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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Selects 10 Student Filmmakers as Prize Finalists- Film News in Brief
Ten finalists have been selected for the 2025 Sloan Student Prizes from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation’s nationwide film program. Winners will be honored at an awards ceremony, featuring work-in-progress readings by professional actors, at MoMI in early 2026. The finalists include student...
Loyola Marymount University and Sony Electronics Introduce Inaugural Social Impact Filmmaking Lab...
Loyola Marymount University’s School of Film and Television has announced the inaugural cohort of its LMU Sony Social Impact Lab, selecting five films and their filmmakers to receive funding and support in partnership with Sony Electronics. The program selects project ideas that showcase the...
Marrakech’s Atlas Workshops Selects 28 Projects and Films, Appoints Cristian Mungiu as Patron
The Marrakech Film Festival has revealed the 28 projects and films selected for the 8th edition of the Atlas Workshops, whose patron this year is Romanian director Cristian Mungiu. The event runs from Nov. 30 to Dec. 4. Mungiu, who won the Palme d’Or at Cannes in 2007 for “4 Months, 3...
Cannes Critics’ Week Next Step Selects Brazil’s Berlin Silver Bear Winner Bruno...
Bruno Ribeiro, one of the foremost filmmakers of his young Brazilian generation, a 2022 Berlin Silver Bear winner for short “Sunday Morning” and co-scribe on Globoplay major hit “The Others,” has been selected for Cannes Critics’ Week Next Step workshop. The selection...
Mongolia Selects Tallinn Winner ‘Silent City Driver’ as Oscar Candidate
Director Janchivdorj Sengedorj’s “Silent City Driver” has been chosen to represent Mongolia in the best international feature film category at the 98th Academy Awards. The decision was made by the country’s National Selection Committee. “Silent City Driver”...
China Selects Nanjing Massacre Film ‘Dead to Rights’ as Oscar Entry
China has chosen Shen Ao’s “Dead to Rights” as its submission for the best international feature film category at the 98th Academy Awards. Written by Shen Ao, Zhang Ke, and Xu Luyang, and set against the backdrop of the 1937 Nanjing Massacre and drawing from documented...
Bangladesh Selects ‘A House Named Shahana’ as Oscar Entry
Bangladesh’s Oscar committee has chosen Leesa Gazi’s debut feature “Barir Naam Shahana” (“A House Named Shahana”) as its submission for the best international feature film category at the 98th Academy Awards. Based on Gazi’s 2011 novella, the film is set...
Hong Kong Selects ‘The Last Dance’ as Oscar Entry
Hong Kong has selected local blockbuster hit “The Last Dance” as its submission for the best international feature film category at the 98th Academy Awards. Directed, produced and co-written by Anselm Chan, the film stars Cantonese comedy icons Dayo Wong and Michael Hui, alongside...
Argentina Selects Dolores Fonzi’s ‘Belén’ to Vie for the International...
Argentina’s Academy of Cinematographic Arts & Sciences has selected actress-helmer Dolores Fonzi’s events-inspired drama “Belén” to represent the country at the Oscars and Spain’s Goyas. Currently competing for the San Sebastian Film Festival’s top...
Bhutan Selects Dechen Roder’s Tallinn Winner ‘I, The Song’ as Oscar Entry...
Bhutan has chosen “I, The Song,” directed by Dechen Roder, as its submission for the international feature film category at the 98th Academy Awards, marking another significant step for the small Himalayan nation’s emerging cinema. The selection follows the film’s dominant...
Singapore Selects ‘Stranger Eyes’ as Oscar Contender for Best International Feature
Singapore has tapped “Stranger Eyes” as its official submission for the 98th Academy Awards’ best international feature film category, the Singapore Film Commission has revealed. The surveillance thriller, written and directed by Yeo Siew Hua, made history as the first Singaporean...
Lithuania Selects Post-Soviet Coming-of-Age ‘The Southern Chronicles’ as Oscar...
The Lithuanian Film Centre, the Lithuanian Filmmakers Union and a national selection committee have picked local smash hit “The Southern Chronicles” (“Pietinia Kronikas”), by Ignas MiÅ¡kinis as Lithuania’s official candidate for the 98th Academy Awards in the...
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