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Why International Features Earn More Oscar Nominations Across All Categories and Why That Matters
Why international features earn more Oscar nominations across all categories and why that matters.
Sure, some films and filmmakers have always broken through that barrier: Fellini, Truffaut, Bergman and some of their peers in Italy, France and Sweden earned directing and writing nominations, while actors like Sophia Loren and Liv Ullman got nods too. Things shifted a bit at the start of the 21st century with “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” and the rise of Pedro Almodóvar, whose films have earned nominations for score, screenplay and actors like Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem. “It was inspiring to see what happened with ‘Parasite,’ and that triggered a democratization of possibilities,” says Salles, who adds that streaming helped change perceptions, with audiences showing an appetite for foreign-language films (and TV series like “Squid Games”) with subtitles.
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