The feature film starring Fernanda Torres competes in two categories at the awards
With more than 3 million viewers, the film I’m still here It achieved not only box office success, but also the recognition of specialized critics at major international festivals. This Sunday, 5, the film is one of the great highlights of the 82nd edition of Golden Globewhich takes place at the iconic Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles. In addition to being nominated for Best Foreign Language Film, the film’s protagonist, Fernanda Torres, is a favorite for Best Actress in a Drama.
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The film directed by Walter Salles, which tells the story of Eunice Paiva and her struggle after the death of her husband during the military dictatorship, has already accumulated several nominations and more than seven awards, including the one for best screenplay at the Venice Film Festival of Venice. According to the journalist and film and television critic Enoe Lopes Pontes, who is part of the Golden Globe voting body, the commotion around I’m still here it has to do with the technical aspects of the film, production value and market awareness.
The expert also highlights that the investment has contributed to greater reach and audience access to the film. Released on November 7, 2024 in Brazil, the film is Globoplay’s first original and was distributed by Sony Pictures. “What is also important in this process of I’m still here is to make transparent, clear, that the biggest problem in Brazilian cinema is investments. If the film has investments, see where they can go,” he says.
Before the Brazilian’s appointment was announced – on December 9th -, Pontes had underlined this I’m still here it was a “powerful exercise in filmmaking” and a film with real chances of winning awards,” he wrote in his article on the Aratu On website. According to the text, the film continues a film that exposes Brazil’s past that should not be forgotten.
At the Golden Globes, the film competes alongside five other award-winning productions: “Emília Perez” (France), by Jacques Audiard; “Everything we imagine as light” (India), by Payal Kapadia; “The seed of the sacred fig” (Germany), by Mohammad Rasoulof; “The Girl with the Needle” (Denmark), by Magnus von Horn; and “Vermiglio” (Italy), by Maura Delpero.
Actress Fernanda Torres competes with other famous film actresses: Nicole Kidman for “Babygirl”, Angelina Jolie for “Maria Callas”, Kate Winslet for “Lee”, Tilda Swinton for “The Room Next Door” and Pamela Anderson for “The Last Showgirl” ” .
Controversies
Highlighting the best in film, television and streaming, the Golden Globes kick off Hollywood’s awards season. Over the past two years the award has undergone structural changes following controversy over a lack of representation and even accusations of corruption and racism. For this reason the ceremony was canceled in 2022.
The following year, the Golden Globes were sold to Dick Clark Productions and Eldridge. From then on the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), which had organized the award since 1944, was disbanded. Another change was linked to the increase in the number of voting members and a greater focus on diversity of gender, ethnicity and nationality. With this, the Golden Globes went from 90 to more than 300 members in the voting body.
A member of the voting body for two years, Pontes says changes in the organization of the award are important to enhance and enhance cinema as a whole. “This breakthrough is very welcome and very fruitful. The Golden Globes have been increasingly inclusive both in terms of voting body and results. And of course, if the voters are more diverse, so will the results,” he underlines.
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Vote
Regarding the voting process, the journalist explains that it is technical, but personal for each evaluator. Without giving too many details, he says he has his own way of organizing himself to see all the nominated productions, as well as writing his own reviews throughout the year. Given the size of the award, Pontes underlines the responsibility of each vote and the impact on the segment that involves so many professionals.
“Your vote is contributing to something. So, what is important to me is how to balance discourse with technique within a work. And I will choose within this the films that I believe are important to occupy this space, but at the same time are good films, films that need to be seen, films that have an elaborate technique,” he reveals.
The Golden Globes will be hosted by comedian Nikki Glaser, who becomes the first woman to host the ceremony alone. In this edition, actress Viola Davis will receive the Cecil B. DeMille Award in recognition of her career. In 2017, the artist won the award for best supporting actress for her performance in “Um Limite Entre Nós”.
Source: Terra
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