A film with no dialogue and only the clip-clop of donkeys walking through a desert has made its way to the Oscars. The film follows the mundane yet meaningful journey of three non-human leads as they travel across a vast, lonely desert landscape. The quiet and unconventional storytelling of the movie has received much recognition, winning several honors, including the Grand Prize at the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma and the Silver Hugo for Documentary Short Film at the Chicago International Film Festival. 

Now, is this Oscar-nominated film, Perfectly a Strangeness, available to stream online? Here is how the film.

After its run across several film festivals, Perfectly a Strangeness, directed by Alison McAlpine, became available to stream on Apple TV and Crave in Canada. However, the film has also been screened in theaters across the United States. Starting in March, the movie is also expected to be available on The Criterion Channel and Kanopy.

This Oscar-nominated film, Perfectly a Strangeness, follows three donkeys, Palaye, Ruperto, and Palomo, as they slowly travel across the mountains of Chile’s Atacama Desert. And during their quiet journey, the animals eventually stumble upon a mountaintop astronomical observatory. Shown through the perspective of the donkey, this film focuses on how they see the world, the stunning desert landscapes, and star-filled skies. At the same time, it also sparks humanity’s curiosity.

The power of the movie lies in its narrative, and that makes the film worthy of an Oscar nomination, much like other films. Now, while the concept is unique and refreshing for the viewers, the director, Alison McAlpine, admitted that the idea initially felt like a mad concept to her. But there was something that encouraged her to move ahead with this mad idea.

She spoke about what convinced her during one of her interviews.

Perfectly a Strangeness, which follows three donkeys wandering through the mountains of Chile, might sound like an unusual idea at first. And even director Alison McAlpine admitted the same in her interview. However, it was the process that convinced her otherwise. The director turned the quiet journey into something surprisingly magical.

“It was such a mad idea,” McAlpine told The Hollywood Reporter. 

“There were so many magical moments in the process that convinced me it was worth pursuing this mad idea,” she added.

McAlpine’s vision for the film was right. And this story, even with no dialogues impressed fans. This surreal film has now earned an Oscar nomination for  Best Documentary Short Film . 

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