Oscars: Japan Selects ‘All of a Sudden’ for International Feature Race

Oscars: Japan Selects Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s ‘All Of A Sudden’

Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s latest feature, All Of A Sudden, has been selected as Japan’s entry for the Best International Feature Film category at the 99th Academy Awards. The Japanese-French-language drama premiered to an 11-minute standing ovation at Cannes and went on to win a Best Actress prize for both of its stars, Virginie Efira and Tao […]

Oscars: Japan Picks Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s ‘All of a Sudden’ as Best Int’l Feature Submission

The critically acclaimed drama will give the ‘Drive My Car’ director his second shot at the category after winning just five years ago, with Neon also planning a broader Oscars campaign for best picture, director, actress and supporting actress.

Oscars: Japan Selects ‘All of a Sudden’ for International Feature Race

Hamaguchi Ryusuke’s “All of a Sudden” has been selected as Japan’s entry in the international feature category at the 99th Academy Awards, the Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan (Eiren) has revealed. The selection marks the second time a Hamaguchi film has represented Japan in the category, five years after “Drive My Car” won the international feature Oscar and picked up nominations for best picture, director and adapted screenplay a…

2027 Oscars: Japan (not France) Submits Hamaguchi's 'All of a Sudden' in International Feature Race

Canada submits Berlinale winner Nina Roza by Geneviève Dulude-de Celles, Chile submits Un Certain Regard selected The Meltdown (to be launched by Kino Lorber), Mexico submitted Venice winning On the Road by David Pablos, and Thailand submits Director’s Fortnight selected 9 Temples to Heaven, but the real news in the Best International Feature race is actually Japan backing Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s deeply moving All of a Sudden which Neon will launch …