Nigerian Film Lionheart disqualified from Oscars for lack Of 'No English Dialogues'
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The 1st ever Nigerian film to be submitted for The Academy Awards, Lionhearts has been disqualified on the grounds of lack of non-English dialogues. The film by Genevieve Nnaji was submitted for the category of Best International Film. The film had only one dialogue which is in a foreign language while, as per the rules, the film has to have a predominantly non-English dialogue track. It has 11 mins of dialogue in the Igbo language.