All Academy Awards articles
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Features‘Dead Man’s Wire’ filmmakers talk Covid, casting choices, and provoking debate
Dead Man’s Wire depicts a real-life hostage-situation that played out across the media in 1977. Tim Grierson talks to director Gus Van Sant and screenwriter Austin Kolodney about bringing the dramatic events to life.
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FeaturesWhat are the animation contenders at the 2026 Oscars and Baftas?
A $1bn box-office hit, a streaming smash and hand-drawn festival favourites lead the charge for the animated feature Oscar and Bafta.
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FeaturesArgentinian director-star Dolores Fonzi talks Oscar-shortlisted feminist drama ‘Belén’
Amazon MGM Studios financed chronicle of real-life case that became cause-célèbre for women’s reproductive rights movement.
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CommentComment: Three awards contenders about great works of art defy the clichés of the genre
Screen’s senior US critic Tim Grierson examines ’Hamnet’, ’Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’ and ’Nouvelle Vague’.
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FeaturesScreen’s guide to the 2026 documentary feature Oscar shortlist
This year’s shortlist makes room for several under-the-radar projects from the past 12 months.
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NewsYouTube to air Oscars starting in 2029
Academy’s flagship show will air live and for free to platform’s 2bn-plus global viewers.
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NewsAcademy unveils Oscar shortlists including new casting category
Nominations for 98th Academy Awards will be announced on January 22, 2026.
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Features“I didn’t have grey hair before this”: Four filmmakers behind Oscar international feature hopefuls on working with their child leads
‘The President’s Cake’, ‘Orphan’, ‘The Left-Handed Girl’ and ‘The Love That Remains’ all showcase child protagonists.
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FeaturesHow France shifted strategy to try and win its first international feature Oscar in more than 30 years
France has shifted strategy in an attempt to win its first best international feature Oscar in more than 30 years.
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FeaturesHow Christopher Nolan’s ‘Dunkirk’ inspired Ukrainian frontline documentary ‘2000 Meters To Andriivka’
Mstyslav Chernov’s follow-up to the Oscar- and Bafta-winning 20 Days In Mariupol immerses viewers into a bloody advance to liberate a village from Russian occupation.
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FeaturesWagner Moura on keeping his Brazilian identity and the anti-authoritarian warning of ‘The Secret Agent’
Moura stars in Kleber Mendonca Filho’s Brazil Oscar entry, a political thriller set in 1977 during the country’s military dictatorship that resonates in the modern climate
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FeaturesAwards Whispers: our anonymous panel of voters give their early verdict on this season’s contenders
“It’s been an incredible year for British debuts”
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FeaturesHow steely defiance helped Annemarie Jacir keep ‘Palestine 36’ on track in the face of tragedy
The historical epic is Jacir’s biggest project to date and is Palestine’s Oscar entry.
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FeaturesKaran Johar and Neeraj Ghaywan on how Martin Scorsese improved India Oscar entry ‘Homebound’
The filmmakers discuss the themes and Oscar hopes for the feature.
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NewsHow Oscar entry ‘The Heart Is A Muscle’ aims to show South Africa in a new light – The Screen Podcast
In this bonus episode, we speak to director Imran Hamdulay and star Keenan Arrison about the South African Oscar submission.
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NewsPalme d’Or-winning director Jafar Panahi sentenced in absentia to one year in prison in Iran
Director is currently in the United States promoting Oscar contender It Was Just an Accident
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FeaturesOscars international feature race 2026 guide: the Asia Pacific contenders
Asia Pacific’s Oscar entries this year include local hits from the likes of China, Japan, Hong Kong and Vietnam.
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FeaturesOscars international feature race 2026 guide: the contenders from Africa and the Middle East
The combined countries of Africa and the Middle East last scored an Oscar nomination five years ago, but have produced at least one film this year considered a hot favourite. Screen celebrates the regions’ current buzz status
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FeaturesOscars international feature race 2026 guide: the contenders from the Americas
The Americas region scooped the international Oscar last year with Walter Salles’ biographical drama ’I’m Still Here’. Screen assesses the titles aiming for a repeat victory.
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NewsCherien Dabis’ Palestinian historical epic ‘All That’s Left Of You’ picked up for UK-Ireland
EXCLUSIVE: Jordan’s Oscar entry will be released theatrically across UK-Ireland on February 6.