Santosh |
After the success of The Zone Of Interest last year, UK hopes are high once again, as Sandhya Suri's Santosh has made it onto the Oscar Best International Film shortlist. There's also good news for Ireland with Kneecap among the hottest titles there - if either of the can beat awards race leader Emilia Pérez.
The shortlist will be whittled down to five nominations on 17 January and the Oscar ceremony itself will take place on 2 March.
The full shortlist:
- I’m Still Here - Brazil
- Universal Language - Canada
- Waves - Czech Republic
- The Girl With The Needle- Denmark
- Emilia Pérez - France
- The Seed Of The Sacred Fig - Germany
- Touch - Iceland
- Kneecap - Ireland
- Vermiglio - Italy
- Flow - Latvia
- Armand - Norway
- From Ground Zero - Palestine
- Dahomey - Senegal
- How To Make Millions Before Grandma Dies - Thailand
- Santosh - UK