Overview

• 'I'm Still Here' (original title: 'Para Sempre Aqui'), directed by Walter Salles, won the Oscar for Best International Feature Film.
• The German entry, 'The Seed of the Sacred Fig Tree,' directed by Mohammad Rasoulof, was a political thriller centered on the 2022 Iranian protests following Jina Mahsa Amini's death.
• Rasoulof, who fled Iran after facing legal threats, now resides in Hamburg and filmed his project primarily in Germany.
• Salles' winning film depicts a family's struggles during Brazil's 1970s military dictatorship, focusing on a mother's fight after her husband's unexplained disappearance.
• Both films highlighted significant historical and political themes, with Salles' work based on true events.