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Monday, December 16, 2019

2020 Oscars - 10 Films Shortlisted for Best International Film Announced Monday Dec 16,2019

It is the first year the Oscar formerly will be awarded under a new name: best international feature film. The category was previously known as the best foreign language film.


The 10 short-listed films are

 1)Czech Republic’s “The Painted Bird”
2) Estonia’s “Truth and Justice”
3) France’s “Les MisĂ©rables”;
4)Hungary’s “Those Who Remained”;
5)North Macedonia’s “Honeyland”;
6)Poland’s “Corpus Christi”;
7)Russia’s “Beanpole”;
8)Senegal’s “Atlantics”;
9)South Korea’s “Parasite” and
10)Spain’s “Pain and Glory.”

The shortlist was culled from 91 eligible films.

The film academy announced nine shortlists Monday in categories including best documentary feature, visual effects and original song.

“Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker,” which will be released on Friday, appears on two shortlists for best original score and visual effects. Also on the visual effects shortlist are the blockbuster “Avengers: Endgame” and the upcoming musical “Cats.”

No song from “Cats” made the original song shortlist, but two songs from “The Lion King” did: Elton John’s “Never Too Late” and “Spirit” by BeyoncĂ©.

Nominations for the 92nd annual Academy Awards will be announced on Jan. 13. The Oscars will be held on Feb 9 in Los Angeles.

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