French film sales and production supremo Vincent Maraval stopped by Deadline's studio at the Zurich Summit this past weekend for a timely chat on the awards season as well as Hollywood’s production exodus conundrum. The Zurich Summit’s parent event, the Zurich Film Festival, is a key stop-off…

Lebanon has entered Cyril Aris' romantic drama A Sad and Beautiful World as its candidate for Best International Feature Film in the 98th Academy Awards. The feature world premiered in Venice parallel section Giornate degli Autori (previously known as Venice Days) in September, where it won the…

Javier Bardem and Mark Ruffalo have boarded Cherien Dabis' Jordanian Oscar Entry All That's Left Of You as executive producers, in a move announced by Watermelon Pictures and the director's company Visibility Films which are co-releasing the film in the U.S. The partners have also released a…

Australia has selected Gabrielle Brady's hybrid Mongolia-set work The Wolves Always Come at Night as its submission for the Best International Feature Film category at the 98th Academy Awards The Mongolian language film will also run for consideration in the Best Documentary Feature…

Shai Carmeli-Pollak’s The Sea, about a Palestinian boy, will be Israel’s entry to the Best International Feature Film category of the 98th Academy Awards after it won Best Film in the country's Ophir Awards on Tuesday evening. Under Israel’s protocol, the winner of the Best Film Ophir is…

The Iranian Independent Filmmakers Association has stepped-up calls for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to reappraise its relationship with Iran's government-controlled Farabi cinema body. Up until now, AMPAS has accepted Farabi as the official organization overseeing Iran's…

Poland has selected Agnieszka Holland's Franz Kafka biopic Franz as its candidate for the Best International Feature Film at the 98th Academy awards. News of the selection follows in the wake of the feature’s recent world premiere as a special presentation at TIFF> Idan Weiss stars as…

There are just over two weeks to go until the deadline for submission to the Best International Feature Film category of the 98th Academy Awards but the contest is already heating up. As of 4am PT today, Deadline has logged 49 entries with around 80 to 90 submissions expected to roll in overall…

Italian film body Anica has revealed the 24 films submitted as candidates to be Italy's Best International Feature Film in the 98th Academy Awards. A selection committee overseen by Anica will meet on September 23 to decide which film will be put forward as the country's candidate. Italy's…

The battle to represent France in the Best International Feature Film category at the 98th Academy Awards just heated up as the country's Oscar selection committee unveiled its shortlist of five candidates on Wednesday. They are: Arco, Ugo Bienvenu (production : Remembers and…

Tunisia has selected Kaouther Ben Hania's Gaza-set drama The Voice of Hind Rajab as its candidate for the Best International Feature Film category of the 98th Academy Awards. The drama reconstructs the events surrounding the killing of six-year-old Hind Rajab, her four cousins, her aunt and…

Japan’s Motion Picture Producers Association has selected Kokuho, a film set in the world of Japanese traditional theater (“kabuki”), as the country’s contender for Best International Feature Film at next year’s Academy Awards. Nine Japanese films were submitted for consideration in the…