Change is afoot in the Oscars’ foreign-language race this year, and not only because the title of the category was switched to Best International Feature Film. For the first time, all eligible Acad…
So, we now have 91 features vying for the coveted statue in another hotly contested year that includes some titles making a lot of change along with veteran filmmakers and, as the category often fosters, some promising newcomers.from Bong Joon-ho, a two-time representative for the country. The winner of the Palme d’Or in Cannes last May,has been an outsized success at the box office around the world.
As with other years, films selected by a country are not always in that nation’s official language. Such is the case with César Diaz’s, a Spanish-language drama set in Guatemala that won the Camera d’Or in Cannes, and Sweden’s. The latter is from director Levan Akin who is Swedish by birth but with Georgian ancestry. The LBGTQ-themed drama has been rapturously praised, and also recently made headlines when demonstrators in Tbilisi protested the movie.
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