A Hong Kong film is nominated for an Oscar for the first time since 1993, but their biggest broadcaster isn't interested in airing the show. The beautiful drama Better Days has been nominated this year for the best international film Oscar. The film was adapted from the popular Chinese YA novel In His Youth, In Her Beauty (少年的你，如此美丽) by author Jiu Yuexi. It tells a story of a bullied high school girl and a teenage street thug, and how both of their lives were changed by each other. The movie was directed by Derek Tsang. This is a huge deal. It has given Hong Kong its first shot at Academy Awards glory since Farewell My Concubine in 1993. But the Oscars ceremony will go unaired in Hong Kong for the first time in over 50 years. Why? Hong Kong's biggest free broadcaster TVB, which has carried the Oscars since 1969, has opted not to renew the rights to the ceremony. A TVB spokesperson said, "It was purely a commercial decision that we decided not to pursue the Oscars this year." Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Monday, 29 March, 2021