Trailer: Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Cannes-winning ‘Drive My Car,’ Japan’s Oscar entry
Adapted from Haruki Murakami’s short story, Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Drive My Car is a winner of three prizes at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival: Best Screenplay,... Read More
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2020 Oscars: 25 Best International Feature Film Contenders That Are Not ‘Parasite’
‘25 Best International Feature Film Contenders That Are Not Parasite’ is a 5-part series by Carlos Aguilar, his first for AwardsWatch. In this series, Carlos... Read More
2020 Oscars: 25 Best International Feature Film Contenders Part 3 – Japan, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, North Macedonia
Deservingly, Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite has attained a nearly unanimous front-runner status not only for the Best International Feature Film Academy Award, but likely for nominations... 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
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
The Foreign Language Film Oscar is fully underway with the Berlin and Cannes Film Festivals already providing us with a wealth of contenders and plenty... Read More
2019 Oscars: Official Submissions for the Foreign Language Film Oscar
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
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 time to look at the... Read More
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, and Syria are first-time entrants.... Read More
2017 Oscars: FULL LIST of Foreign Language Film Oscar Submissions
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The first official Foreign Language Film Oscar submission for 2017 was Switzerland with My Life as a Courgette. The film is also in contention... Read More
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