‘How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies’ has been shortlisted for an Oscar

The Thai hit film How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies has made the shortlist for the Oscar for Best International Feature Film category.

This year saw the Pat Boonitipat-directed film How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies sweep Southeast Asia in a flood of feels and tears. It was a success that took the filmmakers off guard. The film garnered accolades, rave reviews from critics, and a slew of reaction videos on social media that showed audiences bawling while watching the movie. 

But it seems like its awards sweep may not be over yet. The Academy Awards, or Oscars, just announced the shortlist for ten categories. How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies is one of the 15 films shortlisted for the Best International Feature Film Oscar making it the very first Thai film in history to ever do so.

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How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies makes Oscar shortlist

It was announced back in October that How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies would be Thailand’s entry into the Best International Feature Film at the 97th Academy Awards. Thailand has dutifully entered a movie for the category every year since 2000. But it was all the way back in 1984 with The Story of Nampoo when Thailand first put up a film for consideration. Thailand has since submitted 30 films for the category with How to Make Millions being the 31st—and the very first to be shortlisted.

To be clear, the film hasn’t been nominated, at least not yet. Before the Oscars in March, the list will be whittled down to five nominees. How to Make Millions is contending with other shortlisters from Brazil, Iceland, Senegal, and Germany. Nominations for all categories are set to be unveiled in January.

How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies became a viral sensation when it was released in theatres back in April. The film follows the story of a lazy young man who comes up with a get-rich-quick scheme by taking care of his grandma who has cancer in the hopes that she will leave her inheritance with him. However, as he spends more time with his grandma, his morals are realigned and he realises that he loves her more than the inheritance he wants.

How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies, which will hopefully be an Oscar-nominated film come January, can be streamed on Netflix.