Russia, Hungary and Paraguay have selected their Foreign Language Oscar hopefuls. Hungary has chosen Venice Film Festival Competition drama Sunset from director Laszlo Nemes who won the Foreign Language Oscar in 2016 for Son Of Saul. Sony Classics handles Sunset, which is set in Budapest on the brink of World War…

Laszlo Nemes' Hungarian drama, Son Of Saul, has been on a run since breaking out at Cannes with the Grand Jury Prize last May — and it's having itself quite a weekend. It's just taken the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, a day after it scooped the Indie Spirit for Best International Film and won its category at the…

The five nominees for the Foreign Language Oscar this year include three first-time directors as well as two features from countries that have never before reached this stage. Somewhat unusually, when the Academy whittled down its choices to this last grouping, there were none of the major shocks that there have been…

First-time helmer Laszlo Nemes’ Son Of Saul picked up a Foreign Language Oscar nomination last Thursday after it won the Golden Globe the Sunday before. This past Sunday, it was named Best Foreign Language Film at the Critics’ Choice Awards. To say the Holocaust drama has been on a roll ever since it debuted in Cannes…

In accepting the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film tonight, first-time feature director Laszlo Nemes said in his short speech, "The Holocaust has become over the years an abstraction. For me, it's more of a face we must not forget." Nemes' intense Holocaust drama has roundly been receiving praise since it…

Certainly one of the most acclaimed , as well as harrowing movies on display at our big 5th annual awards season event The Contenders Presented By Deadline (which took place in front of a packed DGA house full of AMPAS and Guild voters earlier this month) was Son Of Saul, Hungary’s official entry into the Best Foreign…

Over the next couple of months, we’ll increasingly learn which films various countries are putting forth as their Foreign Language Oscar submissions. First off the block is Hungary who today confirmed that Son Of Saul will look to make the trek to the Dolby next February. This is one of the more obvious choices given…

As the prizes continue to roll out here in Cannes, Hungarian helmer Laszlo Nemes’ harrowing Holocaust drama Son Of Saul has been awarded the FIPRESCI prize in the main Competition. The honor, handed out by the International Federation of Film Critics, comes a day ahead of the official prize ceremony. Son Of Saul is…

Hungarian filmmaker Laszlo Nemes has the distinction of being the only first-time feature director to have a movie in the main Competition at Cannes this year. He's not exactly a stranger to Cannes, though. Son Of Saul, his intense Holocaust drama, got its first recognition from the organization when it was at script…