Deadline’s Contenders Film: The Nominees gets under way Saturday beginning at 9 a.m. PT with 12 panels featuring some of the year’s biggest crowd-pleasing movies as well as its most artistic critical hits.
This final round of Contenders events this Oscar season features virtual Q&A panels with the on-screen stars, creatives and craftspeople behind 12 of the films that will be going for gold at the Dolby Theater less than a month from now.
Streaming Contenders events has opened up a whole new global audience, and also offers quick and convenient access to filmmakers who are either dealing with busy production schedules or, as is the case with several of the panels here, based in locations all around the world.
In that respect, Contenders is here to bust open the myth that the Academy Awards are solely a vehicle for the American film industry: you’ll see we have films today from Italy, Poland, Sweden, Argentina, Ireland and Germany.
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