Oscars: Romania Picks Cannes Winner ‘Fjord’ as Best International Feature Contender

Romania has picked its Oscar contender, selecting Cristian Mungiu‘s Fjord starring Renate Reinsve and Sebastian Stan to be its official selection for the 99th Academy Awards in the Best International Feature race. In the drama about progressive politics, religious faith, and the limits of tolerance, Reinsve and Stan play two fundamentalist parents who relocate from Romania to a small Norwegian…

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#Cannes: Anamaria Marinca and Jean-Marc Barr Set to Team on ‘White Friar’ for Director Ivan Murphy

#Cannes: Anamaria Marinca and Jean-Marc Barr Set to Team on ‘White Friar’ for Director Ivan Murphy

A pair of actors who hail from Cannes Film Festival award-winning projects — Anamaria Marinca (Cristian Mungiu’s 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days) and Jean-Marc Barr (Lars Von Trier’s Europa) — are teaming to star in a new film that marks an official collaboration between France and Ireland.    The project is White Friar and will mark…

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