Remember last year when I thought that maybe, just maybe, the movie that won the international feature Oscar would go on to make history and become the first foreign-language film to win the Academy Award for best picture? In the meantime, here’s a look at the races for documentary, animated feature and international film. and when we vote, we choose best picture first and then select a winner for foreign-language feature. And, inevitably, if we give our best picture prize to an international film, as we did with “Parasite” this year, we reward a second superb film in the foreign-language category. AdvertisementCertainly, I can’t expect the film academy to match our, ahem, vision and taste.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 28, 2020 15:22 UTC