International Oscar Race: ‘Tiger Stripes,’ Critics’ Week-Winning Body Horror Film, Selected to Represent Malaysia

Academy Awards.
The film had its debut in the Critics’ Week section of the Cannes film festival in May and was directed by first-time feature filmmaker Amanda Nell Eu.
The announcement was made on Thursday by Malaysia’s Communications and Digital Minister Fahmi Fadzil following selection by the National Film Development Corporation (FINAS).
The film was a eight-way coproduction involving companies from Malaysia, Taiwan, Singapore, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Indonesia and Qatar, and emerged from a succession of labs, project markets and international funds.
Since winning the Grand Prix at the Critics’ Week, “Tiger Stripes” has been a popular choice on the festival circuit, with stops so far at Neufchatel, The Hamptons, Sitges, London, Fantasia, Taipei and next week’s Pingyao events.
Dir. Amanda Nell Eu. International sales: Films Boutique. All submissions and materials for the 2023 race must be received by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences by 5 p.m. on Oct. 2. And films must meet all the qualifying conditions between Dec. 1, 2022, and Oct. 31, 2023. A shortlist of 15 will be announced on Dec. 21. Final nominees will be announced on Jan. 23, 2024. The 96th Academy Awards is set to take place on March 10, 2024. Argentina, the South American country with the best Academy Awards history, has chosen as its Academy Awards submission “The Delinquents,” Rodrigo Moreno’s incorrigibly playful heist movie, which world premiered at Cannes Un Certain Regard, delighting critics.

Moreno first caught attention with 2006’s “The Custodian,” which won an Alfred Bauer Prize for innovation at the Berlinale, turning on a bodyguard who is nearly invisible to his government minister client, until he snaps. “The Delinquents’” rebellion against workplace invisibility and deadening routine is far more fun, comes far earlier and, as a Variety review notes, is echoed in the film’s equal abandonment of convention. In it, a bank worker, Morán, steals wads of cash from his bank, in full view of a camera, persuading a similarly anonymous co-worker to hide the loot while he serves time.