Oscar: why do some countries stand out more than others in the foreign film category?

— There is, historically, a cultural and economic exchange between Europe and the United States, which affects the cultural industry — highlights Pedro Maciel Guimarães, professor of Cinema Theory at Unicamp. — In the cinema itself, after the Second World War, exiles started to work in the USA. It's as if there were two groups speaking as equals, which facilitates the mutual consumption of films. Furthermore, Italy and France, as well as other countries around them, have a history of investing in audiovisual from an early age.