France weighs exiled Russian director Zvyagintsev's 'Minotaur' as its Oscar submission

A 2025 Academy rule change lets filmmakers granted asylum count as part of their adoptive country's film community. That opens the door for France to submit Andrey Zvyagintsev's Cannes Grand Prize winner 'Minotaur' — a Russian-language film about corruption in Putin's Russia — as its 2027 Oscar entry. France's committee meets 10 and 16 September to decide. Russia will not submit it. Mubi holds US rights. (Variety)