SEE NL officially coordinates the selection of the Dutch entry for the Oscars in the category International Feature Film and submits it to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Los Angeles.
Category International Feature Film
Dutch feature Narcosis by Martijn de Jong and produced by OAK Motion Pictures is The Netherlands’s Oscar submission for the 95th Academy Awards in the category International Feature Film.
Every year, the Dutch Oscar Selection Committee (NOSC) selects a film that will be submitted to the Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in the US as the Dutch entry for the Academy Awards in the category International Feature Film. SEE NL is the official coordinator of this process.
By the beginning of September 2022 the NOSC members participate in an officially notarized written vote to determine which film is to be submitted for the 95th Academy Awards. The NOSC consists of representatives from various professional associations and organisations in the Dutch film industry. You can find the names of the 2022 NOSC members in this list (in Dutch). The AMPAS regulations are available to read here (see Rule Thirteen Special Rules for the International Feature Film Award) and the Selection Procedure for the 2022 Dutch Oscar Entry is available to read here (in Dutch).
Dutch producers could register their film(s) for the selection of the Netherlands submission to the Oscars – category International Feature Film until 1 August 2022.
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The academy was created in 1927 by 36 film industry leaders after Louis B. Mayer, the head of the powerful Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio, actor Conrad Nagel, director Fred Niblo, and producer Fred Beetson had the idea for a new industry organization for handling labour disputes, promoting harmony among the different branches of film production (the academy’s original branches represented actors, writers, directors, producers, and technicians), improving the public image of the film industry, and providing a common ground for the discussion of new production procedures and technologies. Never an effective arbiter, the academy abandoned labour negotiations by 1937, and its focus became cultural and educational.
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One of the early committees formed within the academy was assigned the task of considering awards presentations. From this committee evolved the function for which the organization is best known: the annual presentation of the Academy Awards, gold-plated statuettes (traditionally called Oscars) symbolizing recognition for excellence in acting, directing, and other areas of motion-picture production. The academy’s other activities include supporting research and education for the improvement of film technology, preserving and documenting the history of motion pictures, publishing such reference materials as the Annual Index to Motion Picture Credits, encouraging film-study programs, sponsoring vocational scholarships, fostering cooperation among the creative members of the industry, and propagating prestige for the Hollywood film industry.
This article was most recently revised and updated by Chelsey Parrott-Sheffer.