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That last number is often overlooked, even omitted entirely from statistical breakdowns. And to be fair, a foreign-born presence within the movie industry is hardly a new phenomenon: From directors like Billy Wilder and Frank Capra to stars like Greta Garbo and Marlene Dietrich, many of the figures who defined the classic Hollywood style were recent immigrants.
But these new Oscar voters aren’t foreigners who have assimilated into the American system. Among those inducted into the Academy last year were Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania and Romanian documentarian Alexander Nanau, neither of whom seems to be angling too hard to make their next project for Marvel. These voters don’t just live outside the U.S.; they bring to the voting body a worldview that actually encompasses the world.Extracting narratives from awards shows is a tricky business, especially when much of the relevant data—who voted for what, and how the winners won by— remains hidden away. But looking at the past several years, one trend is undeniable. From 2015, when the Academy began its five-year push to double the number of women and people from underrepresented groups, until 2018, only a tiny handful of movies in a language other than English received recognition outside the categories of animation, documentary, and what was then still called foreign-language film. But beginning in 2019, with’s 10 nominations, the shift away from this monolingual standard has been dramatic—and, after three years of heading in that same direction, seems to be permanent.
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