OSCARS Approves Pidgin English As Foreign Language

Nigerian movies in pidgin English now have a fighting chance at international feature film category of the OSCARS. According to Oloture, film director, Kenneth Gyang,top film executive, Mo Abudu helped Nollywood achieve the feat after extensive conversations with the Academy.
“ Pidgin English is now considered a  foreign language at OSCARS, Ms Mo Abudu has been in communication with international features section of the academy about the possibility of entering our film made in pidgin through the Nigerian Oscar”,Gyang tweeted.
In the final stage of the extensive conversations, Abudu was requested to write a letter of justification which was approved by the academy. The latest development has since been communicated to the Nigerian Oscars Selection Committee (NOSC)
Recall Nigeria’s 2019   submission, Lion Heart, Genevieve Nnaji’s directorial debut was disqualified by the academy for violating the foreign language requirements. The history making film was well over 60 per cent in English.
However, a press statement released by Nigerian official selection committee for the academy awards has confirmed that the academy would now consider movies with dialogue in pidgin English, according to Chinese Anyene Abonyi NOSC chairperson, the feat was achieved after several months of being in communication with the academy as well as visits to Los Angeles
“ This approval as secured by the NOSC is a new feat for the industry and it is untrue if any other individual or entity claims such achievement as this is beyond mere visiting the academy without knowing the approval intricacies”, it said.
In the light of the new development, NOSC will now consider extending the submission deadline which ended at 11.59 Pm on October 2,2020..This according to the press statement will now allow over five filmmakers with pidgin English films to submit their films