The Austrian thriller-drama, is going to contend with another nearly 100 movies from the different countries for the upcoming (2016) American Academy Awards. The label boasts back-to-back feature documentary Oscar wins for 20 Feet From StardomВ and last yearвЂ™s Citizenfour.If a mother isn't being one, her own child would doubt her. Radius head of marketing Caroline McKenzie cut a riveting trailer that has generated 10M views across the distributorвЂ™s YouTube channel and Facebook uploads.В Radius VP Distribution Elissa Federoff plans to keep Goodnight MommyВ alive theatrically sans VOD in a handful of theaters as it heads into the Golden Globe and Oscar nom frame. Released in four theaters in New York, Los Angeles and Austin on September 11 and earning a $15K PTA and a $64K opening weekend, Goodnight MommyВ largely has played the art house metro track, which includes San Francisco, Washington D.C., Chicago, Dallas, Houston and Toronto, but also creeped into college towns like Amherst, MA and Madison, WI.

Goodnight Mommy has already struck a nerve in Hollywood as talent agencies clamored to sign itsВ two co-directors Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz.

Oscars: Academy Finalizes Foreign-Language Film Contenders Other critics, such as The Washington PostвЂsВ Michael OвЂ™Sullivan have observed that the look of Goodnight MommyВ is вЂњgorgeous,вЂќ further propped by its вЂњdeliberate pacing and mundane, shock-free plottingвЂќ and buttoned up with a twist that will make viewers want to watch it all over again. Australian title BabadookВ inserted itself in the awards conversation last year when it was lauded as best first film (for director-writer Jennifer Kent) by the New York Film Critics Circle Awards.В VarietyвЂ™s Peter Debruge winked at Goodnight MommyвЂsВ kudo potential in his Venice review, calling it вЂњa fairy tale for DogtoothВ enthusiasts.вЂќ Despite its degree of violence, Dogtooth,В GreeceвЂ™s 2011 Oscar entry, didnвЂ™t turn too many stomachs at the Academy as it landed a foreign film nomination. The film arrives at a time when other titles such as RadiusвЂ™ It Follows ($14.7M)В and Sundance SelectsвЂ™ The Babadook ($951K) are smarting up the horror genre. Further heightening things around the house is the boysвЂ™ game of make-believe, which blurs the lines between reality and nightmare. She arrives fully bandaged and unrecognizable, making the brothers realize that this might not be mom.

Goodnight MommyВ follows 9-year-old twin brothers who are waiting in their countryside home for their mother to return from cosmetic surgery. Goodnight Mommy showed some awards traction three days ago when its DP Martin Gschlacht won at the European Film Awards. The Academy, despite its scattered history with horror fare, is taking Goodnight MommyВ seriously too: TheyвЂ™re screening the film for members on - of all days - Halloween. Austria is looking to break any genre bias at the Oscars this year with its arthouse horror thriller from Radius, Goodnight Mommy.В The film, which was acquired by RadiusвЂ™ former co-chiefВ Tom Quinn at the 2014 Venice Film Festival for a low-six figures, cleared the $1M mark yesterday after a seven-weekend run, becoming the eighth foreign-language title to do so this year. Other titles scaring trophies into the hands of nominees included The Omen,В whichВ won composer Jerry Goldsmith best original score, whileВ supporting actress Ruth Gordon earned an Oscar win for RosemaryвЂ™s Baby.Д«ut put foreign film and Academy Awards in the same sentence and you really have to hit the golden-guy trivia books. Sure, theyвЂ™ve had their day: One of the most notable hardcore titles being 1974вЂ™s The Exorcist,В which landed 10 nominations, includingВ best picture and director, and wound up with wins for adapted screenplay and sound. Horror films have always been the exception in the Oscar conversation.

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