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,

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,

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.

Maura Delpero's intimate epic "Vermiglio," which recently won the Venice Film Festival's Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize, has been designated as Italy's candidate for the best international feature film category of the 2025 Academy Awards.

Italy on Tuesday picked Vermiglio by Maura Delpero as its best international feature Oscars submission. The movie beat out a shortlist of 18 Italian contenders including Paolo Sorrentino's Parthenope at a meeting on Tuesday of the selection committee in Rome.

Brazil has picked Walter Salles’ new feature, I’m Still Here to represent the country at next year’s Oscar race for Best International Feature, 26 years after Salles scooped an Oscar nom in the same category for his 1998 international breakthrough,