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Oscars: Indonesia Selects Kamila Andini’s ‘Four Seasons in Java’ for International Feature Race (EXCLUSIVE)

Indonesia has selected Kamila Andini’s “Four Seasons in Java” (“Empat Musim Pertiwi”) as its submission for the international feature category at the 99th Academy Awards. Written and directed by Andini and produced by Ifa Isfansyah for Forka Films, the film stars Putri Marino, Arya Saloka, Christine Hakim and Hana Malasan. The story centers on Pertiwi […]

Oscars: Indonesia Selects Kamila Andini’s ‘Four Seasons in Java’ for International Feature Race (EXCLUSIVE)

France has chosen Minotaur, a French-produced political thriller directed by exiled Russian filmmaker Andrey Zvyagintsev, as its entry for the Best International Feature Film category at the 99th Academy Awards. According to Deadline, Minotaur was selected from a shortlist that included other films such as De Gaulle: Tilting Iron, Iron Boy, and La Gradiva.

The Hollywood Reporter and Variety also covered film submissions, but for different countries. Variety mentioned that Spain's submission for a future year is "La Bola Negra" by Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi.

No further details about Minotaur or other film submissions for the 99th Academy Awards were provided beyond France's selection.

Brief written by urgent.news from Deadline, The Hollywood Reporter, Variety — 3 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.

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