FEATURE film Noem My Skollie has been nominated as SA’s official selection to the 89th Annual Academy Awards (Oscars) in the category for Best Foreign Language Film Award — the National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) announced on Tuesday. "We are proud that after a rigorous judging process‚ Noem My Skollie‚ is nominated as the official selection for the 89th Annual Academy Awards. This is indicative of the role that the National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) plays in empowering‚ and transforming the film industry by taking South African stories from our streets to the world‚ " said NFVF CEO Zama Mkosi in a statement. According to the statement‚ the competition this year for the coveted nomination to represent SA was intense. The producers‚ David Max Brown and Moshidi Motshegwa and their partners who supported the financing of the film at the NFVF‚ kykNET‚ Mnet and the distributor Ster Kinekor Entertainment‚ are "absolutely thrilled with this news and are proud that the film des...

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