Jude Anthany Joseph opens up about how expensive it is to get attention for a film at Oscars; says, “It costs about 15,000 dollars for a single page ad in the magazine” : Bollywood News

Readers would be aware that the disaster film 2018 starring Tovino Thomas received much love from many across the country owing to its realistic portrayal of the Kerala Floods. With the film garnering such a tremendous response, Jude Anthany Joseph decided to send the film to the upcoming Oscars in 2024. Unfortunately, the film did not make it to the list. Opening up about the extensive and expensive process which is required to garner attention for the films which have to enter the Oscars, the director of the film Jude Anthany Joseph revealed about how the process works.

Jude Anthany Joseph opens up about how expensive it is to get attention for a film at Oscars; says, “It costs about 15,000 dollars for a single page ad in the magazine”

In an interview with Galatta Plus, Jude Anthany Joseph revealed about the process films have to follow after enlisting their films for Oscar nominations. He said, “We have to get a publicist first and he will plan the things like screening with reception, screening without reception. Then, you have to give an advertisement in the magazine that is highly costly as it costs 15,000 dollars for a single page ad and you have to give 15-20 ads there. Producers have to think before that I am going to spend crores of money only on advertising. After that, you have to meet so many people. The publicist told me, ‘Even if they loved the film, they have to love you’,” he said.

On the other hand, speaking about the response he received as a part of the Oscar campaign, he added, “It’s a wonderful journey at the Oscars. To meet people there and screen your own film for the members there and to talk to them and get feedback from them, that’s an awesome feeling as a filmmaker. I just loved it, and I am thankful to the people of India to watch my film.” He continued about how people were surprised to know about the budget of the film. “People loved the film, and they asked me how I shot it. For them, $3 million is nothing, but for a Malayalam film, it’s a huge budget. So, when I told them that the film was shot in $3 million, they were like, ‘How did you manage?’ I told them, ‘That’s how we shoot films in India, we have budget constraints’,” he shared.

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