92nd Oscars Best International Film Submissions & Predictions Thread

[Awardsfan1990Participant Joined: Mar 28th, 2015 Topics: 177 Posts: 6258 View Predictions]

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This will serve as the thread for submissions for Best International Film (previously known as Best Foreign Language Film) for the 92nd Academy Awards:

Algeria: Papicha (dir. Mounia Meddour)
Austria: Joy (dir. Sudabeh Mortezai)
Belgium: Our Mothers (dir. Cesar Diaz)
Bolivia: I Miss You (dir. Rodrigo Bellott)
Bosnia and Herzegovina: The Son (dir. Ines Tanović)
Brazil: The Invisible Life Of Euridice Gusmão (dir. Karim Ainouz)
Bulgaria: Ága (dir. Milko Lazarov)
Cambodia: In The Life Of Music (dir. Caylee So and Sok Visal)
Chile: Spider (dir. Andres Wood)
Colombia: Monos (dir. Alejandro Landes)
Croatia: Mali (dir. Antonio Nuic)
Cuba: A Translator (dir. Rodrigo Barriuso and Sebastian Barriuso)
Dominican Republic: The Projectionist (dir. José Maria Cabral)
Ecuador: The Longest Night (dir. Gabriela Calvache)
Egypt: Poisonous Roses (dir. Fawzi Selah)
Estonia: Truth And Justice (dir. Tanel Toom)
Finland: Stupid Young Heart (dir. Selma Vilhunen)
Georgia: Shindisi (dir. Dito Tsintsadze)
Germany: System Crasher (dir. Nora Fingscheidt)
Hungary: Those Who Remained (dir. Barnabas Toth)
Iran: Finding Farideh (dir. Kourosh Ataee and Azadeh Mousavi)
Japan: Weathering With You (dir. Makoto Shinkai)
Lithuania: Bridges Of Time (dir. Kristine Briede and Audrius Stonys)
Mexico: The Chambermaid (dir. Lila Aviles)
Morocco: Adam (dir. Maryam Touzani)
Nepal: Bulbul (dir. Binod Paudel)
Netherlands: Instinct (dir. Halina Reijn)
North Macedonia: Honeyland (dir. Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov)
Norway: Out Stealing Horses (dir. Hans Petter Moland)
Palestine: It Must Be Heaven (dir. Elia Suleiman)
Panama: Everybody Changes (dir. Arturo Montenegro)
Peru: Retalbo (dir. Alvaro Delgado-Aparicio)
Poland: Corpus Christi (dir. Jan Komasa)
Portugal: The Domain (dir. Tiago Guedes)
Romania: The Whistlers (dir. Corneliu Porumboui)
Serbia: King Peter I (dir. Petar Ristovski)
Slovakia: Let There Be Light (dir. Marko Skop)
Slovenia: History Of Love (dir. Sonjan Prosenc)
South Africa: Knuckle City (dir. Jahmil X.T. Qubeka)
South Korea: Parasite (dir. Bong Joon-ho)
Spain: Pain And Glory (dir. Pedro Almodovar)
Sweden: And Then We Danced (dir. Levan Akin)
Switzerland: Wolkenbruch’s Wondrous Journey Into The Arms Of A Shiksa (dir. Michael Steiner)
Taiwan: Dear Ex (dir. Chih-yeh Hsu and Mag Hsu)
Tunisia: Dear Son (dir. Mohamed Ben Attia)
Turkey: Commitment (dir. Semih Kaplanoglu)
Uganda: Kony: Order From Above (dir. T. Steve Ayeny)
Ukraine: Homeward (dir. Nariman Aliev)
Uruguay: The Moneychanger (dir. Federico Veiroj)

Also, as more and more submissions are revealed, feel free to offer your predictions as to what you think the shortlist contenders will be as well as the official nominees and eventual winner.

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[Awardsfan1990Participant Joined: Mar 28th, 2015 Topics: 177 Posts: 6258 View Predictions]

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The first submission is Papicha from Algeria. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oscars-algeria-picks-papicha-best-international-film-category-1224307

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[Lil TonyParticipant Joined: Sep 17th, 2018 Topics: 4 Posts: 1134 View Predictions]

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Awardsfan1990 wrote:

The first submission is Papicha from Algeria. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oscars-algeria-picks-papicha-best-international-film-category-1224307

let’s go there Africa

Taron Egerton (Rocketman) for best actor. Charlize Theron looks great in Bombshell teaser

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[Awardsfan1990Participant Joined: Mar 28th, 2015 Topics: 177 Posts: 6258 View Predictions]

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Georgia has submitted Shindisi as its entry. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/georgian-oscar-entry-shindisi-international-feature-film-category-1229066

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[Awardsfan1990Participant Joined: Mar 28th, 2015 Topics: 177 Posts: 6258 View Predictions]

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Switzerland has selected Wolkenbruch’s Wondrous Journey Into The Arms Of A Shiksa as its entry. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oscars-switzerland-selects-wolkenbruch-international-feature-1230429

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[Awardsfan1990Participant Joined: Mar 28th, 2015 Topics: 177 Posts: 6258 View Predictions]

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Iran has submitted Finding Farideh as its entry. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oscars-iran-selects-finding-farideh-international-feature-film-1232852

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[Awardsfan1990Participant Joined: Mar 28th, 2015 Topics: 177 Posts: 6258 View Predictions]

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Several more submissions have been revealed:

Cambodia has submitted In The Life Of Music. https://phnompenhpost.com/lifestyle/award-winning-film-life-music-journey-oscars-2020

Estonia has submitted Truth And Justice. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oscars-estonia-selects-truth-justice-best-international-feature-category-1233512

Germany has submitted System Crasher. https://variety.com/2019/film/news/oscars-germany-selects-system-crasher-submission-international-feature-film-award-1203307563/

Palestine has submitted It Must Be Heaven. https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/film/oscars-2020-filmmaker-elia-suleiman-to-represent-palestine-in-best-foreign-language-film-submission-1.900959

Panama has submitted Everybody Changes. https://www.diaadia.com.pa/fama/todos-cambiamos-de-arturo-montenegro-representa-panama-en-los-premios-oscar-357592

South Korea, to no one’s surprise, has submitted Parasite. https://variety.com/2019/film/news/oscars-korea-selects-palme-dor-winner-parasite-international-feature-film-award-1203309121/

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[DorseyParticipant Joined: Dec 31st, 2017 Topics: 0 Posts: 273 View Predictions]

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I actually AM kind of surprised South Korea made the right choice after they snubbed The Handmaiden a while back.

brb stanning Adam Driver

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[BoscoParticipant Joined: Aug 22nd, 2019 Topics: 1 Posts: 9 View Predictions]

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Ah shit,Here we go again.

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[Awardsfan1990Participant Joined: Mar 28th, 2015 Topics: 177 Posts: 6258 View Predictions]

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Bosco wrote:

Ah shit,Here we go again.

What do you mean?

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[BoscoParticipant Joined: Aug 22nd, 2019 Topics: 1 Posts: 9 View Predictions]

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<p style=”text-align: center;”>I mean,when Korea send a Palme winning movie, There’s no way for them to lose.</p>
 

Except there is a international film qualified for the Best Pic…

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[John NguyenParticipant Joined: Aug 2nd, 2017 Topics: 2 Posts: 52 View Predictions]

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Bosco wrote:

<p style=”text-align: center;”>I mean,when Korea send a Palme winning movie, There’s no way for them to lose.</p> Except there is a international film qualified for the Best Pic…

what do you mean please elaborate?

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[BoscoParticipant Joined: Aug 22nd, 2019 Topics: 1 Posts: 9 View Predictions]

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As you know,Parasite won in Cannes.

There’s no way for the other films to beat it.

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[John NguyenParticipant Joined: Aug 2nd, 2017 Topics: 2 Posts: 52 View Predictions]

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Bosco wrote:

As you know,Parasite won in Cannes. There’s no way for the other films to beat it.

Korea is thirsty for that Oscar. They had so many chances to be nominated with burning being their closest chance ever. Now they ain’t playing they know what they want and are going for the blood prize. They want thei FIRST ever nomination to be their FIRST win

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[Lil TonyParticipant Joined: Sep 17th, 2018 Topics: 4 Posts: 1134 View Predictions]

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John Nguyen wrote:

Korea is thirsty for that Oscar. They had so many chances to be nominated with burning being their closest chance ever. Now they ain’t playing they know what they want and are going for the blood prize. They want thei FIRST ever nomination to be their FIRST win

they might still lose. Everything is possible

Taron Egerton (Rocketman) for best actor. Charlize Theron looks great in Bombshell teaser

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