Director Eché Janga is proud to have his film Bulado this year the Dutch entry is for the Oscars. The film is competing for the prize in the International Feature Film category.
“It’s a great honor, I think it’s super exciting”, Janga told the news agency ANP. “I find it very special that a film that is mostly spoken in Papiamento, a language spoken on only three islands, is submitted to the Oscars. That makes it a unique entry.”
Bulado premiered at the Netherlands Film Festival on September 25 and was awarded the Golden Calf for Best Film. The film is currently in cinemas, and will be on Netflix in early 2021.
The film is about eleven-year-old Kenza (Tiara Richards) who grows up on Curaçao with her father Ouira (Hooi) and grandfather Weljo (Felix de Rooy) in a house on a junkyard. Her father is a police officer, her grandfather is fascinated by the spiritual world. The girl tries to find out what her preference is.
The 93rd Oscar ceremony will take place on April 25, 2021. It was actually scheduled for February 28, but the ceremony has been postponed due to the corona crisis.
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