Film awards: German film All Quiet in the West in the preliminary phase of the Oscar: culture

Munich director Nils Keller can also hope

The Netflix production has even better Oscar chances in the Make Up & Hairstyling, Sound and Visual Effects categories. Ten nominees were selected in advance from a large number of contenders – and in these three subdivisions “Nothing New in the West” is included along with major Hollywood productions. Blockbusters such as “Avatar: The Way of Water”, “The Batman”, “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”, “Jurassic World Dominion” or “Top Gun: Maverick” compete for the effects Oscar.

Even the significantly smaller productions “Made in Germany” have come a little closer to the Oscar. The Munich director Nils Keller, a graduate of the Munich University of Television and Film (HFF), can hope for a trophy in the “Live Action Short Film” category with his film “Almost Home”. Andreas Kessler from the Baden-Württemberg Film Academy in Ludwigsburg has also entered the preselection with his short film “Nakam”.

A total of 200 directors had applied for Hollywood’s highest honor in this category. The two Germans are now among 15 contenders, a third of whom will advance in January. For Nils Keller, who staged a mother-son conflict in space in “Almost Home”, there was already a taste last October: he won the Student Academy Award in gold at the Student Oscars.