Oscars: Romania Picks Cannes Winner ‘Fjord’ as Best International Feature Contender
The selection gives Romania a Cannes winner with automatic Oscar eligibility under new Academy rules, while the shortlist arrives Dec. 15.
- Romania's selection committee unanimously chose Cristian Mungiu's Fjord as the official submission for the 2027 Oscars in the Best International Feature category.
- The film earned automatic entry qualification under new Academy rules after winning the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, regardless of Romania's official submission status.
- Starring Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve, the drama follows two fundamentalist parents who relocate from Romania to a Norwegian village and face child abuse accusations.
- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will announce the 15-film shortlist on Dec. 15, with the 99th Academy Awards ceremony scheduled for March 14, 2027.
- Despite Mungiu's 2007 Palme d'Or win, his breakout film was not submitted, and his 2012 feature Beyond the Hills failed to secure an Oscar nomination.
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"Fjord, the new film of Cristian Mungiu, was unanimously chosen to represent Romania at the Oscar 2027 Awards, in the category "Best International Feature". The film has in its main roles Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve and was awarded in Cannes with the prestigious Palme d. Or. Article "Fjord, the film of Cristian Mungiu, will represent Romania at the Oscar 2027. The decision was taken unanimously appears first in Romania TV.
The film "Fjord", written and directed by Cristian Mungiu, was nominated by Romania for the Oscar 2027 Awards, in the category "Best International Feature". The decision was unanimously taken by the selection committee, according to the National Council of Cinematography.
"Fjord, the new film written and directed by Cristian Mungiu, will be Romania's proposal for the 2027 Oscar Awards, in the category "Best International Feature", announces the National Cinematography Center (CNC) in a statement. CNC states that the decision was made unanimously by the selection committee. Romanian actor Sebastian Stan, nominated for Oscar year ...
Oscars: Romania Selects Cannes Winner ‘Fjord’ for International Feature Race
“Fjord,” written and directed by Cristian Mungiu, is Romania’s submission for the 2027 Oscars in the best international feature film category, having been unanimously chosen by the country’s selection committee. The film premiered in the official competition at the Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Palme d’Or for best film, the FIPRESCI Prize, the Ecumenical Jury Prize, the Prix de la Citoyenneté and the François Chalais Prize. Sebastian …
Oscars: Romania Picks Cannes Winner ‘Fjord’ as Best International Feature Contender
Renate Reinsve and Sebastian Stan star in Cristian Mungiu‘s Palme d'Or winner as two strictly religious Romanian parents who relocate to a small Norwegian village and find themselves accused of child abuse,
"Fjord, the film of Cristian Mungiu, was unanimously chosen to represent Romania at the Oscar 2027 Awards, in the category "Best International Feature". "Fjord, the film of Cristian Mungiu inspired by the drama of a family in Brasov, the nomination of Romania at the Oscar 2027 Awards "Fjord, the new film written and directed by Cristian Mungiu, will be Romania's proposal
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