Oscar Foreign Language Film Category Heats Up: Nine Films Compete for a Spot - Mini Magazine--Mini Magazine

The 9 films that entered the final of this year's Oscar Best Foreign Language Film category have sparked fierce discussions in the film industry. Popular films widely praised by critics, such as "Persepolis" and "The Orphanage", especially the Cannes Film Festival award-winning film "4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days", unexpectedly failed one after another. "4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days", which won the Best Film Award at the European Film Festival, was also the winner of the Los Angeles and Chicago Critics' Best Foreign Language Film Award; the French film "Persepolis" won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival and the Best Animated Film Award at the New York and Los Angeles Critics Awards; the Spanish film "The Orphanage" received overwhelming praise and outstanding box office results, but all three films ended up failing in the Oscar race. At the start of the season, the Israeli film "The Band’s Visit" was rejected by the Oscars because it was mainly in English dialogue.