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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… Read More

November 8, 2021

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… Read More

December 14, 2019

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… Read More

December 11, 2019

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… Read More

October 31, 2018

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,… Read More

October 9, 2018

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… Read More

July 5, 2018

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… Read More

July 4, 2018

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 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: 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.… Read More

August 5, 2016

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