Alfonso Cuaronnominated for an Oscar 2023 in the category of Best Short Film live action, he finally went home empty-handed. The same happened with the cinematographer Darius Khondji, who did an acclaimed job in the Mexican film Bard, false chronicle of a few truthsbut it was not worthy of the palms for Best Photography.
Cuarón served as producer of the Italian-American short film the pupil. Therefore, if this project had been victorious on the night of the Academy Awards, one statuette would have gone to him and another to director Alice Rohrwacher. However, the big winner in the Best Short Film category live action I ended up being An Irish Goodbyean Irish-UK co-production.
If he had obtained this Oscar, Alfonso Cuarón would have become the Mexican with the most triumphs in the great Hollywood ceremony. It should be noted that the filmmaker responsible for Gravity and Rome currently boasts two medals for Best Direction; one for Best Editing and one more for Best Cinematography. However, by enjoying only these four Academy Awards, for now Cuarón must settle for maintaining a tie with Alejandro G. Iñárritu regarding Mexican talents with the most statuettes within this prestigious competition.
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About Bard, which Iñárritu directed and shot mostly in Mexico, the only nomination it boasted for this 95th Academy Awards was for Best Cinematography. But it was not a winner, because the German film No news at the front He managed to prevail in this short list of the technical field.
On the other hand, of the productions nominated this year and that involved some of the Three Amigos, Pinocchio by Guillermo del Toro It was the darling of the Academy and won the laurels for Best Animated Film. !! Congratulations!!
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