List of submissions to the 93rd Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film
This is a list of submissions to the 93rd Academy Awards for the Best International Feature Film.[1] The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) has invited the film industries of various countries to submit their best film for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film every year since the award was created in 1956.[2] The award is presented annually by the Academy to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non-English dialogue.[2][3] The International Feature Film Award Committee oversees the process and reviews all the submitted films.[3] The category was previously called the Best Foreign Language Film, but this was changed in April 2019 to Best International Feature Film, after the Academy deemed the word "Foreign" to be outdated.[4]
For the 93rd Academy Awards, the submitted motion pictures must be first released theatrically in their respective countries between 1 October 2019 and 31 December 2020.[5] The deadline for submissions to the Academy was 1 December 2020.[5] A total of 97 countries submitted a film, with a record number of 93 being accepted.[6] Three countries submitted a film for the first time. Lesotho sent This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection,[7] Sudan sent You Will Die at Twenty,[8] and Suriname sent Wiren.[9] Bhutan sent Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom after a gap of 21 years from their last submission, but the film did not appear on the final list.[10]
The shortlist is scheduled to be announced on 9 February 2021, and due to the coronavirus situation, it was extended to fifteen films from the original ten. Also, unlike the previous years, no additions will be made by the International Executive Committee.[11]
Submissions
Submitting country | Film title used in nomination | Original title | Language(s) | Director(s) | Result |
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Albania | Open Door[12] | Derë e hapur | Albanian, Italian | Florenc Papas | TBD |
Algeria | Héliopolis[13] | هيليوبوليس | Arabic, French | Djafar Gacem | Not on the final list |
Argentina | The Sleepwalkers[14] | Los sonámbulos | Spanish | Paula Hernández | TBD |
Armenia | Songs of Solomon[15] | Սողոմոնի երգերը | Armenian | Arman Nshanyan | TBD |
Austria | What We Wanted[16] | Was wir wollten | German | Ulrike Kofler | TBD |
Bangladesh | Sincerely Yours, Dhaka[17] | ইতি, তোমারই ঢাকা (Iti, Tomari Dhaka) | Bengali | Eleven different directors[n 1] | TBD |
Belarus | Persian Lessons[18] | Persischstunden | English, French, German, Italian, Persian | Vadim Perelman | Disqualified[19] |
Belgium | Working Girls[20] | Filles de joie | French | Frédéric Fonteyne and Anne Paulicevich | TBD |
Bhutan | Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom[21] | লুনানা | Dzongkha | Pawo Choyning Dorji | Not on the final list |
Bolivia | Chaco[22] | Chaco | Aymara, Quechua, Spanish | Diego Mondaca | TBD |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Quo Vadis, Aida?[23] | Quo Vadis, Aida? | Bosnian, Dutch, English, Serbian | Jasmila Žbanić | TBD |
Brazil | Babenco: Tell Me When I Die[24] | Babenco: Alguém Tem que Ouvir o Coração e Dizer Parou | Portuguese | Bárbara Paz | TBD |
Bulgaria | The Father[25] | Бащата (Bashtata) | Bulgarian | Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov | TBD |
Cambodia | Fathers[26] | ដើម្បីកូន | Khmer | Huy Yaleng | TBD |
Cameroon | The Fisherman's Diary[27] | The Fisherman's Diary | Cameroonian Pidgin English, English | Enah Johnscot | TBD |
Canada | 14 Days, 12 Nights[28] | 14 jours, 12 nuits | French | Jean-Philippe Duval | TBD |
Chile | The Mole Agent[29] | El agente topo | Spanish | Maite Alberdi | TBD |
China | Leap[30] | 夺冠 (Duóguàn) | Mandarin | Peter Chan | TBD |
Colombia | El Olvido Que Seremos (Memories of My Father)[31] | El olvido que seremos | Spanish | Fernando Trueba | TBD |
Costa Rica | Land of Ashes[32] | Ceniza Negra | Spanish | Sofía Quirós Ubeda | TBD |
Croatia | Extracurricular[33] | Dopunska nastava | Croatian | Ivan-Goran Vitez | TBD |
Cuba | Buscando a Casal[34] | Buscando a Casal | Spanish | Jorge Luis Sánchez | TBD |
Czech Republic | Charlatan[35] | Šarlatán | Czech | Agnieszka Holland | TBD |
Denmark | Another Round[36] | Druk | Danish | Thomas Vinterberg | TBD |
Dominican Republic | A State of Madness[37] | Mis 500 Locos | Spanish | Leticia Tonos | TBD |
Ecuador | Emptiness[38] | Vacío | Mandarin, Spanish | Paul Venegas | TBD |
Egypt | When We're Born[39] | لما بنتولد | Arabic | Tamer Ezzat | TBD |
Estonia | The Last Ones[40] | Viimased | Finnish | Veiko Õunpuu | TBD |
Finland | Tove[41] | Tove | English, Finnish, French, Swedish | Zaida Bergroth | TBD |
France | Two of Us[42] | Deux | French, German | Filippo Meneghetti | TBD |
Georgia | Beginning[43] | დასაწყისი (Dasatskisi) | Georgian | Dea Kulumbegashvili | TBD |
Germany | And Tomorrow the Entire World[44] | Und morgen die ganze Welt | German | Julia von Heinz | TBD |
Greece | Apples[45] | Μήλα (Mila) | Greek | Christos Nikou | TBD |
Guatemala | La Llorona[46] | La Llorona | Kaqchikel, Spanish | Jayro Bustamante | TBD |
Honduras | Days of Light[6] | Días de luz | Spanish | Six different directors[n 2] | TBD |
Hong Kong | Better Days[47] | 少年的你 | Mandarin | Derek Tsang | TBD |
Hungary | Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time[48] | Felkészülés meghatározatlan ideig tartó együttlétre | Hungarian | Lili Horvát | TBD |
Iceland | Agnes Joy[49] | Agnes Joy | Icelandic | Silja Hauksdóttir | TBD |
India | Jallikattu[50] | ജെല്ലിക്കെട്ട് | Malayalam | Lijo Jose Pellissery | TBD |
Indonesia | Impetigore[51] | Perempuan Tanah Jahanam | Indonesian, Javanese | Joko Anwar | TBD |
Iran | Sun Children[52] | خورشید (Khōrshīd) | Persian | Majid Majidi | TBD |
Ireland | Arracht[53] | Arracht | Irish | Tom Sullivan | TBD |
Israel | Asia[54] | אסיה (Asia) | Hebrew, Russian | Ruthy Pribar | TBD |
Italy | Notturno[55] | Notturno | Arabic, Kurdish | Gianfranco Rosi | TBD |
Ivory Coast | Night of the Kings[56] | La Nuit des rois | Dyula, French | Philippe Lacôte | TBD |
Japan | True Mothers[57] | 朝が来る (Asa ga Kuru) | Japanese | Naomi Kawase | TBD |
Jordan | 200 Meters[58] | 200 Meters | Arabic, Hebrew | Ameen Nayfeh | TBD |
Kazakhstan | The Crying Steppe[59] | Ұлы дала зары | Kazakh, Russian | Marina Kunarova | TBD |
Kenya | The Letter[60] | Barua | Swahili | Maia Lekow and Chris King | TBD |
Kosovo | Exile[61] | Exil | Albanian, German | Visar Morina | TBD |
Kyrgyzstan | Running to the Sky[62] | Жөө Күлүк (Jo Kuluk) | Kyrgyz | Mirlan Abdykalykov | TBD |
Latvia | Blizzard of Souls[63] | Dvēseļu putenis | Estonian, German, Latvian, Russian | Dzintars Dreibergs | TBD |
Lebanon | Broken Keys[64] | مفاتيح مكسرة | Arabic | Jimmy Keyrouz | TBD |
Lesotho | This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection[65] | This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection | Sotho | Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese | TBD |
Lithuania | Nova Lituania[66] | Nova Lituania | Lithuanian | Karolis Kaupinis | TBD |
Luxembourg | River Tales[67] | Cuentos del río | Spanish | Julie Schroell | TBD |
Malaysia | Roh[68] | Roh | Malay | Emir Ezwan | TBD |
Mexico | I'm No Longer Here[69] | Ya no estoy aquí | Spanish | Fernando Frías de la Parra | TBD |
Mongolia | Veins of the World[6] | Die Adern der Welt | Mongolian | Byambasuren Davaa | TBD |
Montenegro | Breasts[70] | Grudi | Montenegrin | Marija Perović | TBD |
Morocco | The Unknown Saint[71] | القديس المجهول | Arabic | Alaa Eddine Aljem | TBD |
Netherlands | Buladó[72] | Buladó | Papiamento | Éche Janga | TBD |
Nigeria | The Milkmaid[73] | The Milkmaid | Hausa | Desmond Ovbiagele | TBD |
North Macedonia | Willow[74] | Врба (Vrba) | Macedonian | Milcho Manchevski | TBD |
Norway | Hope[75] | Håp | Norwegian, Swedish | Maria Sødahl | TBD |
Pakistan | Circus of Life[76] | Zindagi Tamasha | Urdu, Punjabi | Sarmad Khoosat | TBD |
Palestine | Gaza mon amour[77] | غزة حبيبتي | Arabic | Tarzan Nasser and Arab Nasser | TBD |
Panama | Operation Just Cause[78] | Operación Causa Justa | Spanish | Luis Franco Brantley and Luis Pacheco | TBD |
Paraguay | Killing the Dead[79] | Matar a un muerto | Guarani, Spanish | Hugo Giménez | TBD |
Peru | Song Without a Name[80] | Canción sin nombre | Quechua, Spanish | Melina León | TBD |
Philippines | Mindanao[81] | Mindanao | Filipino | Brillante Mendoza | TBD |
Poland | Never Gonna Snow Again[82] | Śniegu już nigdy nie będzie | French, Polish, Russian, Vietnamese | Małgorzata Szumowska and Michał Englert | TBD |
Portugal | Vitalina Varela[83] | Vitalina Varela | Cape Verdean Creole, Portuguese | Pedro Costa | TBD |
Romania | Collective[84] | Colectiv | Romanian | Alexander Nanau | TBD |
Russia | Dear Comrades![85] | Дорогие товарищи! (Dorogie tovarishchi!) | Russian | Andrei Konchalovsky | TBD |
Saudi Arabia | Scales[86] | سيدة البحر | Arabic | Shahad Ameen | TBD |
Senegal | Nafi's Father[87] | Baamum Nafi | Fulah | Mamadou Dia | TBD |
Serbia | Dara of Jasenovac[88] | Дара из Јасеновца (Dara iz Jasenovca) | Serbian | Predrag Antonijević | TBD |
Singapore | Wet Season[89] | 热带雨 | English, Hokkien, Mandarin | Anthony Chen | TBD |
Slovakia | The Auschwitz Report[90] | Správa | Czech, German, Polish, Slovak | Peter Bebjak | TBD |
Slovenia | Stories from the Chestnut Woods[91] | Zgodbe iz kostanjevih gozdov | Italian, Slovenian | Gregor Božič | TBD |
South Africa | Toorbos[92] | Toorbos | Afrikaans | Rene van Rooyen | TBD |
South Korea | The Man Standing Next[93] | 남산의 부장들 (Namsanui bujangdeul) | Korean | Woo Min-ho | TBD |
Spain | The Endless Trench[94] | La trinchera infinita | Spanish | Jon Garaño, Aitor Arregi and Jose Mari Goenaga | TBD |
Sudan | You Will Die at Twenty[95] | ستموت في العشرين | Arabic | Amjad Abu Alala | TBD |
Suriname | Wiren[96] | Wiren | Dutch, English, Sarnami Hindustani, Sranan Tongo, Surinamese Sign Language | Ivan Tai-Apin | TBD |
Sweden | Charter[97] | Charter | Swedish | Amanda Kernell | TBD |
Switzerland | My Little Sister[98] | Schwesterlein | English, French, German | Stéphanie Chuat and Véronique Reymond | TBD |
Taiwan | A Sun[99] | 陽光普照 (Yángguāng Pǔzhào) | Mandarin | Chung Mong-hong | TBD |
Thailand | Happy Old Year[100] | ฮาวทูทิ้ง ทิ้งอย่างไรไม่ให้เหลือเธอ" | Thai | Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit | TBD |
Tunisia | The Man Who Sold His Skin[101] | L'Homme qui a vendu sa peau | Arabic, English, French | Kaouther Ben Hania | TBD |
Turkey | Miracle in Cell No. 7[102] | 7. Koğuştaki Mucize | Turkish | Mehmet Ada Öztekin | TBD |
Ukraine | Atlantis[103] | Атлантида (Atlantyda) | Ukrainian | Valentyn Vasyanovych | TBD |
Uruguay | Alelí[104] | Alelí | Spanish | Leticia Jorge | TBD |
Uzbekistan | 2000 Songs of Farida[105] | Фариданинг икки минг қўшиғи (Faridaning Ikki Ming qo'shig'i) | Uzbek | Yalkin Tuychiev | Disqualified[106] |
Venezuela | Once Upon a Time in Venezuela[107] | Érase Una Vez en Venezuela, Congo Mirador | Spanish | Anabel Rodríguez Ríos | TBD |
Vietnam | Dreamy Eyes[108] | Mắt biếc | Vietnamese | Victor Vu | TBD |
Notes
The Oscar Selection Committees for Ghana,[109] Malawi,[110] Nepal,[111] and Uganda[112] all asked filmmakers to make their submissions, but no films were reported to have been sent by the deadline of 1 December 2020. Algeria's submission Héliopolis and Bhutan's submission Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom were also missing from the final list.[6]
In December 2020, Portugal's submission Listen was disqualified for having more than half of its dialogue in English.[113] Portugal's selection committee submitted a second film, Vitalina Varela.[114] Also in December 2020, Canada's submission Funny Boy was also disqualified for having more than half of its dialogue in English.[115] Canada's selection committee submitted a second film, 14 Days, 12 Nights.[116]
In January 2021, the Belarusian submission, Persian Lessons, was disqualified by the Academy, due to the majority of individuals involved in making the film not coming from Belarus.[19] Also in January 2021, Uzbekistan's submission 2000 Songs of Farida was disqualified, because the Oscar Committee of Uzbekistan did not submit the film by the deadline.[106]
Footnotes
- An anthology film with eleven different directors: Tanvir Ahsan, Abdullah Al Noor, Syed Saleh Sobhan Auneem, Krishnendu Chattopadhyay, Golam Kibria Farooki, Mir Mukarram Hossain, Nuhash Humayun, Mahmudul Islam, Rahat Rahman, Robiul Alam Robi and Syed Ahmed Shawki.
- An anthology film with six different directors: Gloria Carrión Fonseca, Julio López Fernández, Enrique Medrano, Mauro Borges Mora, Enrique Pérez Him and Sergio Ramírez.
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