The Spanish filmmaker Juan Antonio Bayona He was “very happy” about the two Oscar nominations his film received The Snow Societyaware that “it is very difficult to attract the attention of Hollywood with a film made in Spanish.”
In an interview with EFE, Bayona said that “it is very difficult to really get the attention of Hollywood with an international film made in a language that is not theirs.”
From his experience in Hollywood with major productions such as Jurassic World (the second) or the series The Lord of the Ringsis aware that “it is a very different story when you go with a film in Spanish, because you have to work twice as hard for the film to attract attention.”
The Spanish film, which narrates the struggle of the survivors of the air tragedy in the Andes, received two nominations for the Hollywood Academy Oscars this Tuesday, for best international film and best makeup and hair design.
Asked about his chances of obtaining the two statuettes, the filmmaker commented that “you never know and, in fact, looking at the bets, there are many films that were favorites that ultimately have not been there.”
In relation to his chances of winning the Oscar for best international film, Bayona assured that it will be difficult, since it competes with the best films of the year from around the world, but he understands that The Snow Society “It has defended itself very well and the public loves it, as demonstrated by the audience award at the San Sebastián Festival, where it was already competing with some of the best films of the year.”
He especially appreciated the nomination in a category with as much competition as makeup and hairdressing, “fighting with films that are absolute mastodons within the Hollywood industry.”
Bayona, in the middle of filming the film, not in Chile, but mostly in Spain. Photo NetflixIn his opinion, the great attraction of The Snow Society is that it is “a story that really resonates a lot in the world we live in, especially among young people, who see this group of abandoned boys who have to make a living and together they achieve the impossible, get out of a place where “Nobody gave anything for them to come out alive.”
In that sense, the story, he added, “speaks a lot about the moment in which we live, with that feeling of feeling abandoned looking around us and with a message of giving the best of ourselves, for ourselves and for others.”
“Shared merit”
“Now we have to share that merit with all our teammates and also with all the people, not only from the Spanish team, which is the majority, but also with all our teammates from Uruguay, from Argentina, from Chile,” he stressed.
On the shelf of the Bayonne production company in Barcelona (Spain), La Trini, where the director had a busy afternoon attending to the media, three Gaudí awards and a Goya statuette await, perhaps, a new recognition from Los Angeles.
With information from the EFE Agency