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Palme d’Or Winner ‘Titane’ Chosen as France’s Oscar Submission
Julia Ducournau‘s Titane, which won the Cannes Palme d’Or award earlier this year, has officially been selected as France’s submission to the Best International Feature category at the 2022 Oscars. Haven previously won the prestigious award, which was selected by a jury including Spike Lee, the film has since been showing at festivals across the […] More
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Ecuador Becomes the First to Submit a Film for Best International Feature
And we’re off. Just before the major film festivals officially kick off the award season, Ecuador has already submitted their title for Best International Feature for the upcoming 94th Academy Awards. What is the film in question, you might ask? Well. it’s Sumergible, a Spanish-language drama from director Alfredo León León, written by León and […] More
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The Top 25 Best International Feature Winners So Far
You all know what time it is once again! Continuing a tradition I’ve been keen on for years, I’m ranking the new crop of Academy Award winners. For nearly all of the Oscar categories, you’ll see me list the top 25 recipients of that prize. Sometimes, our newest winner will appear. Other times, they’ll be […] More
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Interview: Director Maria Sødahl and Star Andrea Bræin Hovig on Bringing the Human Experience to the Screen in Norwegian Oscar Entry ‘Hope’
This year’s Oscar shortlist for Best International Feature includes Hope, which looks to become the sixth nominated film from Norway and the first since Kon-Tiki in 2012. Andrea Bræin Hovig stars as Anja, a woman grappling with a terminal cancer diagnosis and struggling with how to share the news with the three children and three […] More
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Video Interview: ‘Two of Us’ Director and Star Discuss the Not So Typical Romance
The new French drama, Two of Us, often feels like a story of young love with a couple of teenagers hiding their forbidden relationship from their parents. That may seem like an odd way to describe a film about a mature lesbian couple’s secret relationship, but it is actually kind of fitting. The film is […] More
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The Academy Announces Animated, Documentary, and International Eligibility Lists
Today the Academy has announced their lists of films eligible to compete for the Best Animated Feature Film, Best Documentary Feature Film, and International Feature Film categories. On February 9th, 2021, the Academy will release the shortlists for the documentary and international film categories, narrowing down the competitors to a list of 15, of which […] More
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The Academy is Making Changes to the Best International Feature Shortlist Selection Process
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced a lot of organizations to change the ways that they conduct business, and the Academy is no different. While we’ve already seen the pandemic result in a massive push back of the award ceremony, an even more specific, highly detailed, shift has just been announced regarding the way that the […] More
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Interview: ‘Agnes Joy’ Director and Stars Talk Nuance and Longing
A well-drawn family drama about growing up and getting old, Agnes Joy was selected as Iceland’s submission for Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards next spring after sweeping the Edda awards earlier in the year. A sophomore feature by director Silja Hauksdóttir, the film follows the turbulent relationship between Rannveig (Katla Margrét Þorgeirsdóttir), a small-town […] More
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Italy Poised to Select Their Official Oscar Entry: Will ‘The Life Ahead’ Be Chosen?
Among the many factors making this year one of the most unique in cinematic history, the lack of a traditional film festival season has upended the Best International Feature race. In prior years, it would be somewhat easy to understand what the main contenders are, as they would have debuted at places like Cannes. This […] More
