Goodnight Mommy Being Considered for Academy Award Nomination
John Squires
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It’s pretty rare that horror films are nominated for Academy Awards or even mentioned during the annual ceremony, so it’s special when one gets a little bit of Oscar loving. And festival hit Goodnight Mommy (Ich Seh Ich Seh) (review) just might be the latest to receive such an honor. Read on.
RADiUS made the announcement today that Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala’s film, due in theaters September 11th, has been chosen as the Austrian entry for Best Foreign Language Film consideration at the 2016 Academy Awards. The Academy will select the finale nominees in January.
“With Goodnight Mommy, the filmmakers created a visually exciting and nerve-wracking film – equal parts horror and art-house. The clever and sometimes perverted bends and twists are as cleverly designed as they are elegantly staged,” said the Association of Film and Music Industry in a statement.
“It is a great honor for us to be the official Austrian submission for the 88th Academy Awards. We are extremely proud and very excited. When we set out to make this film, we had no idea how big things could become. Every movie starts small: one person (ok, two in our case) has an idea, on his own, all alone. Then, begins a long journey with no one knowing where it will end. Our journey has been incredible so far and we can only hope that it ends at this year’s Oscars,” said filmmakers Franz and Fiala.
Real-life twins Elias Schwarz and Lukas Schwarz star alongside Susanne Wuest.
Synopsis:
In the heat of the summer lays a lonesome house in the countryside where nine-year-old twin brothers await their mother’s return. When she comes home, bandaged after cosmetic surgery, nothing is like before, and the children start to doubt whether this woman is actually who she says she is. What ensues is a terrifying observational struggle with fatal consequences on par with The Shining and Dead Ringers.
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