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Oscars: Coup-Hit Madagascar Sets First Oscar Entry With ‘Disco Afrika: A Malagasy Story’

October 20, 2025
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Oscars: Coup-Hit Madagascar Sets First Oscar Entry With ‘Disco Afrika: A Malagasy Story’
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Madagascar has submitted Luck Razanajaona’s Disco Afrika: A Malagasy Story to the Best International Feature Film category at the 98th Academy Awards, as its first ever Oscar entry.

News of the submission comes amid political turbulence in the Indian Ocean country, lying off the Southeastern coast of Africa, following a coup last week by Colonel Michael Randrianirina.

The regime change came in the wake of protests led by thousands of youngsters, sparked by corruption and lack of essential services such as water and power, with Randrianirina promising free and fair elections within two years.

The cut-off for entry to the Best International Feature Film was at 5 p.m. on October 1, but some countries are only publicly declaring their candidates now.

Deadline was informed of the Madagascar entry over the weekend by the film’s producer Jonathan Rubin at Paris-based We Films and Madagascar cinema body Malagasy Cinema.

“Disco Afrika: A Malagasy Story by Luck Razanajaona has been officially selected by Malagasy Cinema, the committee in charge of choosing the country’s Oscar submission,” he wrote, adding it was the country’s first entry to the Best International Feature Film category.

The timely film, which world premiered in the Berlinale’s Generation 14plus section in 2024, is set in contemporary Madagascar, and follows 20-year-old Kwame as he struggles to make a living in clandestine sapphire mines.

When an unexpected event takes him back to his hometown, he is reunited with his mother and old friends but also confronted by the corruption that plagues his country, sparking a political awakening.

Following its Berlinale debut, the film screened at more than 60 festivals worldwide, including the Marrakech International Film Festival, the Namur International Francophone Film Festival, Toronto Next Wave, and the Seattle International Film Festival.

It has also been released theatrically in more than 10 territories, including Madagascar, France, the UK, Kenya, and West Africa.

The film is lead produced by We Films in coproduction with Africamadavibe (Madagascar), NiKo Films (Germany, Caméléon Production (Mauritius) and Free Women Films (South Africa).

Parista Sambo leads the cast as Kwame with members including Laurette Ramasinjanahary, Joe Lerova, Drwina Razafimahaleo and Jérôme Oza.

In the backdrop, the swearing-in of Randrianirina as Madagascar’s new president on October 15, having forced former President Andry Rajoelina to flee the country, had had a mixed response at home and more widely across the region.

Many Malagasy people welcome the removal of Rajoelina, who clung to power amid the protests, having himself first been brought to power via a coup in 2009, to then be voted in as president in 2018.

Some parts population, however, are concerned at the army’s intervention, while the African Union, spanning more than 50 African countries, said it was suspending Madagascar as a member.

News of the Madagascar entry brings the number of declared entries to 90. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is currently vetting the submissions for eligibility.

The post Oscars: Coup-Hit Madagascar Sets First Oscar Entry With ‘Disco Afrika: A Malagasy Story’ appeared first on Deadline.

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