Organisers of the Keswick Film Festival say they are a bit chuffed as a number of their selections for their programme are Oscar contenders.
Three films — The Brutalist, Nickel Boys and Emilia Pérez — are all in contention for the best picture award and two — Flow and Seed of the Sacred Fig — are nominated as best international feature.
For an animated film like Flow to be nominated in a feature film category, is testament to the brilliance of the storytelling and the animator’s art.
Adrien Brody and Karla Sofia Gascón are up for best actor and actress for their roles in The Brutalist and Emilia Pérez and their respective co-stars Guy Pearce, Felicity Jones and Zoe Saldana are nominated as best supporting actors.
The films also feature as nominees in the best direction, best adapted screenplay and best original screenplay categories.
The one-of-a-kind movie Emilia Pérez even has two nominations for best original song.
The film festival, now in its 25th year, will run from March 6 to 9 at the Alhambra and Theatre by the Lake.
