FILM #9
OF 39
95TH ACADEMY AWARDS | 2023 OSCARS CHALLENGE
“EO“
FEBRUARY 9, 2023
STREAMING
DAY 17
OF 48
Best INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
Poland
Much like Steven Spielberg’s “War Horse,” where you follow a horse from different owner to different owner, “EO” follows the adventures of a donkey. EO starts as a circus donkey with his handler Kasandra, who genuinely loves him. He eventually ends up at a Countess’s mansion, the Countess played by Isabelle Huppert. The donkey and the cinematographer are brilliant, working together to show profound expressions from an unemoting animal.
PREVIOUS NOMINATIONS
POLAND
| 92nd Academy Awards (2019) | Best International Feature Film | “Corpus Christi” | Nominee |
| 91st Academy Awards (2018) | Best Foreign Language Film | “Cold War” | Nominee |
| 87th Academy Awards (2014) | Best Foreign Language Film | “Ida” | WINNER |
| 84th Academy Awards (2011) | Best Foreign Language Film | “In Darkness” | Nominee |
| 80th Academy Awards (2007) | Best Foreign Language Film | “Katyn” | Nominee |
| 54th Academy Awards (1981) | Best Foreign Language Film | “Man of Iron” | Nominee |
| 52nd Academy Awards (1979) | Best Foreign Language Film | “The Maids of Wilko” | Nominee |
| 49th Academy Awards (1976) | Best Foreign Language Film | “Nights and Days” | Nominee |
| 48th Academy Awards (1975) | Best Foreign Language Film | “Land of Promise” | Nominee |
| 47th Academy Awards (1974) | Best Foreign Language Film | “The Deluge” | Nominee |
| 39th Academy Awards (1966) | Best Foreign Language Film | “Pharaoh” | Nominee |
| 36th Academy Awards (1963) | Best Foreign Language Film | “Knife in the Water” | Nominee |
Follows a donkey who encounters on his journeys good and bad people, experiences joy and pain, exploring a vision of modern Europe through his eyes.
Directed by Jerzy Skolimowski
Janus Films
November 18, 2022
88 minutes
ACCOLADES
Austin Film Critics Association Awards — Best International Film (Nominee)
Cannes Film Festival — Palme d’Or (Nominee)
CinEuphoria Awards — Best Film – International Competition [Winner]
César Awards — Best Foreign Film (Nominee)
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards — Russell Smith Award [Winner]
Denver Film Critics Society Awards — Best Foreign Language Film (Nominee)
Denver International Film Festival — Best Feature Film [Winner]
DiscussingFilm Critics Awards — Best International Feature (Nominee)
GALECA: Society of LGBTQ Ent Critics Awards — Non-English Language Film (Nominee)
Greater Western NY Film Critics Ass. Awards — Best Foreign Film (Nominee)
Indiana Film Journalists Association Awards — Best Foreign Language Film (Nominee)
International Cinephile Society Awards — Best Picture (Nominee)
International Online Cinema Awards — Best Non-English Language Film (Nominee)
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards — Best Foreign Film (Nominee)
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards — Best Foreign Language Film (Nominee)
Latino Ent. Journalists Ass. Film Awards — Best Non-English Language Film (Nominee)
London Critics Circle Film Awards — Foreign Language Film of the Year (Nominee)
Los Angeles Film Critics Ass. Awards — Best Film Not in the English Language (Nominee)
Music City Film Critics’ Association Awards — Best International Film (Nominee)
National Board of Review Awards — Top Five International Films [Winner]
National Society of Film Critics Awards — Best Film Not in the English Language [Winner]
New York Film Critics Circle Awards — Best International Film [Winner]
New York Film Critics Online Awards — Best Foreign Language Film [Winner]
North Carolina Film Critics Association Awards — Best Foreign Language Film (Nominee)
North Dakota Film Society Awards — Best International Feature (Nominee)
Online Association of Female Film Critics Awards — Best International Feature (Nominee)
Online Film Critics Society Awards — Best Film Not in the English Language (Nominee)
Phoenix Critics Circle Awards — Best Foreign Language Film (Nominee)
Portland Critics Association Awards — Best Film Not in the English Language (Nominee)
San Fran Bay Area Film Critics Circle Awards — Best International Feature Film (Nominee)
Seattle Film Critics Society Awards — Best Film Not in the English Language (Nominee)
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards — Best International Feature (Nominee)
Washington DC Area Film Critics Asso. Awards — Best Intl/Foreign Language Film (Nominee)
EXPERT PREDICTIONS
1. “All Quiet on the Western Front” (Germany)
2. “Argentina, 1985” (Argentina)
3. “Close” (Belgium)
4. “The Quiet Girl” (Ireland)
5. “EO” (Poland)
PERSONAL PREDICTIONS
1. “All Quiet on the Western Front” (Germany)
2. “Close” (Belgium)
3. “The Quiet Girl” (Ireland)
4. “Argentina, 1985” (Argentina)
5. “EO” (Poland)
