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,

Italy will send Maura Delpero’s World War 2 drama Vermiglio into the 2025 Oscar race for Best International Feature. Vermiglio premiered at the Venice Film Festival last month, where it scooped up the Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize.

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,

India has selected Kiran Rao’s comedy of errors Laapataa Ladies ( Lost Ladies) to represent the country in the 2025 Oscar race in the Best International Feature category.

Italy has selected “Vermiglio” as the country’s entry for Best International Feature Film at the 97th Academy Awards. The movie written and directed by Maura Delpero won the Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize at the 2024 Venice Film Festival and will make its stateside debut at the Hamptons International Film Festival on October 10.