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Ireland's contender for the International Feature Film Oscar award has been selected
THE IRISH FILM and Television Academy (IFTA) has selected its entry to vy for a chance of being nominated for the International Feature Film category at the 2026 Oscars. Sanatorium, created by Irish filmmakers in the Ukrainian language, is set at a wellness centre in southern Ukraine near the frontlines of the war. It's been described as an 'incredibly unique and wryly humorous film'. Irish films have had some good luck in the international category at the Oscars in recent years; An Cailín Ciúin was nominated in 2023 and the Kneecap film was shortlisted in 2025. The Oscar International Feature Film category is a specific category for films produced in a language other than English. Each country can enter one film into the category in the hopes of becoming one of the nominated films. Films sent by Ireland are usually in Irish, but have also included movies in other languages in the past, including Viva (Spanish, Oscar shortlisted in 2006), In The Shadow of Beirut (Arabic, 2024), Gaza (Arabic, 2019) and As If I Am Not There (Serbo Croatian, 2011). Advertisement EclipsePicturesIE / YouTube The IFTA said that Sanatorium is a 'vividly cinematic real-life observation of a community searching for love, healing and happiness within the confines of a wellness centre near Odesa in southern Ukraine'. The film has 'colourful characters', with staff and visitors who are 'determined to have a holiday away from the outside world, a moment in their lives to 'restore' themselves despite the war, with curious treatments including a mysterious black mud, said to cure infertility, physical disabilities and various other ailments'. It was directed by Galway-born filmmaker Gar O'Rourke and produced by Venom Films by IFTA-winning Ken Wardrop and Andrew Freedman (His & Hers, Making the Grade), along with Samantha Corr. It was co-produced by 2332 Films Ukraine and made with support from Screen Ireland, BBC Storyville, MetFilm Sales, France TV, and Creative Europe. The film was edited by John Murphy, the editor of An Cailín Ciúin, with Denys Melnyk (Militantropos) as director of photography. It had its world premiere in Copenhagen in late March and is due to be shown in Irish cinemas in September. Readers like you are keeping these stories free for everyone... A mix of advertising and supporting contributions helps keep paywalls away from valuable information like this article. Over 5,000 readers like you have already stepped up and support us with a monthly payment or a once-off donation. Learn More Support The Journal
RTÉ News
4 hours ago
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Ireland's going for Oscar glory
Áine Moriarty, Chief Executive of the Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA), announces Ireland's entry for Best International Feature Film at the 2026 Oscars
Irish Independent
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‘It's a similar sense of sisterhood' – how Rose of Tralee 2025 could be compared to America's ‘sorority rush season'
Eighteen Roses took to the stage in Co Kerry last night for the first of two nights before the 2025 winner is crowned, but behind the scenes, they were forming friendships for life. Philadelphia Rose Shannon Emery (26), who was a member of the Kappa Delta sorority at Westchester University, said she feels a 'similar sense of sisterhood' during her time at the Rose of Tralee. 'I do feel it's a similar sense of sisterhood, but it's an Irish sisterhood, instead of whatever Greek organisation you're in. So it's kind of extra special that way,' she said after coming off the stage at the first rehearsal before the selection night yesterday. Not only have videos of American sororities, hailed as 'RushTok', been blowing up on social media, but the famous Kerry festival has also occupied our feeds on this side of the Atlantic. Ms Emery said she was 'excited' and 'ready' for the first selection night. She added: 'A lot of nerves and feelings and emotions are coming up, because it's kind of the end as well, but I'm excited.' 'It's been amazing working with these other 32 women and bonding with them.' Meanwhile, the residents of Ireland's highest village, Meelin, and some of Nancy Lehane's 48 cousins are expected to show up at MTU's Sport Academy to support the Cork Rose (22), who is tipped as favourite to win the Rose of Tralee title. When asked whether any pressure comes with that, she said she 'doesn't really think about it'. 'The girls are absolutely lovely. Great craic. We're having so much fun,' she said. 'It's very full-on for us to be doing every day, but being there for each other, we've become very close in a very short space of time.' The highlight of being the Cork Rose for Ms Lehane was to see the 'excitement it brings to people' closest to her. 'The parades were amazing, just going up and seeing everyone so excited, my family and friends,' she said. Kerry Rose Laura Daly (23), from Ballymacelligott on the outskirts of Tralee, has been involved in the festival since she was a little girl. It was the equivalent of Christmas in our household 'I would have grown up dancing in the parade as a little girl, and that was just embedded,' she said. 'My nana had a huge love for the festival. Every year, we'd gather together; it's what brought our family together. It was the equivalent of Christmas in our household. As I got a little bit older, I started volunteering on the street side of the festival. 'I had the opportunity last year to come up here to MTU and work behind the scenes. In the mix of all that, I was choreographing the parades, too. 'It was not until I was up here last year working and took a moment in the very back of MTU when an incredible Irish artist, Lyra, was singing, and it was so powerful. 'And I just stopped and went, 'This is something that I would love to be a part of on the other side'.' She said it now feels like a 'full-circle moment' for her to become the Kerry Rose, adding she is 'extremely proud of every single one' of the 32 Roses. 'We are up for rehearsals right now, and the girls are trying on their dresses,' she said. 'We've had people crying just seeing each other's dress reveals, and it's just that sense of immense pride. We have seen each other at our highs, and we've seen each other at our lows, and to be here tonight, I know there won't be a dry eye between the lot of us.' Carlow Rose Katie Ryan (26) from Tullow, who is an only child, said being around Roses is 'making her realise what it's like to have siblings'. 'When you're looking at it, you just see the two TV nights, but when you're going and you're spending so much time with the girls, it's absolutely incredible,' she said. 'Because I'm an only child, it's really nice having the girls around all the time, because it's making me realise what it's like to have siblings and have that sisterhood together.' Yesterday morning, 18 Roses took to the stage to rehearse their performances ahead of the first selection night, which includes dancing, singing and even dog yoga and playing rugby on stage. Hosts Dáithí Ó Sé and Kathryn Thomas were supporting the Roses on stage, while Ó Sé kept reassuring the girls that the crowd 'will go crazy, crazy, crazy'. The second selection night airs on Tuesday at 8pm on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player, revealing the Rose of Tralee winner
