Italy selects Dogman for the 2019 Oscar race
- Matteo Garrone's film, winner of the Best Actor Award at Cannes for Marcello Fonte's performance, is due to represent Italy in the Oscars' Best Foreign-language Film nomination race
It comes as no surprise that Dogman [+see also:
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The ANICA-established commission chose Garrone's film from 21 nominated titles, all of which were distributed in Italian cinemas from 1 October 2017 to 30 September 2018. Other films in the running included Happy as Lazzaro [+see also:
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The last Italian film to win the award was Paolo Sorrentino’s The Great Beauty [+see also:
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(Translated from Italian)
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