The jury at Cannes awarded '' Loveless '' the Jury Prize . Producer Alexander Rodnyansky said that when the Russian Oscar Committee was selecting a submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film , '' Loveless '' s political critics campaigned against it but it remained a frontrunner due to the Jury Prize and the positive reception in North America . Critic Anton Dolin argued '' Loveless '' s Sony distribution and Zvyagintsev 's previous nomination for '' Leviathan '' also gave it an edge over other Russian films considered . In September , it was selected as the Russian entry for Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards ; the Academy shortlisted it for a nomination in December
90th Academy Awards
90th Academy Awards
Loveless (film)