This time, the recommended film 'Anjila' was selected when the country was in crisis, so the Oscar selection committee of Nepal reviewed this selection and submitted a complaint to open the new application transparently.
A group of active filmmakers has filed a complaint with the International Feature Film Committee of the Oscars to stop the recommended film from Nepal this year and review it.
In the 98th edition of the prestigious Oscar Awards organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science, the film recommended this time ' Anjila ' was chosen when the country was in crisis, so the Oscar selection committee of Nepal reviewed this selection and submitted a complaint to open the new application transparently .
This complaint has been submitted not only to Oscar's international feature review committee, but also to the Nepal Film Development Board and Nepal's foreign international film selection committee. In the proposed complaint, it is mentioned that the moment when the country is in a national crisis, , curfew and attack on public property, when the Prime Minister of the country is resigning, is not suitable for fair competition . ' The time to apply was very short . Many filmmakers got information about this only after the application was closed ,' it is written in the complaint ,' Jeevan Parajuli is a voting member of the committee, who is also the media coordinator of Anjila film. Another member, Chiranjeevi Guragai, has not even seen the film. Also, 6 members of this committee are not active filmmakers. '' In investigating the selection policy of the committee, an additional deadline of 30 days has been requested for Nepal's film recommendation . In this complaint, filmmaker Deepak Rauniyar
, Samundra Bhatt , Vinod Poudel , Jocelyn Bryans , Actor Nazir Hussain , Producer Ramkrishna Pokharel , Critics Society President Samipyaraj Timalsina , Actress Asha Magrati , Filmmaker Purnasinh Bareilly , Director Dipendra Lama , producer Amod Rai , director Naveen Subba , film analyst Manoj Pandit , filmmaker Rajan Kathet , Manoj Babu Pant and others have signed. 'Rajaganj' director Deepak Rauniyar said that they have lodged a complaint with the relevant body to cancel the current decision and open a new application. '
Our demand is clear — the committee should cancel the current decision , open a new application , and make a decision after looking at all eligible films through a transparent process,' he said . Earlier, when Nepal's Oscar selection committee selected 'Anjila' as an international feature film, there was a lot of criticism among filmmakers . Samundra Bhatt, the director of 'Gunyocholo: The Dress', expressed her complaint at a press conference.
