
Filmmakers Alina Simone and Marlén Viñayo have been selected as the recipients of the 2025 Academy Gold Fellowship for Women.
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Filmmakers Alina Simone and Marlén Viñayo have been selected as the recipients of the 2025 Academy Gold Fellowship for Women.
South Africa has selected The Heart Is a Muscle, written and directed by Imran Hamdulay, to represent the country in the Best International Feature Film category at the 98th Academy Awards.
Hola Mexico Film Festival wrapped its 17th edition with Café Chairel by Fernando Barreda Luna winning the Audience Award.

The Chinese road film Gloaming in Luomu directed by Zhang Lü has won Best Film at the 30th Busan International Film Festival.
The Things You Kill, directed by Alireza Khatami, will represent Canada in the Best International Feature Film category at the 98th Academy Awards.
Mexico has selected We Shall Not Be Moved (No nos moverán) by Pierre Saint-Martin as its Oscars submission for the Best International Feature Film category at the 98th Academy Awards.
Jordan has selected All That’s Left of You (اللي باقي منك) by Cherien Dabis as the country’s Oscars entry in the Best International Feature Film category at the 98th Academy Awards.
Depeche Mode: M is a concert documentary directed by Mexican filmmaker Fernando Frías de la Parra, featuring English electronic music icons Depeche Mode (Dave Gahan and Martin Gore).
River of Grass is artist and filmmaker Sasha Wortzel’s debut documentary on the Florida’s Everglades.

Singapore has officially selected Stranger Eyes, written and directed by Yeo Siew Hua, as its submission to compete in the Best International Feature Film category at the 98th Academy Awards.