South Africa has netted its Oscar contender, choosing Muneera Sallies' music-themed drama The old righteous blues as a contender at the 97th Academy Awards in the Best International Feature Film category. South Africa's National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) announced the choice, which was chosen by the South African Academy Awards selection committee. Sallies' drama … Read more
Singapore has selected director M. Raihan Halim's Malay-language comedy-drama The Moon as a nomination for the 2025 Academy Awards in the best international feature film category. The film, a co-production between Singapore and Malaysia, is a comedy about a woman who opens a lingerie shop in a conservative village in Malaysia, tackling themes of tradition … Read more
Thailand has selected director Pat Boonnitipat's moving blockbuster How to make millions before grandma dies such as its selection at the 2025 Oscars in the best international feature film category. The choice was revealed on Friday by the National Federation of Thai Film Associations (MPC). Co-written by Boonnitipat and Thodsapon 'Ped' Thiptinnakorn, How to make … Read more
Bosnia and Herzegovina selected My end of summerdirected by Oscar-winning director Danis Tanović, as the official nomination for the 2025 Oscar race in the best international feature film category. The comedy-drama, which debuted as the opening film at this year's Sarajevo Film Festival, follows Maja, a feisty 30-year-old (played by Anja Matković), who travels to … Read more
China selected The sinking of the Lisbon Marua documentary on the Second World War by director Fang Li, as its representative at the 97th Academy Awards in the best international feature film category. The choice marks the first time since China began submitting titles to the Oscars in 1979 that it has submitted a documentary, … Read more
Jordan has chosen My sweet landa documentary by director Sareen Hairabedian, which will represent the country at the 97th Academy Awards next year in the Best International Feature Film category. The film follows Vrej, an 11-year-old boy who dreams of becoming a dentist. But Vrejj lives in the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan, the area at … Read more
The nominations for the 97th Academy Awards in the Best International Feature category are coming thick and fast, as countries rush to submit their entries before the November 14 deadline. Kazakhstan is the latest to choose a domestic contender, selecting Askhat Kuchinchirekov's coming-of-age tale Greetings from Bauryna. The feature film premiered at the San Sebastian … Read more
Norway has entered the 2025 Oscar race, selecting Halfdan Ullmann's school drama Tondel Armando as a candidate for next year's Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Language Film category. Renate Reinsve, the emerging star of Joachim Trier's twice Oscar-nominated film The worst person in the worldplays the lead role in Armandothat is, Elisabeth, a local … Read more
French-Senegalese director Mati Diop Dahomey The documentary, which won the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, was chosen to represent Senegal in the Best International Feature Film category at the Academy Awards. The film tells the story of the return of 26 African royal treasures looted in 19The century from France from the Kingdom … Read more