2021 Foreign Language Film Submissions to the 94th Academy Awards Held in 2022 to Compete for an Oscar Nomination or Win in the Best International Feature Film Category

93 COUNTRIES IN COMPETITION FOR THE INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM OSCAR!

Since 1956 the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) presents annually an Academy Award (widely known as Oscar) to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States and its overseas territories with a predominantly (more than 50%) non-English dialogue track and a running time over 40 minutes. Fictional live action feature films, animated films and documentaries are allowed. Lots of film industries of various independent states and autonomous regions were invited to submit the best film of the year from their country. The submitted films of the year 2021 selection process had to be first released theatrically in their home countries between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2021.

In order for films to more easily meet theatrical exhibition requirements in these coronavirus global pandemic times, the Academy will allow films to qualify outside the country of origin, provided the film is theatrically exhibited outside of the United States and its territories for at least seven consecutive days in a commercial motion picture theater for paid admission (same rule as usual). Because of the ongoing closure of commercial motion
picture theaters worldwide due to the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic country-selected films that had a previously planned theatrical release but are initially made available through a reputable commercial streaming distribution service or video on demand may qualify for Awards consideration in the International Feature Film category for the 94th Academy Awards under a few strong provisions!



Timeline ......................................................................................................................

2021-11-01 = Deadline for Submissions
2021-00-00 = Official List of All Submitted Films
2021-12-21 = Shortlist Announcement with 15 Films
2022-02-08 = Nominations Announcement with 5 Films
2022-03-27 = Ceremony with the Winner Announcement



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 94th Academy Awards.


██ The Final Winner Film ██
Date of Announcement: 27 March 2022

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▓▓ The 5 Nominated Films ▓▓
Date of Announcement: 8 February 2022

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▒▒ The 15 Shortlisted Films ▒▒
Date of Announcement: 21 December 2021

● AUSTRIA - Great Freedom - (Director: Sebastian Meise)
● BELGIUM - Playground - (Director: Laura Wandel)
● BHUTAN - Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom - (Director: Pawo Choyning Dorji)
● DENMARK - Flee - (Director: Jonas Poher Rasmussen)
● FINLAND - Compartment No. 6 - (Director: Juho Kuosmanen)
● GERMANY - I'm Your Man - (Director: Maria Schrader)
● ICELAND - Lamb - (Director: Valdimar Jóhannsson)
● IRAN - A Hero - (Director: Asghar Farhadi)
● ITALY - The Hand of God - (Director: Paolo Sorrentino)
● JAPAN - Drive My Car - (Director: Ryusuke Hamaguchi)
● KOSOVO - Hive - (Director: Blerta Basholli)
● MEXICO - Prayers for the Stolen - (Director: Tatiana Huezo)
● NORWAY - The Worst Person in the World - (Director: Joachim Trier)
● PANAMA - Plaza Catedral - (Director: Abner Benaim)
● SPAIN - The Good Boss - (Director: Fernando León de Aranoa)



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 2021.

13 films ·····> Spanish
09 films ·····> Arabic
06 films ·····> French
04 films ·····> Serbo-Croatian
03 films ·····> Mandarin
02 films ·····> Albanian
02 films ·····> German
02 films ·····> Italian
02 films ·····> Portuguese
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 2021.

38 submitting countries ·····> Europe
28 submitting countries ·····> Asia
16 submitting countries ·····> Americas
10 submitting countries ·····> Africa
01 submitting countries ·····> Oceania



Directors by Whom Films Have Been Submitted Several Times ......................................................................................................................

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 2021 with more than one submission from the past to the deadline at 1 November 2021 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.

09 times ·····> Zhang Yimou | Cliff Walkers | China ➜ 3x nom
05 times ·····> Asghar Farhadi | A Hero | Iran ➜ 2x won
05 times ·····> Nabil Ayouch | Casablanca Beats | Morocco

03 times ·····> Chung Mong-Hong | The Falls | Taiwan ➜ 1x short
03 times ·····> Abner Benaim | Plaza Catedral | Panama
03 times ·····> Mahamat-Saleh Haroun | Lingui | Chad
03 times ·····> Radu Jude | Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn | Romania
03 times ·····> Semih Kaplanoğlu | Commitment Hasan | Turkey
03 times ·····> Joachim Trier | The Worst Person in the World | Norway

02 times ·····> Paolo Sorrentino | The Hand of God | Italy ➜ 1x won
02 times ·····> Israel Cárdenas | Holy Beasts | Dominican Republic
02 times ·····> Fernando León de Aranoa | The Good Boss | Spain
02 times ·····> Laura Amelia Guzmán | Holy Beasts | Dominican Republic
02 times ·····> Ivaylo Hristov | Fear | Bulgaria
02 times ·····> Tatiana Huezo | Prayers for the Stolen | Mexico
02 times ·····> Levan Koguashvili | Brighton 4th | Georgia
02 times ·····> Juho Kuosmanen | Compartment Number 6 | Finland

02 times ·····> David Ondříček | Zátopek | Czech Republic
02 times ·····> Andrés Eduardo Rodríguez | The Inner Glow | Venezuela
02 times ·····> Luis Alejandro Rodríguez | The Inner Glow | Venezuela
02 times ·····> Donato Rotunno | Io sto bene | Luxembourg
02 times ·····> Kiro Russo | The Great Movement | Bolivia
02 times ·····> Danilo Šerbedžija | Tereza37 | Croatia
02 times ·····> Arami Ullon | Nothing but the Sun | Paraguay
02 times ·····> Apichatpong Weerasethakul | Memoria | Colombia

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 | Somalia | South Africa | South Korea | Soviet Union | Spain | Sri Lanka | Sudan | Suriname | 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!