Steve Pond
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Oscars Shake Up Voting in the Best International Feature Film Category
New rules in what used to be Best Foreign Language Film will allow all members to choose the five nominees, and will permit streaming for the first time ever in the category
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Female Directors Dominate in IDA Documentary Awards Nominations
Six of the 10 Best Feature nominees, and all of the films nominated in the new Best Director category, are directed or co-directed by women
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A ‘Bombshell,’ ‘Parasite’ and Brutality Are Shaking Up the Oscar Race
From the premiere of “Bombshell” to the launch of the international race (can anything beat “Parasite”?) to the return of Elton John, here’s what we learned on the awards circuit this week
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‘Jojo Rabbit’ Film Review: Taika Waititi Insists That Nazis Can Be Funny
The New Zealand director has taken a risky premise and turned in a twisted piece of grandly entertaining provocation
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‘The Biggest Little Farm’ Leads Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards Nominations
“Apollo 11” and “They Shall Not Grow Old” also score multiple nominations from fourth annual Critics Choice Association awards
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‘Apollo 11,’ ‘Amazing Grace’ Make International Documentary Association Awards Short List
The first film from Barack and Michelle Obama’s production company, “American Factory,” also makes the cut for the IDA Documentary Awards
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Record 93 Countries Are in the Running for International Oscar This Year
High profile contenders include South Korea’s “Parasite,” Spain’s “Pain and Glory,” France’s “Les Miserables,” Senegal’s “Atlantics,” Romania’s “The Whistlers” and the Czech Republic’s “The Painted Bird”
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International Documentary Association to Give Awards to Freida Lee Mock, Rachel Lears
The IDA also awards prizes to Cinereach and to the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
