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Vermiglio is one of those great films that's hard to fully capture in writing, because it is and does so many things. It won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2024 Venice Film Festival (essentially second place) and is gaining steam as Italy's submission to the Oscars, which paints one picture. It's an indie box office hit in its own country, which paint...

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Vermiglio, the feature film directed by the Bolzano-based director, is on the shortlist announced today by the Academy in the Best International Film category. The Italian film is among the 15 foreign films that are still in the race to be selected. Final nominations will be announced on January 12, while the 97th Academy Awards ceremony is schedul...

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One day, we may look back and say it all began at the Palazzo del Cinema, when Vermiglio, written and directed by Maura Delpero, premiered at the 81st Venice International Film Festival. The film immediately won over the jury, led by Isabelle Huppert, earning the Silver Lion – Grand Jury Prize. Just days after the festival’s conclusion, Vermiglio a...

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Italy will send Maura Delpero’s World War 2 drama Vermiglio into the 2025 Oscar race for Best International Feature. Vermiglio premiered at the Venice Film Festival last month, where it scooped up the Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize. Sideshow and Janus Films acquired domestic rights for the movie shortly after its North American premiere in Toronto. S...

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