Shafaq News – ParisFrance selected “It Was Just an Accident,” directed byacclaimed Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, as its official submissio...

Yeo Siew Hua’s Stranger Eyes has been submitted as Singapore’s entry for the Best International Feature Film category at the 98th annual Aca...

Good afternoon, Insiders, Max Goldbart here penning the newsletter as we peer gravely across the pond to what many would term a free speech...

Dissident director says Academy ‘should find a way to not tie the filmmakers to their governments’

‘Every single year at the Oscars, everybody gets blanked’ said star during conversation with Benedict Cumberbatch

Iranian director Jafar Panahi, who has been selected by Busan International Film Festival as this year’s ‘Asian Filmmaker of the Year’, call...

By Tal Shalev, CNN(CNN) — Israel’s minister of culture has vowed to cut funding for the country’s film academy and its annual awards show...

Denmark has selected David Borenstein’s Sundance award-winning documentary Mr. Nobody Against Putin as its entry for the Best International...

A father and son join a group of itinerant ravers in the deserts of Morocco in Laxe's techno-tracked drama about the end of the world.

Oliver Laxe’s Sirat, which won the jury prize at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, has been submitted as Spain’s entry for the Best Internat...

"Every single year at the Oscars, everybody [in comedy] gets blanked and all the serious people get up and accept," said Poehler on her Good...

Colombia on Tuesday selected Simón Mesa Soto’s A Poet as the country’s submission for the 2026 Oscar Best International Feature Film race. T...

Amy Poehler called out the Oscars on her “Good Hang” podcast for always ignoring comedy movies when it comes time to give out awards. Poehle...

Simón Mesa Soto’s dark comedy about a failed writer mentoring a young student was a jury prize winner at Cannes in the Un Certain Regard sec...

Shafaq News – TehranIran has officially submitted Cause of Death: Unknown,directed by Ali Zarnegar, as its entry for Best International Feat...