Academy Award-nominated 'Central Station,' Salles is back in the Oscar race with a family drama set during Brazil's military dictatorship.

The Oscars international feature film race got another strong competitor on Tuesday when Italy announced it would submit "Vermiglio" as its entry for the 97th Academy Awards. Written and directed by Maura Delpero,

Italy has selected “Vermiglio” as the country’s entry for Best International Feature Film at the 97th Academy Awards. The movie written and directed by Maura Delpero won the Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize at the 2024 Venice Film Festival and will make its stateside debut at the Hamptons International Film Festival on October 10.

Maura Delpero's period feature follows a rural family living far away from the fighting but deeply impacted by the global war.

Iran has selected In the Arms of the Tree as its candidate for the Best International Feature Film category at the 97th Academy Awards. Iran’s Farabi Cinema Foundation made the announcement this morning. IRNA, the country’s English-language news service, said the pick was made after “a 10-day review process.”

The Academia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas has selected Astrid Rondero and Fernanda Valadez’s Sundance Grand Jury Prize-winner "Sujo" as its entry for the 2025 International Feature Oscar race.

Mexico has picked Sundance Film Festival winner Sujo to represent the country at the 2025 Oscars in the Best International Feature category. The drama from Identifying Features directors Astrid Rondero and Fernanda Valadez premiered at Sundance this year,

Brazil has selected Walter Salles’ well-received comeback feature I'm Still Here to represent it in the Best International Feature Film at the 97th Academy Awards. The picture stars Fernanda Torres as the real-life figure of Eunice Paiva,