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How the Academy’s Selection Process Has Changed the International Race • Many of the 80 features submitted for the best international film category are daring and experimental — exactly the kind of work from which the Academy used to steer clear

International Oscar Submissions by the Numbers • See which country had the most nominations without a win, and which countries have won more than four times

A Documentary Style That Is ‘All Indebted to the Warhol Films’ • In Apple TV+’s The Velvet Underground, director Todd Haynes and cinematographer Edward Lachman immerse viewers in the New York counterculture of the ’60s by taking inspiration from the avant-garde cinema of the era

True Tales of Talent, Tension and Tragedy • These 8 contenders lead the pack a month before Oscar shortlist voting gets underway

Rita Moreno Looks Back — and Forward • The celebrated actress — who has won two Emmys, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony — reflects on a life in show business, the parts she loved (and those she regrets) and the ‘weird’ feeling of watching someone new play Anita in West Side Story

Five Essential Films • Of Rita Moreno’s lengthy film and TV résumé, these five features highlight the celebrated performer’s incredible talent

Yes, I Did Say That! • A look at who’s saying what in the awards race

Lamb, Like Life, ‘So Strange You Have to Laugh’ • Star Noomi Rapace and writer-director Valdimar Jóhannsson discuss the making of their genre-bending film, which is Iceland’s submission for best international feature

Attica Riot Doc Is ‘Like Going Back in That Bad Dream Again’ • Co-director Stanley Nelson and former inmate Arthur Harrison reflect on the violent clash between prisoners and state police depicted in the Showtime documentary, which reexamines the chaos that ensued during the 1971 prison revolt

In Any Language … • This year’s lineup of global contenders includes films from two previous winners in the category, plus plenty of festival favorites vying for their spots on the category’s shortlist

Six Outside Shots • These six films have impressed audiences across the globe, but they will have to wow members of the international committee to make it on the shortlist

‘A Modern Take on Classic Rom-Com’ • In the Norwegian submission The Worst Person in the World, director Joachim Trier turns on its head the genre in which ‘the choice of partner is an existential choice,’ with a tragicomic story of a young woman searching for love in all the wrong places

TRUE STORIES OF TRIALS, TRIUMPH AND TRAILBLAZERS • This year’s contenders for best documentary feature look at individuals and communities across the globe that are facing change head-on — or are making the change happen themselves

AILEY (NEON)

THE FIRST WAVE (NAT GEO)

THE NEUTRAL GROUND (PBS)

FOUND (NETFLIX)

A COP MOVIE (NETFLIX)

MISHA AND THE WOLVES (NETFLIX)

CUSP (SHOWTIME)

LOS HERMANOS/THE BROTHERS (PBS)

FAYA DAYI (JANUS FILMS)

A ‘THERAPY-LIKE QUALITY’ OF DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING • The directors of Netflix’s Procession and Nat Geo’s The Rescue took different approaches to their subjects’ traumatic experiences — which in turn provided healing and emotional accuracy

SHORT STORIES, BIG IMPACT • COVID-19, politics and history are just some of the themes explored in the documentary shorts race this year. Throw in a few sports stories, and let the games begin

Shoeshine Launched the Foreign Film Category