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Mohammad Rasoulof Sees Hope for Dissident Directors in ‘Seed of the Sacred Fig’ Oscar Campaign
The filmmaker's drama on the Women, Life, Freedom movement, banned in Iran, was submitted by Germany in the best international feature race: "It gives hope to all filmmakers working under repression."
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Which International Films Will Rival ‘Emilia Pérez’ for the Oscar?
French director Jacques Audiard’s audacious transgender-crime-musical-drama is the clear international favorite, but a handful of other buzzy contenders will be hard for the Academy to ignore.
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This Year’s International Oscar Dark Horses, From ‘Kneecap’ to ‘How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies’
Beyond the apparent locks for the shortlist, a number of titles — including a hilarious mock doc about Irish hip-hop hooligans, hand-drawn animation out of Pakistan and chilling period horror out of Austria — could make the cut.
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‘Memoir of a Snail,’ ‘Flow’ Creators on Facing Off Against Studio Tentpoles
Adam Elliot and Gints Zilbalodis discuss being underdogs and the big financial or creative challenges they dealt with on their respective animated movies.
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Rotterdam Fest Highlights Forgotten Film History With “Cinema Regained” Program
The 2025 lineup of restorations, documentaries, and film history homages features Soviet classics, pre-1979 Iranian features, and a look at the legacy of Indonesian filmmaker Bachtiar Siagian.
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‘Dune 2,’ Zendaya Top Letterboxd 2024 Year in Review
The 17 million members of the film fan app ranked Denis Villeneuve's sci-fi blockbuster the best movie of last year, but there was also a lot of love for 'I'm Still Here' and 'Hundreds of Beavers.'
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European Film Awards Moving to Athens, Yorgos Lanthimos’ Home Town, for 2027 Gala
From next year, the EFAs are shifting to January to play a bigger role in awards season.
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French Far-Right Firebrand Jean-Marie Le Pen Dies at 96
The founder of France's National Rally party, and father of Marine Le Pen, pioneered Trump-style populist, anti-immigrant politics.
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Goteborg Film Festival Lineup Features ‘The Brutalist,’ ‘Queer,’ ‘The Girl With the Needle’
Danish Oscar winner Thomas Vinterberg will receive the Nordic Honorary Award at Sweden's top film event.
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The Norwegian Journalist Caught in the Crossfire of the Blake Lively-Justin Baldoni Battle Takes on Her Critics
A New York Times story, now the source of a $250 million defamation lawsuit, insinuated that Kjersti Flaa collaborated with Baldoni's PR team to smear Lively. Flaa says she's the one being smeared.
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‘I’m Still Here’ Star Fernanda Torres on a True-Life Story of Resistance: “They Couldn’t Break Her”
The Brazilan actress pulled off a surprise Golden Globe best actress win for her role in Walter Salles' true-life drama, playing a mother of five who reinvents herself after her husband is "disappeared" by the Brazilian dictatorship in the 1970s.
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Julie Delpy to Receive Lifetime Honor at Sweden’s Gotenborg Film Festival
The French multi-hyphenate will be honored with the 2025 Honorary Dragon Award.
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