The international Oscar race has begun. Ireland and Austria have unveiled their national contenders for the 2025 Academy Awards in the Best International Film category. The two movies are so different.
Austria selects for its Oscar contenders Devil’s Bath, a historically inspired feminist horror film by Veronica Franz and Séverine Fiala. Unsurprisingly, Ireland has chosen Rich Peppiatt’s cheeky docu-comedy. patellaabout the real-life Belfast rapper in the title.
Franz and Fiala, known for their 2014 horror classic good night mom and 2019 hostelexplore the dark corners of history Devil’s Bath. The show is set in the 18th-century Austrian countryside and was inspired by documented cases of hypochondriacs, mainly women, who, fearing eternal damnation if they committed suicide, chose to commit murder, often of children, a crime that allowed They repented and sought repentance before execution.
The film premiered in Berlin, and cinematographer Martin Gschlacht won the Silver Bear.
hollywood reporter Call it “a gripping psychological study conducted by a director with a powerful command.”
tremble Devil’s Bath North America’s leading Berlin bow.
patella Tells the slightly fictional origin story of a band – consisting of two working-class drug dealers (Móglaí Bap and Mo Chara) and a schoolteacher (DJ Provaí) – who rap primarily in Irish Gaelic and incorporate Irish republican politics With raucous humor and lots and lots of drugs. Irish Oscar nominee Michael Fassbender co-stars in the semi-fictional film, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.
Sony Pictures Classics quickly snapped it up and released it domestically.
hollywood reporter Call it “a crazy effort…” Thoughts: jazz singer (1927) but used more ketamine; 8 miles But the story takes place shortly after the end of a long and bloody civil war; or A hard day and night All other words in it begin with the letter c.
The submission deadline for the 96th Academy Awards is November 14, 2024. It will be held on Sunday, March 2nd.
