Oscars: Read THR’s Reviews of Contenders on the Best International Feature Shortlist

Story by Kimberly Nordyke

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The Academy unveils the shortlist for the 2025 Oscars' Best International Feature Film, with European favorites like France's

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Actress Zoe Saldaña stars in the genre-bending
from director Jacques Audiard, a Mexican crime thriller musical that won the Cannes Jury Prize.

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Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez, Adriana Paz, Karla Sofía Gascón, Renate Reinsve, Ellen Dorrit Petersen, Mati Diop, Vic Carmen Sonne, Joachim Fjelstrup, Walter Salles, Fernanda Montenegro, Michael Fassbender, Rich Peppiatt, Shahana Goswami, Sunita Rajwar, Mohammad Rasoulof, Baltasar Kormákur, Ólafur Jóhann Ólafsson, Matthew Rankin, Maura Delpero, Jiří Mádl, Vojtech Vodochodský, Ondrej Stupka, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Cannes Film Festival, Annecy Animation Film Festival, Berlin Film Festival, Armand, Dahomey, Emilia Pérez, Flow, The Girl With the Needle, I'm Still Here, Kneecap, Santosh, The Seed of the Sacred Fig, Touch, Universal Language, Vermiglio, Waves

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