Awards seasonnever really ends.

Cannes is perhaps the most prestigious of all festivals where international films and major Hollywood blockbusters premiere side-by-side.

Sundance, Berlinale, and Cannes are not direct bellwethers for the Oscars.

Kieran Culkin and Jesse Eisenberg stare up at a statue in Poland in A Real Pain

TakeTitanefor example, a French body horror film that won the Palme d’Or in 2021.

That film did not even make the shortlist for Best International Feature.

The 10 movies nominated for Best Picture are confirmed, but only one can win the Oscars 2025 category.

Emilia Perez, Anora, Conclave, The Brutalist, and Wicked with Oscars

Will it be Anora, Conclave, or another?

Despite the year-long predictions, nothing is ever a surefire guarantee, but that’s what makes it fun.

There have been plenty ofOscars surpriseswhen the ceremony inevitably rolls around.

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Three Oscars statuettes in front of flying money

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