#International Feature Shortlist

[haute-lifestyle-com]

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced shortlists in ten categories for the 97th Academy Awards® including 15 films nominated in the International Feature Film category. Nomination voting begins Wednesday, January 8, 2025

[awardswatcherik]

2025 Oscars: 'Emilia Pérez' Dominates the Shortlists with 6, 'Wicked,' Alien: Romulus,' 'Gladiator II' Among Top Mentions

[jo-the-bass-stealer]

IRISH UNIFICATION OF 2025 TRUSTTTTT

[limeade-l3sbian]

this is gonna sound really petty but i'm brazilian, the oscars shortlist just came out and my country's beautiful heartbreaking movie about our dictatorship is definitely gonna lose to the bizarre french musical about a TIM drug lord despite clearly being the better international feature. this is the first time brazil has made it to the shortlist since 2008 and if the other movie wasn't in the running i think we'd have a real shot. :(

Not petty at all. Representation matters. Hopefully Gomez's shoddy performance will be considered.

[cantquitu]

Kneecap has been shortlisted for the Best International Feature category at the Oscars! So close! It's a hefty, impressive shortlist, so a nomination is definitely not a sure thing, but fingers & toes crossed for Jan 17th. That would be kind of insane :)

[that-one-ao3-writer]

10 fics for International Fanworks Day

THESE ARE ALL ALMOST FROM THE SAME FANDOMS IM SO SORRY but they are very good I recommend.

Please consider going through the authors' other works as well.

1. Nothing hurts like the almost, almost, almost by communist_sasuke

Fandom: Bungo Stray Dogs

Summary: “Don’t use Corruption, Chuuya.” Dazai tried again. “Let’s just get out of here.”

(A mission goes wrong, and Dazai learns to hold on to the things he can't bear to lose. If only his revelation hadn't come a little too late.)

I KNOW I KNOW mind the MCD tag but it's so well written and the grief just hits best at 1 am.

2. Atsushi's Guide to Surviving in the Armed Detective Agency (and Being a Part of a Family) by FrogintheWindow

Fandom: Bungo Stray Dogs

Summary: Atsushi studies his coworkers in the hopes of understanding what exactly he’s a part of, and realizes that he’s joined a family, not an agency.

Basically a series of short stories where Atsushi writes about his experiences with the Armed Detective Agency (and the Port Mafia)

FOUND FAMILY FOUND FAMILY FOUND FAMILY

3. try again, try again, try again by absolutefuckery

Fandom: Heaven Official's Blessing

Summary: Feng Xin accidentally steals Mu Qing’s first kiss. Naturally, the only logical solution is to give him another one. And another. And another. And another. And—

I'M LITERALLY IN LOVE WITH THIS FIC HONESTLY FQ ARE IDIOTS

4. Sleepwalking in shadows by oilux

Fandom: Jujutsu Kaisen

Summary: “Fushiguro Megumi,” Sukuna drawls. “You summoned—”

“Do you have two dicks?” 

It's all fun and games until you summon the King of Curses from your shadows.

OKAY OKAY SHIP CHOICE IS WEIRD IK BUT IT'S FUNNY

5. and all the things unsaid, come sweetly to your lips by citruspromenade

Fandom: Heaven Official's Blessing

Summary: the Xian Le Trio reconciliation, through the (metaphorical) seasons.

(The actual summary is longer guys) FENG XIN LOVE AND MULIAN FRIENDSHIP WHAT MORE DO YOU NEED

6. pretty face, electric soul by khrys

Fandom: Heaven Official's Blessing

Summary: Feng Xin and Xie Lian are attempting to re-enter high society. Mu Qing helps, and Feng Xin realizes a few things along the way.

LAST TGCF FIC I PROMISE

7. like, comments, share and subscribe by detectorist

Fandom: The Untamed / Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation

Summary: Lan Zhan runs a popular studytuber YouTube channel. Wei Ying decides to parody his videos. Things escalate from there.

THIS FIC GIVES ME LIFE

8. A Broken Soul by raendown

Fandom: Naruto (dont judge I had a phase)

Summary: Kakashi was born with a counter just like everyone else. But his was different. His was broken.

THIS IS ANGST OKAY YPU HAVE BEEN WARNED

9. Autonomy by beetlebee

Fandom: Naruto

Summary: "But this Not-Sensei soulmate guy could be anybody," Naruto whines.

Sasuke narrows his eyes. "No. He tried to act like Kakashi, use his techniques. He must be familiar with him already..."

"They could be childhood friends!" Sakura gasps.

"Sensei has friends?" Naruto asks, squinting at Obito.

"Or he's a stalker." Sasuke grips the kunai he still hasn't put away.

"I'm not a stalker," Obito lies, pushing away the kunai edging towards him.

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(A soulmate bodyswap AU)

FUNNY OBIKAKA THERE I SAID IT

10. An Executive's Guide to Love, Jealousy & Everything in Between by mocarin

Fandom: Bungo Stray Dogs

Summary: Dazai Osamu is known for many things. Being the Port Mafia’s renowned strategist, a coldhearted executive, and ½ of infamous duo Double Black is just the shortlist. One thing he isn’t known for, however, is being capable of being in love. More specifically, in love with his hot headed slug of a partner of 3 years.

Or, Dazai attempts to navigate the complexities of love, with varying levels of success. Featuring his own special brand of flirting, an all too knowing audience, and poor, poor Tachihara who just wanted a friend but ended up on Dazai’s personal blacklist instead.

OOC WARNING BUT IT'S FUNNY SO

+1. Snapshots from different lives: It's a bittersweet symphony this life by Crepuscolaria

Fandom: Heaven Official's Blessing (I couldn't resist)

Summary: He didn’t even get to meet Mu Qing last time! And now they could grow together and have a lot of time! Of course he would run to him!

Not that he can explain this to his mom. She would just look at him with the same exasperated fondness she reserves him when he grumbles under his breath things like youths these days, or back in my day.

------

A brief glimpse to that one time FX found MQ and they were both kids and he actually managed to grow with him until old age.

Series

Part 4 of Beyond Space and Time

CRIMINALLY UNDERRATED FIC GO READ IT NOW

(Might make pt. 2 idk)

[p-h03n1-x]

Yibo Official Weibo update 2.8.2024 (part 1 of 6) Welcome to play UNIQ-Wang Yibo’s key frames of the year. Recall frame by frame, wonderful and colorful. Indulge in the beautiful changes of light and shadow, enjoy expressing your true self in music, explore the unknown in different fields, and progress in life. Keyframes are drawn one by one on the strip. In 2023, you will be rewarded with diligent study and hard work, and in 2024, we will embark on a new journey with steady steps!

A new chapter is about to begin. I wish you all to move forward in the Year of the Dragon, and be happy and prosperous!

Part 1 - Film and Television

Follow the light and cultivate yourself.

Accumulate and write the journey of light and shadow with characters Move forward steadily and use the screen to record your growth trajectory

Movie 无名 Hidden Blade There is an unknown person in Shanghai, known as Mr. Ye. He is hiding in the dark night, walking in the wind and rain. He is both good and evil, and his identity is difficult to distinguish

Fourth place at the box office during the Spring Festival in 2023

The third runner-up in the mainland box office of action movies in 2023

Popular movies of the year on Weibo Night 2022

2022 Weibo Night Annual Quality Movies

The 36th China Golden Rooster Awards for Best Feature Film (nominated) Best Cinematography (Nominated) at the 18th China Changchun Film Festival

The 19th China-US Film Festival Annual Top Ten Golden Angel Film Awards

The 15th Macau International Film Festival "Golden Lotus" Award for Best Film Award

The 4th New Era International Film Festival Golden Yanghua Award for Best Suspense Film of the New Era (Nominated)

2023 Weibo Night, Weibo’s annual word-of-mouth movie

Top Ten Influential Movies in 2023 "China Film and Television Blue Book 2024"

Movies 长空之王 Born to Fly and 热烈 One & Only

Born to Fly Explore the limits and chase dreams in the blue sky. Lei Yu breaks through himself and moves forward bravely

2023 May Day box office runner-up

2022 Weibo Movie Night The most watched film of the year

2023 Weibo Movie Night Audience Favorite Film of the Year

The 36th China Golden Rooster Award for Best Feature Film (nominated)

Recommended movies (nominated) for the 4th "Light and Shadow China" Honor Ceremony

Top Ten Golden Angel Film Awards of the 19th China-US Film Festival

One and Only Chen Shuo, who is inconspicuous in life, becomes passionate because of the firm dream in his heart

Sports film box office champion in mainland film history

2022 Weibo Movie Night The most anticipated film of the year

2023 Weibo Movie Night Movies of the Year

The 36th Tokyo International Film Festival

China Film Week "Golden Crane Award" Most Popular Film

The 11th Zhejiang Film Phoenix Award for Outstanding Feature Film Award

The 19th China-US Film Festival Annual Top Ten Golden Angel Film Awards

Web movie My Youth and I released on 1 May 2023

The most popular online movie on Maoyan (single day)

Tencent Video has the highest popularity in history: 15928

The most watched films of the year in Weibo Movie Night 2022

Outstanding online audiovisual works of the State Administration of Radio and Television in the second quarter of 2023 (shortlisted)

The 13th Beijing International Online Film Festival "Lightyear Award" main competition unit special honor from the jury

Stay tuned

Movie Formed Police Unit. Wang Yibo as Yang Zhen

TV Series 长风破浪 Chang Feng Po Lang. Wang Yibo as Wei Ruolai

[illgiveyouahint]

well we didn't get the international feature film nomination but hey we were in the shortlist which is already something :)

[tremendouskoalachild]

i know the oscars are bullshit but i'm a bit disheartened by everyone being sure Emilia Pérez is winning best international feature. can't judge its quality but i've seen 3 other films on the shortlist and they're all great and deserve recognition. many countries submitted works of art showcasing their history, culture, language and local talent and hollywood people choose this

[ineskew]

how to make millions before grandma dies made the oscar shortlist for best international feature let's goooooo

[ijustkindalikebooks]

Review: A Sunny Place For Shady by Mariana Enriquez.

Mariana Enriquez's A Sunny Place for Shady People is her first story collection since the International Booker Prize-shortlisted The Dangers of Smoking in Bed. Featuring achingly human characters whose lives intertwine with ghosts, the occult and the macabre, the stories explore love, womanhood, LGBTQ counterculture, parenthood and Argentina's brutal past.

I do always find this author's work intriguing, so when I saw her latest collection on Netgalley, I asked if I could read it and I'm glad I did as we get a new collection of weird, dark and political stories that reflect the lives of different women in horrifying and twisted ways.

I do think the stronger half of this are the first two stories - the characters she creates and shines a light on, are people I think I've met and so many I've met, that these stories feel like you're walking into a scene of people that you know and that she has written with pinpoint precision into these stories which make for story that really pull you in and allow you to live in them.

The tone in these stories vmake you feel like these stories are being told to you and just you alone, like you are in on this book from the beginning and something important is being shared with you on every page. This sort of autumn campfire energy creates a sort of menace in these stories that draws you in, especially in Face Of Disgrace in particular, which builds the tension until the very last line of the story.

Sure there are stories where I'm sat there thinking 'what did I just read?' but all in all this is a great collection that took me some time to read because these stories can really get to you. I'd definitely check for trigger warnings with these stories as they cover a range of things that effect women, violence against women in particular is something that is a major part of many of these stories.

I need to read something light after finishing this.

(Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the ARC for honest review).

[oldtvandcomics]

Happy Queer Media Monday!

Today: The Blue Caftan (2022)

A very recent movie, so if you are lucky, you might still catch it in a cinema. (Time stamp: March 2023)

(From left to right: Youssef, Mina and Halim, eating together.)

The Blue Caftan is telling the story of a married couple who run a traditional tailor shop in Morocco. The husband, Halim, is gay. At the beginning of the movie, he starts to make a blue caftan for a rich client. Over the time it takes for him to finish, we get to watch the developing feelings between him and his young apprentice, Youssef, as well as the progression of the wife’s, Mina’s, terminal breast cancer.

While the summary does sound a little bleak, this movie is so full of love and tenderness, it seriously softens the pain to something beautiful. While it is made very clear through the acting that Halim is not sexually attracted to his wife, his and Mina’s relationship is very deep and loving. Mina does show some animosity towards Youssef at the beginning, but as her illness progresses, she comes to accept and even appreciate him, so it really is three people who care deeply about one another up against Life. There is also a lot of nonsexual intimacy going on, mostly between Halim and Mina, but also between Halim and Youssef. All in all, it is a very soft, tender movie, that still deals with some very heavy topics.

The Blue Caftan premiered 2022 in Cannes, won multiple prizes at film festivals, and is Morocco’s official submission at the 2023 Oscars shortlist in the "International Feature Film" category. 

I can’t really link much about it, but here is the IMBD page.

Queer Media Monday is an action I started to talk about some important and/or interesting parts of our queer heritage, that people, especially young people who are only just beginning to discover the wealth of stories out there, should be aware of. Please feel free to join in on the fun and make your own posts about things you personally find important!

[patientlibrarian]

This year, from August 8 to 11, Šibenik will host the first Croatian International Film Festival

This year, from August 8 to 11, Šibenik will host the first Croatian International Film Festival led by founder and creative director Ella Mische . The festival was also announced by the American Variety , one of the three leading magazines whose focus is on eminent reports from the world of film and visual arts, with a special focus on events in Hollywood.

The Croatian International Film Festival primarily emphasizes women in the film industry and the media, and the official opening will be held at Trg Republike Hrvatske with an attractive gala dinner, a red carpet and a tribute to Špiri Guberina , the legend of the Šibenik theater industry . For this occasion, our drama artist, the 'Dite of Šibenik' Goran Višnjić , will give an opening speech . This will be followed by three days of programs at as many as four locations: Barone Fortress, House of Arsen, Civitas Sacri and the Museum of the City of Šibenik.

On the list of received films, the audience will have the opportunity to see 6 feature-length and 20 short films, participate in panels and interviews with directors and actors. It is worth noting that CIFF has created a special 'student corner' intended for young talented film students.

"We received over 100 films from all over the world, and the shortlist will be reduced to 10 countries, among which are Croatia, the USA, Japan, Mexico, Nepal, Switzerland, Germany, Ukraine and Cambodia. It is my challenge and passion to combine my two world, Croatia and America, and connect them through the film industry, and where better than in the natural environment of our coast", said the founder of the commendable first edition of CIFF Ella Mische, a young academic actress, Croatian with an American address.

The festival will be officially opened by the film 'La Cocina' starring the American star Rooney Mara .

The details of the program and which domestic and international stars will be on the red carpet have not yet been revealed

from: https://www.jutarnji.hr/

[ravnique]

Ideal Customer Persona: Marketing Director Mark

About Them

Name: Mark Thompson

Role: Marketing Director

Industry: SaaS (Software as a Service)

Company Size: Mid-sized (100-500 employees)

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Age: 35-45 years old

Education: Bachelor's in Marketing or Business, often with an MBA

Location: Urban areas with a tech industry presence (e.g., San Francisco, New York, Austin)

Experience: 10+ years in marketing, 3-5 years in a leadership role

Professional Background:

Strong understanding of digital marketing, analytics, and customer acquisition strategies

Experienced in leading cross-functional teams and managing marketing budgets.

Use Case

How they use our product:

To manage and optimize digital marketing campaigns across multiple channels (e.g., social media, email, SEO)

To gain insights into customer behavior and campaign performance through advanced analytics and reporting tools

To streamline and automate repetitive marketing tasks

What they’re trying to achieve:

Increase lead generation and conversion rates

Enhance brand visibility and engagement

Improve ROI on marketing spend

Gain a competitive edge through data-driven decision-making

Previous Solution & Pain Points

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A combination of multiple marketing tools (e.g., email marketing platforms, social media schedulers, web analytics tools)

Manual processes for campaign management and performance tracking

Pain Points:

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What Causes Them to Seek Out Our Product:

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Ease of Use: Intuitive interface and easy onboarding process

Integration: Seamless integration with existing tools and systems

Scalability: Ability to grow with the company and handle increasing volumes of data and users

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Value: Competitive pricing and clear ROI

Innovation: Regular updates and new features that keep the platform ahead of industry trends

[scotianostra]

Happy Birthday Christopher Brookmyre, born in Glasgow, September 6th 1968.

Brookmyre was raised and schooled in Barrhead, attending St. Mark’s Primary School and St. Luke’s High School, before attending the University of Glasgow. He has worked for the film magazine Screen International, and as sub-editor for The Scotsman and the Edinburgh Evening News.

Christopher is the author of eighteen published novels to-date, the latest being Dead Girl Walking.

In 2006 Christopher won the seventh Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction with All Fun and Games Until Someone Loses An Eye and, as is tradition, a Gloucestershire Old Spot pig was named after the winning novel. On accepting the award, Christopher said:

“My favourite PG Wodehouse quote is ‘It is seldom difficult to distinguish between a Scotsman with a grievance and a ray of sunshine’; today I’d like to think that I resemble the ray of sunshine.”

His first novel, Quite Ugly One Morning was the winner of the Critics’ First Blood Award for Best First Crime Novel of the Year in 1996. The book was made into a TV drama where James Nesbit was in my opinion miscast as the lead character Jack Parlabane, Brookmyre himself wanted Douge Henshall, who of course went on to star in Shetland.

The short story “Bampot Central” was shortlisted for the Crime Writers’ Association Macallan Short Story Dagger in 1997.

Boiling a Frog won the Sherlock Award for Best Comic Detective Novel in 2000 and Christopher became the only writer to win two Sherlocks when Be My Enemy picked up the 2004 prize. In 2007, Christopher was given the Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Award for Writing.

Christopher has been shortlisted three times for the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award: in 2007 for All Fun And Games Until Somebody Loses An Eye, in 2008 for A Tale Etched in Blood and Hard Black Pencil and in 2012 for Where The Bodies Are Buried.

In 2005 Christopher was named Young Alumus of the Year by the University of Glasgow. He has subsequently been awarded honorary doctorates by the University of Glasgow and by Edinburgh Napier University.

In 2013 Brookmyre announced, at The Edinburgh Book Festival that his novel All Fun and Games until Somebody Loses an Eye was to be made into a film, but unfortunately it looks as if nothing came of this.

Chris has many fans, one of the most famous must be the author Stephen King who opened last year’s Bloody Scotland crime writing festival brandishing a copy of Brookmyre’s Want You Gone and declaring it: “Fantastic!”

In 2018, Brookmyre wrote The Way of All Flesh with his wife, Dr. Marisa Haetzman. It was published under the pseudonym Ambrose Parry] In 2020, the team followed up with The Art of Dying, and in 2021, A Corruption of Blood.

The Cliff House was released inMay 2023, the book is his 27th in 25 years, the author says  “It was a product of the pandemic, of time spent thinking about the people you haven’t seen.”

As well as writitng, Chris is a member of an unlikely musical super-group! The Fun Lovin' Crime Writers also features Val McDermid (vocals),, Mark Billingham (guitar/vocals), Luca Veste (bass), Doug Johnstone (drums/vocals), and Stuart Neville (guitar/vocals) have sold over 20 million books worldwide and won every major crime-writing award.

The supergroup will be taking to the stage om September 8th at the Palace Theatre in Paignton to raise the curtain on the 2023 Agatha Christie Festival, oh andyes, one of the songs the perform is Elvis Costello's Watching the Detecives.