Golden Globes: 'Minari' Wins Foreign Language Award After Being Barred From Best Picture Category - Hollywood Reporter

Minari's win in the best foreign-language category at tonight's Golden Globes Award ceremony comes after a controversy about the film's classification that left the movie shut out of the best picture race.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association was heavily criticized for its decision to place the Lee Isaac Chung-directed drama in the foreign-language category given that the film was financed and produced by American companies, A24 and Plan B, respectively.

At the time, people took to social media to criticize the HFPA's decision, including Hollywood players like Daniel Dae Kim, Lulu Wang, and Simu Liu. Wang's 2019 film The Farewell was also placed in the foreign-language category, despite being financed and produced by American companies.

The rules of the HFPA states that any film with at least 50 percent non-English dialogue must compete for the foreign-language award rather than for one of the two best picture categories.

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