"Io Capitano" by Matteo Garrone will represent Italy at the 96th Academy Awards, where it will be nominated for the International Feature Film Award. Yesterday, the Selection Committee for the Italian film to be nominated for Oscars, constituted by ANICA on behalf of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, voted. The decision was made "for having embodied the universal desire for freedom and happiness with great power and cinematic mastery. Creating a dream epic that dramatizes the fortitude and suffering that have always characterized migrations, in a context of profound humanity." "Io Capitano" will compete for a spot on the Academy's shortlist of the fifteen finest foreign films, which will be unveiled on December 21, 2023. The nominations (list of films nominated to compete for the award) will be announced on January 23, 2024, and the ceremony will be conducted in Los Angeles on March 10, 2024.