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International Insider: Spanish Spotlight; Oscars Go International; Argentina Deep Dive
Good afternoon Insiders, Max Goldbart here bringing you all the news and analysis from another busy week, during which we have been to Spain through Argentina via Berlin. Oh, and there was the smal…
Other foreign-language films to score nominations today outside of the international category include Spanish-language Society of the Snow, Japanese pic Godzilla Minus One, Robot Dreams, Miyazaki’s The Boy And The Heron and Pablo Larrain’s El Conde. “Devastating” reform plan scrapped: The election of far-right Argentinian leader Javier Milei was met with widespread shock and condemnation worldwide last year, although the appointment of an anti-establishment former TV pundit dubbed ‘El Loco’ (‘The Madman’) felt strangely in keeping with the times and drew comparisons with a certain someone who may well be back in power 12 months from now. Ahead of the unveiling of the 74 edition’s competition list, departing co-heads Carlo Chatrian and Mariette Rissenbeek read out a statement in the wake of demonstrations at the Sundance Film Festival, expressing concerns at anti-Semitism and anti-Muslim resentment across the country and around the world, and declaring the need for an open fest.
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