Venice Film Festival Sets the Stage for the International Oscar Race With ‘Bardo’ and ‘Argentina 1985’
variety.comClayton Davis It’s late summer, so it’s time to start talking about awards season. Cannes issued the first slate of contenders in the international feature Oscar race, and now Venice and Toronto are ready to screen another batch, which begs the question: What looks like the breakout pics from the festival circuit that should contend for kudos?
More than 90 countries have been submitting films for Academy consideration for the past few years, in order to walk away with the coveted best international feature Oscar.
Coming off the Cinderella story of Japan’s “Drive My Car” from Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, which was also nominated for three other Oscars including best picture, it became the tenth film to be recognized for both best picture and international feature.
Can we expect another groundbreaker with this year’s crop of contenders? Venice, as usual, looks to be loaded with awards contenders, with new works from Darren Aronofsky (“The Whale”), Luca Guadagnino (“Bones & All”) and Martin McDonagh (“The Banshees of Inisherin”) — but it’s also got a fair share of high-profile international titles, such as Oscar-winner Alejandro G.
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