#Oscars 2025: South Africa Picks ‘Old Righteous Blues’ for International Feature Race

#Oscars 2025: South Africa Picks ‘Old Righteous Blues’ for International Feature Race

South Africa has gotten its Oscar contender in under the wire, picking Muneera Sallies’s music-themed drama Old Righteous Blues as its contender for the 97th Academy Awards in the best international feature category. South Africa’s National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) announced the pick, which was chosen by the South African Academy Awards Selection Committee….

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#U.K.’s Channel 4 to Cover U.S. Election in Pact With CNN; Coverage to Feature Brian Cox, Stormy Daniels, Caitlyn Jenner and Boris Johnson

#U.K.’s Channel 4 to Cover U.S. Election in Pact With CNN; Coverage to Feature Brian Cox, Stormy Daniels, Caitlyn Jenner and Boris Johnson

U.K. broadcaster Channel 4 is promising “groundbreaking” coverage of the upcoming U.S. presidential election thanks to a partnership with CNN and a lineup of guests including Succession star Brian Cox, Caitlyn Jenner, Stormy Daniels, Boris Johnson, and more for its first U.S. election overnight coverage in 32 years. Unveiling its plans on Tuesday in London,…

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#Oscars: Thailand Picks ‘How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies’ for International Feature Category

#Oscars: Thailand Picks ‘How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies’ for International Feature Category

Thailand has selected director Pat Boonnitipat’s heartwarming blockbuster How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies as its selection to the 2025 Oscars in the best international feature film category. The choice was revealed Friday by the National Federation of Thai Film Associations (MPC). Co-written by Boonnitipat and Thodsapon ‘Ped’ Thiptinnakorn, How to Make Millions Before…

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#Oscars 2025: Bangladesh Submits ‘Boli’ for International Feature Category 

#Oscars 2025: Bangladesh Submits ‘Boli’ for International Feature Category 

Bangladesh has picked writer-director Iqbal Hossain Chowdhury’s award-winning feature debut Boli (The Wrestler) as its selection to the 2025 Oscars in the best international feature film category. The film won the 2023 Busan International Film Festival’s New Currents prize, and it was warmly received by critics at the Shanghai International Film Festival in June.  The movie follows…

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#‘Rust’ to Make World Premiere at Camerimage Film Festival (Without Alec Baldwin)

#‘Rust’ to Make World Premiere at Camerimage Film Festival (Without Alec Baldwin)

Three years after the tragic on-set death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, Alec Baldwin’s indie Western Rust will finally be revealed to the public. The movie has been selected to make its world premiere in late November at Poland’s Camerimage International Film Festival, a respected specialty event focussing on achievements in cinematography. The festival said Thursday…

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#To Counter Right-Wing Populism, Invest More in Better Shows, German Industry Tells Public Broadcasters

#To Counter Right-Wing Populism, Invest More in Better Shows, German Industry Tells Public Broadcasters

German public broadcasters need to invest more in making better shows or risk losing their democratic legitimacy. That’s the message the German film and TV industry is sending to Germany‘s public channels which face increasing attacks from the country’s surging far right. The guilds and associations representing Germany’s film and TV creative communities, including the…

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