FILM #26
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DAY#33
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97TH ACADEMY AWARDS | 2025 OSCARS CHALLENGE
“The Seed of the Sacred Fig”
February 24, 2025
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An investigating judge struggles with paranoia amid political unrest in Tehran caused by the death of a young woman. When his gun goes missing, he suspects his wife and daughters, imposing harsh measures that fray family ties.
Directed by Mohammad Rasoulof
NEON
November 27, 2024
168 minutes
best International Feature Film
Germany
| 1956 | 29th Academy Awards | Best Foreign Language Film | “The Captain of Kopenick” | Nominee |
| 1957 | 30th Academy Awards | Best Foreign Language Film | “The Devil Came at Night” | Nominee |
| 1958 | 31st Academy Awards | Best Foreign Language Film | “Arms and the Man” | Nominee |
| 1959 | 32nd Academy Awards | Best Foreign Language Film | “The Bridge” | Nominee |
| 1973 | 46th Academy Awards | Best Foreign Language Film | “The Pedestrian” | Nominee |
| 1976 | 49th Academy Awards | Best Foreign Language Film | “Jacob, the Liar” | Nominee |
| 1978 | 51st Academy Awards | Best Foreign Language Film | “The Glass Cell” | Nominee |
| 1979 | 52nd Academy Awards | Best Foreign Language Film | “The Tin Drum” | WINNER |
| 1985 | 58th Academy Awards | Best Foreign Language Film | “Angry Harvest” | Nominee |
| 1990 | 63rd Academy Awards | Best Foreign Language Film | “The Nasty Girl” | Nominee |
| 1992 | 65th Academy Awards | Best Foreign Language Film | “Schtonk!” | Nominee |
| 1997 | 70th Academy Awards | Best Foreign Language Film | “Beyond Silence” | Nominee |
| 2002 | 75th Academy Awards | Best Foreign Language Film | “Nowhere in Africa” | WINNER |
| 2004 | 77th Academy Awards | Best Foreign Language Film | “Downfall” | Nominee |
| 2005 | 78th Academy Awards | Best Foreign Language Film | “Sophie Scholl – The Final Days” | Nominee |
| 2006 | 79th Academy Awards | Best Foreign Language Film | “The Lives of Others’ | WINNER |
| 2008 | 81st Academy Awards | Best Foreign Language Film | “The Baader Meinhof Complex” | Nominee |
| 2009 | 82nd Academy Awards | Best Foreign Language Film | “The White Ribbon” | Nominee |
| 2016 | 89th Academy Awards | Best Foreign Language Film | “Toni Erdmann” | Nominee |
| 2018 | 91st Academy Awards | Best Foreign Language Film | “Never Look Away” | Nominee |
| 2022 | 95th Academy Awards | Best International Feature Film | “All Quiet on the Western Front” | WINNER |
| 2023 | 96th Academy Awards | Best International Feature Film | “The Teachers’ Lounge” | Nominee |
EXPERTS
1. “I’m Still Here”
2. “Emilia Pérez”
3. “The Seed of the Sacred Fig”
4. “Flow”
5. “The Girl with the Needle”
PERSONAL
1. “Flow”
2. “Emilia Pérez”
3. “I’m Still Here”
4. “The Seed of the Sacred Fig”
5. “The Girl with the Needle”
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