Golden Globes: ‘The Farewell,’ ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’ among eligible Foreign Language Film contenders
This year, 80 Foreign Language Films from 49 countries are eligible for Golden Globes consideration Each year the Hollywood Foreign Press Association bestows the Golden... Read More
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2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM (October)
October marks the first month of official predictions for the newly titled International Feature Film Oscar (formerly titled Foreign Language Film) now that we have... Read More
2020 Oscars: Official Submissions for International Feature Film
The submitted motion pictures in the running for the International Feature Film Oscar (formerly Foreign Language Film, see below) must be first released theatrically in... Read More
FINAL 2019 Oscar Predictions: FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Can anything really beat Roma here? There’s really nothing standing in its way unless you think that the voting body doesn’t want to give the... Read More
2019 Oscar Predictions: ANIMATED FEATURE, DOCUMENTARY FEATURE, FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM (November)
Incredibles 2 holds onto the top spot in Animated Feature but the phenomenal reviews for Ralph Breaks the Internet help bump up that film to... Read More
Golden Globes: 80 Films Eligible for Foreign Language Film
The last two years saw the Foreign Language Film Globe winner not nominated for the Oscar 80 films from 49 countries have qualified to be... Read More
2019 Oscars: A Look at Asian Films in This Year’s Foreign Language Oscar Race
Our weekly Foreign Language Oscar race analysis pieces continue this week with a special look at the Asian films in this year’s race. Asian films... Read More
Oscars: Shortlists to be revealed in nine categories on the same day
For the first time since 1979 we’ll have shortlists in Original Score and Original Song The Academy announced yesterday that instead of dropping shortlists in... Read More
87 Countries to Compete for Foreign Language Film Oscar
The final list is in and 87 countries have qualified to compete for the Foreign Language Film Oscar. Afghanistan’s entry, Rona, Azim’s Mother, was not on... Read More
2019 Oscars: The State of the Foreign Language Film Oscar Race – Part 2
Venice and Telluride have just begun. Toronto has announced its lineup and starts in less than a week. That means another installment of AwardsWatch’s The... Read More
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