Why Lithuanian Oscar Contender ‘The Southern Chronicles’ Looks Like a Film From the 1990s

Why Lithuanian Oscar Contender ‘The Southern Chronicles’ Looks Like a Film From the 1990s

Lithuania regained its independence from the Soviet Union in March 1990, becoming the first former Soviet republic to do so. Its film industry has in recent years made waves on the film festival circuit with social dramas, gangster thrillers, and eccentric slice-of-life films. But its submission for the best international feature Oscar 2026 is taking…

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Oscar Contenders ‘Bugonia,’ ‘Sentimental Value,’ ‘It Was Just an Accident Make EFA Short List

Oscar Contenders ‘Bugonia,’ ‘Sentimental Value,’ ‘It Was Just an Accident Make EFA Short List

Several of this year’s hottest award season contenders, including Yorgos Lanthimos’ Bugonia, starring Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons; Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value with Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgard, and Elle Fanning; and international feature contenders It Was Just an Accident and The Voice of Hind Rajab, have made the shortlist for the 2026 European Film Awards….

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Luca Marinelli, Felix van Groeningen, Charlotte Vandermeersch Re-Team for ‘Let Love In’

Luca Marinelli, Felix van Groeningen, Charlotte Vandermeersch Re-Team for ‘Let Love In’

The team behind 2022’s acclaimed drama The Eight Mountains — Italian star Luca Marinelli and Belgian filmmakers Felix van Groeningen and Charlotte Vandermeersch — are re-teaming for Let Love In, a romantic drama which van Groeningen will direct and Vandermeersch will star in, alongside Marinelli. Vandermeesch and Marinelli play a couple whose relationship is thrown…

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Inside Tom Quinn’s Neon Revolution

Inside Tom Quinn’s Neon Revolution

With 39 Academy Award nominations, 11 wins, and more than $400 million at the box office in just eight years, Tom Quinn has turned Neon into one of the most disruptive forces in independent cinema. The distributor behind best picture winners Bong Joon Ho’s Parasite and Sean Baker’s Anora, as well as Oz Perkins’ horror…

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Oscars: Australia Picks ‘The Wolves Always Come at Night’ as International Feature Submission

Oscars: Australia Picks ‘The Wolves Always Come at Night’ as International Feature Submission

Australia has selected Gabrielle Brady’s Mongolian-language documentary The Wolves Always Come at Night as its submission for the best international feature category at the 2026 Academy Awards. Brady’s film will also run for consideration in the best documentary feature category. Blending documentary and fiction, the film tells the story of Mongolian herders Davaasuren Dagvasuren and…

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Oscars: Tunisia Picks Brad Pitt, Joaquin Phoenix-Backed ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ as Best International Feature Submission

Oscars: Tunisia Picks Brad Pitt, Joaquin Phoenix-Backed ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ as Best International Feature Submission

Tunisia has named The Voice of Hind Rajab by Kaouther Ben Hania its official submission for best international feature film at the Oscars. The news was confirmed Thursday by the National Center for Cinema and Image, just two days after it was announced that Hollywood heavyweights — including Brad Pitt, Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara — had…

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