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Test your knowledge of international films, legendary directors and cinematic history!
1. What nationality was legendary director Akira Kurosawa?
💡 Akira Kurosawa was Japanese and directed classics like Seven Samurai (1954), Rashomon (1950), and Ran (1985).
2. Which film by Martin Scorsese won him his only Best Director Oscar?
💡 The Departed (2006) won Martin Scorsese his first and only Academy Award for Best Director after multiple nominations.
3. Who directed Pulp Fiction?
💡 Quentin Tarantino wrote and directed Pulp Fiction (1994), which won the Palme d'Or at Cannes and revolutionized independent cinema.
4. Which director is known for the "Dollars Trilogy" of Spaghetti Westerns?
💡 Sergio Leone directed the Dollars Trilogy: A Fistful of Dollars (1964), For a Few Dollars More (1965), and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966).
5. Which Japanese animated film studio produced Spirited Away?
💡 Studio Ghibli, co-founded by Hayao Miyazaki, produced Spirited Away (2001) — the only non-English animated film to win the Oscar for Best Animated Feature.
6. Which French New Wave director made Breathless?
💡 Jean-Luc Godard directed Breathless (A bout de souffle) in 1960 — a landmark of French New Wave cinema.
7. Which director made 2001: A Space Odyssey and A Clockwork Orange?
💡 Stanley Kubrick directed 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) and A Clockwork Orange (1971) — two of the most influential films in cinema history.
8. What is the Cannes Film Festival's highest award?
💡 The Palme d'Or (Golden Palm) is the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival in France, one of the world's most prestigious film awards.
9. Which Italian director made 8½ and La Dolce Vita?
💡 Federico Fellini directed 8½ (1963) and La Dolce Vita (1960) — masterpieces of Italian cinema and among the greatest films ever made.
10. Which country's cinema is referred to as "Bollywood"?
💡 Bollywood refers to the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai, India — the world's most prolific film industry by number of films produced.
11. What was the first foreign language film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture?
💡 Parasite (2019) was the first film in a language other than English to win the Academy Award for Best Picture in the award's 92-year history.
12. What country produced the Oscar-winning film Life is Beautiful?
💡 Life is Beautiful (La vita è bella, 1997) was an Italian film by Roberto Benigni, winning 3 Academy Awards including Best Actor and Best Foreign Language Film.
13. Who directed Apocalypse Now and The Godfather?
💡 Francis Ford Coppola directed The Godfather (1972), The Godfather Part II (1974), and Apocalypse Now (1979) — three of cinema's greatest films.
14. Which film by Alfonso Cuarón won Best Picture at the 2019 Oscars?
💡 Roma (2018) by Alfonso Cuarón won Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Cinematography at the 91st Academy Awards.
15. What is the name of the South Korean film that won Best Picture at the 2020 Oscars?
💡 Parasite (기생충, 2019) by Bong Joon-ho became the first South Korean film and first foreign-language film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture.