{"id":738992,"date":"2019-11-06T11:51:56","date_gmt":"2019-11-06T11:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/11\/06\/disqualification-of-lionheart-an-eye-opener-for-nollywood-nigeria-oscar-committee\/"},"modified":"2019-11-06T11:51:56","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T11:51:56","slug":"disqualification-of-lionheart-an-eye-opener-for-nollywood-nigeria-oscar-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/11\/06\/disqualification-of-lionheart-an-eye-opener-for-nollywood-nigeria-oscar-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"Disqualification Of LionHeart An Eye-Opener For Nollywood: Nigeria Oscar Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_711949\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-711949\" style=\"width: 469px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-711949\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/5d94b5430495d.jpg\" alt=\"Lionheart\" width=\"469\" height=\"680\"  \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-711949\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lionheart<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Nigeria Oscar Selection Committee (NOSC) has shared their thoughts on the recent disqualification of LionHeart\u00a0as the country\u2019s submission for Oscar 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that the movie, which Genevieve Nnaji made her directorial debut in, was disqualified as Nigeria\u2019s submission for the \u2018International Feature Film\u2019 category at this year\u2019s Oscar.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting, Chineze Anyaene head of the Oscars committee in Nigeria said;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe budding Nigerian film industry is often faced with producing films with wide reach which often makes the recording dialogue predominantly English with non-English infusions in some cases. Going forward, the committee intends to submit films which are predominantly foreign language \u2013 non-English recording dialogue,\u201d Anyaene said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:\u00a0Genevieve Nnaji Reacts As LionHeart Gets Nominated For Oscars<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are therefore urging filmmakers to shoot with the intention of non-English recording dialogue as a key qualifying parameter to represent the country in the most prestigious award.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe committee is working tirelessly in organizing workshops, seminars and using other available media to create robust awareness on the guidelines and requirements for an International Feature Film Entry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLionheart passed on other technical requirements from the story, to sound and picture except for language as adjudged by the Academy screening matrix, which was a challenge for the committee at a time.\u00a0\u00a0This is an eye-opener and a step forward into growing a better industry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>              &#13;\n                    <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lionheart The Nigeria Oscar Selection Committee (NOSC) has shared their thoughts on the recent disqualification of LionHeart\u00a0as the country\u2019s submission for Oscar 2020. Recall that the movie, which Genevieve Nnaji made her directorial debut in, was disqualified as Nigeria\u2019s submission for the \u2018International Feature Film\u2019 category at this year\u2019s Oscar. Reacting, Chineze Anyaene head of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":738059,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-738992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nollywood"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Disqualification Of LionHeart An Eye-Opener For Nollywood: Nigeria Oscar Committee - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/11\/06\/disqualification-of-lionheart-an-eye-opener-for-nollywood-nigeria-oscar-committee\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Disqualification Of LionHeart An Eye-Opener For Nollywood: Nigeria Oscar Committee - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Lionheart The Nigeria Oscar Selection Committee (NOSC) has shared their thoughts on the recent disqualification of LionHeart\u00a0as the country\u2019s submission for Oscar 2020. 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