Entertainment of Thursday, 4 May 2017Source: Starrfmonline.comGhana to submit film for 2018 OscarsOscarsThe Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has approved a 14-member committee to select a film to represent Ghana at the 90th Oscars which will run in 2018. Following the guidelines of the Academy, the committee is tasked to select from open submissions one film to be the official film from Ghana at the awards. The committee is made of up members of the various guilds in the Ghana film industry, journalists, actors, film professionals, members of the media, government and academia. The basic rule of the foreign language Oscar category is that film must be in a Ghanaian language and capture the true essence of Ghana as well as meet world film making standards. In collaboration with Ghana Academy of Film and Television Arts (GAFTA), the committee will hold a workshop to educate filmmakers on the submission process and film making standards.

Source: GhanaWeb May 04, 2017 12:22 UTC