Oscars 2025: I'm Still Here wins Best International Film, becomes first Brazilian picture to win the category

Walter Salles' film I'm Still Here, has won at the Oscars 2025, in the category of Best International Feature Film. It also marks as the first Brazilian picture to have won in this category.

I'm Still Here, which is Ainda Estou Aqui in Portuguese, had also been nominated at the Oscars 2025, under the categories of Best Picture, as well as, the lead actor Fernanda Torres having nominated in the Best Actress category.

I'm Still Here is set in Brazil during 1971, when the military dictatorship was at its peak. Derived from true events, I'm Still Here follows the plot of Eunice Paiva, a mother, whose husband has been missing.

Along with Fernanda Torres, the film stars a cast of incredible actors including Fernanda Montenegro, Selton Mello, Guilherme Silveira, Valentina Herszage, and many others.

Let us find out more details about the Oscar winning movie I'm Still Here.

Oscars 2025: I'm Still Here wins, making history

I'm Still Here has created history by becoming the first Brazilian film to have won an Oscar in the category of Best International Feature Film.

Before the nomination of I'm Still Here, some remarkable films from the Brazilian film industry has been nominated at the Oscars over the years. The films include Central Station (1998), Four Days in September (1997), O Quatrilho (1995) and Keeper of Promises (1962).

Along with I'm Still Here, the films that were nominated at the Oscars 2025 in the same category include Flow (Latvia), The Girl with the Needle (Denmark), The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Germany), and Emilia Pérez (France).

I'm Still Here is derived from a historical account Ainda Estou Aqui, written by novelist Marcelo Ruben Paiva.

In the book, he wrote about his family's history, tracing the journey of his mother Eunice Paiva as well as throwing light on the political scenario of Brazil as he talks about his father Rubens Paiva's killing. His father was a politician in Brazil.

Director Walter Salles, in his heartfelt Oscar acceptance speech, has dedicated the award to Eunice Paiva. He also gave an ode to the iconic mother-daughter actor duo Fernanda Montenegro and Fernanda Torres, who acted in the film.

Salles hailed the prestigious award in the honour of Brazilian cinema, as he states:

"Thank you, first in the name of Brazilian cinema. I'm so honored to receive this, in this such an extraordinary group of filmmakers. This goes to a woman who, after a loss suffered during an authoritarian regime, decided not to bend and to resist. So, this prize goes to her. Her name is Eunice Paiva. So, it's for her. And it goes to the two extraordinary women who gave life to her, Fernanda Torres and Fernanda Montenegro."

I'm Still Here is at present, streaming on Apple TV+.