Five prestigious feature films, including a gold palm. The CNC announced this on Wednesday, September 10, the five French titles preselected on Wednesday, September 10 to try to compete in the Oscar for Best International Film, whose ceremony will take place on March 15.
Here are: Bow from Ugo Welcome (produced by Remembers and Mountain A), The last little one By Hafsia Herzi (produced by June Films), New wave By Richard Linklater (produced by ARP Selection), A simple accident By Jafar Panahi (produced by Pelléas Films, Palma d’Or in Cannes this year) and Privacy By Rebecca Zlotowski (produced by Velvet Films).
Audiences September 17
The Commission will meet again on September 17 to audition producers, international vendors and, if necessary, to the US distributors of each pre -elected film. At the end of these hearings, he will designate the film that will represent France in the Oscar’s career for the best international film 2026.
However, it should be taken into account that the feature film ultimately may not integrate the final list of the best international film with 2026 Oscar.
Since its last reform in 2024, the commission responsible for the selection in the Oscar for the best international film has been composed of eleven members, including a president. The members are, in their entirety, personalities qualified in the field of cinema and, according to the regulation of the Film and Sciences Academy (Academy of Arts and Sciences of the LAN MOOTA CINEMA), at least half has the quality of artists or film technicians. The CNC is not represented.
Last year, it was Emilia Pérez By Jacques Audiard who had been chosen to represent France at the Great Mass of Hollywood. But it is I’m still there Of the Brazilian Walter Salles who had finally won the famous statuette.
Source: BFM TV
