International Feature
When All Hope is Lost, There Is ‘Hope,’ Filmmaker Maria Sødahl Lives to Tell
Imagine being told you only have three months to live? Then, nine years later, the film you made about the...
Agnieszka Holland Continues to Push Boundaries in ‘Charlatan’
Agnieszka Holland is a truly international filmmaker who has blazed a trail for politically and socially relevant work in her...
Jayro Bustamante On the Powerful Pain of International Feature Contender ‘La Llorona’
If La Llorona is nominated for International Feature at this year's Academy Awards, it will be the first entry from...
Fernando Frias de la Parra On the Loneliness of a Different Kind of Immigrant Experience for ‘I’m No Longer Here’
Not every immigrant experience is the same. The sooner we accept and explore that notion, the more we can learn...
Writer-Director Jasmila Žbanić Offers Complex Narratives in Potent ‘Quo Vadis, Aida?’
On July 11, 1995, amidst the ever-growing turmoil in Bosnia, the Serbian army stormed the city of Srebrenica and forced...
Writer-Director Kaouther Ben Hania Explores Freedom in Oscar-Shortlisted ‘The Man Who Sold His Skin’
The International Feature Film Oscar submissions this year include a rich and accomplished collection of filmmakers whose bold and singular...
More Hope via the International Feature Film Category: 7 More Submissions
Last week I analyzed 80 of the 93 International Feature Film Oscar submissions. Since then, I was able to secure...
Seeking Hope in a Seemingly Hopeless World Through International Film
When I first pondered doing a piece on the Best International Feature Film Oscar submissions, I assumed I would be...
Filippo Meneghetti and Barbara Sukowa Detail the Fragility of the Incredible ‘Two of Us’
Two of Us is a film made with beautiful delicacy and care that shows how established love can be unexpectedly...
The Academy Announces New Rules for 92nd Oscars — “International Feature Film” to Replace “Foreign Language” Category
The Academy has scrapped the "Foreign Language Feature Film" category title and replaced it with "International Feature Film," in their...
