Ifilimu entsha ngumlawuli waseTshayina Ang Lee Inkanuko, isilumkiso ejongene nobudlelwane bezesondo phakathi kwe-activist eyimfihlo kunye nenkosi yezobukrelekrele ye-allied yaseJapan eShanghai ngexesha leMfazwe yesibini yeHlabathi. sele iphumelele iGolden Lion kumnyhadala wefilimu waseVenice, kodwa akayi kuba nako ukuphumelela UOscar, nanjengoko iye yarhoxiswa ukuchongwa kunyaka ozayo, kudidi lwefilimu egqwesileyo ngolwimi lwasemzini. Isizathu kukuba iAkhademi ifuna ukuba ubuncinci inxalenye yeqela lemveliso yefilim ibe yeyasekhaya, imfuneko engazange ifikelelwe.
Ifilimu eya kuthatha indawo Inkanuko, isilumkiso es Island Etude nguChen Huai-en, obalisa ibali lomfundi wekholeji kunye nokhenketho lwakhe lwebhayisekile eTaiwan.