Nate Jones

I do think that we need this category, if only because, you know, I just said that there are two films in this year's field nominated for Best Picture. Usually there's only one. Sometimes there's zero. And so I think having this category still lets a film like Seat of the Sacred Fig, which was not nominated for Best Picture, you know, this is a place to celebrate that film.

And yes, I think, you know, in a perfect world, we'd have a totally equal playing field and people would, you know, slot in international films in their mental headspace alongside of Hollywood films very easily. But, you know, But, you know, we don't live in a perfect world.

And yes, I think, you know, in a perfect world, we'd have a totally equal playing field and people would, you know, slot in international films in their mental headspace alongside of Hollywood films very easily. But, you know, But, you know, we don't live in a perfect world.

And yes, I think, you know, in a perfect world, we'd have a totally equal playing field and people would, you know, slot in international films in their mental headspace alongside of Hollywood films very easily. But, you know, But, you know, we don't live in a perfect world.

And so I think it's good to kind of have this little place that lets Academy members sort of gives them a window into what's happening outside the U.S.

And so I think it's good to kind of have this little place that lets Academy members sort of gives them a window into what's happening outside the U.S.

And so I think it's good to kind of have this little place that lets Academy members sort of gives them a window into what's happening outside the U.S.