Foreign Language Film Submissions to the 92nd Academy Awards held in 2020 to get an Oscar Nomination in the Best International Feature Film Category
93 COUNTRIES IN COMPETITION FOR 2019 INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM OSCAR!
The Oscar category Best Foreign Language Film is now referred to as Best International Feature Film! The main focus continues to be on non-English movies from all over the world. An international film is defined as a feature-length motion picture over 40 minutes runtime produced outside the United States of America (USA) with a predominantly non-English dialogue track. Animated and documentary films are permitted. The shortlist for this Academy Awards category is expanding to ten films. Seven of the shortlisted films to be chosen by the Phase I International Feature Film Committee, and the additional three to be voted by the International Feature Film Award Executive Committee. Supplementary information will follow later. Please have a little patience!
Road to the Oscar ......................................................................................................................
This is an overview of the shortlisted and nominated films as well as the winner in the category Best International Feature Film of the 92nd Academy Awards.
██ The Winner Film ██
Date of Announcement: 9 Ferbruary 2020
● SOUTH KOREA - Parasite - (Director: Bong Joon-ho)
▓▓ The 5 Nominated Films ▓▓
Date of Announcement: 13 January 2020
● FRANCE - Les Misérables - (Director: Ladj Ly)
● NORTH MACEDONIA - Honeyland - (Directors: Tamara Kotevska, Ljubomir Stefanov)
● POLAND - Corpus Christi - (Director: Jan Komasa)
● SOUTH KOREA - Parasite - (Director: Bong Joon-ho)
● SPAIN - Pain and Glory - (Director: Pedro Almodóvar)
▒▒ The 10 Shortlisted Films ▒▒
Date of Announcement: 16 December 2019
● CZECH REPUBLIC - The Painted Bird - (Director: Václav Marhoul)
● ESTONIA - Truth and Justice - (Director: Tanel Toom)
● FRANCE - Les Misérables - (Director: Ladj Ly)
● HUNGARY - Those Who Remained - (Director: Barnabás Tóth)
● NORTH MACEDONIA - Honeyland - (Directors: Tamara Kotevska, Ljubomir Stefanov)
● POLAND - Corpus Christi - (Director: Jan Komasa)
● RUSSIA - Beanpole - (Director: Kantemir Balagov)
● SENEGAL - Atlantics - (Director: Mati Diop)
● SOUTH KOREA - Parasite - (Director: Bong Joon-ho)
● SPAIN - Pain and Glory - (Director: Pedro Almodóvar)
Main Language Distribution ......................................................................................................................
This selection shows all languages which are mainly spoken in more than one of the submitted films for an Academy Awards nomination in the Best International Feature Film category during the submission period 2018/2019.
15 films ·····> Spanish
07 films ·····> Arabic
04 films ·····> Serbo-Croatian
03 films ·····> French
03 films ·····> German
03 films ·····> Mandarin
02 films ·····> Albanian
02 films ·····> Georgian
02 films ·····> Hebrew
02 films ·····> Khmer
02 films ·····> Persian
02 films ·····> Portuguese
02 films ·····> Russian
02 films ·····> Turkish
Continental Distribution ......................................................................................................................
This selection shows how many countries of the respective continent have submitted a film for an Academy Awards nomination in the Best International Feature Film category during the submission period of 2018/2019.
38 submitting countries ·····> Europe
29 submitting countries ·····> Asia
16 submitting countries ·····> America
11 submitting countries ·····> Africa
01 submitting countries ·····> Oceania
Repeatedly Submitted Directors ......................................................................................................................
This selection contains all directors of submitted films for an Academy Awards nomination in the Best International Feature Film category during the submission period of 2018/2019 with more than one submission from the past to the deadline at 1 October 2019 and shows how many wins, nominations and shortlistings they received till to this date as well as the times when they were out of the race.
07 times ·····> Pedro Almodóvar | Pain and Glory | Spain ➜ 1x won, 1x nom, 1x short
03 times ·····> Bujar Alimani | The Delegation | Albania
03 times ·····> Marco Bellocchio | The Traitor | Italy
03 times ·····> José María Cabral | The Projectionist | Dominican Republic
03 times ·····> Andrés Wood | Spider | Chile
02 times ·····> Haifaa Al-Mansour | The Perfect Candidate | Saudi Arabia
02 times ·····> Rodrigo Bellott | I Miss You | Bolivia
02 times ·····> Bong Joon-ho | Parasite | South Korea
02 times ·····> Semih Kaplanoğlu | Commitment | Turkey
02 times ·····> Antonio Nuić | Mali | Croatia
02 times ·····> Garin Nugroho | Leaf on a Pillow | Indonesia
02 times ·····> Corneliu Porumboiu | The Whistlers | Romania
02 times ·····> Sonja Prosenc | History of Love | Slovenia
02 times ·····> Jahmil X.T. Qubeka | Knuckle City | South Africa
02 times ·····> Marko Škop | Let There Be Light | Slovakia
02 times ·····> Audrius Stonys | Bridges of Time | Lithuania
02 times ·····> Elia Suleiman | It Must Be Heaven | Palestine
02 times ·····> Ines Tanović | The Son | Bosnia and Herzegovina
02 times ·····> Dito Tsintsadze | Shindisi | Georgia
02 times ·····> Federico Veiroj | The Moneychanger | Uruguay
Note that shortlistings, nominations and the award goes however to the country itself and not to the director. But in 2014 it was announced that now also the name of the winning director is engraved next to the country in the statuette!
The Past
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For the submissions of the last years in the Best International Feature Film category, previously known as Best Foreign Language Film category, also sorted by submitting countries, equally for the shortlisted and nominated films as well as the Oscar winners of the past Academy Awards please check the following IMDb lists linked in blue below!
By Year:
2022 | 2021 | 2020/21 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997 | 1996 | 1995 | 1994 | 1993 | 1992 | 1991 | 1990 | 1989 | 1988 | 1987 | 1986 | 1985 | 1984 | 1983 | 1982 | 1981 | 1980 | 1979 | 1978 | 1977 | 1976 | 1975 | 1974 | 1973 | 1972 | 1971 | 1970 | 1969 | 1968 | 1967 | 1966 | 1965 | 1964 | 1963 | 1962 | 1961 | 1960 | 1959 | 1958 | 1957 | 1956 | 1955 - 1947
By Country:
Afghanistan | Albania | Algeria | Argentina | Armenia | Australia | Austria | Azerbaijan | Bangladesh | Belarus | Belgium | Bhutan | Bolivia | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Brazil | Bulgaria | Burkina Faso | Cambodia | Cameroon | Canada | Chad | Chile | China | Colombia | Costa Rica | Croatia | Cuba | Czech Republic | Czechoslovakia | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Denmark | Dominican Republic | Ecuador | Egypt | Estonia | Ethiopia | Fiji | Finland | France | Georgia | Germany | Ghana | Greece | Greenland | Guatemala | Haiti | Honduras | Hong Kong | Hungary | Iceland | India | Indonesia | Iran | Iraq | Ireland | Israel | Italy | Ivory Coast | Japan | Jordan | Kazakhstan | Kenya | Kosovo | Kuwait | Kyrgyzstan | Laos | Latvia | Lebanon | Lesotho | Lithuania | Luxembourg | Malawi | Malta | Mauritania | Malaysia | Mexico | Moldova | Mongolia | Montenegro | Morocco | Mozambique | Nepal | Netherlands | New Zealand | Nicaragua | Niger | Nigeria | North Macedonia | Norway | Pakistan | Palestine | Panama | Paraguay | Peru | Philippines | Poland | Portugal | Puerto Rico | Romania | Russia | Saudi Arabia | Senegal | Serbia | Singapore | Slovakia | Slovenia | South Africa | South Korea | Soviet Union | Spain | Sri Lanka | Sudan | Sweden | Switzerland | Syria | Taiwan | Tajikistan | Tanzania | Thailand | Togo | Tunisia | Turkey | Uganda | Ukraine | United Kingdom | Uruguay | Uzbekistan | Venezuela | Vietnam | Yemen | Yugoslavia
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This list is alphabetically sorted by the English country names!
The Oscar category Best Foreign Language Film is now referred to as Best International Feature Film! The main focus continues to be on non-English movies from all over the world. An international film is defined as a feature-length motion picture over 40 minutes runtime produced outside the United States of America (USA) with a predominantly non-English dialogue track. Animated and documentary films are permitted. The shortlist for this Academy Awards category is expanding to ten films. Seven of the shortlisted films to be chosen by the Phase I International Feature Film Committee, and the additional three to be voted by the International Feature Film Award Executive Committee. Supplementary information will follow later. Please have a little patience!
Road to the Oscar ......................................................................................................................
This is an overview of the shortlisted and nominated films as well as the winner in the category Best International Feature Film of the 92nd Academy Awards.
██ The Winner Film ██
Date of Announcement: 9 Ferbruary 2020
● SOUTH KOREA - Parasite - (Director: Bong Joon-ho)
▓▓ The 5 Nominated Films ▓▓
Date of Announcement: 13 January 2020
● FRANCE - Les Misérables - (Director: Ladj Ly)
● NORTH MACEDONIA - Honeyland - (Directors: Tamara Kotevska, Ljubomir Stefanov)
● POLAND - Corpus Christi - (Director: Jan Komasa)
● SOUTH KOREA - Parasite - (Director: Bong Joon-ho)
● SPAIN - Pain and Glory - (Director: Pedro Almodóvar)
▒▒ The 10 Shortlisted Films ▒▒
Date of Announcement: 16 December 2019
● CZECH REPUBLIC - The Painted Bird - (Director: Václav Marhoul)
● ESTONIA - Truth and Justice - (Director: Tanel Toom)
● FRANCE - Les Misérables - (Director: Ladj Ly)
● HUNGARY - Those Who Remained - (Director: Barnabás Tóth)
● NORTH MACEDONIA - Honeyland - (Directors: Tamara Kotevska, Ljubomir Stefanov)
● POLAND - Corpus Christi - (Director: Jan Komasa)
● RUSSIA - Beanpole - (Director: Kantemir Balagov)
● SENEGAL - Atlantics - (Director: Mati Diop)
● SOUTH KOREA - Parasite - (Director: Bong Joon-ho)
● SPAIN - Pain and Glory - (Director: Pedro Almodóvar)
Main Language Distribution ......................................................................................................................
This selection shows all languages which are mainly spoken in more than one of the submitted films for an Academy Awards nomination in the Best International Feature Film category during the submission period 2018/2019.
15 films ·····> Spanish
07 films ·····> Arabic
04 films ·····> Serbo-Croatian
03 films ·····> French
03 films ·····> German
03 films ·····> Mandarin
02 films ·····> Albanian
02 films ·····> Georgian
02 films ·····> Hebrew
02 films ·····> Khmer
02 films ·····> Persian
02 films ·····> Portuguese
02 films ·····> Russian
02 films ·····> Turkish
Continental Distribution ......................................................................................................................
This selection shows how many countries of the respective continent have submitted a film for an Academy Awards nomination in the Best International Feature Film category during the submission period of 2018/2019.
38 submitting countries ·····> Europe
29 submitting countries ·····> Asia
16 submitting countries ·····> America
11 submitting countries ·····> Africa
01 submitting countries ·····> Oceania
Repeatedly Submitted Directors ......................................................................................................................
This selection contains all directors of submitted films for an Academy Awards nomination in the Best International Feature Film category during the submission period of 2018/2019 with more than one submission from the past to the deadline at 1 October 2019 and shows how many wins, nominations and shortlistings they received till to this date as well as the times when they were out of the race.
07 times ·····> Pedro Almodóvar | Pain and Glory | Spain ➜ 1x won, 1x nom, 1x short
03 times ·····> Bujar Alimani | The Delegation | Albania
03 times ·····> Marco Bellocchio | The Traitor | Italy
03 times ·····> José María Cabral | The Projectionist | Dominican Republic
03 times ·····> Andrés Wood | Spider | Chile
02 times ·····> Haifaa Al-Mansour | The Perfect Candidate | Saudi Arabia
02 times ·····> Rodrigo Bellott | I Miss You | Bolivia
02 times ·····> Bong Joon-ho | Parasite | South Korea
02 times ·····> Semih Kaplanoğlu | Commitment | Turkey
02 times ·····> Antonio Nuić | Mali | Croatia
02 times ·····> Garin Nugroho | Leaf on a Pillow | Indonesia
02 times ·····> Corneliu Porumboiu | The Whistlers | Romania
02 times ·····> Sonja Prosenc | History of Love | Slovenia
02 times ·····> Jahmil X.T. Qubeka | Knuckle City | South Africa
02 times ·····> Marko Škop | Let There Be Light | Slovakia
02 times ·····> Audrius Stonys | Bridges of Time | Lithuania
02 times ·····> Elia Suleiman | It Must Be Heaven | Palestine
02 times ·····> Ines Tanović | The Son | Bosnia and Herzegovina
02 times ·····> Dito Tsintsadze | Shindisi | Georgia
02 times ·····> Federico Veiroj | The Moneychanger | Uruguay
Note that shortlistings, nominations and the award goes however to the country itself and not to the director. But in 2014 it was announced that now also the name of the winning director is engraved next to the country in the statuette!
The Past
......................................................................................................................
For the submissions of the last years in the Best International Feature Film category, previously known as Best Foreign Language Film category, also sorted by submitting countries, equally for the shortlisted and nominated films as well as the Oscar winners of the past Academy Awards please check the following IMDb lists linked in blue below!
By Year:
2022 | 2021 | 2020/21 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997 | 1996 | 1995 | 1994 | 1993 | 1992 | 1991 | 1990 | 1989 | 1988 | 1987 | 1986 | 1985 | 1984 | 1983 | 1982 | 1981 | 1980 | 1979 | 1978 | 1977 | 1976 | 1975 | 1974 | 1973 | 1972 | 1971 | 1970 | 1969 | 1968 | 1967 | 1966 | 1965 | 1964 | 1963 | 1962 | 1961 | 1960 | 1959 | 1958 | 1957 | 1956 | 1955 - 1947
By Country:
Afghanistan | Albania | Algeria | Argentina | Armenia | Australia | Austria | Azerbaijan | Bangladesh | Belarus | Belgium | Bhutan | Bolivia | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Brazil | Bulgaria | Burkina Faso | Cambodia | Cameroon | Canada | Chad | Chile | China | Colombia | Costa Rica | Croatia | Cuba | Czech Republic | Czechoslovakia | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Denmark | Dominican Republic | Ecuador | Egypt | Estonia | Ethiopia | Fiji | Finland | France | Georgia | Germany | Ghana | Greece | Greenland | Guatemala | Haiti | Honduras | Hong Kong | Hungary | Iceland | India | Indonesia | Iran | Iraq | Ireland | Israel | Italy | Ivory Coast | Japan | Jordan | Kazakhstan | Kenya | Kosovo | Kuwait | Kyrgyzstan | Laos | Latvia | Lebanon | Lesotho | Lithuania | Luxembourg | Malawi | Malta | Mauritania | Malaysia | Mexico | Moldova | Mongolia | Montenegro | Morocco | Mozambique | Nepal | Netherlands | New Zealand | Nicaragua | Niger | Nigeria | North Macedonia | Norway | Pakistan | Palestine | Panama | Paraguay | Peru | Philippines | Poland | Portugal | Puerto Rico | Romania | Russia | Saudi Arabia | Senegal | Serbia | Singapore | Slovakia | Slovenia | South Africa | South Korea | Soviet Union | Spain | Sri Lanka | Sudan | Sweden | Switzerland | Syria | Taiwan | Tajikistan | Tanzania | Thailand | Togo | Tunisia | Turkey | Uganda | Ukraine | United Kingdom | Uruguay | Uzbekistan | Venezuela | Vietnam | Yemen | Yugoslavia
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This list is alphabetically sorted by the English country names!
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- DirectorSahraa KarimiStarsArezoo AriapoorFereshta AfsharHasiba Ebrahimi3 Afghan women from different backgrounds in Kabul face challenges: neglected pregnant Hava; educated Maryam facing divorce while pregnant; and teenage Ayesha marrying her cousin after her boyfriend leaves her pregnant. All by themselves.░░░░║► AFGHANISTAN ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted, but ineligible
╚▷ Language: Persian (also called Farsi; Variety: Dari)
╚▷ Continent: Asia
◾ 14th submission from Afghanistan
◾ 1st submission for Sahraa Karimi [♀]
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Other submitted Films by this Director: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorBujar AlimaniStarsViktor ZhustiXhevdet FerriNdriçim XhepaIn 1990, a European delegation comes to Tirana to monitor the reforms of the communist regime. A government official is sent on a mission to a faraway prison in order to bring an important dissident back to the capital.░░░░║► ALBANIA ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Albanian, French
╚▷ Continent: Europe
◾ 12th submission from Albania
◾ 3rd submission for Bujar Alimani [♂]
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Other submitted Films by this Director:
● 2011/84th: Amnesty [ALBANIA]
● 2016/89th: Chromium [ALBANIA]
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorMounia MeddourStarsLyna KhoudriShirine BoutellaHilda Amira DouaoudaIn 1997 Algiers, terrorists wanting an archaic Islamic state are everywhere. They oppress women, determined to control their bodies, clothing, and public space. Young student Nedjma is passionate about creating a fashion show.░░░░║► ALGERIA ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Arabic, French
╚▷ Continent: Africa
◾ 22nd submission from Algeria
◾ 1st submission for Mounia Meddour [♀]
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Other submitted Films by this Director: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorSebastián BorenszteinStarsRicardo DarínLuis BrandoniVerónica LlinásIn times of the infamous Argentinian Corralito, the neighbors of a little town trace a plan to recover the money they lost after learning that their bank manager and a corrupt lawyer have stolen it.░░░░║► ARGENTINA ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Spanish
╚▷ Continent: America
◾ 46th submission from Argentina
◾ 1st submission for Sebastián Borensztein [♂]
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Other submitted Films by this Director: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorEdgar BaghdasaryanStarsShant HovhannisyanSamvel GrigoryanLuiza NersisyanThe dramatic fate of heroes of different eras is associated with wolf and spherical stone. The fate pursues those stone-owners.░░░░║► ARMENIA ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Armenian
╚▷ Continent: Asia
◾ 8th submission from Armenia
◾ 1st submission for Edgar Baghdasaryan [♂]
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Other submitted Films by this Director: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorRodd RathjenStarsSarm HengChan VisalChheung Vakhim14-year-old Chakra is sold as a slave labourer to the captain of a Thai fishing vessel. The captain's rule on board is cruel and arbitrary.░░░░║► AUSTRALIA ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Khmer, Thai
╚▷ Continent: Oceania
◾ 13th submission from Australia
◾ 1st submission for Rodd Rathjen [♂]
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Other submitted Films by this Director: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorSudabeh MortezaiStarsJoy AlphonsusMariam SanusiAngela EkelemeJoy, a young Nigerian woman caught in the vicious cycle of sex trafficking, is instructed by her exploiter Madame to supervise Precious, a teenage girl who is not ready to accept her fate.░░░░║► AUSTRIA ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted, but disqualified, because most of the dialogue is in (Pidgin) English according to a statement of the Academy's International Feature Film executive committee
╚▷ Language: German
╚▷ Continent: Europe
◾ 43rd submission from Austria
◾ 1st submission for Sudabeh Mortezai [♀]
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Other submitted Films by this Director: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorNasiruddin YousuffStarsAlamgir KabirDilruba Hossain DoyelHeera ChowdhuryA 40 year old painter, who lives in a wooden and bamboo house on stilts in the middle of a polluted lake on the outskirts of Dhaka City. Alpha's house serves as his painting. Dogs, roosters and birds also share the space with him. There are many moments when he feels a oneness with nature and with the birds and animals that surround him. He also feels deeply drawn to 'an androgynous' male-female identity. Alpha has neighbors in the nearby slum with whom he has close interaction.░░░░║► BANGLADESH ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Bengali
╚▷ Continent: Asia
◾ 15th submission from Bangladesh
◾ 1st submission for Nasiruddin Yousuff [♂]
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Other submitted Films by this Director: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorAnastasiya MiroshnichenkoThe soulless atmosphere of a women's penitentiary destroys the prisoners' personality, kills all femininity in them. The film looks at the rationality of the long prison terms for mothers separated from their children.░░░░║► BELARUS ◄║░░░░ ......................................................................................................................
STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Russian
╚▷ Continent: Europe
◾ 4th submission from Belarus
◾ 1st submission for Anastasiya Miroshnichenko [♀]
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Other submitted Films by this Director: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorCesar DiazStarsArmando EspitiaEmma DibAurelia CaalErnesto is a young anthropologist in Guatemala. One day, while hearing the account of an old woman, he thinks he has found a lead that might guide him to his father, a "guerrillero" who went missing during the war.░░░░║► BELGIUM ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Spanish
╚▷ Continent: Europe
◾ 44th submission from Belgium
◾ 1st submission for Cesar Diaz [♂]
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Other submitted Films by this Director: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorRodrigo BellottStarsReyes AnteloFernando BarbosaErwin BerzainFollowing his son Gabriel's death, Jorge travels from conservative Bolivia to New York City to confront Gabriel's boyfriend Sebastian.░░░░║► BOLIVIA ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Spanish
╚▷ Continent: America
◾ 11th submission from Bolivia
◾ 2nd submission for Rodrigo Bellott [♂]
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Other submitted Films by this Director:
● 2003/76th: Sexual Dependency [BOLIVIA]
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorInes TanovicStarsDino BajrovicSnezana BogdanovicUliks FehmiuAdopted son Arman (18) has an unstable character and cannot find peace in the struggle for his identity. His parents and younger brother Dado (14), who was born after Arman's adoption, suffer due to his restlessness and the enormous energy he lets out in different ways. He plays truant, he takes drugs, he hijacks a tram, he even falls in love with Milica, a Serb girl from East Sarajevo. Adolescence is difficult for both brothers but it is the younger one who is imperceptibly and increasingly drawn into a vicious circle of addiction, of the wish to prove himself and the need to be as cool as his older brother.░░░░║► BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Serbo-Croatian (Variety: Bosnian)
╚▷ Continent: Europe
◾ 19th submission from Bosnia and Herzegovina
◾ 2nd submission for Ines Tanović [♀]
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Other submitted Films by this Director:
● 2015/88th: Our Everyday Life [BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA]
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorKarim AïnouzStarsJulia StocklerCarol DuarteFlávia GusmãoIn 1950s Rio de Janeiro, two sisters live restricted lives with their conservative parents. After they are separated and forced to live apart, they take control of their destinies, while never giving up hope of finding one another.░░░░║► BRAZIL ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Portuguese
╚▷ Continent: America
◾ 49th submission from Brazil
◾ 1st submission for Karim Aïnouz [♂]
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Other submitted Films by this Director: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorMilko LazarovStarsMikhail AprosimovFeodosia IvanovaSergei EgorovIn the far north, Sedna and Nanook dream of bringing back their family together. After Sedna's death, Nanook walks a long way to find his daughter Ága, who ran away years ago.░░░░║► BULGARIA ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Yakut
╚▷ Continent: Europe
◾ 30th submission from Bulgaria
◾ 1st submission for Milko Lazarov [♂]
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Other submitted Films by this Director: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorsCaylee SoSok VisalStarsSreynan CheaVandarith PhemRoza LasIn the Life of Music, a story told in three chapters, tells of how one song 'Champa Battambang,' made famous by Sinn Sisamuth (the King of Khmer Music), plays a role in the lives of three different generations.░░░░║► CAMBODIA ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Khmer
╚▷ Continent: Asia
◾ 8th submission from Cambodia
◾ 1st submission for Caylee So [♀] and Sok Visal [♂]
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Other submitted Films by this Directors: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorSophie DeraspeStarsNahéma RicciRachida OussaadaNour BelkhiriaA modern adaptation of the classic Greek tragedy which falls within a social realism. To the law of men, the young Antigone apposes her own sets of values.░░░░║► CANADA ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: French
╚▷ Continent: America
◾ 45th submission from Canada
◾ 1st submission for Sophie Deraspe [♀]
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Other submitted Films by this Director: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorAndrés WoodStarsMercedes MoránMaría ValverdeMarcelo AlonsoThree friends are part of an opposition group in the chaotic Chile of the early 70's and together commit a political crime that changes the history of the country and incidentally involves them in a betrayal that separates them forever.░░░░║► CHILE ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Spanish
╚▷ Continent: America
◾ 24th submission from Chile
◾ 3rd submission for Andrés Wood [♂]
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Other submitted Films by this Director:
● 2004/77th: Machuca [CHILE]
● 2011/84th: Violeta Went to Heaven [CHILE]
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorYu YangStarsYanting LüJosephMo HanBorn with unique powers, a boy is recruited to fight demons and save the community that fears him.░░░░║► CHINA ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Mandarin
╚▷ Continent: Asia
◾ 34th submission from China
◾ 1st submission for Yang Yu [♂]
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Other submitted Films by this Director: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorAlejandro LandesStarsSofia BuenaventuraJulián GiraldoKaren QuinteroOn a remote mountaintop, eight kids with guns watch over a hostage and a conscripted milk cow.░░░░║► COLOMBIA ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Spanish
╚▷ Continent: America
◾ 28th submission from Colombia
◾ 1st submission for Alejandro Landes [♂]
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Other submitted Films by one of this Directors: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorAntonella SudasassiStarsDaniela ValencianoLeynar GomezIsabella MoscosoIsa has more than enough on her plate with two children and the household, which she manages on her own. When her husband persists with his wish for a third child, she realizes that something must change.░░░░║► COSTA RICA ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Spanish
╚▷ Continent: America
◾ 8th submission from Costa Rica
◾ 1st submission for Antonella Sudasassi [♀]
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Other submitted Films by this Director: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorAntonio NuicStarsFranjo DijakVito DijakPasko VukasovicAfter spending four years in prison, a drug dealer will do anything to keep custody over his son.░░░░║► CROATIA ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Serbo-Croatian (Variety: Croatian)
╚▷ Continent: Europe
◾ 29th submission from Croatia
◾ 2nd submission for Antonio Nuić [♂]
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Other submitted Films by this Director:
● 2009/82nd: Donkey [CROATIA]
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorsRodrigo BarriusoSebastián BarriusoStarsRodrigo SantoroMaricel ÁlvarezYoandra SuárezA Russian Literature professor at the University of Havana is ordered to work as a translator for child victims of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster when they are sent to Cuba for medical treatment.░░░░║► CUBA ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Spanish, Russian
╚▷ Continent: America
◾ 21st submission from Cuba
◾ 1st submission for Rodrigo Barriuso [♂] and Sebastián Barriuso [♂]
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Other submitted Films by this Director: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorVáclav MarhoulStarsPetr KotlárNina SunevicAlla SokolovaA young Jewish boy somewhere in Eastern Europe seeks refuge during World War II where he encounters many different characters.▒▒▒▒║► CZECH REPUBLIC ◄║▒▒▒▒
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STATUS: shortlisted
╚▷ Language: Czech, German, Russian (dubbed in Interslavic)
╚▷ Continent: Europe
◾ 26th submission from Czech Republic
◾ 1st submission for Václav Marhoul [♂]
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Other submitted Films by this Director: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorMay el-ToukhyStarsTrine DyrholmGustav LindhMagnus KrepperA successful lawyer jeopardizes her career and threatens to tear her family apart after engaging in an affair with her teenage stepson.░░░░║► DENMARK ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Danish, Swedish
╚▷ Continent: Europe
◾ 57th submission from Denmark
◾ 1st submission for May el-Toukhy [♀]
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Other submitted Films by this Director: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorJosé María CabralStarsFélix GermánCindy GalánLia BrionesA lonely man who operates a film projector finds his only solace in a woman he sees on a film reel. After the reel is lost in an accident, he sets out to find the woman through the remotest, poorest places of the Dominican Republic.░░░░║► DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Spanish
╚▷ Continent: America
◾ 12th submission from Dominican Republic
◾ 3rd submission for José María Cabral [♂]
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Other submitted Films by this Director: none
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