Oscars So Indie
It's no news that every awards gala in the last year has taken place in hybrid-exceptional conditions (half on Zoom, half in physical format, and with increased safety measures). After the American Academy, along with all of Hollywood, enjoyed an old school gala last year, this year's Oscars will finally take place on April 25, and it might not go as big as in previous years, but it will make sure to maintain its traditional glamorous mood (at least partially). The pandemic might be the main reason so many indie films, intimate slices of life, family dramas or movies about loneliness have finally managed to break through and make it in. A slightly better and more incisive lineup than in the past, precisely because it seems more attentive to ethnic, racial or sexual minorities; at the same time, as in any given year, these things are a simple diversion from the real problems the world is facing today. I admit that I returned to the topic of the Oscars after a few years of refusing to show any kind of interest in its bourgeois stance, it was just an event that I simply didn't care about.
Journalist and film critic, with a master's degree in film critics. Collaborates with Scena9, Acoperișul de Sticlă, FILM and FILM Menu magazines. For Films in Frame, she brings the monthly top of films and writes the monthly editorial Panorama, published on a Thursday. In her spare time, she retires in the woods where she pictures other possible lives and flying foxes.
