{
  "id": 10699880,
  "title": "Argentine Academy picks ‘The Virgin of the Quarry Lake’ for Oscar competition",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/argentine-academy-picks-the-virgin-of-the-quarry-lake-for-oscar",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-29T13:48:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Buenos Aires Herald",
    "slug": "buenos-aires-herald",
    "url": "https://buenosairesherald.com/culture-ideas/film-series/argentine-academy-picks-the-virgin-of-the-quarry-lake-for-oscar-competition"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Argentina's Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences has chosen Laura Casabé's \"The Virgin of the Quarry Lake\" as the country's entry for the 2027 Oscars. The Academy announced the selection at a ceremony in Buenos Aires. Casabé's gritty coming-of-age story will compete in the international feature category at the 99th Academy Awards, though winning is not guaranteed. The film is based on two stories by Argentine horror writer Mariana Enriquez, set in Buenos Aires suburbs after the 2001 economic and social crisis. It follows 18-year-old Natalia and her friends as they navigate desire, competition, and supernatural forces. The Argentine-Mexican-Spanish co-production had its world premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival and won four awards at the Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema. Argentina previously submitted \"Belén\" for the Oscars in 2025, but it did not secure a nomination.",
  "summary": "Premiered at Sundance, Laura Casabé’s coming-of-age horror film is based on two short stories by Mariana Enriquez La entrada Argentine Academy picks ‘The Virgin of the Quarry Lake’ for Oscar competition se publicó primero en Buenos Aires Herald .",
  "key_points": [
    "Argentina's Academy selects 'The Virgin of the Quarry Lake' for Oscar entry.",
    "Film based on Mariana Enriquez's stories, set post-2001 crisis.",
    "Argentine-Mexican-Spanish co-production premiered at 2025 Sundance."
  ],
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}