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TIFF Review: ‘180 Degree Rule’ speaks for countless women whose only language is silence

Courtesy of TIFF Plot: Tehran, present day. A school teacher and a mother to a 5-year old daughter is preparing… Read More

September 15, 2020

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

[divider style="normal" top="20" bottom="20"] With just 10 days to go until the 71st edition of the Cannes Film Festival, it’s… Read More

April 28, 2018

2018 Berlin Film Festival Review: an original and unorthodox look at Iranian cinema in ‘Pig (Khook)’

Synopsis: A blacklisted Iranian director is alarmed when several filmmakers are murdered around the country. He’s alarmed not only because… Read More

February 21, 2018

2018 Oscar Predictions: FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM (November)

These are actually our first jump into predictions for Foreign Language Film even though we've been bouncing them around for… Read More

November 1, 2017

2018 Oscars: Record 92 Countries to Compete for Foreign Language Film Oscar

A record 92 countries will compete for the Foreign Language Film Oscar. Haiti, Honduras, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Mozambique, Senegal,… Read More

August 17, 2017

2017 Oscars: What You Need to Know about the Foreign Language Film Oscar Finalists

[divider style="solid" top="20" bottom="20"] When the Academy announced the shortlist of nine films eligible for a Foreign Language Film Oscar nomination… Read More

December 17, 2016

2017 Oscars: 9 Foreign Language Films Advance in Oscar® Race; Elle, Neruda Snubbed

[divider style="solid" top="20" bottom="20"] LOS ANGELES, CA – Nine features will advance to the next round of voting in the… Read More

December 15, 2016

New Trailer and Poster for Iran’s Oscar Entry ‘The Salesman’

From award-winning writer/director Asghar Farhadi (The Oscar-winning A SEPARATION, THE PAST, ABOUT ELLY, FIREWORKS WEDNESDAY) comes a masterful, intimate and… Read More

November 11, 2016

2017 Oscars: 85 Countries Will Compete for the Foreign Language Film Oscar

  [divider style="solid" top="20" bottom="20"] LOS ANGELES, CA – Eighty-five countries have submitted films for consideration in the Foreign Language… Read More

October 11, 2016

2017 Oscar Predictions: ANIMATED, DOCUMENTARY and FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM (October)

[divider style="solid" top="20" bottom="20"] Here are the 2017 Oscar predictions for Best Animated Feature, Best Documentary Feature and Best Foreign… Read More

October 10, 2016

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