The ten films that made the Academy Award for Best International Feature shortlist
Back in May, Mati Diop became the first black woman to compete for the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival for her Atlantics (2019), which lost to Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite (2019), but won the Grand Prix; if Parasite or Atlantics are nominated at the Oscars, they will be the first for South Korea and Senegal, respectively. (Image Courtesy: The Seattle Times).
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Monday their Best International Feature shortlist, the name for the category having been changed from “Best Foreign Language Film,” according to The Seattle Times. The ten shortlisted movies are: Václav Marhoul’s The Painted Bird (2019, the Czech Republic); Tanel Toom’s Truth and Justice (2019, Estonia); Ladj Ly’s Les Misérables (2019, France); Barnabas Toth’s Those Who Remained (2019, Hungary); Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov’s Honeyland (2019, North Macedonia); Jan Komasa’s Corpus Christi (2019, Poland); Kantemir Balagov’s Beanpole (2019, Russia); Mati Diop’s Atlantics (2019, Senegal); Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite (2019, South Korea); and Pedro Almodóvar’s Pain and Glory (2019, Spain). The nominees for the Ninety-Second Academy Awards will be announced January 13, and the ceremony will be held February 9 in Los Angeles.
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