Dissident Iranian film professionals have reiterated calls to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to reconsider its relationship with Iran’s government-controlled Farabi cinema org which currently oversees the country’s Oscar submission process.
“In a world where Iranian artists and filmmakers suffer under the oppression of the Islamic Republic government, it is alarming that Farabi, a state-controlled entity known for censorship and repression, is still permitted to select the representative of Iranian cinema for the Oscars,” the Independent Iranian Filmmakers Association (Iifma) said in a statement.
The org, which made the same request last year, issued the statement in the wake of Farabi’s announcement on Sunday that it had selected In The Arms of The Tree to represent Iran in the best international feature film category at the 97th Academy Awards.
Iifma was created in 2023 in response to the Woman Life Freedom movement which grew...
“In a world where Iranian artists and filmmakers suffer under the oppression of the Islamic Republic government, it is alarming that Farabi, a state-controlled entity known for censorship and repression, is still permitted to select the representative of Iranian cinema for the Oscars,” the Independent Iranian Filmmakers Association (Iifma) said in a statement.
The org, which made the same request last year, issued the statement in the wake of Farabi’s announcement on Sunday that it had selected In The Arms of The Tree to represent Iran in the best international feature film category at the 97th Academy Awards.
Iifma was created in 2023 in response to the Woman Life Freedom movement which grew...
- 9/23/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Entries for the 2025 Oscar for best international feature are underway, and Screen is profiling each one on this page.
The 97th Academy Awards is set to take place on March 3, 2025 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
An international feature film is defined as a feature-length motion picture (over 40 minutes) produced outside the US with a predominantly (more than 50%) non-English dialogue track and can include animated and documentary features.
Submitted films must have been released theatrically in their respective countries between November 1, 2023, and September 30, 2024. The deadline for submissions to the Academy is October 2, 2024.
A shortlist of 15 finalists is scheduled to...
The 97th Academy Awards is set to take place on March 3, 2025 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
An international feature film is defined as a feature-length motion picture (over 40 minutes) produced outside the US with a predominantly (more than 50%) non-English dialogue track and can include animated and documentary features.
Submitted films must have been released theatrically in their respective countries between November 1, 2023, and September 30, 2024. The deadline for submissions to the Academy is October 2, 2024.
A shortlist of 15 finalists is scheduled to...
- 9/23/2024
- ScreenDaily
The Film Federation of India has selected Kiran Rao’s “Laapataa Ladies” (“Lost Ladies”) as the official submission to the best international feature film category of the 2025 Academy Awards. The film debuted as a Centrepiece selection at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival. It subsequently had a successful box office run in India.
The selection of “Laapataa Ladies” will come as a surprise to many who were expecting Payal Kapadia’s Cannes Grand Prix winner “All We Imagine as Light” to make the cut.
Set in 2001 in rural India, “Laapataa Ladies” follows two young brides wearing identical crimson veils who get swapped during a train ride to their husbands’ villages after their weddings. It is based on “Two Brides” by Biplab Goswami, one of the winning scripts at the Cinestaan India Storytellers Contest, where Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan, one of the producers of “Lost Ladies,” was on the jury. The script...
The selection of “Laapataa Ladies” will come as a surprise to many who were expecting Payal Kapadia’s Cannes Grand Prix winner “All We Imagine as Light” to make the cut.
Set in 2001 in rural India, “Laapataa Ladies” follows two young brides wearing identical crimson veils who get swapped during a train ride to their husbands’ villages after their weddings. It is based on “Two Brides” by Biplab Goswami, one of the winning scripts at the Cinestaan India Storytellers Contest, where Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan, one of the producers of “Lost Ladies,” was on the jury. The script...
- 9/23/2024
- by Patrick Frater, Leo Barraclough, Jamie Lang, Elsa Keslassy, Alex Ritman, Ellise Shafer, Nick Vivarelli, Naman Ramachandran and John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Iran schickt das Familiendrama „In the Arms of the Tree“ von Babak Lotfi Khajepasha ins Rennen um eine Oscarnominierung als „Best International Feature“. Weltpremiere hatte der Film beim iranischen Fajr Film Festival Anfang letzten Jahres.
„In the Arms of the Tree“ von Babak Lotfi Khajepasha (Credit: Irna)
Das Familiendrama „In the Arms of the Tree“ von Babak Lotfi Khajepasha vertritt Iran im Oscarrennen in der Kategorie „Best International Feature“. Das Familiendrama handelt von einem seit über zehn Jahren verheirateten Paar, deren eigene Lebenskrise das Leben ihrer Kinder in Mitleidenschaft zieht. Die Hauptrollen spielen Maral Baniadam, Javad Ghamati und Rouhollah Zamani. Weltpremiere feierte der Film bereits Anfang 2023 beim iranischen Fajr Film Festival. Dieses Jahr war er noch auf dem Festival in Shanghai zu sehen. Die Auswahl hat die Farabi Cinema Foundation nach einer zehntägigen Entscheidungsphase getroffen, wie der englischsprachige iranisches Nachrichtendienst Irna meldet.
Die Verleihung der 97. Academy Awards findet am 2. März 2025 statt.
„In the Arms of the Tree“ von Babak Lotfi Khajepasha (Credit: Irna)
Das Familiendrama „In the Arms of the Tree“ von Babak Lotfi Khajepasha vertritt Iran im Oscarrennen in der Kategorie „Best International Feature“. Das Familiendrama handelt von einem seit über zehn Jahren verheirateten Paar, deren eigene Lebenskrise das Leben ihrer Kinder in Mitleidenschaft zieht. Die Hauptrollen spielen Maral Baniadam, Javad Ghamati und Rouhollah Zamani. Weltpremiere feierte der Film bereits Anfang 2023 beim iranischen Fajr Film Festival. Dieses Jahr war er noch auf dem Festival in Shanghai zu sehen. Die Auswahl hat die Farabi Cinema Foundation nach einer zehntägigen Entscheidungsphase getroffen, wie der englischsprachige iranisches Nachrichtendienst Irna meldet.
Die Verleihung der 97. Academy Awards findet am 2. März 2025 statt.
- 9/23/2024
- by Barbara Schuster
- Spot - Media & Film
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