France has overhauled its Best Int'l Feature Film Selection Committee In Bid To End 30-year Awards Hiatus In category.

France has officially chosen Jacques Audiard’s innovative queer crime musical, ‘Emilia Perez’, as its entry for the Best International Feature category at the upcoming 2025 Academy Awards. The news has been confirmed by The Hollywood Reporter.

France has submitted the ‘transgender musical’ film Emilia Pérez to represent it at the prestigious film Academy Awards (the Oscars) in March 2025. The CNC (Centre national du cinéma) announced the film, which is directed by French screenwriter and producer Jacques Audiard, as its pick on Wednesday September 18.

If the audacious Jacques Audiard musical does win, it'll be the first international Oscar for France in more than 30 years

Selena Gomez’s recent hit film Emilia Pérez is gearing up as France’s official entry in the Oscars battle!On Wednesday, September 18, France picked the 2024 released Spanish-language musical crime comedy film as one of

France has picked Jacques Audiard’s Mexico-set musical Emilia Perez to represent the country in the best international feature category at the 2025 Academy Awards as it attempts to sing its way to a victory in the category for the first time in more than 30 years.

France submits Jacques Audiard's 'Emilia Perez,' a Jury Prize and Best Actress winner at Cannes 2024, for the Best International Feature Oscar.