The production “Argentine, 1985” was selected by the Hollywood Academy and will compete at the Oscars for Best Foreign Film.

In this way, the film made by Santiago Miter and headed by Ricardo Darín and Peter Lanzani will have a place in the most important event of the Seventh Art that will take place on 12 March at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles.

The edition 95 of the Oscars will have “Argentina, 1985” competing for the statuette with “EO” (Poland), “Close” (Belgium), “All quiet on the western front” (Germany) y “The quiet girl” (Ireland).

With this nomination, the story directed by Miter is the eighth national film nominated in that category, After "The Truce" (1974), Sergio Renan; “Camila” (1984), Maria Luisa Bemberg; "The official story" (1985), of Luis Puenzo; “Tango” (1998), Carlos Saura; "The son of the bride" (2001) and “The Secret in Their Eyes” (2009), both by Juan José Campanella; and "Wild Tales" (2014), by Damian Szifron. Among the mentioned, "The official story" and "The secret in their eyes" won the award. further, in 1948 "God pay you", by Luis Cesar Amadori, received a special mention.

The next challenge will be 11 February, where he will compete in the 37th edition of the Goya Awards, in the category Best Ibero-American Film. The film was also recently shortlisted for Best Foreign Language Film at the 76th BAFTA Awards., Organized by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, which will be held on 19 February.

Regarding the history of “Argentina, 1985”, narrates the Trial of the Juntas of the last civic-military dictatorship, carried out during the presidency of Raúl Alfonsín. The story is centered on the figures of prosecutors Julio César Strassera (Ricardo Darin) and Luis Moreno Ocampo (Peter Lanzani), and in the adversities of the historical and political context that implied prosecuting those most responsible for crimes against humanity.

The film was the most watched national production in our country last year and received great international recognition since its international premiere at the 79th edition of the Venice International Film Festival., where he achieved the distinction of the International Federation of the Cinematographic Press (FIPRESCI) and of SIGNIS (awarded by the World Catholic Association for Communication).

further, during 2022, received the Audience Award at the 70th edition of the San Sebastian International Film Festival and, later, the awards at the New Latin American Film Festival in Havana from the National Board of Review –which ranked it as one of the five best films of the year–, the Forqué Awards, in the Best Latin American Film category, and the Audience Award at the International Film Festival of La Roche-sur-Yon.