OSCARS 2024: Best International Feature Film Submissions to the 96th Academy Awards for an Oscar Nomination or Win in the Foreign Language Film Category [Awards Season 2023]

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1. Alexander
20231h 20m
7.3 (141)
In 1990, a mechanic in Albania named Alexander Gruda undertook one of the most daring feats in recent human history. After being fired by the navy for dissidence, he hijacked a warship in order to gain freedom for himself and his family.
DirectorArdit SadikuStarsAlexander GrudaMarjana GrudaMarjan Kola
ALBANIA
2. The Delinquents
20233h 9mUnrated85Metascore
6.7 (4.3K)
Bank employee Morán schemes to steal enough money to never work again, then confess and serve prison time while his colleague hides the cash. Soon under investigative pressure, accomplice Román meets a woman who transforms him forever.
DirectorRodrigo MorenoStarsDaniel ElíasEsteban BigliardiMargarita Molfino
ARGENTINA
3. Amerikatsi
20222h 1m62Metascore
7.3 (3.2K)
Charlie escapes the Armenian genocide as a boy by fleeing to the United States, but he returns as an adult and is arrested. He watches an Armenian couple from his prison cell, finally learning about his homeland.
DirectorMichael A. GoorjianStarsMichael A. GoorjianHovik KeuchkerianNelli Uvarova
ARMENIA
4. Shayda
20231h 57mPG-1376Metascore
6.7 (1.2K)
A young Iranian mother and her six-year-old daughter find refuge in an Australian women's shelter during the two weeks of the Iranian New Year (Nowruz).
DirectorNoora NiasariStarsZar Amir EbrahimiMojean AriaJillian Nguyen
AUSTRALIA
5. Vera
20221h 55m
6.8 (426)
Vera lives in the shadow of her famous father. Tired of her superficial life and relationships, she drifts through Roman high society. When she injures a child in a traffic accident in the suburbs, she forms an intense relationship with an eight- year-old boy and his father. But soon she must realize that also in this world she is only an instrument for others.
DirectorsTizza CoviRainer FrimmelStarsVera GemmaDaniel De PalmaSebastian Dascalu
AUSTRIA
6. No Ground Beneath the Feet [Payer Tolay Mati Nai]
20211h 31m
6.8 (19)
Set in the backdrop of the scathing consequences of climate change, an impoverished ambulance driver Saiful staggers between two wives while he sets out on a bone-tired journey of moral decay, murder, deception, and social bashing.
DirectorMohammad Rabby MridhaStarsPriyam ArchiRocky ChowduryDeepanwita Martin
BANGLADESH
7. Omen
20231h 32m68Metascore
6.0 (1.2K)
After spending years in Belgium, a young Congolese man returns to his birthplace of Kinshasa to confront the intricacies of his family and culture.
DirectorBalojiStarsMarc ZingaYves-Marina GnahouaMarcel Otete Kabeya
BELGIUM
8. The Monk and the Gun
20231h 47mPG-1374Metascore
7.1 (3.6K)
An American travels into Bhutan in search of a valuable antique rifle and crosses paths with a young monk who wanders through the serene mountains, instructed by his teacher to make things right again.
DirectorPawo Choyning DorjiStarsTandin WangchukTandin PhubzKelsang Choejay
BHUTAN
9. The Visitor
20221h 26m
6.5 (90)
An ex-convict returns home in search of a new life and a chance to reconnect with his estranged young daughter, only to be met with resistance from his father-in-law - an influential pastor in the Evangelical community in town.
DirectorMartín BoulocqStarsEnrique AraozCésar TroncosoMirella Pascual
BOLIVIA
10. Excursion
20231h 33m
6.2 (422)
A teenage girl's seemingly little lie leads her into a storm of expectations, condemnation, and social dogmas.
DirectorUna GunjakStarsAsja Zara LagumdzijaNadja SpahoMaja Izetbegovic
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
11. Pictures of Ghosts
20231h 33m88Metascore
7.6 (2K)
Downtown Recife's classic movie palaces from the 20th century are mostly gone. That city area is now an archaeological site of sorts that reveals aspects of life in society which have been lost. And that's just part of the story.
DirectorKleber Mendonça FilhoStarsKleber Mendonça FilhoRubens SantosSonia Braga
BRAZIL
12. Blaga's Lessons
20231h 54m
7.1 (1.1K)
A teacher falls victim to a phone scam that robs her of her life savings, then realizes that there is no way to get the money back. The tables then turn as cash begins rolling in as she transforms into a scammer herself.
DirectorStephan KomandarevStarsEli SkorchevaGerasim GeorgievRozalia Abgarian
BULGARIA
13. Sira
20232h 2m
6.5 (220)
After a brutal attack, a young nomad named Sira refuses to surrender to her fate without a fight and instead takes a stand against Islamist terror.
DirectorApolline TraoréStarsNafisatou CisseMike DanonLazare Minoungou
BURKINA FASO
14. Half Heaven
20222h 7m
6.3 (72)
A revelatory encounter between an Evangelist sent on a mission and a prostitute.
DirectorEnah JohnscottStarsSyndy EmadeN.R. SeehoferChidi Mokeme
CAMEROON
15. Rojek
20222h 7m
7.2 (95)
A camera aboard a drone flies over a territory. The aerial images show barren landscapes, dotted with shabby houses, animals and a few human figures. We scarcely have time to wonder where we are when a text appears on the screen directly addressing the viewer: we are in Syrian Kurdistan, liberated from the occupation of the Islamic State, whose jihadist members are currently in prison. The woman who speaks has been given permission to question them; about their ideas, their past and the future. The Kurdish filmmaker Zaynê Akyol, who made a great impression on the Visions du Réel audience in 2016 with GULÎSTAN, LAND OF ROSES, shows towards them dialectic behaviour typical of those who want to understand before they pass sentence. Their stories thus take shape, framed by a mise en scène that shifts between words, faces and aerial views of the landscape. An unexpected look at a far-reaching current political issue and a film whose subject matter and rhythm create an impressive cinematographic object.
DirectorZayne Akyol
CANADA
16. The Settlers
20231h 37mNot Rated80Metascore
6.9 (5.9K)
In Chile in 1901, three horseman are paid to protect a vast estate. Accompanying a British soldier and an American mercenary is a mixed-race sniper, who realizes that his true mission is to kill the indigenous population.
DirectorFelipe Gálvez HaberleStarsMark StanleyCamilo ArancibiaBenjamin Westfall
CHILE
17. The Wandering Earth II
20232h 53mNot Rated56Metascore
6.7 (15K)
Humans built huge engines on the surface of the earth to find a new home. But the road to the universe is perilous. In order to save earth, young people once again have to step forward to start a race against time for life and death.
DirectorFrant GwoStarsJing WuYi ShaYanmanzi Zhu
CHINA
18. A Male
20221h 21m
5.7 (340)
Carlos lives in a youth shelter in the center of Bogota, a kind of refuge trying to mitigate the harshness of life. Its Christmas and Carlos longs to spend the day with his mother and sister, who are lost in the spiral of urban violence. As he leaves the shelter, Carlos is confronted with the rigor of the streets in his neighborhood, where the law of the strongest, the alfa 'macho', rules. As he seeks for a family reunion, Carlos must show he can be one of them. While deep inside him, he must face decisions, contradicting these expressions of masculinity.
DirectorFabian HernándezStarsDilan Felipe Ramírez EspitiaJesus Alberto CueroDiego Alexander Mayorga
COLOMBIA
19. I Have Electric Dreams
20221h 42m
6.7 (1.2K)
Eva a 16-year-old girl lives with her mother, her younger sister and their cat, but wants to move in with her estranged father. Clinging onto him, she tries to balance between the tenderness and sensitivity of teenage life.
DirectorValentina MaurelStarsDaniela Marín NavarroReinaldo AmienVivian Rodriguez
COSTA RICA
20. Traces
20221h 38m
5.9 (148)
After the death of her father, anthropologist Ana experiences an identity crisis, finding herself the last surviving member of a once big family. Her research on ancient symbols begins to bleed into her new life until the traces she now follows slowly unravel a portal to her future.
DirectorDubravka TuricStarsMarija SkaricicNiksa ButijerLana Baric
CROATIA
21. El mundo de Nelsito
20231h 40m
7.2 (16)
Nelsito, a 16-year-old autistic boy, runs away from home but is the victim of a car accident. While everyone is worried about him, he records every detail of his imagination, telling us about the dark and hidden side of those around him.
DirectorFernando PérezStarsJosé Raúl CastroIsabel SantosLaura De la Uz
CUBA
22. Brothers
20232h 15m
6.7 (546)
Adaptation of controversial real-life story from the 1950s.
DirectorTomas MasinStarsOskar HesJan NedbalAdam Ernest
CZECHIA
23. The Promised Land
20232h 7mR77Metascore
7.7 (32K)
The story of Danish soldier and explorer Ludvig Kahlen, who explored and cultivated Denmark's wild Jutland, which now comprises the vast majority of the country, in the mid-18th century.
DirectorNikolaj ArcelStarsMads MikkelsenAmanda CollinSimon Bennebjerg
DENMARK
24. Cuarencena
20231h 30m
7.7 (46)
Harmony falls apart between 7 friends at a private dinner during the pandemic lock-down.
DirectorDavid MalerStarsLuis José GermánSoraya PinaJoshua Wagner
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
25. Voy! Voy! Voy!
20231h 40m
7.6 (2.7K)
Based on an incredible true story. A man fakes blindness to swindle into his dream of leaving his home country, Egypt, and living in Europe. He joins a team of blind footballers bound for Poland.
DirectorOmar HilalStarsMuhammad FarragNelly KarimBayoumi Fouad
EGYPT