96th Oscars Best International Film Submission Thread (2024)

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This will serve as the thread for official countries’ submissions for Best International Film for the 96th Academy Awards.

Albania: Alexander (dir. Ardit Sadiku)
Argentina: The Delinquents (dir. Rodrigo Moreno)
Armenia: Amerikatsi (dir. Michael A. Goorjian) Oscar Shortlist
Australia: Shayda (dir. Noora Niasari)
Austria: Vera (dir. Tizza Covi & Rainer Frimmel)
Bangladesh: No Ground Beneath The Feet (dir. Mohammed Rabby Mridha)
Belgium: Omen (dir. Baloji)
Bhutan: The Monk And The Gun (dir. Pawo Choyning Dorji) Oscar Shortlist
Bolivia: The Visitor (dir. Martín Boulocq)
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Excursion (dir. Una Gunjak)
Brazil: Pictures Of Ghosts (dir. Kleber Mendonça Filho)
Bulgaria: Blaga’s Lessons (dir. Stephan Komandarev)
Burkina Faso: Sira (dir. Apolline Traoré)
Cameroon: Half Heaven (dir. Enah Johnscott)
Canada: Rojek (dir. Zaynê Akyol)
Chile: The Settlers (dir. Felipe Gálvez Haberle)
China: The Wandering Earth II (dir. Frant Gwo)
Colombia: Un Varón (dir. Fabián Hernández Alvarado)
Costa Rica: I Have Electric Dreams (dir. Valentina Maurel)
Croatia: Traces (dir. Dubravka Turic)
Czech Republic: Brothers (dir. Tomáš Mašín)
Denmark: The Promised Land (dir. Nikolaj Arcel) Oscar Shortlist
Dominican Republic: Cuarencena (dir. David Maler)
Egypt: Voy! Voy! Voy! (dir. Omar Hilal)
Estonia: Smoke Sauna Sisterhood (dir. Anna Hints)
Finland: Fallen Leaves (dir. Aki Kaurismӓki) Oscar Shortlist
France: The Taste Of Things (dir. Tran Anh Hung) Oscar Shortlist
Georgia: Citizen Saint (dir. Tinatin Kajrishvili)
Germany: The Teachers’ Lounge (dir. Ilker Çatak) OSCAR NOMINEE
Greece: Behind The Haystacks (dir. Asimina Proedreu)
Hungary: Four Souls Of Coyote (dir. Áron Gauder)
Iceland: Godland (dir. Hlynur Pálmason) Oscar Shortlist
India: 2018 – Everyone Is A Hero (dir. Jude Anthony Joseph)
Indonesia: Autobiography (dir. Makbul Mubarak)
Iran: The Night Guardian (dir. Reza Mirkarimi)
Iraq: Hanging Gardens (dir. Ahmed Yassin Al Daradji)
Ireland: In The Shadow Of Beirut (dir. Stephen Gerard Kelly & Garry Keane)
Israel: Seven Blessings (dir Ayelet Menahemi)
Italy: Io Capitano (dir. Matteo Garrone) OSCAR NOMINEE
Japan: Perfect Days (dir. Wim Wenders) OSCAR NOMINEE
Jordan: Inshallah A Boy (dir. Amjad Al-Rasheed)
Kenya: Mvera (dir. Daudi Anguka)
Latvia: My Freedom (dir. Ilze Kunga-Melgaile)
Lithuania: Slow (dir. Marija Kavtaradze)
Luxembourg: The Last Ashes (dir. Loïc Tanson)
Malaysia: Tiger Stripes (dir. Amanda Nell Eu)
Mexico: Totem (dir. Lila Avilés) Oscar Shortlist
Moldova: Thunders (dir. Ioane Bobeica)
Mongolia: City Of Wind (dir. Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir)
Montenegro: Sirin (dir. Senad Šahmanović)
Morocco: The Mother Of All Lies (dir. Asmae El Moudir) Oscar Shortlist
Namibia: Under The Hanging Tree (dir. Perivi Katjavivi)
Nepal: Halkara (dir. Bikram Sapkota)
Netherlands: Sweet Dreams (dir. Ena Sendijarević)
Nigeria: Mami Wata (dir. C.J. Obasi)
North Macedonia: Housekeeping For Beginners (dir. Goran Stolevski)
Norway: Songs Of Earth (dir. Margreth Olin)
Pakistan: In Flames (dir. Zarrar Kahn)
Palestine: Bye Bye Tiberias (dir. Lina Soualem)
Panama: Tito, Margot And Me (dir. Mercedes Arias & Delfina Vidal)
Paraguay: The Last Runaway 2: Commando Yaguarete (dir. Armando Aquino & Mauricio Rial)
Peru: The Erection Of Toribio Bardelli (dir. Adrián Saba)
Philippines: The Missing (dir. Carl Joseph Papa)
Poland: The Peasants (dir. DK Welchman & Hugh Welchman)
Portugal: Bad Living (dir. João Canijo)
Romania: Do Not Expect Too Much From The End Of The World (dir. Radu Jude)
Saudi Arabia: Alhamour H.A. (dir. Abdulelah Alqurashi)
Senegal: Banel & Adama (dir. Ramata-Toulaye Sy)
Serbia: The Duke And The Poet (dir. Milorad Milinković)
Singapore: The Breaking Ice (dir. Anthony Chen)
Slovakia: Photophobia (dir. Ivan Ostrochovský & Pavol Pekarčík)
Slovenia: Riders (dir. Dominika Menceja)
South Africa: Music Is My Life – Dr. Joseph Shabalala And Ladysmith Black Mambazo (dir. Mpumi Mbele)
South Korea: Concrete Utopia (dir. Um Tae-hwa)
Spain: Society Of The Snow (dir. J.A. Bayona) OSCAR NOMINEE
Sudan: Goodbye Julia (dir. Mohamed Kordofani)
Sweden: Opponent (dir. Milad Alami)
Switzerland: Thunder (dir. Carmen Jaquier)
Taiwan: Marry My Dead Body (dir. Cheng Wei-hao)
Thailand: Not Friends (dir. Atta Hemwadee)
Tunisia: Four Daughters (dir. Kaouther Ben Hania) Oscar Shortlist
Turkey: About Dry Grasses (dir. Nuri Bilge Ceylan)
Ukraine: 20 Days In Mariupol (dir. Mstyslav Chernov) Oscar Shortlist
United Kingdom: The Zone Of Interest (dir. Jonathan Glazer) OSCAR WINNER
Uruguay: Family Album (dir. Guillermo Rocamora)
Venezuela: The Shadow Of The Sun (dir. Miguel Ángel Ferrer)
Vietnam: Glorious Ashes (dir. Bùi Thac Chuyên)
Yemen: The Burdened (dir. Amr Gamal)

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Awardsfan1990

Switzerland is the first country to submit a film with Thunder. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/2024-oscars-switzerland-picks-thunder-international-feature-submission-1235551839/

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babypook

Yes! Thanks Awardsfan. We needed this thread.

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babypook

https://variety.com/2023/film/news/emerald-fennell-saltburn-barry-keoghan-jacob-elordi-bfi-london-film-festival-1235689218/#recipient_hashed=c1b76648a3f7a96c346ccc6cb0d57ca09e4daec4e61aaf2327a37111ef79a731&recipient_salt=1a20766ef57e65d5e19d1cac582b6f7f50ee3a3514a69872a3d22e683d129378&utm_medium=email&utm_source=exacttarget&utm_campaign=newsalert&utm_content=454386_08-07-2023&utm_term=309596

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ratednext

Tajikistan has chosen the film Melody.

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babypook

Maybe….

https://variety.com/2023/film/news/sylvester-stallone-documentary-sly-toronto-film-festival-1235690720/#recipient_hashed=c1b76648a3f7a96c346ccc6cb0d57ca09e4daec4e61aaf2327a37111ef79a731&recipient_salt=1a20766ef57e65d5e19d1cac582b6f7f50ee3a3514a69872a3d22e683d129378&utm_medium=email&utm_source=exacttarget&utm_campaign=newsalert&utm_content=454677_08-08-2023&utm_term=309596

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Butz

The eligible German longlist entries are:

• Afire
• Anselm
• Elaha
• Sisi & I
• The Teachers’ Lounge
• The Theory of Everything
• The Ordinaries
• Orphea in Love
• Weekend Rebels
• What You Can See from Here
• A Whole Life
• A Woman

Those in bold I’d deem the most realistic to be nominated. The Teachers’ Lounge beat All Quiet on the Western Front at the German Oscar equivalent Lola for Best Picture, Best Directing and Best Screenplay.

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babypook

Butz wrote:

The eligible German longlist entries are:

• Afire
• Anselm
• Elaha
• Sisi & I
• The Teachers’ Lounge
• The Theory of Everything
• The Ordinaries
• Orphea in Love
• Weekend Rebels
• What You Can See from Here
• A Whole Life
• A Woman

Those in bold I’d deem the most realistic to be nominated. The Teachers’ Lounge beat All Quiet on the Western Front at the German Oscar equivalent Lola for Best Picture, Best Directing and Best Screenplay.

Thanks butz.

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Hailstorm 3

I’m 99.5% sure France is gonna pick Anatomy of a Fall as their submission. Japan might pick either Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Monster or Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Evil Does Not Exist. It’ll depend on how well Hamaguchi’s film does in Venice.

Would The Zone of Interest qualify for Poland’s entry, or will the fact it’s a co-production between the US and UK disqualify it?

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Orestes

Hailstorm_3 wrote:

I’m 99.5% sure France is gonna pick Anatomy of a Fall as their submission. Japan might pick either Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Monster or Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Evil Does Not Exist. It’ll depend on how well Hamaguchi’s film does in Venice. Would The Zone of Interest qualify for Poland’s entry, or will the fact it’s a co-production between the US and UK disqualify it?

Anatomycontains French, English and German dialogue; I’d be curious if there’s anyone on these boards who’s seen it who could confirm how much English there is, as if it’s over 50% then the film would be disqualified from contention. Not sure aboutZone, but I assume it could qualify as either the UK or Polish entry. Poland might seem more fitting as the film is set in Auschwitz, although its director is British.

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LLLhawks

I believe the last movie UK got in the Oscars was “Solomon & Gaenor” in 1999 so that’ll be interesting if they do decide to submit a film this year.

I just love movies. And awards.

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Carlo

Italy will probably go with “Rapito”

I would pick “Stranizza D’Amuri”

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Richie Rich

Orestes wrote:

Anatomy contains French, English and German dialogue; I’d be curious if there’s anyone on these boards who’s seen it who could confirm how much English there is, as if it’s over 50% then the film would be disqualified from contention. Not sure about Zone, but I assume it could qualify as either the UK or Polish entry. Poland might seem more fitting as the film is set in Auschwitz, although its director is British.

I went down this rabbit hole and I found a deadline article after it’s Cannes acquisition by Neon or after it won the Palme, I forget. Anyways, it stated that the distributors were assured that it meets the Oscar rules meaning more than 50% of the dialogue is not in English.

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Richie Rich

Butz wrote:

The eligible German longlist entries are:

• Afire
• Anselm
• Elaha
• Sisi & I
• The Teachers’ Lounge
• The Theory of Everything
• The Ordinaries
• Orphea in Love
• Weekend Rebels
• What You Can See from Here
• A Whole Life
• A Woman

Those in bold I’d deem the most realistic to be nominated. The Teachers’ Lounge beat All Quiet on the Western Front at the German Oscar equivalent Lola for Best Picture, Best Directing and Best Screenplay.

My money is on Afire. The fires on Maui help it’s case. Lol

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papottafo

South Korea has selected “Concrete Utopia” by Um Tae-hwa.

https://variety.com/2023/film/awards/2024-international-feature-oscar-submissions-1235688041/

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