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
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25 Best International Feature Film Contenders – Part 5: Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom
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
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
Music Box Films nabs Cannes Directors’ Fortnight title and Swedish Oscar hopeful ‘And Then We Danced’
Music Box Films has acquired the U.S. and Canadian rights to And Then We Danced from Swedish filmmaker Levan Akin (Certain People, The Circle) and starring... Read More
Review: The thrilling trollmance ‘Border’ (★★★★)
Ali Abbasi creates the grimmest of faerie tales as two outcasts find love in a hopeless place in this wild, wonderful, surprisingly emotional drama. Tina... 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
2018 Oscars: 7 Observations on the 2018 Foreign Language Film Race
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
Oscars 2018: Foreign Language Film – The Cases for THE INSULT (Lebanon), A FANTASTIC WOMAN (Chile) and THE SQUARE (Sweden)
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 Oscar Predictions: FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM (December Part 2)
With the official shortlist revealed, here are the official 2018 Oscar Predictions in Foreign Language Film for second half of December from the Gold Rush... Read More
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