Netflix has a single horse in this race and it’s going to push hard.

Beasts of No Nation

Stars: Abraham Attah, Idris Elba
Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga
Premise: From IMDb: “A drama based on the experiences of Agu, a child soldier fighting in the civil war of an unnamed African country.”
Oscar Chances: Uncertain: Netflix, while huge on the TV front, is just now digging into big screen distribution. Their day-and-date releases aren’t making studios very happy, not that they wasn’t already a rancorous relationship between them. I suspect that the film will be ultimately ignored in spite of its acclaim. I could be surprised, though.
Campaign-Proposed Categories:

• Best Picture (Amy Kaufman, Cary Joji Fukunaga, Daniela Taplin Lundberg, Riva Marker)
• Best Director (Cary Joji Fukunaga)
• Best Adapted Screenplay (Cary Joji Fukunaga)
• Best Cinematography (Cary Joji Fukunaga)
• Best Actor (Abraham Attah)
• Best Supporting Actor (Idris Elba)
• Best Sound Editing (Glenfield Payne)
• Best Sound Mixing (Geoffrey Patterson, Martin Czembor)
• Best Original Score (Dan Romer)
• Best Production Design (Inbal Weinberg, Katie Hickman)
• Best Costume Design (Jenny Eagan)
• Best Makeup and Hairstyling (CHris Burgoyne, Rita Parillo)

Rotten Tomatoes:
90% (101 critics; as of 11/22/15)
Metacritic:
79 out of 100 (30 critics; as of 11/22/15)