After the scandal in 2019, when the Nigerian film Lionheart was disqualified from the competition by the Academy of the Oscars because it was shot mostly in English, we notice that it is still sometimes difficult for African cinema to impose itself in international competitions.
2021 may be a sign of change. Indeed, the pre-selected films include the Nigerian film The Milkmaid, Not A Burial, It's a Resurrection from Lesotho, the Ivorian film Night of the Kings and the Sudanese feature film You Will Die at Twenty.

Oscars 2021: Several African films selected for the best foreign film category