When Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy And The Heron was named best animated feature at the Oscars last month, it struck a blow for foreign-language cinema around the world at a time when box office and the number of releases is rising. The win did not exactly come out of leftfield given its $46m North American box office, yet the fantasy adventure sent a signal to the industry by snatching the prize from Sony’s much-fanciedSpider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse.
At that same 96th Academy Awards ceremony, Justine Triet’s French mystery drama Anatomy Of A Fall, which has grossed more than $5m in North America, earned the best original screenplay prize for Triet and Arthur Harari, and was nominated in four further categories including best picture and best lead actress for Sandra Hüller.
