{
  "id": 11981349,
  "title": "NOSC Selects Dear Ajayi as Nigeria’s Official Submission for 99th Oscars",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/nosc-selects-dear-ajayi-as-nigerias-official-submission-for-99th",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-04T18:27:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Day",
    "slug": "this-day",
    "url": "https://www.thisdaylive.com/2026/10/04/nosc-selects-dear-ajayi-as-nigerias-official-submission-for-99th-oscars/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Nigeria's Official Selection Committee (NOSC) has announced that Vanessa Obioha's 2026 film, 'Dear Ajayi', directed by Damilola Orimogunje, has been chosen as the country's submission for the Best International Feature Film category at the 99th Academy Awards. The film, which has its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival's Directors/Authors' Days, follows the story of two estranged sisters living in 1990s Nigeria and their care for their paralysed mother. The Nigerian-German co-production, produced by 2o9ine Films with Depth and Optics Productions and Germany's Mayana Films, stars Bimbo Akintola and Tosin Adeyemi as the sisters. The NOSC expressed congratulations to the filmmakers and wished them success in the upcoming stages of the process. The 99th Academy Awards ceremony is scheduled to take place on March 14, 2027.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Premium Times",
        "title": "Oscars 2027: Nigeria submits Dear Ajayi for international feature category",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/oscars-2027-nigeria-submits-dear-ajayi-for-international-feature",
        "published": "2026-10-04T18:34:10.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}