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Spotlight: International Women Filmmakers Day

In celebration of International Women's Day, we're going to inaugurate International Women Filmmakers' Day here at Telescope: an opportunity to highlight some of our favorite films by women from the past year.

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Spotlight: Le Mois de la Francophonie!

Nearly 300 million people speak French worldwide, and French is an official language of 29 countries across five continents. This fact, in combination with the outside role that France has played in the history of cinema, has given rise to sizeable and diverse francophone cinema. Vive la Francophonie!

Le Mois de la Francophonie!
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Spotlight: The Heist Film

The heist film's simple premise of a team coming together for a robbery has allowed filmmakers to use the allure of a clever caper – this isn’t your usual smash and grab -- in many different stylistic and cultural contexts. In this Spotlight, we highlight the essential classics and modern reworkings of the genre.

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Spotlight: Best International Feature Oscar Submissions Part Two

In part two to our Oscars Spotlight series, we bring you twelve more great films submitted to the 94th Academy Awards for consideration for the Best International Feature Film Award. Moving tales of athletic prowess, gorgeous and unusual documentaries, gripping moral quandaries, fraught family dynamics transfigured by the pandemic—there’s something for everyone in this year’s batch of Oscars hopefuls.

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Spotlight: Best International Feature Oscar Submissions Part One

Ninety-three countries submitted a film for consideration for the Best International Feature Film Award as part of the 94th Academy Awards. Here you'll find three of the films that were nominated as well as nine other fine films that weren't.

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Spotlight: Beyond Studio Ghibli Part Two

We’re back this week with part two of our Spotlight series of worthy, wonderful anime films to enjoy outside of the Studio Ghibli catalogue. This time we’re showcasing anime films released from the turn of the millennium to present day — check out last week’s Spotlight to find great films from before the year 2000.

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Spotlight: Beyond Studio Ghibli Part One

For many, the filmography of beloved animation studio Studio Ghibli was what kick-started their journey into anime, and for good reason. However, there are plenty of non-Ghibli anime films out there that are just as important and incredible, even if they haven’t received the same degree of international attention. In this two-part Spotlight, we're showcasing some of the best non-Ghibli anime films created.

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Spotlight: Nordic Noir

Now that we’ve reached the dead of winter, what better time for a little Nordic noir? Originally a literary genre, Nordic noir has given rise to a large and growing number of films and, perhaps most notably, series. Produced by countries with long, dark winters, these shows are known for their grisly murders, the troubled detectives who solve them.

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Spotlight: Who Runs the World?

Girls! .... Except in Bollywood where actresses have long been delegated to the roles of a romantic interest or an "item girl," while the lead roles are given to men. This curation of female-centric movies aims to depict the wide range of possibilities that exist when women are at the center of the story, as opposed to the sidelines.

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