AwardsWatch - the painted bird

European Film Academy releases part one of awards shortlist films including ‘Falling,’ ‘Personal History of David Copperfield’

Erik Anderson August 19, 2020

Due to Covid-19 and the related restrictions, the EFA Feature Film Selection 2020 is announced in two steps. Today, the European Film Academy and EFA Productions have... Read More

Trailer: Václav Marhoul’s controversial Holocaust drama ‘The Painted Bird’

Erik Anderson February 26, 2020

One of the most controversial films to come out the 2019 Venice and Toronto International Film Festivals, Václav Marhoul’s The Painted Bird, has an official... Read More

2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM (December)

Erik Anderson December 17, 2019

The official Oscar shortlist for International Feature Film was released yesterday and with it came some huge snubs and even bigger surprise inclusions. Although four... Read More

2020 Oscars: From 'Truth and Justice' to 'Corpus Christi,' the International Feature Film Shortlist Celebrates Frontrunners and Underdogs

Mina Takla December 17, 2019

The Best International Feature Film shortlist has just been released, bringing about several surprises and some unexpected omissions. Films that were widely expected to make... Read More

2020 Oscars: 25 Best International Feature Film Contenders That Are Not ‘Parasite’

Carlos Aguilar December 14, 2019

‘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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2020 Oscars: 25 Best International Feature Film Contenders That Are Not ‘Parasite’ – Part 1

Carlos Aguilar December 9, 2019

Introducing ‘25 Best International Feature Film Contenders That Are Not Parasite,’ a 5-part series by Carlos Aguilar, his first for AwardsWatch. In this series, Carlos... Read More

2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM (October)

Erik Anderson October 18, 2019

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

Oscar Podcast #75: Post-TIFF 19 discussion and the awards forecast with Mina Takla

Erik Anderson September 17, 2019

It’s crazy but this is our first Oscar podcast of the 2019/2020 awards season! With Berlin, Cannes, Venice, Telluride and Toronto behind us the Oscar... Read More

TIFF 19 Wrap-Up: From jokers to popes and birds to hustlers, here are the Best Films and Performances of the Toronto International Film Festival

Mina Takla September 16, 2019

The 2019 edition of the Toronto International Film Festival wrapped up yesterday after what was a stellar edition, full of fantastic films from all over... Read More

Toronto Review: ‘The Painted Bird’ is an uncompromisingly daring and breathtaking work

Mina Takla September 8, 2019

Vaclav Marhoul’s period epic is a disturbing but fascinating tale of a deconstruction of innocence and a construction of a man Based on Jerzy Koshinki’s... Read More