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Deadline’s awards-season showcase Saturday highlighted 13 films submitted by their countries for the 2025 International Feature Oscar race. Featuring Walter Salles’ Brazil entry ‘I’m Still Here’, Ireland’s ‘Kneecap’ and Hong Kong’s ‘Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In,’ among others, the lineup spanned entries from Tunisia to Switzerland, Spain to Poland, and Romania to Taiwan. Read our coverage, and check back Monday when we launch the streaming site featuring the panel videos.

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European Film Award Winners: Jacques Audiard Wins Best Director & Screenplay For ‘Emilia Pérez’ — Updating Live

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Paramount+ has set January 24, 2025 for the premiere of its upcoming movie Star Trek: Section 31, starring Michelle Yeoh in a reprisal of her Star Trek: Discovery role as Emperor Philippa Georgiou. The announcement was made Saturday during the Star Trek universe panel at New York Comic Con. Yeoh…

Emily Blunt Recalls Trying Not To “Dork Out” In Meeting With Steven Spielberg & Talks Career Lessons: “It’s Good For Me To Put My Feet To The Fire” – Red Sea Studio

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‘Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In’ Director Soi Cheang On Re-Creating The Notorious Kowloon Walled City For Hong Kong’s Oscar Entry – Contenders International

Renowned Hong Kong director and producer Soi Cheang is repping his country for the first time in the International Feature Oscar category, with this year's box office hit Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In. The film has made over $111 million globally since it first premiered locally in early May, and…

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Ini Edo Talks Global Impact Of ‘Shanty Town’ & How Hit Series Has Proven That Nigeria’s Film & TV Industries Are “Worth Investing In” — Red Sea Studio

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‘The Last Journey’ Directors Talk Lessons Learned On Road Trip With Elderly Father: “Life Consists Of Many Different Chapters” – Contenders International

Household names at home but working under the moniker of Filip och Fredrik, Swedish TV hosts and journalists Filip Hammar and Fredrik Wikingsson are now in the international spotlight with their documentary The Last Journey, Sweden’s Oscar entry. The movie follows a road trip they organize for…

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