Italy has selected Vermiglio to represent it in the Best International Feature Film category of the 97th Academy Awards. The second feature from Maura Delpero, Vermiglio premiered In Competition at the Venice Film Festival,

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,

The submissions for the 97th Oscars in the best international feature category are coming thick and fast as countries rush to get in their entries before the Nov. 14 deadline. Kazakhstan is the latest to pick a national contender, selecting Askhat Kuchinchirekov’s coming-of-age tale Bauryna Salu.

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.

Kazakhstan has submitted Askhat Kuchinchirekov’s coming of age tale Bauryna Salu to the Best International Feature Film category of the 97th Academy Awards, after it won best film at the country’s Tulpar cinema awards.

Sujo, which won the Sundance Film Festival’s Grand Jury Prize for World Cinema following its world premiere there earlier this year, has been selected to represent Mexico in the 2025 Oscar race for Best International Feature Film.