The U.K. has submitted Chloë Fairweather’s “Dying to Divorce” as its official entry into the Academy Awards’ Best International Feature Film category. “We are honored to represent the U.K. for Best International Feature Film at this year’s Oscars,” said director Chloe Fairweather and producer Sinead Kirwan in a joint statement. “After five years of hard work and numerous challenges, we are so proud that the creative team and more importantly the amazing women involved in campaign work in Turkey are getting this international recognition. It is particularly exciting as it comes just two weeks before the film’s U.K. theatrical release which will coincide with the U.N.’s Campaign of 16 Days of Activism to combat gender violence – kicking off on 25th November. We are pleased that ‘Dying to Divorce’ will now be able to draw even greater attention to the fight against femicide.”
Dying to Divorce was made in association with Tigerlily Productions and executive produced by Tigerlily co-founder Natasha Dack Ojumu.