The Oscars preview with Axel Kuschevatzky and Lety Sahagun: predictions, women in the industry and more…

Written by Cristian Palomba and Mariana Cano.The Oscars will be the protagonists of this Sunday night and those in charge of presenting all the stars who will be present on the red carpet are the Argentine Axel Kuschevatzky and the Mexican Lety Sahagun. Filo.news in the run-up to this ceremony and told some details: from their predictions for the big awards to the evolution of women in the industry within the framework of a new 8M. Expectations about “The Snow Society”The Snow Society” has a large participation of Argentines, either by the actors who participate in the film or the casting team. However, after being asked about the documentary that narrates the tragedy of the Andes, the Argentine producer assured: “It’s not a Latin American film.” In this way, he remarked that in this edition of the Oscars, the Latin American presence is placed on the Chilean documentary called “The Infinite Memory”. However, he assured that in “La Sociedad de la Nieve” there is inescapably “a Rio de la Plata identity that includes Argentina.” The defunding of culture in ArgentinaAxel Kuschevatzky was a great critic of the so-called “Omnibus Law” of the current president Javier Milei. In this sense, after being asked about the policies of defunding culture in the country, the producer said that he does not understand it. Under that framework, he argued, “I can’t think of why anyone would want there to be less economic activity.” In addition, he continued: “Why governments that talk about economic growth would not be propping up the audiovisual.” He even drew a parallel with a politician in England, whom he described as “fascinated with Tatcher” and “conservative”, saying that there “they return 40% of the direct investment in cinemas and television series because it is a super competitive market”.8M and women in the film industryIn the framework of a new International Women’s Day and the preview of what will be the Oscars, Lety Sahagun took the floor to detail the reality of the inclusion of women in the film and entertainment industry. In this sense, she highlighted: “I have the impression that in the awards and ceremonies when they meet a certain quota, they give the pat on the back that they are already including women as if that were enough.” In fact, she said: “I think the conversation goes much further, I work in the television industry, I work in the television industry, I work in the podcast industry and a lot of times I’m in a room with 25 production people and sometimes there are one or two who are women.” Under that framework, he reflected: “Don’t you realize? Aren’t you surprised?” The Argentinian producer added to this to put on the table the problematization of the wage gap that exists: “The solution will not be completely balanced until two people who do the same job do not earn the same,” he said. Axel and Lety’s predictionsFinally, both Axel and Lety were asked about the predictions for the awards that will take place tonight. Although the Argentinian producer could not make his favoritism known, given that he is part of the jury that votes, he did leave some clues. Find out all about it in this reel:

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