The Zone of Interest
2023 historical drama film by Jonathan Glazer
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| 2024 | Sight and Sound magazine ranked the film at number 14 on their list of the best 50 movies of 2024. |
| 2024 | Sight and Sound magazine ranked The Zone of Interest at number 14 on their list of the best 50 movies of 2024. |
| May 24 2024 | The film is released in Japan, where video game designer Hideo Kojima provides a notable critical commentary, praising the film's innovative approach to depicting the Holocaust through sound and audience imagination. |
| April 5 2024 | A second open letter defending Glazer was signed by over 150 Jewish creatives in the film industry, eventually growing to over 450 signatories. |
| March 18 2024 | Over 1,000 Jewish creatives signed an open letter denouncing Jonathan Glazer's Oscar acceptance speech as blood libel. |
| March 10 2024 | Nominated for Best Picture and Best Director at the Academy Awards, ultimately winning Best International Feature Film and Best Sound. |
| February 20 2024 | The Zone of Interest was released on digital platforms. |
| February 19 2024 | Jonathan Glazer won the Most Valuable Film of the Year 2024 at the Cinema for Peace Awards. |
| February 18 2024 | Won Outstanding British Film and Best Film Not in the English Language at the British Academy Film Awards. |
| February 9 2024 | Film released in Poland. |
| February 2 2024 | The film was released in the UK. |
| February 2 2024 | Film released in the United Kingdom. |
| February 2 2024 | Released in the United Kingdom. |
| January 17 2024 | Won Best Foreign Language Film at the AARP Movies for Grownups Awards. |
| January 7 2024 | The film was nominated for Best Motion Picture – Drama and Best Picture – Non-English Language at the Golden Globe Awards, with Mica Levi also nominated for Best Original Score. |
| January 4 2024 | The film won Best Film at the Alliance of Women Film Journalists Awards. |
| 2023 | Sight and Sound ranked the film at number 2 on their list of the best 50 movies of 2023. |
| 2023 | Alfonso Cuarón described the film as 'probably the most important film in this century', demonstrating significant critical acclaim from prominent filmmakers. |
| 2023 | Glazer wins Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards, dedicating the film to Aleksandra Bystroń-Kołodziejczyk, the young Polish resistance member who inspired a character in the film. |
| 2023 | Jonathan Glazer releases 'The Zone of Interest' film, a loose adaptation of Martin Amis's novel, exploring themes related to the Auschwitz concentration camp. |
| 2023 | The film receives significant critical acclaim, with Steven Spielberg calling it the best Holocaust film since Schindler's List and praising its work in raising awareness about the banality of evil. |
| 2023 | The Zone of Interest premiered to critical acclaim, receiving overwhelmingly positive reviews on Rotten Tomatoes with 93% positive reviews and an average rating of 8.7/10. |
| 2023 | The film premiered to critical acclaim, receiving overwhelmingly positive reviews from critics, with 93% positive reviews on Rotten Tomatoes and a 92/100 score on Metacritic. |
| December 15 2023 | The Zone of Interest had a limited theatrical release in the US, after being delayed from its initial release date of 8 December. |
| December 6 2023 | The film was selected as one of the Top Five International Films by the National Board of Review. |
| November 27 2023 | At the Gotham Independent Film Awards, the film was nominated for Best International Feature, Best Screenplay, and Outstanding Supporting Performance. |
| November 18 2023 | The film received the FIPRESCI Award at Camerimage. |
| November 15 2023 | Mica Levi won Best Original Score for an Independent Film at the Hollywood Music in Media Awards. |
| October 29 2023 | Christian Friedel won the Breakthrough Performer Award at the Montclair Film Festival. |
| September 1 2023 | North American premiere held at the 50th Telluride Film Festival. |
| May 27 2023 | At the Cannes Film Festival, the film won multiple awards including the Grand Prix, FIPRESCI Prize, Soundtrack Award (for Mica Levi), and CST Award for Best Artist-Technician (for Johnnie Burn). |
| 2022 | Sound designer Johnnie Burn sourced voices for French arrivals from Paris protests and sounds of Auschwitz guards from Hamburg's Reeperbahn. |
| January 2022 | Additional filming was conducted in Jelenia Góra, Poland. |
| 2021 | Principal photography began around Auschwitz, lasting approximately 55 days. |
| April 2021 | Production designer Chris Oddy begins planting the garden for the Höss residence set, preparing for the upcoming film shoot. |
| 2019 | Glazer confirms the project's development, with A24, Film4, Access Entertainment, and House Productions co-financing and producing. Christian Friedel first meets Glazer and producer James Wilson in London to discuss the role of Rudolf Höss. |
| 2019 | The film project was formally announced with A24 confirmed as the distributor. |
| 2016 | English musician Mica Levi begins working on the film's score, exploring innovative musical approaches for the project. |
| 2015 | Glazer consults Timothy Snyder's book 'Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning' during his research for the film. |
| 2014 | Development of the film began around the publication of Martin Amis's novel, which inspired the film's narrative about Rudolf Höss and his family. |
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