Oscars 2025: Korea selects political thriller 12.12: The Day as official entry
Korea's official entry to Oscars 2025, '12.12: The Day'
The Academy Awards has started taking entries for its Best International Feature category.
The latest addition is from South Korea. The Korean nation has picked up its last year’s box office smash hit film, 12.12: The Day which is a political action drama.
Korean film 12.12: The Day
The film deals with a military coup in 1979. It is based on true events and takes place on December 12, 1979, when military commander Chun Doo-hwan staged a coup d’etat to seize power, less than two months after long-time dictator Park Chung-hee’s assassination. The date is considered a pivotal one in modern Korean history, opening another era of dictatorship.
The film was selected for Oscars by the Korean Film Council.
Directed by Kim Sung-su, the film was released in November last year. South Korea tasted major success with big wins in 2020 with Bong Joon Ho’s Parasite. In 2020, Parasite won Best Picture.
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97th Academy Awards
The 97th Academy Awards are set for March 3, 2025, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. The deadline for submission of films is October 2 and the shortlist of 15 finalists will be announced on December 17. The final five nominees will further be announced on January 17, 2025.
Last year, Japan’s Perfect Days, Italy’s Io Capitano, Spain’s Society Of The Snow, Germany’s The Teachers’ Lounge and the UK’s The Zone Of Interest were five finalists. The Zone of Interest won the Best International Feature Oscar.