Vermiglio Out of Oscars Race

Beverley Hills: Maura Delpero’s intimate epic Vermiglio, Italy’s candidate for the best international feature film category of the 2025 Academy Awards, is out of the Oscars race, according to the nominations unveiled on Thursday. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the nominees in Beverley Hills. Vermiglio, which had recently won the Venice Film Festival’s Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize, was among the 15 movies shortlisted for the best international feature film category but did not make the final cut.

According to Ansa News Agency, the drama is set at the end of World War II in an Alpine village where the arrival of a soldier disrupts the relationship between three sisters. It premiered in North America last September at the Toronto Film Festival.

The nominees for best international feature unveiled Thursday are: I’m Still Here, directed by Walter Salles (Brazil); The Girl with the Needle, directed by Magnus von Horn (Denmark); Emilia P©rez, directed by Jacques Audiard (France); The Seed of the Sacred Fig, directed by Mohammad Rasoulof (Germany); and Flow, directed by Miguel Gomes (Latvia).