Oscars: Chile Picks Manuela Martelli’s ‘The Meltdown’ for the International Feature Race

Chile’s Film Academy has selected “The Meltdown” (“El deshielo”) by Manuela Martelli, her post-Pinochet mystery drama set in an Andes ski resort to represent the country in the Best International Feature category at the 2027 Academy Awards. Martelli’s follow-up to her acclaimed drama “Chile, 1976” had its world premier

Writer-director Manuela Martelli’s period mystery, her second feature, premiered at Cannes and "overlaps the transition of a kid and the transition of a country and the world as well."

Sompot Chidgasornpongse’s latest feature, 9 Temples To Heaven, has been selected as Thailand’s entry for the Best International Feature Film category at the 99th Academy Awards. The co-production between Thailand, Singapore, France, Norway, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, and Qatar debuted in the Quinzaine competition at