Eric Oh's New Work 'Namu', Preliminary Candidate for the US Academy Awards

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Isul] Director Eric Oh has been invited to the Oscars for the second consecutive year.

Eric Oh's new work, "Namu," was included in the shortlist of preliminary nominees for the 94th Academy Awards announced by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), which hosts the Oscars, on the 22nd (Korean time).

Director Eric Oh, whose "Opera" was the only Asian work in the short animation category to make the final Oscar nominations last year, is attracting attention to see if he will be nominated again for the second consecutive year.

Foreign media such as the American IndieWire predict that "Namu" will be selected as a final Oscar nominee.

Additionally, "Namu" was nominated in two categories at the American animation awards, the Annie Awards, on the same day.

"Namu" is a VR animation created in collaboration with Baobab Studios and was first unveiled at this year's Sundance Film Festival, while "Opera" is scheduled to be exhibited for the first time domestically next year through a large-scale media art exhibition.

Meanwhile, AMPAS announces a shortlist of twice the number of official nominees each year before announcing the final Academy Award nominees.

The final nominees for the 94th Academy Awards will be announced on February 8, 2022, and the ceremony will be held on March 27.

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