Oscars 2026: Are International Features Become More Popular With The Academy?
This year’s Best International Feature nominees were fairly easy to predict. (Congrats to NEON for securing 4 out of 5 ...
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VIDEO: Filmmaker Kleber Mendonça Filho On The Timeliness of ‘The Secret Agent:’ “It Is A Very Serious Moment…Right Now.”
Brazil could strike Oscar gold two years in a row with another film that warns of the dangers of authoritarianism. ...
VIDEO: Kaouther Ben Hania On Her Need To Keep a Little Girl’s Voice Alive With ‘The Voice Of Hind Rajab’
The Voice of Hind Rajab director Kaouther Ben Hania discusses her International Feature Oscar-shortlisted film. Kaouther Ben Hania has made ...
Oscars 2026: A Few Terrific Surprises, Obvious Choices On International Feature Short List; ‘Sirât’ Named On 5 Lists
The Academy announced short lists in 10 categories today including International Feature. Here are the 15 films that are moving ...
VIDEO: ‘Panopticon’ Director George Sikharulidze On How The Current Regime Has Seized Control Over Georgia’s Film Industry
Georgian-American writer-director George Sikharulidze’s stunning first feature, Panopticon, follows 18-year-old Sandro (a spellbinding Data Chachua in his first major screen ...
VIDEO: ‘The Altar Boy, the Priest, and the Gardener:’ Catholic Sex Abuse Survivor Anthony Venegas Abarca’s Brave Decision To Tell His Story
Juan Manuel Fernández’s The Altar Boy, The Priest And The Gardener, is Costa Rica’s International Feature submission, one of 13 ...
New York Film Festival 2025: ‘It Was Just An Accident:’ An Impressive, Thought-Provoking Cinematic Achievement
This year’s Cannes Palm d’Or winner and France’s International Feature Oscar entry, Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just an Accident, is ...
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