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Which film should receive the Ozzie

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Candidate 2
2 (22.2%)
Candidate 3
3 (33.3%)
Candidate 4
3 (33.3%)

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Voting closed: March 06, 2019, 06:01:05 PM

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Ostlake Movie Awards Best International Film
« on: March 02, 2019, 06:01:05 PM »
You can vote for two films, voting is open for 4 days. In case of a tie the East Moreland panel (me) will cast the determining vote.

CANDIDATE 1

Name of Film: Grand Bledapessera Hotel
Genre: Comedy
Nation: Krimeon
Brief Outline: Grand Bledapessera Hotel recounts the adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous Albionite hotel from the fictional Republic of Zubrowka during the Great War, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting and the battle for an enormous family fortune -- all against the back-drop of a suddenly and dramatically changing Continent.
Link to the trailer: TRAILER


CANDIDATE 2

Name of Film: John Wick (*Incl. Franchise)
Genre: Neo-noir action thriller
Nation: Krimeon
Brief Outline: With the untimely death of his beloved wife still bitter in his mouth, John Wick, the expert former assassin, receives one final gift from her--a precious keepsake to help John find a new meaning in life now that she is gone. But when the arrogant Krimeonite mob prince, Iosef Tarasov, and his men pay Wick a rather unwelcome visit to rob him of his prized 1969 Mustang and his wife's present, the legendary hitman will be forced to unearth his meticulously concealed identity. Blind with revenge, John will immediately unleash a carefully orchestrated maelstrom of destruction against the sophisticated kingpin, Viggo Tarasov, and his family, who are fully aware of his lethal capacity. Now, only blood can quench the boogeyman's thirst for retribution
Link to the trailer: TRAILER

CANDIDATE 3


Name of Film: Silence
Genre: Drama
Nation: Empire of Tamora
Brief Outline: Based on RL events, the movie shows the plight of the Tamoran community living in Medak Pocket ( Slava Lavosk) focusing especially on the story of Dilara Haghighi. The movie was released in 2018 before Dilara was executed.
Spoiler: Silence movie trailer • show




The movie starts by presenting life of Tamorans living Medak, a town in Slava Lavosk, near the Tamoran border that has a large minority of ethnic Tamorans. Dilara Haghighi is shown going to school, praying and keeping true to her Tamoran heritage when all hell breaks loose.




Literally overnight, the 16 years old high school student is thrown in prison. The movies shows the detention center from afar, in the background can be heard the authentic voices of Slavans screaming "Prosecute, prosecute!" and then the Slavan tribunal judge condemning Dilara to death for " insurrection, treason and human trafficking". The movie now switches to black and white to better transmit to viewers the feeling of the complete change Tamorans in Slava experienced as well a feeling of bleakness and desperation.




The trailer then proceeds to show the father of Dilara,Khalid Haghighi, which after clearly having been tortured for days gives a statement condemning his daughter.




The Slavan President is shown in the movies giving his famous speeches and having the stern, merciless, anti Tamoran determination and even admitting publicly about what Slava's government is doing:
 "Some Tamorans are being held in clean, secure detention centers until the scope of the charges against them can be determined and criminal proceedings begun."





The last 60 seconds sees the movies return to color and showing the real mother of Dilara saying one of the ancient women only Manist prayers. The prayer, as is prescribed, is a wailing to God for the hardships endured by her family, the reiteration to continue to submit to His will without question or exception and to promise Him that all the misery will stop once Tamorans rise as one against their enemies. The ancient prayer traces it roots to the early days of Tamora, when many families were constantly ravaged by the Kingdom of Altai. One thousand years later, the prayer is needed now as much as it was then since only the name of the enemies of Tamora have changed as their actions have remained the same. 



CANDIDATE 4

Name of Film Caught in Rhythm
Genre Children's Drama
Nation Achkaerin
Brief Outline Caught in Rhythm centres around Redwall School, they used to be a vibrant school in the arts but are now 'the school that forgot music'. That is until a girl called Rhythm transfers into the school and slowly turns a group of closet music lovers into a performing group, it's not an easy journey, there are tears of joy and sorrow along the way along with plenty of vocal doubters and bullies try to put the loveable band of misfits down but when the curtain rises on the end of year show the show must go on.