AwardsWatch - foreign language film

2019 Oscars: Official Submissions for the Foreign Language Film Oscar

Erik Anderson July 4, 2018

Belarus’s Crystal Swan, the first Foreign Language Film submission for the 2019 Oscars This is the official submission list for countries entering the Foreign Language... Read More

Belarus enters Foreign Language Film Oscar race first with Karlovy Vary premiere ‘Crystal Swan’

Erik Anderson June 30, 2018

Belarus is the first country out of the gate to officially submit for the Foreign Language Film Oscar race for the 91st Academy Awards with... Read More

2019 Oscars: From Spain’s ‘Everybody Knows’ to South Korea’s ‘Burning’ – 16 Foreign Language Films to Keep an Eye on at Cannes

Erik Anderson April 28, 2018

[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] With just 10 days to go until the 71st edition of the Cannes Film Festival, it’s time to look at the... Read More

Golden Globes: Rule Changes for Limited Series, Acting and Foreign Language Film

Erik Anderson April 25, 2018

Coming just a day after the Academy introduced some big changes for the upcoming Oscars, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, who puts on the annual... Read More

2019 Oscars: New Rules in Music and Doc Feature categories and more for 91st Academy Awards

Erik Anderson April 24, 2018

Today the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced some big changes to the eligibility, campaigning and qualifications for films that want to be... Read More

2019 Oscars: The State of the Foreign Language Film Race Before Cannes

Erik Anderson April 14, 2018

Following our analysis two weeks ago of next year’s Animated Feature Oscar race, we turn our attention to the 2019 Foreign Language Film race... Read More

2018 Oscars: 7 Observations on the 2018 Foreign Language Film Race

Erik Anderson February 2, 2018

On January 23, the Oscar nominations were revealed in all categories and as expected, there were a few surprises in the Foreign Language Film category.... Read More

2018 Oscars: Final Foreign Language Film Predictions

Erik Anderson January 21, 2018

[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] What a pleasure it has been to write about so many wonderful films from so many countries. Ever since September 2017,... Read More

Oscars 2018: Foreign Language Film – The Cases for THE INSULT (Lebanon), A FANTASTIC WOMAN (Chile) and THE SQUARE (Sweden)

Erik Anderson January 15, 2018

Just as we were ready to call our 5 Foreign Language Film predictions locked, IN THE FADE (which was not in our final 5) surprised... Read More

2018 Oscars: Foreign Language Film – The Cases for THE WOUND (South Africa) and IN THE FADE (Germany)

Erik Anderson January 3, 2018

In this week’s analysis, we look at two films which some pundits are considering as longshots for an Foreign Language Film Oscar nomination while others... Read More

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