By Carissa Alcantara
After officially announcing to enter the Oscars 2023 in October, Erik Matti's film "On the Job: Missing 8" failed to make it to the shortlist of this year's Academy Awards for the International Feature film category.
"On the Job: The Missing 8" premiered in September 2021 at the 78th Venice International Film Festival, where John Arcilla won the Volpi Cup for best actor.
This recognition made John the first Southeast Asian artist to win the best actor at the prestigious festival.
Following the sequel of the 2013 film, "On The Job: The Missing 8" follows the story of a journalist Sison Salas (John Arcilla), who seeks justice for his colleagues, and convicts Roman Rubio (Dennis Trillo), a hired gun who is regularly brought out of prison to perform assassinations.
Posted on the Official website of the Academy Awards, here are the films that made the cut in the International Feature film category.
Argentina, Argentina, 1985
Austria, Corsage
Belgium, Close
Cambodia, Return to Seoul
Denmark, Holy Spider
France, Saint Omer
Germany, All Quiet on the Western Front
India, Last Film Show
Ireland, The Quiet Girl
Mexico, Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Morocco, The Blue Caftan
Pakistan, Joyland
Poland, EO
South Korea, Decision to Leave
Sweden, Cairo Conspiracy