThe Crown), writer/director Frank Berry (Michael Inside, I Used to Live Here), actress Fionnula Flanagan (The GuardThe Others) and director/producer Tom Collins (KingsAithrí (Penance), An Bronntanas). The Committee was chaired by Academy CEO Áine Moriarty.
Speaking about the selection of GAZA, Áine Moriarty, IFTA Academy CEO said, “These brilliant Irish filmmakers have delivered a very intimate and beautiful film, risking their own lives in the process, to capture an honest, moving and very human story from within GAZA, bringing us a rich cinematic portrait of its people.”
Garry Keane & Andrew McConnell, co-directors of GAZA said, "It is a huge honor for us that GAZA has been chosen by the IFTA selection committee as the official Irish entry.  It was a privilege for us both to share the lives of so many extraordinary citizens of GAZA on the big screen to help promote a deeper appreciation and understanding of this unique and vibrant place. It has truly been a career-high, a journey that started at the world-famous Sundance Film Festival earlier this year and which could yet end up at the Oscars in Los Angeles."
Gaza was produced by Brendan J. Byrne (No Stone UnturnedBobby Sands: 66 Days) for Fine Point Films, along with Garry Keane and Andrew McConnell for Real Films and Paul Cadieux (P.S. JerusalemThe Settlers).  It was funded by Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, Filmoption International, ZDF/ARTE with support from Northern Ireland Screen.
Since its premiere at Sundance, GAZA has been selected for some of the top documentary and film festivals around the world including the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, the Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival and the Docs Ireland festival in Belfast.
The Oscars International Feature Film category was previously called Best Foreign Language Film.  During its board of directors meeting in April 2019, the Academy voted to rename the Best Foreign Language Film category to Best International Feature Film.  Animated and documentary films are also eligible for the renamed award but require that the majority of dialogue be in a language other than English.
A shortlist of 10 will be announced in December, while the final 5 nominees will be revealed on Monday, January 13th. The 92nd Academy Awards ceremony (the Oscars) will honor the best films of 2019 and will take place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California on February 9th, 2020.
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Congratulations to Documentary Film Gaza for Being Selected as Ireland's entry for the Oscars 2020

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