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Busan opens on Monday with A-list status and a new power: its top prize now qualifies a film for the international feature Oscar without any national committee selecting it. Two countries with films in this year's competition did not submit to the Academy at all.

Submissions for the international feature Oscar close today. Depending on which tracker you open, either 68 or about 87 countries have entered, and four of the biggest film-producing nations in the world are not among them.

Iranian director Jafar Panahi urges the world to pay attention as mass protests grip Iran, warning of a potential massacre as the government cracks down and communication lines go dark.

From cult classics to box office hits, Ben Affleck’s action-packed films have seen highs and lows. Dive into a fresh ranking of his most thrilling roles and see which ones stand out.