ANKARA: A movie highlighting domestic violence in Turkey has been nominated as the UK’s official entry for the Best International Feature Film award at the Oscars. The five candidates for Best International Feature Film are set to be announced in February, before the Academy Awards take place on March 27. Although one film cannot decrease domestic violence and murder figures
“Dying to Divorce,” the United Kingdom’s official entry into the Academy Awards for best international feature film, tells the story of Turkey’s gender-based violence victims, femicide and the inability of the legal system to bring the perpetrators to justice.