Oscars: Italy Submits Paolo Strippoli’s ‘The Spiral’ For Best International Feature Film

Deadline - Sep 23, 2026

Italy has selected Paolo Strippoli’s The Spiral (L’Estranea) as its candidate for the Best International Feature Film at the 99th Academy Awards. The drama, which world premiered in Competition at this year’s Venice Film Festival, starsJasmine Trinca as a woman who arrives at her daughter’s apartment during a storm to confess a lie that will […]

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