{
  "id": 3254062,
  "title": "Oscars: Belgium Selects Lukas Dhont’s ‘Coward’ For International Feature Film Race",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/oscars-belgium-selects-lukas-dhonts-coward-for-international-feature",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-25T11:43:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/08/oscars-belgium-lukas-dhont-coward-international-1237049673/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Lukas Dhont’s latest feature, Coward, has been selected as Belgium’s entry for the Best International Feature Film category at the 99th Academy Awards. Directed by Dhont from a screenplay he wrote with Angelo Tijssens, Coward is set at the height of the First World War and follows Pierre, a soldier newly arrived at the front, […]",
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      {
        "outlet": "Deadline",
        "title": "Korea Selects Lee Chang-dong’s ‘Possible Love’ As Oscars Best International Feature Contender",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/korea-selects-lee-chang-dongs-possible-love-as-oscars-best",
        "published": "2026-08-25T09:12:05.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Variety",
        "title": "Oscars: South Korea Selects Lee Chang-dong’s ‘Possible Love’ for International Feature Race",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/oscars-south-korea-selects-lee-chang-dongs-possible-love-for",
        "published": "2026-08-25T09:13:29.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hollywood Reporter",
        "title": "Oscars: South Korea Picks Lee Chang-dong’s ‘Possible Love’ as Best Int’l Feature Submission",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/oscars-south-korea-picks-lee-chang-dongs-possible-love-as-best-intl",
        "published": "2026-08-25T09:52:28.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "KBS World Radio",
        "title": "Lee Chang-dong’s ‘Possible Love’ Selected as S. Korea’s Oscar Submission",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/lee-chang-dongs-possible-love-selected-as-s-koreas-oscar-submission",
        "published": "2026-08-25T10:41:30.000Z"
      }
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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."
}