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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:
Albania: The Delegation (dir. Bujar Alimani)
Algeria: Papicha (dir. Mounia Meddour)
Argentina: Heroic Losers (dir. Sebastian Borenzstein)
Armenia: Lengthy Night (dir. Edgar Baghdasaryan)
Australia: Buoyancy (dir. Rodd Rathjen)
Bangladesh: Alpha (dir. Nasiruddin Yousuff)
Belarus: Debut (dir. Anastasiya Miroshnichenko)
Belgium: Our Mothers (dir. Cesar Diaz)
Bolivia: I Miss You (dir. Rodrigo Bellott)
Bosnia and Herzegovina: The Son (dir. Ines Tanović)
Brazil: Invisible Life (dir. Karim Ainouz)
Bulgaria: Ága (dir. Milko Lazarov)
Cambodia: In The Life Of Music (dir. Caylee So and Sok Visal)
Canada: Antigone (dir. Sophie Deraspe)
Chile: Spider (dir. Andres Wood)
China: Ne Zha (dir. Yu Yang)
Colombia: Monos (dir. Alejandro Landes)
Costa Rica: The Awakening Of The Ants (dir. Antonella Sudasassi)
Croatia: Mali (dir. Antonio Nuic)
Cuba: A Translator (dir. Rodrigo Barriuso and Sebastian Barriuso)
Czech Republic: The Painted Bird (dir. Vaclav Marhoul) Oscar Shortlist
Denmark: Queen Of Hearts (dir. May el-Toukhy)
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) Oscar Shortlist
Ethiopia: Running Against The Wind (dir. Jan Philipp Weyl)
Finland: Stupid Young Heart (dir. Selma Vilhunen)
France: Les Miserables (dir. Ladj Ly) OSCAR NOMINEE
Georgia: Shindisi (dir. Dito Tsintsadze)
Germany: System Crasher (dir. Nora Fingscheidt)
Ghana: Azali (dir. Kwabena Gyansah)
Greece: When Tomatoes Met Wagner (dir. Marianna Economou)
Honduras: Blood, Passion, And Coffee (dir. Carlos Membreño)
Hong Kong: The White Storm 2: Drug Lords (dir. Herman Yau)
Hungary: Those Who Remained (dir. Barnabas Toth) Oscar Shortlist
Iceland: A White, White Day (dir. Hlynur Pálmason)
India: Gully Boy (dir. Zoya Akhtar)
Indonesia: Memories Of My Body (dir. Garin Nugroho)
Iran: Finding Farideh (dir. Kourosh Ataee and Azadeh Mousavi)
Ireland: Gaza (dir. Garry Keane and Andrew McConnell)
Israel: Incitement (dir. Yaron Zilberman)
Italy: The Traitor (dir. Marco Bellocchio)
Japan: Weathering With You (dir. Makoto Shinkai)
Kazakhstan: Kazakh Khanate: Golden Throne (dir. Rustem Abdrashev)
Kenya: Subira (dir. Ravneet Chadha)
Kosovo: Zana (dir. Antoneta Kastrati)
Kyrgyzstan: Aurora (dir. Bekzat Pirmatov)
Latvia: The Mover (dir. Davis Simanis)
Lebanon: 1982 (dir. Oualid Mouaness)
Lithuania: Bridges Of Time (dir. Kristine Briede and Audrius Stonys)
Luxembourg: Tel Aviv On Fire (dir. Sameh Zoabi)
Malaysia: M For Malaysia (dir. Dian Lee and Ineza Roussille)
Mexico: The Chambermaid (dir. Lila Aviles)
Mongolia: The Steed (dir. Erdenebileg Ganbold)
Montenegro: Neverending Past (dir. Andro Martinovic)
Morocco: Adam (dir. Maryam Touzani)
Nepal: Bulbul (dir. Binod Paudel)
Netherlands: Instinct (dir. Halina Reijn)
North Macedonia: Honeyland (dir. Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov) OSCAR NOMINEE
Norway: Out Stealing Horses (dir. Hans Petter Moland)
Pakistan: Laal Kabootar (dir. Kamal Khan)
Palestine: It Must Be Heaven (dir. Elia Suleiman)
Panama: Everybody Changes (dir. Arturo Montenegro)
Peru: Retalbo (dir. Alvaro Delgado-Aparicio)
Philippines: Verdict (dir. Raymund Ribay Gutierrez)
Poland: Corpus Christi (dir. Jan Komasa) OSCAR NOMINEE
Portugal: The Domain (dir. Tiago Guedes)
Romania: The Whistlers (dir. Corneliu Porumboui)
Russia: Beanpole (dir. Kantemir Balagov) Oscar Shortlist
Saudi Arabia: The Perfect Candidate (dir. Haifaa Al-Mansour)
Senegal: Atlantics (dir. Mati Diop) Oscar Shortlist
Serbia: King Peter I (dir. Petar Ristovski)
Singapore: A Land Imagined (dir. Yeo Siew Hua)
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) OSCAR WINNER!!
Spain: Pain And Glory (dir. Pedro Almodovar) OSCAR NOMINEE
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)
Thailand: Krasue: Inhuman Kiss (dir. Sittisiri Mongkolsiri)
Tunisia: Dear Son (dir. Mohamed Ben Attia)
Turkey: Commitment (dir. Semih Kaplanoglu)
Ukraine: Homeward (dir. Nariman Aliev)
United Kingdom: The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind (dir. Chiwetel Ejiofor)
Uruguay: The Moneychanger (dir. Federico Veiroj)
Uzbekistan: Hot Bread (dir. Umid Khamdamov)
Venezuela: Being Impossible (dir. Patricia Ortega)
Vietnam: Furie (dir. Le-Van Kiet)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.
ReplyThe first submission is Papicha from Algeria. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oscars-algeria-picks-papicha-best-international-film-category-1224307
ReplyCopy URLThe 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
ReplyCopy URLAndra Day should be winning Best Actress
Georgia has submitted Shindisi as its entry. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/georgian-oscar-entry-shindisi-international-feature-film-category-1229066
ReplyCopy URLSwitzerland 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
ReplyCopy URLIran has submitted Finding Farideh as its entry. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oscars-iran-selects-finding-farideh-international-feature-film-1232852
ReplyCopy URLSeveral 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/
ReplyCopy URLAs 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
ReplyCopy URLKorea 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
ReplyCopy URLAndra Day should be winning Best Actress
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