07. October 2024
13 films from the 32nd FILMFEST HAMBURG editions have been submitted by their respective production countries for the 97th Academy Awards in the “Best International Film” category.
Including for Argentina Kill the Jockey by Luis Ortega, who was featured in the “Vitrina” section and is about a fallen jockey, the Canadian film about the language conflict in Canada Universal Language. For Japan the thriller Cloud about the depths of the online economy. The debut film Julie stays silent for Belgium, about power and control in sport. The social drama that Girl with the needle by the Swedish director Magnus Horn. The film that has already won an award at Cannes Emilia Perez with Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez, Adriana Paz and Karla Sofía Gascón by the French director Jaques Audiard, who was honored with the Douglas Sirk Prize at FILMFEST HAMBURG. The almost true story about the Irish rap trio Kneecap. Vermilion as an Italian contribution that reports on the winter in Italy in 1944 and family solidarity. The Norwegian film Armand in which a conflict between two children is fought out by the adults. The melancholic journey through time, through areas and stories between dream and document Grand Tour by the Portuguese Miguel Gomes. This year’s Romanian winner of the Queer Palm in Cannes Three kilometers to the end of the world. Nabil Ayouchs marokkanisches drama Everybody Loves Touda about a singer and her fight for recognition, as well as for Germany The seeds of the sacred fig tree by Mohammad Rasoulof, which celebrated its German premiere at FILMFEST HAMBURG.
The five final nominated films in this category will be announced on January 17, 2025. The 97th Academy Awards ceremony will take place on March 2, 2025 in Los Angeles.
