Below, you can find a comprehensive list of submissions for the International Feature Oscar at the upcoming 95th Academy Awards, where Lukas Dhont‘s Belgian drama Close is positioned among the frontrunners.
Park Chan-wook‘s Korean movie Decision to Leave and Alice Diop‘s French film Saint Omer are also expected to factor into the mix, while India selected Last Film Show over its breakout hit RRR, much to Film Twitter’s dismay. Elsewhere, Russia announced it would not submit a film for Oscar consideration this year, nor did that country seem particularly welcome this year given its invasion of Ukraine.
Meanwhile, Alejandro González Iñárritu is in the mix with his Mexican film Bardo, which will debut Dec. 16 on Netflix after drawing mixed reviews out of Venice and Telluride, which prompted the director to cut 22 minutes from the film in recent weeks.
Ali Abbassi’s serial killer thriller Holy Spider will also be among the top contenders along with Jerzy Skolimowski‘s EO, a movie about a wayward donkey that hails from Janus Films, which released last year’s winner Drive My Car. Marie Kreutzer‘s Corsage (with Vicky Krieps) could also play a factor, as could Cairo Conspiracy (fka Boy From Heaven) from Swedish filmmaker Tarik Saleh.
An Academy committee will narrow the below list of 92 films to a shortlist of 15 films, which will be announced on Dec. 21. Academy members from all branches are invited to opt-in to participate in the preliminary round of voting for Best International Feature, with around 1,100 expected to do so (which requires watching a certain number — 8 or 9 — of the submitted films).
Nominations voting runs from Jan. 12-17, 2023, with Oscar nominations unveiled on Jan. 24. Final voting will take place from March 2-7, and the ceremony will be held on Sunday, March 12, airing live on ABC at 8:00 p.m. ET/ 5:00 p.m. PT.
The Academy’s official list of submissions can be found below:
Albania: A Cup of Coffee and New Shoes On (Një Filxhan Kafe dhe Këpucë të Reja Veshur)
Algeria: Our Brothers (Nos frangins)
Argentina: Argentina, 1985
Armenia: Aurora’s Sunrise
Australia: You Won’t Be Alone
Austria: Corsaga
Azerbaijan: Creators
Bangladesh: Hawa
Belgium: Close
Bolivia: Utama
Bosnia and Herzegovina: A Ballad (Balada)
Brazil: Mars One (Marte Um)
Bulgaria: In the Heart of the Machine
Cambodia: Return to Seoul
Cameroon: The Planters Plantation
Canada: Eternal Spring
Chile: Blanquita
China: Nice View
Colombia: The Kings of the World (Los reyes del mundo)
Costa Rica: Domingo and the Mist (Domingo y la niebla)
Crotia: Safe Place (Sigurno mjesto)
Czech Republic: Il Boemo
Denmark: Holy Spider
Dominican Republic: Bantú Mama
Ecuador: Lo invisible
Estonia: Kalev
Finland: Girl Picture (Tytöt tytöt tytöt)
France: Saint Omer
Georgia: A Long Break
Germany: All Quiet on the Western Front (Im Westen Nichts Neues)
Greece: Magnetic Fields (Magnitika pedia)
Guatemala: The Silence of the Mole (El silencio del topo)
Hong Kong: Where the Wind Blows
Hungary: Blockade (Blokád)
Iceland: Beautiful Beings (Berdreymi)
India: Last Film Show (Chhello Show)
Indonesia: Missing Home (Ngeri-Ngeri Sedap)
Iran: World War III (Jang-e jahāni-e sevvom)
Iraq: The Exam
Ireland: The Quiet Girl
Israel: Cinema Sabaya
Italy: Nostalgia
Japan: Plan 75
Jordan: Farha
Kazakhstan: Life
Kenya: TeraStorm
Kosovo: Looking for Venera (Në kërkim të Venerës)
Kyrgyzstan: Home for Sale
Latvia: January (Janvāris)
Lebanon: Memory Box
Lithuania: Pilgrims (Piligrimai)
Luxembourg: Icarus (Icare)
Mexico: Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Moldova: Carbon
Mongolia: Harvest Moon
Montenegro: The Elegy of Laurel (Elegija lovora)
Morocco: The Blue Caftan
Nepal: Butterfly on the Windowpane (Ainaa Jhyal Ko Putali)
Netherlands: Narcosis
New Zealand: Muru
North Macedonia: The Happiest Man in the World (Najsrekjniot Chovek Na Svetot)
Norway: War Sailor (Krigsseileren)
Pakistan: Joyland
Palestine: Mediterranean Fever
Panama: Birthday Boy (Cumpleañero)
Paraguay: Eami
Peru: Moon Heart (El corazón de la luna)
Philippines: On the Job: The Missing 8
Poland: EO (IO)
Portugal: Alma Viva
Romania: Immaculate (Imaculat)
Saudi Arabia: Raven Song
Senegal: Xalé
Serbia: Darkling (Mrak)
Singapore: Ajoomma
Slovakia: Victim (Oběť)
Slovenia: Orchestra (Orkester)
South Korea: Decision to Leave (Heojil kyolshim)
Spain: Alcarràs
Sweden: Cairo Conspiracy (fka Boy From Heaven)
Switzerland: A Piece of Sky (Drii Winter)
Taiwan: Goddamned Asura
Tanzania: Tug of War (Vuta N’Kuvute)
Thailand: One for the Road
Tunisia: Under the Fig Trees (Sous les figues)
Turkey: Kerr
Uganda: Tembele
Ukraine: Klondike
United Kingdom: Winners
Uruguay: The Employer and the Employee (El empleado y el patrón)
Venezuela: The Box (La caja)
Vietnam: Magnum
