Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite (Gisaengchung), winner of the Palme d’Or at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival was selected as South Korea’ entry in the Best International Feature category at the 92nd Academy Awards.
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South Korea Selects Palme d’Or Winner PARASITE for 2020 Oscar Race for Best International Film
GISAENGCHUNG (Parasite) directed by BONG Joon-Ho
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Palestine Selects Comedy IT MUST BE HEAVEN for 2020 Oscar Race for Best International Film
It Must Be Heaven directed by Elia Suleiman Elia Suleiman’s new comedy film, It Must Be Heaven, which won FIPRESCI prize of the international film critics for Best Film at the Cannes Film Festival has been selected by Palestine as the country’s submission in the Best International Feature category at the 92nd Academy Awards.
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Nora Fingscheidt’s SYSTEM CRASHER is Germany’s Entry in 2020 Oscar Race for Best International Film
System Crasher (Systemsprenger) directed by Nora Fingscheidt Nora Fingscheidt’s debut film System Crasher (Systemsprenger) has been selected to represent Germany at the 2020 Academy Awards in the Best International Feature category.
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TRUTH AND JUSTICE is Estonia’s Entry in Oscar Race for Best International Film
Truth and Justice (Tõde ja õigus) directed by Tanel Toom Truth and Justice (Tõde ja õigus), adapted and directed by Tanel Toom, has been selected by the Estonian Film Institute (EFI) as Estonia’s candidate for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. Additionally, for the first time, an Estonian documentary Ksenia Okhapkina’s Immortal is also eligible for an Oscar, after having won the Grand Prix for the Best Documentary at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.
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5 Nordic Films Nominated for Nordic Council Film Prize 2019
AURORA (Aurora) by Miia Tervo Five films from the five Nordic countries of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, have been selected as candidates at The Haugesund International Film Festival for the Nordic Council Film Prize 2019.
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46 Feature Films Selected for European Film Awards 2019
BAD POEMS (ROSSZ VERSEK) DIRECTED BY Gábor Reisz The European Film Academy announced the 46 films on this year’s EFA Feature Film Selection, the list of feature-length fiction films recommended for a nomination for the European Film Awards 2019. With 31 European countries represented, the list illustrates the great diversity in European cinema.
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Iranian Filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami to Receive Film Retrospective in Seattle
Abbas Kiarostami Four Seattle film organizations (SIFF, Northwest Film Forum [NWFF], Grand Illusion Cinema, and The Beacon) will host a joint retrospective of the prolific Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami between September 14 to October 6, 2019.
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3 Films on Denmark’s Shortlist for Oscar’s Best International Film Submission
‘Queen of Hearts’ by May el-Toukhy The Danish Oscar committee revealed the shortlist of three films that are in the running to become Denmark’s official entry for the 2020 International Feature Film category (previously Foreign Language).
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WOLKENBRUCH is Swiss’ Entry in Oscar Race for Best International Film
WOLKENBRUCH’S WONDROUS JOURNEY INTO THE ARMS OF A SHIKSA Michael Steiner’s romantic comedy Wolkenbruch’s Wondrous Journey into the Arms of a Shiksa which premiered at the 2018 Zurich Film Fest, has been selected by Switzerland as the country’s submission for the Best International Feature category (formerly Best Foreign Language Film) in the 92nd Academy Awards.
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War Drama SHINDISI is Georgia’s Entry in Oscar Race for Best International Film
Shindisi directed by Dimitri Tsintsadze Dito Tsintsadze’s movie ‘Shindisi’ based on the Russian-Georgian war of August 2008 was announced by Georgian National Film Center as the country’s submission for the Best International Feature category (formerly Best Foreign Language Film) in the 92nd Academy Awards.
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3 Documentary Film Projects Win 2019 SFFILM Catapult Film Fellowships
2019 SFFILM Catapult Film Fellowships: Ilse Fernandez, Allison Otto, and Yusef Srouji. SFFILM and the Catapult Film Fund have announced the three filmmaking teams that have been awarded 2019 SFFILM Catapult Film Fellowships: Ilse Fernandez, Allison Otto, andYusef Srouji. These fellowships are awarded to filmmakers working in the early stages of developing compelling, story-driven documentary features, and run August through December of this year.Also, in keeping with SFFILM’s broader commitment to the Bay Area’s documentary filmmaking community, SFFILM’s popular Doc Talks series of nonfiction filmmaking workshops will continue at the organization’s FilmHouse residency space through a renewed grant from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
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9 Science-Focused Independent Film Projects Win Sundance Institute’s Science Sandbox Grants
The Eyes to See directed by an Cheney, Sharon Shattuck Sundance Institute, in collaboration with Science Sandbox, an initiative of the Simons Foundation, announced the expansion of the Science Sandbox Nonfiction Initiative, alongside the initial nine science-focused independent projects selected for support this year. The initiative, first introduced in 2018, aims to elevate the voices of independent artists working at the intersection of science and nonfiction storytelling, as well as to encourage critical thinking, promote educated discourse and highlight the overlap of science and art.