{
  "id": 3586786,
  "title": "Oscars: Chile Picks Manuela Martelli’s ‘The Meltdown’ for the International Feature Race",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/oscars-chile-picks-manuela-martellis-the-meltdown-for-the",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-26T20:06:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/film/awards/oscars-the-meltdown-chile-1236844244/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Chile’s Film Academy has selected “The Meltdown” (“El deshielo”) by Manuela Martelli, her post-Pinochet mystery drama set in an Andes ski resort to represent the country in the Best International Feature category at the 2027 Academy Awards. Martelli’s follow-up to her acclaimed drama “Chile, 1976” had its world premiere at Cannes’ prominent strand Un Certain […]",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "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."
}