International Feature Race Offers Oscar Voters A Wealth Of Opportunities

Sony will release it’s first movie of 2022, and second Tom Holland title after Spider-Man: No Way Home over the 4-day Presidents Day weekend, Uncharted, in what is expected to be a $70M+ haul worldwide.

Films from Belfast to Drive My Car, from The Worst Person In The World to Nightmare Alley saw ticket sales pop after Academy Award nominations and as distributors kick into high gear for this weekend and beyond, juggling theater counts and ramped up media campaigns that now have a shiny new imprimatur.

Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s Neon film Flee made history this morning, as it became the first ever to score a trifecta of Oscar nominations in the categories of Best Animated Feature, Best Documentary Feature and Best International Feature Film.

An international teammate of Kevin De Bruyne has been tipped to join Manchester City.

Marta Balaga Joachim Trier’s “The Worst Person in the World,” about a young woman figuring out life and love, might have brought Renate Reinsve the best actress award at Cannes, but the two actually started their collaboration in 2011 on “Oslo, August 31st” – Reinsve’s very first film. “I was an extra with one line,” she said during an online discussion with the director, accompanying a surprise screening of their film at Rotterdam Film Festival. “The Worst Person in the World” was recently shortlisted for Best International Feature Film at the Academy Awards.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentNetherlands-based sales outfit DFW International has acquired Ruud Schuurman’s (“Lost in the Game”) romantic comedy “Taste of Love” ahead of the European Film Market.“Taste of Love” stars Barbara Sloesen (“Life As It Should Be”) as Monica, who left her small village behind her and even changed her name to start a new life in Amsterdam. She’s now a renowned chef at a popular venue in Amsterdam.

Manchester City have made another big investment in their future by securing new deals for promising academy starlets Oscar Bobb and Josh Wilson-Esbrand.

Manchester United are reportedly leading the race to sign Borussia Dortmund striker Erling Haaland in the summer.

Manchester City have been handed a huge boost in their chase of Erling Haaland, with reports in Spain suggesting the striker isn’t a priority for Real Madrid.

Belgium’s Oscar-shortlisted International Feature is an intimate child’s-eye view of bullying from debut writer-director Laura Wandel. Playground is known as Un Monde in its native French language, and this is set in a world of its own: the school that two siblings must navigate to get through the day.

Refresh for latest…: Sony/Marvel’s Spider-Man: No Way Home scaled fresh heights this session as it reached an amazing new milestone by crossing the $1B mark at the international box office. The offshore cume through Sunday is an estimated $1.003B for a global total of $1.74B.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorWith “No Time to Die,” Cary Joki Fukunaga took great care when it came to using VFX and special effects. From underwater fights to an Aston Martin DB5 shootout to an explosive finale, the latest James Bond installment “No Time to Die” is bursting with action-packed moments, but Fukunaga wanted to keep the emotional arc of the storytelling front and center. He didn’t want to undermine that sense of reality and use effects purely to enhance the emotional connection to Bond’s story.“No Time to Die,” made the VFX Oscar shortlist, and should it be nominated on Feb.

Harry Styles tour tickets caused Ticketmaster’s UK website to crash earlier this morning (January 27).Pre-sale tickets for the singer’s ‘Love On Tour’ UK dates, which will take place in June, went on sale earlier today ahead of a general sale beginning tomorrow (January 28).However, the huge demand for tickets this morning “exceeded everyone’s expectations”, causing Ticketmaster’s UK ticket outlets to crash.“It seems Harry Styles has exceeded everyone’s expectations and ticket outlets are currently down under unprecedented demand,” Ticketmaster UK tweeted this morning.“We’re working hard to rectify issues and will keep updating you here as we work to get things back up and running.”It seems @Harry_Styles has exceeded everyone’s expectations and ticket outlets are currently down under unprecedented demand.We're working hard to rectify issues and will keep updating you here as we work to get things back up and running.— ticketmasteruk (@TicketmasterUK) January 27, 2022Just under an hour later, Ticketmaster confirmed that their site was “back up and running”, telling fans that they should contact their customer service team if they were still experiencing problems.You can see Styles’ upcoming UK and European tour dates below.June11 – Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow, UK (new show)15 – Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester, UK (new show)18 – Wembley Stadium, London, UK (new show)22 – Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Ireland (new show)26 – Volksparkstadion, Hamburg, Germany (new show)29 – Tele2 Arena, Stockholm, Sweden (new show)July1 – Telenor Arena, Oslo, Norway (new show)3 – Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark5 – Accor Arena, Paris, France7 – Sportpaleis, Antwerp, Belgium9 – Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam, Netherlands11 – Olympiahalle, Munich, Germany13 –

Change is coming at Old Trafford and it might arrive sooner than anticipated.

Clayton Davis The horror genre is often overlooked and underappreciated in awards spaces. That’s what makes “You’re Dead Hélène” from Michiel Blanchart, which is one of the shortlisted contenders for live action short, an exciting addition to the Oscar conversation.After dreaming of working in the movies and making shorts with his friends while growing up in France’s countryside, Blanchart decided to go back to his native country to study in one of the best-known cinema schools in Belgium: the Institute of Media Arts.