Get the latest gossip
France Reconfigures Oscar Selection Committee… Again
France is increasing the size of the country’s Oscar selection committee to reinforce its independence.
Last year, there was major upset within the film industry after the committee selected period drama The Taste Of Things over hot favorite, Justine Triet’s Cannes Palme d’Or winner Anatomy of A Fall. There was talk in the local industry at the time of covert lobbying against the film in response to Triet’s outspoken stance against the government of President Emmanuel Macron on receiving her Cannes prize. Potential candidates this year include the breakout feel good hit A Little Something Extra, lavish swashbuckler The Count Of Monte Cristo and Jacques Audiard’s Spanish-language Cannes jury prizewinner Emilia Perez.
Or read this on Deadline