Coralie Fargeat Hopes Academy Will Consider Horror At “Same Level” As Other Genres

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Although the awards show tends to overlook the horror genre, Coralie Fargeat hopes to catch the Academy‘s attention. After earning three nominations at last night’s Golden Globes for The Substance, the writer and director shared her “wish” that the Oscars will be just as receptive to the horror film when nominations are announced on Friday, Jan.

17. “I don’t see horror films as any different from other movies. They are so political. They are such a great way to tell so many things in a very rude way, and in a very indelicate way,” Fargeat told IndieWire. “To me, they should compete at the same level as everything else.

I learned to accept who I was as a filmmaker, not loving writing dialogue, for instance, but expressing myself in a visual and very visceral way.

And that’s when you accept who you are, and then the magic can happen. The best thing I wish for the Academy is that there is not this barrier, that every movie is considered as cinema, which I think it is.” She was previously nominated for Best Screenplay, Best Director and Best Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy for The Substance at the 82nd Golden Globes.