During a convivial but surprisingly political Oscars, Norway’s Joachim Trier accepted his International Film Oscar for Sentimental Value — a film about a film director (played by Stellan Skarsgård) and his dysfunctional family — while giving thanks to “the wonderful American writer James Baldwin,” who, he said, “makes us remember that all adults are responsible for all children; and let’s not vote for politicians who don’t take this seriously into account.”
For the third year running, the Best International Oscar has gone to a Cannes Competition film. Following Sean Baker’s Anora last year and Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest the year before that, this year’s award went to Trier’s Grand Prix winner. It was a reversal of fortune: Trier’s last Oscar-shortlisted film, The Worst Person in the World, lost out to another Palme d’Or-winning Oscar nominee — Ryusuke’s Hamaguchi’s Drive My Car — and when Jafar Panahi’s It Was
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