Best International Feature Film Submissions to the 93rd Academy Awards Held in 2021 to Compete for an Oscar Nomination or Win in the Foreign Language Film Category
The Oscar race of 2020/21 has begun in a very special year with a worldwide pandemic, far too many sick and dead people around the globe due to Coronavirus respectively COVID-19, lockdowns and widespread cinema closings including a lot of cancellations or postponements of scheduled theatrical film releases as well as the postponement of the Oscar ceremony itself. Despite the restrictions and modified rules for eligibility to participate, how many countries will this year compete for an Academy Award nomination or a win in the Best International Feature Film category?
We will have the answer in the upcoming months.
Further information follows.
Please be patient!
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 93rd Academy Awards.
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Date of Announcement: 25 April 2021
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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 2019/2020.
13 films ·····> Spanish
09 films ·····> Arabic
05 films ·····> French
05 films ·····> German
04 films ·····> Mandarin
04 films ·····> Serbo-Croatian
02 films ·····> Portuguese
02 films ·····> Swedish
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 2019/2020.
37 submitting countries ·····> Europe
28 submitting countries ·····> Asia
17 submitting countries ·····> Americas
10 submitting countries ·····> Africa
00 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 2019/2020 with more than one submission from the past to the deadline at 31 December 2020 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.
06 times ·····> Majid Majidi | Sun Children | Iran ➜ 1x nom
05 times ·····> Agnieszka Holland | Charlatan | Czech Republic ➜ 2x nom, 1x disq
04 times ·····> Milcho Manchevski | Willow | North Macedonia ➜ 1x nom
03 times ·····> Fernando Trueba | Forgotten We'll Be | Colombia ➜ 1x won
03 times ·····> Deepa Mehta | Funny Boy | Canada | disqualified ➜ 1x nom
03 times ·····> Thomas Vinterberg | Another Round | Denmark ➜ 1x nom
03 times ·····> Andrey Konchalovskiy | Dear Comrades! | Russia ➜ 1x short
03 times ·····> Veiko Õunpuu | The Last Ones | Estonia
03 times ·····> Leticia Tonos | A State of Madness | Dominican Republic
02 times ·····> Mirlan Abdykalykov | Running to the Sky | Kyrgyzstan
02 times ·····> Peter Bebjak | The Auschwitz Report | Slovakia
02 times ·····> Kaouther Ben Hania | The Man Who Sold His Skin | Tunisia
02 times ·····> Jayro Bustamante | The Weeping Woman | Guatemala
02 times ·····> Anthony Chen | Wet Season | Singapore
02 times ·····> Stéphanie Chuat | My Little Sister | Switzerland
02 times ·····> Chung Mong-Hong | A Sun | Taiwan
02 times ·····> Pedro Costa | Vitalina Varela | Portugal
02 times ·····> Jon Garaño | The Endless Trench | Spain
02 times ·····> Jose Mari Goenaga | The Endless Trench | Spain
02 times ·····> Kristina Grozeva | The Father | Bulgaria
02 times ·····> Philippe Lacôte | Night of the Kings | Ivory Coast
02 times ·····> Brillante Mendoza | Mindanao | Philippines
02 times ·····> Visar Morina | Exile | Kosovo
02 times ·····> Véronique Reymond | My Little Sister | Switzerland
02 times ·····> Gianfranco Rosi | Notturno | Italy
02 times ·····> Petar Valchanov | The Father | Bulgaria
02 times ·····> Victor Vu | Dreamy Eyes | Vietnam
02 times ·····> Jasmila Žbanić | Quo Vadis, Aida? | Bosnia and Herzegovina
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 | 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!
We will have the answer in the upcoming months.
Further information follows.
Please be patient!
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 93rd Academy Awards.
██ The Winner Film ██
Date of Announcement: 25 April 2021
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▓▓ The 5 Nominated Films ▓▓
Date of Announcement: -
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▒▒ The 10 Shortlisted Films ▒▒
Date of Announcement: -
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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 2019/2020.
13 films ·····> Spanish
09 films ·····> Arabic
05 films ·····> French
05 films ·····> German
04 films ·····> Mandarin
04 films ·····> Serbo-Croatian
02 films ·····> Portuguese
02 films ·····> Swedish
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 2019/2020.
37 submitting countries ·····> Europe
28 submitting countries ·····> Asia
17 submitting countries ·····> Americas
10 submitting countries ·····> Africa
00 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 2019/2020 with more than one submission from the past to the deadline at 31 December 2020 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.
06 times ·····> Majid Majidi | Sun Children | Iran ➜ 1x nom
05 times ·····> Agnieszka Holland | Charlatan | Czech Republic ➜ 2x nom, 1x disq
04 times ·····> Milcho Manchevski | Willow | North Macedonia ➜ 1x nom
03 times ·····> Fernando Trueba | Forgotten We'll Be | Colombia ➜ 1x won
03 times ·····> Deepa Mehta | Funny Boy | Canada | disqualified ➜ 1x nom
03 times ·····> Thomas Vinterberg | Another Round | Denmark ➜ 1x nom
03 times ·····> Andrey Konchalovskiy | Dear Comrades! | Russia ➜ 1x short
03 times ·····> Veiko Õunpuu | The Last Ones | Estonia
03 times ·····> Leticia Tonos | A State of Madness | Dominican Republic
02 times ·····> Mirlan Abdykalykov | Running to the Sky | Kyrgyzstan
02 times ·····> Peter Bebjak | The Auschwitz Report | Slovakia
02 times ·····> Kaouther Ben Hania | The Man Who Sold His Skin | Tunisia
02 times ·····> Jayro Bustamante | The Weeping Woman | Guatemala
02 times ·····> Anthony Chen | Wet Season | Singapore
02 times ·····> Stéphanie Chuat | My Little Sister | Switzerland
02 times ·····> Chung Mong-Hong | A Sun | Taiwan
02 times ·····> Pedro Costa | Vitalina Varela | Portugal
02 times ·····> Jon Garaño | The Endless Trench | Spain
02 times ·····> Jose Mari Goenaga | The Endless Trench | Spain
02 times ·····> Kristina Grozeva | The Father | Bulgaria
02 times ·····> Philippe Lacôte | Night of the Kings | Ivory Coast
02 times ·····> Brillante Mendoza | Mindanao | Philippines
02 times ·····> Visar Morina | Exile | Kosovo
02 times ·····> Véronique Reymond | My Little Sister | Switzerland
02 times ·····> Gianfranco Rosi | Notturno | Italy
02 times ·····> Petar Valchanov | The Father | Bulgaria
02 times ·····> Victor Vu | Dreamy Eyes | Vietnam
02 times ·····> Jasmila Žbanić | Quo Vadis, Aida? | Bosnia and Herzegovina
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
......................................................................................................................
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 | 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!
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- DirectorFlorenc PapasStarsLuli BitriJonida VokshiGulielm RadojaA married Albanian mother and her pregnant sister try to find a man to play the part of the sister's husband before they meet up with their strict, traditional father.░░░░║► ALBANIA ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Albanian
╚▷ Continent: Europe
◾ 13th submission from Albania
◾ 1st submission for Florenc Papas [♂]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorDjaffar GacemStarsAziz BoukrouniMehdi RamdaniSouhila MallemIn region of Guelma, a small village called Heliopolis , the daily life of an Algerian family takes its usual course. But on May 8, 1945, the day the end of World War II was announced, demonstrations by the Algerian people against the French colonial power and for the country's independence took place, which were bloodily suppressed by the French army and French settler militias. The event went down in history as the Sétif and Guelma massacre.░░░░║► ALGERIA ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted, but withdrawn and re-submitted next year
╚▷ Language: Arabic, French
╚▷ Continent: Africa
◾ 23rd submission from Algeria
◾ 1st submission for Djaffar Gacem [♂]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorPaula HernándezStarsErica RivasOrnella D'ElíaMarilú MariniTracking the tandem voyages of a mother and daughter into fraught emotional terrain, Argentinian director Paula Hernández examines the ways desire and expectation clash when familial pressures push women to their limits.░░░░║► ARGENTINA ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Spanish
╚▷ Continent: Americas
◾ 47th submission from Argentina
◾ 1st submission for Paula Hernández [♂]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorArman NshanianStarsSamvel TadevossianArman NshanianSos JanibekyanFrom the two time academy award winning producer and writer of "Green Book" and Inspired by true events, comes a film about a childhood friendship torn apart by a horrible empire set out to destroy everything in its path. A brave woman at a time of dire prejudice risks her life and the life of her family to save her best friend who is hunted down for her religious beliefs. This epic portrayal takes place at the turn of the century in Constantinople, taking us on an emotional and musical journey. A film of love, hope, courage, deceit and pain - And music, a film just as much about music...Ancient pagan music. Music that would bind an entire people to the heavens and the earth, to the rivers and the stars. The music of Komitas, also know as Solomon.░░░░║► ARMENIA ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Armenian
╚▷ Continent: Asia
◾ 9th submission from Armenia
◾ 1st submission for Arman Nshanian [♂]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorUlrike KoflerStarsLavinia WilsonElyas M'BarekAnna UnterbergerA couple facing fertility issues finds their marriage tested on a vacation to a Sardinian resort - and the family next door only adds to the tension.░░░░║► AUSTRIA ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: German
╚▷ Continent: Europe
◾ 44th submission from Austria
◾ 1st submission for Ulrike Kofler [♀]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorAbdul Qaiyum LeonTanvir AhsanSaleh Sobhan AuneemStarsMostafizur Noor ImranShah YeanurFazlur Rahman BabuEleven emerging Bangladeshi filmmakers present a collection of gritty shorts centered on the capital city and the people living in its margins.░░░░║► BANGLADESH ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Bengali
╚▷ Continent: Asia
◾ 16th submission from Bangladesh
◾ 1st submission for T. Ahsan [♂], Saleh Sobhan Auneem [♂], Mir Mukarram Hossain [♂], Golam Kibria [♂], Abdullah Al Noor [♂], Robiul Alam Robi [♂], Krishnendu Chattopadhyay [♂], Nuhash Humayun [♂], Mahmudul Islam [♂], Rahat Rahman [♂] and Syed Ahmed Shawki [♂]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorVadim PerelmanStarsNahuel Pérez BiscayartLars EidingerJonas NayA young Jewish man in a concentration camp has his life saved when executioners realize he owns a Persian book. Brought before a camp officer who wants to learn Farsi, Gilles agrees to teach him despite not knowing a word of the language.░░░░║► BELARUS ◄║░░░░ ......................................................................................................................
STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: German, French, Persian, Italian
╚▷ Continent: Europe
◾ 5th submission from Belarus
◾ 1st submission for Vadim Perelman [♂]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorFrédéric FonteyneAnne PaulicevichStarsSara ForestierNoémie LvovskyAnnabelle LengronneEvery day, three sex workers cross the border from France into Belgium to practice their trade. At the end of one particularly hot summer, all three share a secret that will bind them together forever.░░░░║► BELGIUM ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: French
╚▷ Continent: Europe
◾ 45th submission from Belgium
◾ 1st submission for Frédéric Fonteyne [♂] and Anne Paulicevich [♀]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorPawo Choyning DorjiStarsSherab DorjiUgyen Norbu LhendupKelden Lhamo GurungAn aspiring singer living with his grandmother in the capital of Bhutan dreams of getting a visa to move to Australia.░░░░║► BHUTAN ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted, but not qualified and re-submitted next year
╚▷ Language: Dzongkha
╚▷ Continent: Asia
◾ 2nd submission from Bhutan
◾ 1st submission for Pawo Choyning Dorji [♂]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorDiego MondacaStarsRaimundo RamosFabián ArenillasMauricio ToledoIn 1934, Bolivia is at war with Paraguay. Liborio and Ticona and other Bolivian indigenous soldiers are lost in the hell of the Chaco, under the commandment of German Captain Kundt. They're looking for the Paraguayan enemy that they haven't seen for months, and that they will never find. They leave together in a search that will make them realize, progressively, the destiny they have been pushed into and the inevitable condition of a defeated troop. They're walking like shadows, wandering forever in the middle of dust and silence.░░░░║► BOLIVIA ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Aymara, Quechua, Spanish
╚▷ Continent: Americas
◾ 12th submission from Bolivia
◾ 1st submission for Diego Mondaca [♂]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorJasmila ZbanicStarsJasna DjuricicIzudin BajrovicBoris LerAida is a translator for the UN in the small town of Srebrenica. When the Serbian army takes over the town, her family is among the thousands of citizens looking for shelter in the UN camp.░░░░║► BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Serbo-Croatian (Variety: Bosnian), Dutch
╚▷ Continent: Europe
◾ 20th submission from Bosnia and Herzegovina
◾ 2nd submission for Jasmila Žbanić [♀]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted:
● 2006/79th: Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams [BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA]
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorBárbara PazStarsHector BabencoRegina BragaWillem Dafoe"I have already lived my death and now all that is left is to make a film about it." So said the filmmaker Hector Babenco to Bárbara Paz when he realized he did not have much time left. She accepted the challenge to fulfill the last wish of her late partner: to be the main protagonist in his own death. In this tender immersion into the life of one of the greatest filmmakers from South America, Babenco himself consciously bares his soul in intimate and painful situations. He expresses fears and anxieties, and also memories, reflections, and fantasies, in this face-off between his intellectual vigor and physical frailty, which were the hallmarks of his career. From the onset of cancer at the age of 38 until his death at 70, Babenco made of the cinema his medicine and the nourishment that kept him alive. "Babenco - Tell me when I Die" is Barbara Paz's first feature film, but is also in a way Hector's last work: a film about filming so never to die.░░░░║► BRAZIL ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Portuguese
╚▷ Continent: Americas
◾ 50th submission from Brazil
◾ 1st submission for Bárbara Paz [♀]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorKristina GrozevaPetar ValchanovStarsIvan BarnevIvan SavovTanya ShahovaVasil has just lost his long-time partner in life, his wife Valentina. When a woman at her funeral proclaims that the dead woman called her cell phone, Vasil seeks out the help of a well-known psychic in order to contact his wife. His son Pavel tries to bring him to his senses, but Vasil stubbornly insists on doing things his own way. "The Father" is an intimate family drama about the difficulties of connecting with those close to us. As the picture slowly gathers momentum, its story unfolds many carefully arranged absurd or comic situations.░░░░║► BULGARIA ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Bulgarian
╚▷ Continent: Europe
◾ 31st submission from Bulgaria
◾ 2nd submission for Kristina Grozeva [♀] and Petar Valchanov [♂]
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Other films by the same directors that have also been submitted:
● 2017/90th: Glory [BULGARIA]
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorHuy YalengStarsHuy YalengSonyta MeanKong SophyBased on a true story, Losing one leg, a man lives on his cyclo-trisaw drives to provide for two children his wife abandons at a pagoda's corner.░░░░║► CAMBODIA ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Khmer
╚▷ Continent: Asia
◾ 9th submission from Cambodia
◾ 1st submission for Huy Yaleng [♂]
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Other submitted Films by this Directors: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorEnah JohnscottStarsKang QuintusFaith FidelCosson ChinepohEkah is determined to go to school in a village of fishermen where a girl child's education is considered a taboo. Her drive to break this old adage gets her embroiled with her father, Solomon's past.░░░░║► CAMEROON ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: ?
╚▷ Continent: Africa
◾ 3rd submission from Cameroon
◾ 1st submission for the director Enah Johnscott [♂]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorJean-Philippe DuvalStarsAnne DorvalLeanna CheaFrançois PapineauIsabelle and her partner adopted Clara in Vietnam, who died several years after. In order to heal her wounds, Isabelle flies to Hanoi to discover the culture of Clara and meet her biological mother, who will later become her friend.░░░░║► CANADA ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: French
╚▷ Continent: Americas
◾ 46th submission from Canada (2nd choice, after disqualification of first chosen film)
◾ 1st submission for Jean-Philippe Duval [♂]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorDeepa MehtaStarsAgam DarshiNimmi HarasgamaAli KazmiExplores Arjie's sexual awakening from a young boy to a teenager who falls in love with a male classmate, just as political tensions escalate between the Sinhalese and Tamils in the years leading up to the 1983 uprisings.░░░░║► CANADA ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted, but disqualified and replaced
(Reason: too much English dialogue)
╚▷ Language: Tamil, Sinhalese
╚▷ Continent: Americas
◾ 46th submission from Canada (1st choice, disqualified and replaced)
◾ 3rd submission for Deepa Mehta [♀]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted:
● 2006/79th: Water [CANADA]
● 1999/72nd: Earth [INDIA]
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorMaite AlberdiStarsSergio ChamyRomulo AitkenMarta OlivaresA private investigator in Chile hires someone to work as a mole at a retirement home where a client of his suspects the caretakers of elder abuse.░░░░║► CHILE ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Spanish
╚▷ Continent: Americas
◾ 25th submission from Chile
◾ 1st submission for Maite Alberdi [♀]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorPeter Ho-Sun ChanStarsGong LiHuang BoGang WuAfter 12 years, the Chinese women's volleyball team again reached the Olympic final in 2016. They were now coached by Lang Ping, a stalwart of the 1980s Chinese women's team, who won consecutive World Championships from 1981 to 1985.░░░░║► CHINA ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Mandarin
╚▷ Continent: Asia
◾ 35th submission from China
◾ 1st submission for Peter Chan [♂]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorFernando TruebaStarsJavier CámaraNicolás Reyes CanoJuan Pablo UrregoAn author recalls life with his father, a university professor who fought against oppression and social inequality in Colombia in the seventies.░░░░║► COLOMBIA ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Spanish
╚▷ Continent: Americas
◾ 29th submission from Colombia
◾ 3rd submission for Fernando Trueba [♂]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted:
● 2009/82nd: The Dancer and the Thief [SPAIN]
● 1993/66th: Belle Époque [SPAIN] ➜ won
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorSofía QuirósStarsSmashleen GutiérrezHumberto SamuelsHortensia SmithSelva (13) lives in a coastal town in the Caribbean. After the sudden disappearance of her only motherly figure, she is left to take care of her grandfather who doesn't want to live. Between shadows and wild games, she must decide if she will help her grandfather die, even though that means going through her last moments of childhood alone.░░░░║► COSTA RICA ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Spanish
╚▷ Continent: Americas
◾ 9th submission from Costa Rica
◾ 1st submission for Sofía Quirós Ubeda [♀]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorIvan-Goran VitezStarsMilivoj BeaderZeljko KönigsknechtAnita Matic DelicThe recently divorced father of a nine-year-old, furious his daughter can't spend her birthday with him, bursts into her classroom with a birthday cake and a rifle. A hostage crisis ensues, and the mayor of the town in which the events take place will try to use the situation to gain advantage ahead of the elections, stopping at nothing. The son of a young policeman is in the same class, and before the events unfold, he'll have to answer a question as well.░░░░║► CROATIA ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Serbo-Croatian (Variety: Croatian)
╚▷ Continent: Europe
◾ 30th submission from Croatia
◾ 1st submission for Ivan-Goran Vitez [♂]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorAgnieszka HollandStarsIvan TrojanJosef TrojanJuraj LojThe life of successful Czech healer Jan Mikolasek, who diagnosed and healed people using his intuition and strong familiarity with plants, set against the background of the events of the totalitarian fifties.░░░░║► CZECH REPUBLIC ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Czech
╚▷ Continent: Europe
◾ 27th submission from Czech Republic
◾ 5th submission for Agnieszka Holland [♀]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted:
● 2017/90th: Spoor [POLAND]
● 2013/86th: Burning Bush {cinema cut} [CZECH REPUBLIC] ➜ disq/repl
● 2011/84th: In Darkness [POLAND] ➜ nom
● 1985/58th: Angry Harvest [WEST GERMANY] ➜ nom
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorThomas VinterbergStarsMads MikkelsenThomas Bo LarsenMagnus MillangFour high-school teachers consume alcohol on a daily basis to see how it affects their social and professional lives.░░░░║► DENMARK ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Danish, Swedish
╚▷ Continent: Europe
◾ 58th submission from Denmark
◾ 3rd submission for Thomas Vinterberg [♂]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted:
● 2013/86th: The Hunt [DENMARK] ➜ nom
● 1998/71st: The Celebration [DENMARK]
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorLeticia TonosStarsLuis José GermánJane SantosPavel MarcanoA film noir evocative Caribbean drama set in 1953 in the Dominican Republic during the cruel dictatorship of Leonidas Trujillo.░░░░║► DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Spanish
╚▷ Continent: Americas
◾ 13th submission from the Dominican Republic
◾ 3rd submission for Leticia Tonos [♀]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted:
● 2014/87th: Cristo Rey [DOMINICAN REPUBLIC]
● 2011/84th: Love Child[ [DOMINICAN REPUBLIC]
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorPaúl VenegasStarsJing FuLidan ZhuDay Min MengLei and Wong clandestinely arrive to Ecuador, on their way to the port city of Guayaquil. From there Lei plans to continue her journey to New York, but Chang, a bipolar mobster will decide her fate. Wong unwillingly gets entangled in the web of corruption that operates the encroachment of Chinese immigrants. His only objective is to bring his twelve-year-old son from China. Chang falls in love with Lei, whereas she becomes conscious that her "China dream" of reaching New York is in jeopardy. Víctor, a local young man becomes a possible escape. Mr. Lu, an older calligrapher, helps the young immigrants. Lei's rejection of Chang uncovers his ruthless personality. When a smuggling scheme sets Lei and Wong at a crossroads, they can only rely on each other to reach their freedom. The film recounts the anguish of the immigrant, where deep emotions are subject to masculine power relations and where individuals struggle to maintain their dignity.░░░░║► ECUADOR ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Mandarin, Spanish
╚▷ Continent: Americas
◾ 9th submission from Ecuador
◾ 1st submission for Paúl Venegas [♂]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorTamer EzzatStarsAmr AbedIbtihal ElseretySalma HassanWhen we are born, we each have a life path, which is then influenced by how we are raised and the beliefs ingrained in us. The film interweaves the hopes and dreams of three characters at the center of the Egyptian lifestyle, accompanied by musical narration: a son who yearns to pursue a singing career against his father's will, a romantic Christian woman who is in love with a Muslim man, and a newly-wed personal trainer who must compromise his principles for a chance to own a gym. Will these characters make the best choices for themselves and the people they love?░░░░║► EGYPT ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Arabic
╚▷ Continent: Africa
◾ 35th submission from Egypt
◾ 1st submission for Tamer Ezzat [♂]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorVeiko ÕunpuuStarsPääru OjaLaura BirnTommi KorpelaA struggling mine owner supplies his workers with drugs so they'll forget a tough existence. Nearby a small community of reindeer breeders also struggles.This critique of capitalism unfolds against a Western like Lapland landscape.░░░░║► ESTONIA ◄║░░░░ ......................................................................................................................
STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Finnish
╚▷ Continent: Europe
◾ 18th submission from Estonia
◾ 3rd submission for Veiko Õunpuu [♂]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted:
● 2013/86th: Free Range [ESTONIA]
● 2010/83rd: The Temptation of St. Tony [ESTONIA]
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorZaida BergrothStarsAlma PöystiKrista KosonenShanti RoneyDepiction on the life of Tove Jansson, showing both her personal relationships, and the creation of the popular Moomin books.░░░░║► FINLAND ◄║░░░░
......................................................................................................................
STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Swedish, Finnish, French
╚▷ Continent: Europe
◾ 34th submission from Finland
◾ 1st submission for Zaida Bergroth [♀]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorFilippo MeneghettiStarsBarbara SukowaMartine ChevallierLéa DruckerPensioners Nina and Madeleine have hidden their deep and passionate love for many decades, but their bond is put to the test when they are suddenly unable to move freely between each other's apartments.░░░░║► FRANCE ◄║░░░░
......................................................................................................................
STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: French, German
╚▷ Continent: Europe
◾ 65th submission from France
◾ 1st submission for Filippo Meneghetti [♂]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorDea KulumbegashviliStarsIa SukhitashviliRati OneliKakha KintsurashviliWhen a Jehovah's Witness community is attacked, leader's wife Yana questions her desires as her familiar world crumbles.░░░░║► GEORGIA ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Georgian
╚▷ Continent: Asia
◾ 19th submission from Georgia
◾ 1st submission for Dea Kulumbegashvili [♀]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorJulia von HeinzStarsMala EmdeNoah SaavedraTonio SchneiderHow far one is willing to go for the sake of one's political commitment.░░░░║► GERMANY ◄║░░░░ ......................................................................................................................
STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: German
╚▷ Continent: Europe
◾ 64th submission from Germany
◾ 1st submission for Julia von Heinz [♀]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorChristos NikouStarsAris ServetalisSofia GeorgovassiliAnna KalaitzidouAmidst a worldwide pandemic that causes sudden amnesia, middle-aged Aris finds himself enrolled in a recovery program designed to help unclaimed patients build new identities.░░░░║► GREECE ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Greek
╚▷ Continent: Europe
◾ 41st submission from Greece
◾ 1st submission for Christos Nikou [♂]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorJayro BustamanteStarsMaría Mercedes CoroySabrina De La HozMargarita KenéficAn aging paranoid war criminal, protected by his faithful wife, faces death while being haunted by the ghosts of his past.░░░░║► GUATEMALA ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Spanish, Kaqchikel
╚▷ Continent: Americas
◾ 3rd submission from Guatemala
◾ 2nd submission for Jayro Bustamante [♂]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted:
● 2015/88th: Ixcanul [GUATEMALA]
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorDerek TsangStarsDongyu ZhouJackson YeeFang YinWhile she copes the the pressures of her final examinations, a bullied teenage girl forms an unlikely friendship with a mysterious young man who protects her from her assailants.░░░░║► HONG KONG ◄║░░░░
......................................................................................................................
STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Mandarin
╚▷ Continent: Asia
◾ 39th submission from Hong Kong
◾ 1st submission for Derek Tsang [♂]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorLili HorvátStarsNatasa StorkViktor BodóBenett VilmányiMárta, a forty-year-old neurosurgeon, falls in love. She leaves her shining American career behind and returns to Budapest to start a new life with the man. But the love of her life claims they have never met before.▒▒▒▒║► HUNGARY ◄║▒▒▒▒
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STATUS: shortlisted
╚▷ Language: Hungarian
╚▷ Continent: Europe
◾ 56th submission from Hungary
◾ 1st submission for Lili Horvát [♀]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorSilja HauksdóttirStarsKatla M. ÞorgeirsdóttirÞorsteinn BachmannBjörn Hlynur HaraldssonRannveig is experiencing burnout in all aspects of her mundane suburban life. She's stuck with a job she hates and a marriage that is slowly dying. On top of that, she's constantly fighting with her rebellious daughter, Agnes, and can't face the possibility of Agnes growing up and leaving her behind. When a new neighbor, Hreinn, shows up at their doorstep, Rannveig and family face new challenges that are beyond their control.░░░░║► ICELAND ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Icelandic
╚▷ Continent: Europe
◾ 40th submission from Iceland
◾ 1st submission for Silja Hauksdóttir [♀]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorLijo Jose PellisseryStarsAntony VargheseChemban Vinod JoseSabumon AbdusamadA portrait of a remote village where a buffalo escapes and causes a frenzy of ecstatic violence.░░░░║► INDIA ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Malayalam
╚▷ Continent: Asia
◾ 53rd submission from India
◾ 1st submission for Lijo Jose Pellissery [♂]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorJoko AnwarStarsTara BasroArio BayuMarissa AnitaA toll booth operator travels to her ancestral village in hopes of claiming an inheritance - until she discovers the unsettling truth about her past.░░░░║► INDONESIA ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Indonesian
╚▷ Continent: Asia
◾ 22nd submission from Indonesia
◾ 1st submission for Joko Anwar [♂]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorMajid MajidiStarsAli NasirianJavad EzatiTannaz Tabatabaei12-year-old Ali and his three friends, together they work hard to survive and support their families. In a turn of events that seems miraculous, Ali is entrusted to find hidden treasure underground.░░░░║► IRAN ◄║░░░░
......................................................................................................................
STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Persian
╚▷ Continent: Asia
◾ 26th submission from Iran
◾ 6th submission for Majid Majidi [♂]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted:
● 2015/88th: Muhammad: The Messenger of God [IRAN]
● 2008/81st: The Song of Sparrows [IRAN]
● 2001/74th: Baran [IRAN]
● 1999/72nd: The Color of Paradise [IRAN]
● 1998/71st: Children of Heaven [IRAN] ➜ nom
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorTom SullivanStarsDónall Ó HéalaiSaise QuinnDara DevaneyIreland, 1845. As the famine progresses, a fisherman unable to protect his family is subsumed by darkness until a helpless little girl saves him from despair.░░░░║► IRELAND ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Irish
╚▷ Continent: Europe
◾ 7th submission from Ireland
◾ 1st submission for Tom Sullivan [♂]
......................................................................................................................
Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorRuthy PribarStarsAlena YivShira HaasTamir MulaDespite living together, Asia barely interacts with her daughter Vika. Their routine is shaken when Vika's health deteriorates rapidly. Asia must step in and become the mother Vika so desperately needs░░░░║► ISREAL ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Hebrew, Russian
╚▷ Continent: Asia
◾ 54th submission from Israel
◾ 1st submission for Ruthy Pribar [♂]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorGianfranco RosiGianfranco Rosi's new documentary is an immersive portrait of those trying to survive in the war-torn Middle East.░░░░║► ITALY ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Arabic, Kurdish
╚▷ Continent: Europe
◾ 64th submission from Italy
◾ 2nd submission for Gianfranco Rosi [♂]
......................................................................................................................
Other films by the same director that have also been submitted:
● 2016/89th: Fire at Sea [ITALY]
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorPhilippe LacôteStarsBakary KonéSteve TientcheuJean Cyrille DigbeuA young man is sent to "La Maca", a prison of Ivory Coast in the middle of the forest ruled by its prisoners. With the red moon rising, he is designated by the Boss to be the new "Roman" and must tell a story to the other prisoners.░░░░║► IVORY COAST ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: French, Dyula
╚▷ Continent: Africa
◾ 3rd submission from the Ivory Coast
◾ 2nd submission for Philippe Lacôte [♂]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted:
● 2015/88th: Run [IVORY COAST]
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorNaomi KawaseStarsHiromi NagasakuArata IuraAju MakitaA woman with an adopted child is contacted unexpectedly by the child's birth mother.░░░░║► JAPAN ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Japanese
╚▷ Continent: Asia
◾ 64th submission from Japan
◾ 1st submission for Naomi Kawase [♀]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorAmeen NayfehStarsAli SulimanAnna UnterbergerMotaz MalheesA Palestinian father trapped on the other side of the separation wall is trying to reach the hospital for his son.░░░░║► JORDAN ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Arabic, Hebrew
╚▷ Continent: Asia
◾ 4th submission from Jordan
◾ 1st submission for Ameen Nayfeh [♂]
......................................................................................................................
Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorMarina KunarovaStarsSayazhan KulymbetovaAkylkhan AlmassovDulyga Akmolda70% of indigenous population of Kazakhstan died during the Great Famine, artificially imposed on people in the 1920s by the Bolsheviks. Overcoming blind fear of death and despair, an eagle hunter Turar tries to save his family.░░░░║► KAZAKHSTAN ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Kazakh, Russian
╚▷ Continent: Asia
◾ 15th submission from Kazakhstan
◾ 1st submission for Marina Kunarova [♀]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorChris KingMaia LekowKarisa's city-life is interrupted when his Grandma back home is called a witch and receives a death threat. Returning to his rural village in Kenya, he finds a frenzied mixture of consumerism and Christianity.░░░░║► KENYA ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Swahili
╚▷ Continent: Africa
◾ 5th submission from Kenya
◾ 1st submission for Chris King [♂] and Maia Lekow [♀]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorVisar MorinaStarsMisel MaticevicSandra HüllerRainer BockEXIL tells the story of a chemical engineer of foreign origin who feels discriminated and bullied at work, plunging him into an identity crisis.░░░░║► KOSOVO ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: German, Albanian
╚▷ Continent: Europe
◾ 7th submission from Kosovo
◾ 2nd submission for Visar Morina [♂]
......................................................................................................................
Other films by the same directors that have also been submitted:
● 2015/88th: Babai [KOSOVO]
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorMirlan AbdykalykovStarsTemirlan AsankadyrovRuslan OrozakunovMeerim AtantaevaTwelve-year-old Jekshen is an exceptional runner. Lonely Jekshen only has his girlfriend from school and his father's friends for support. They encourage him to take part in a big race that could change his life for the better.░░░░║► KYRGYZSTAN ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Kyrgyz
╚▷ Continent: Asia
◾ 13th submission from Kyrgyzstan
◾ 2nd submission for Mirlan Abdykalykov [♂]
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Other films by the same directors that have also been submitted:
● 2015/88th: Heavenly Nomadic [KYRGYZSTAN]
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorDzintars DreibergsStarsOto BrantevicsGreta TrusinaMartins VilsonsAfter losing his mother and his home, Arturs finds some consolation in joining the army. However, war is nothing like he imagined.░░░░║► LATVIA ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Latvian, Russian, German, Estonian
╚▷ Continent: Europe
◾ 12th submission from Latvia
◾ 1st submission for Dzintars Dreibergs [♂]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorJimmy KeyrouzStarsTarek YaacoubRola BeksmatiMounir MaasriTrying to escape his war-ravaged Middle Eastern neighborhood where music has been banned, a musician embarks on a journey to rebuild his piano after it is destroyed by extremists.░░░░║► LEBANON ◄║░░░░
......................................................................................................................
STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Arabic
╚▷ Continent: Asia
◾ 17th submission from Lebanon
◾ 1st submission for Jimmy Keyrouz [♂]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorLemohang Jeremiah MoseseStarsMary TwalaJerry MofokengMakhaola NdebeleWhen her village is threatened with forced resettlement due to reservoir construction, an 80-year-old widow finds a new will to live and ignites the spirit of resilience within her community.░░░░║► LESOTHO ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Sesotho
╚▷ Continent: Africa
◾ 1st submission from Lesotho
◾ 1st submission for Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese [♂]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorKarolis KaupinisStarsAleksas KazanaviciusVaidotas MartinaitisValentinas MasalskisIt's late 1930's. Foreseeing the upcoming war in Europe, Lithuanian geographer Feliksas Gruodis comes up with an idea to save his country by establishing a Lithuanian colony overseas. The plan is a massive exodus to the so called "Reserve Lithuania" in case of occupation. Feliksas tries to sell his idea to one of the most important persons of the state - a grey cardinal of the president, the prime minister Jonas Servus. Dismissing the idea at first, soon the prime minister experiences a heart stroke as the country gets the first signs of war at it's borders. As the president uses his illness to turn him into a scapegoat, the already ex-prime minister gets back to Feliksas, persuades him to reveal his plan and offers his help. The hope to implement the plan doesn't bring much light to Feliksas' personal life. Him and his wife, a childless couple, live in a stiff and cold relationship. As Feliksas finds a fulfilment in his utopia, his wife Veronika finds no way to diminish her loneliness. As Feliksas' political dream comes to realisation, his marriage approaches a collapse. As the country loses the first piece of it's territory, ex-prime minister decides that the only way to implement the plan is to overthrow the president with the help of the military. He invites Feliksas to spend the last night at his home, together with his family. The ideal picture of it makes Feliksas to drop his plan at the last minute and try to save his personal life instead of saving the country.░░░░║► LITHUANIA ◄║░░░░
......................................................................................................................
STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Lithuanian
╚▷ Continent: Europe
◾ 13th submission from Lithuania
◾ 1st submission for Karolis Kaupinis [♂]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorJulie SchroellWhile a Chinese businessman wants to take control of the interoceanic route in Nicaragua, actor and teacher Yemn creates a play with the local kids to reflect on their history, their identity and the country's future.░░░░║► LUXEMBOURG ◄║░░░░
......................................................................................................................
STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Spanish
╚▷ Continent: Europe
◾ 17th submission from Luxembourg
◾ 1st submission for Julie Schroell [♀]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorEmir EzwanStarsFarah AhmadMhia FarhanaHarith HaziqSet in the past, in which a family gets a visit from a strange little girl with a frightening prediction.░░░░║► MALAYSIA ◄║░░░░
......................................................................................................................
STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Malay
╚▷ Continent: Asia
◾ 6th submission from Malaysia
◾ 1st submission for Emir Ezwan [♂]
......................................................................................................................
Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorFernando FriasStarsJuan Daniel García TreviñoEmily May JampelXueming Angelina ChenIn Monterrey, Mexico, a young street gang spends their days dancing to slowed-down cumbia and attending parties. After a mix-up with a local cartel, their leader is forced to migrate to the U.S. but quickly longs to return home.░░░░║► MEXICO ◄║░░░░
......................................................................................................................
STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Spanish
╚▷ Continent: Americas
◾ 53rd submission from Mexico
◾ 1st submission for Fernando Frías de la Parra [♂]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorMarija PerovicStarsMarija SkaricicVojin CetkovicDubravka DrakicTwenty year high-school reunion bring together four friends. One of them is gravely ill. The rest want to help her. But to do that, they firstly have to find out who they really are.░░░░║► MONTENEGRO ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Serbo-Croatian (Variety: Montenegrin)
╚▷ Continent: Europe
◾ 7th submission from Montenegro
◾ 1st submission for Marija Perović [♀]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorAlaa Eddine AljemStarsYounes BouabSalah Ben SalehBouchaib SemmakA criminal returns to the fake grave where he buried his loot years before and discovers that it has become the shrine of an unknown saint and a thriving little village.░░░░║► MOROCCO ◄║░░░░
......................................................................................................................
STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Arabic
╚▷ Continent: Africa
◾ 16th submission from Morocco
◾ 1st submission for Alaa Eddine Aljem [♂]
......................................................................................................................
Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorDesmond OvbiageleStarsMaryam BoothIbrahim JammalAnthonieta KaluntaA Fulani milkmaid confronts religious extremists in rural Sub-Saharan Africa in a quest to locate her missing sister, but efforts to recapture her disrupted past prove complicated.░░░░║► NIGERIA ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Hausa
╚▷ Continent: Africa
◾ 2nd submission from Nigeria
◾ 1st submission for Desmond Ovbiagele [♂]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorEché JangaStarsTiara RichardsFelix de RooyEveron Jackson HooiAs the different mentalities of rational father Ouira and spiritual grandfather Weljo start to clash, eleven-year-old Kenza is determined to find her own path into adult life. A magical-realism film placed on a junkyard in Curaçao.░░░░║► NETHERLANDS ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Papiamento
╚▷ Continent: Europe
◾ 53rd submission from the Netherlands
◾ 1st submission for Éche Janga [♂]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorMilcho ManchevskiStarsSara KlimoskaNatalija TeodosievaKamka TocinovskiThree women - one medieval, two contemporary - struggle to become mothers. They have not set out to change the world or society, but their struggles with tradition, loyalty, adoption and control over their bodies make them unlikely heroines.░░░░║► NORTH MACEDONIA ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Macedonian
╚▷ Continent: Europe
◾ 17th submission from North Macedonia
◾ 4th submission for Milcho Manchevski [♂]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted:
● 2010/83rd: Mothers [MACEDONIA]
● 2007/80th: Shadows [MACEDONIA]
● 1994/67th: Before the Rain [MACEDONIA] ➜ nom
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorMaria SødahlStarsAndrea Bræin HovigStellan SkarsgårdElli Rhiannon Müller OsborneThe relationship between artist-partners Tomas and Anja is put to the test after Anja gets a life-threatening diagnosis.░░░░║► NORWAY ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Norwegian, Swedish
╚▷ Continent: Europe
◾ 42nd submission from Norway
◾ 1st submission for Maria Sødahl [♀]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorSarmad Sultan KhoosatStarsArif HassanSamiya MumtazEman SulemanCircus of Life provides a calm and detailed picture of challenging issues of a man who live in Lahore.░░░░║► PAKISTAN ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Urdu, Punjabi
╚▷ Continent: Asia
◾ 10th submission from Pakistan
◾ 1st submission for Sarmad Sultan Khoosat [♂]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorArab NasserTarzan NasserStarsSalim DawHiam AbbassMaisa Abd ElhadiGaza, today. Sixty-year-old fisherman Issa is secretly in love with Siham, a woman who works at the market with her daughter Leila. When he discovers an ancient phallic statue of Apollo in his fishing nets, Issa hides it, not knowing what to do with this mysterious and potent treasure. Yet deep inside, he feels that this discovery will change his life forever. Strangely, his confidence starts to grow and eventually he decides to approach Siham.░░░░║► PALESTINE ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Arabic
╚▷ Continent: Asia
◾ 13th submission from Palestine
◾ 1st submission for Arab Nasser [♂] and Tarzan Nasser [♂]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorLuis Franco BrantleyLuis PachecoStarsPatricia De LeonArian AbadiAída MoralesOperation Just Cause was the largest and most complex U.S. combat operation since the Vietnam war. Nearly 26,000 combat troops deployed in Panama, this is the story told by the Panamanians who lived it that Christmas of 1989░░░░║► PANAMA ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Spanish
╚▷ Continent: Americas
◾ 7th submission from Paraguay
◾ 1st submission for Luis Franco Brantley [♂] and Luis Pacheco [♂]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorHugo GiménezStarsEver EncisoAníbal OrtizSilvio RodasIn 1978, Paraguay lives a dictatorship and, clandestinely, two men bury corpses. But one day they find a man who is still breathing. They have to kill him, but they never killed anyone before.░░░░║► PARAGUAY ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Spanish, Guarani
╚▷ Continent: Americas
◾ 4th submission from Paraguay
◾ 1st submission for Hugo Giménez [♂]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorMelina LeónStarsPamela MendozaTommy PárragaLucio RojasGeorgina's newborn daughter is stolen at a fake health clinic. Her desperate search for the child leads her to the headquarters of a major newspaper, where she meets a lonely journalist who takes on the investigation.░░░░║► PERU ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Quechua, Spanish
╚▷ Continent: Americas
◾ 27th submission from Peru
◾ 1st submission for Melina León [♀]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorBrillante MendozaStarsJudy Ann SantosAllen DizonYuna TangogMindanao tells the story of Muslim woman Saima Datupalo (Judy Ann Santos). While she is taking care of her cancer-stricken daughter Aisa Datupalo (Yuna Tangog) in a temporary home for children with cancer called the House of Hope in Davao, her soldier husband Malang Datupalo (Allen Dizon), a combat medic, is on an offensive operation in Maguindanao.░░░░║► PHILIPPINES ◄║░░░░
......................................................................................................................
STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Tagalog, Filipino
╚▷ Continent: Asia
◾ 31st submission from the Philippines
◾ 1st submission for Brillante Mendoza [♂]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted:
● 2016/89th: Ma' Rosa [PHILIPPINES]
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorMalgorzata SzumowskaMichal EnglertStarsAlec UtgoffMaja OstaszewskaAgata KuleszaZhenia, a Russian-speaking immigrant from the East, works as a masseur in Poland and becomes a guru-like figure in a wealthy gated community of his clients.░░░░║► POLAND ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Polish, Russian, French, Vietnamese
╚▷ Continent: Europe
◾ 52nd submission from Poland
◾ 1st submission for Małgorzata Szumowska [♀] and Michał Englert [♂]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorPedro CostaStarsVitalina VarelaVenturaManuel Tavares AlmeidaA Cape Verdean woman navigates her way through Lisbon, following the scanty physical traces her deceased husband left behind and discovering his secret, illicit life.░░░░║► PORTUGAL ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Portuguese, Cape Verdean Creole
╚▷ Continent: Europe
◾ 37th submission from Portugal (2nd choice, after disqualification of first chosen film)
◾ 2nd submission for Pedro Costa [♂]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
● 1991/64th: Blood [PORTUGAL]
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorAna RochaStarsLúcia MonizSophia MylesRuben GarciaIn the London suburbs, Bela and Jota face serious difficulties when "social services" raise concerns about the safety of their three children. The 7-year-old daughter's deafness triggers a process in the system that seems to go on forever.░░░░║► PORTUGAL ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted, but disqualified and replaced
(Reason: too much English dialogue)
╚▷ Language: Portuguese
╚▷ Continent: Europe
◾ 37th submission from Portugal (1st choice, disqualified and replaced)
◾ 1st submission for Ana Rocha de Sousa [♀]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorAlexander NanauStarsDan Alexandru CondreaLiviu IoluRazvan LutacDirector Alexander Nanau follows a crack team of investigators at the Romanian newspaper Gazeta Sporturilor as they try to uncover a vast health-care fraud that enriched moguls and politicians and led to the deaths of innocent citizens.░░░░║► ROMANIA ◄║░░░░
......................................................................................................................
STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Romanian
╚▷ Continent: Europe
◾ 36th submission from Romania
◾ 1st submission for Alexander Nanau [♂]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorAndrey KonchalovskiyStarsYuliya VysotskayaVladislav KomarovAndrey GusevWhen the communist government raises food prices in 1962, the rebellious workers from the small industrial town of Novocherkassk go on strike. The massacre which then ensues is seen through the eyes of a devout party activist.░░░░║► RUSSIA ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Russian
╚▷ Continent: Europe
◾ 28th submission from Russia
◾ 3rd submission for Andrey Konchalovskiy [♂]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted:
● 2016/89th: Paradise [RUSSIA] ➜ short
● 2002/75th: House of Fools [RUSSIA]
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorShahad AmeenStarsAshraf BarhomBasima HajjarFatima Al TaeiSet in a dystopian landscape, SCALES is the story of a young strong-willed girl, Hayat, who lives in a poor fishing village governed by a dark tradition in which every family must give one daughter to the sea creatures who inhabit the waters nearby. In turn the sea creatures are hunted by the men of the village. Saved from this fate by her father, Hayat is considered a curse on the village and grows up an outcast. Nevertheless, she does not surrender to this fate and fights for a place within her village. After her mother gives birth to a baby boy, Hayat must accept the brutal custom of giving herself to the sea creatures or finding a way to escape.░░░░║► SAUDI ARABIA ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Arabic
╚▷ Continent: Asia
◾ 4th submission from Saudi Arabia
◾ 1st submission for Shahad Ameen [♀]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorPredrag AntonijevicStarsBiljana CekicZlatan VidovicAnja StanicA 10-year-old girl and her family come face-to-face with the horrors of the Holocaust when they are sent to a concentration camp in Croatia. She must summon the courage to protect herself and her infant brother while trying to escape.░░░░║► SERBIA ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Serbo-Croatian (Variety: Serbian)
╚▷ Continent: Europe
◾ 27th submission from Serbia
◾ 1st submission for Predrag Antonijević [♂]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorAnthony ChenStarsYann Yann YeoJia Ler KohChristopher Ming-Shun LeeA teacher and student at a Singapore high school form a special, self-affirming bond.░░░░║► SINGAPORE ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Mandarin, Min Nan (Variety: Hokkien)
╚▷ Continent: Asia
◾ 14th submission from Singapore
◾ 2nd submission for Anthony Chen [♂]
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Other films by the same directors that have also been submitted:
● 2013/86th: Ilo Ilo [SINGAPORE]
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorPeter BebjakStarsNoel CzuczorPeter OndrejickaFlorian PanznerA fictionalized tale of the escape by Rudolf Vrba and Alfred Wetzler, based on the novel by Wetzler called 'What Dante did not See.' They hide for 3 days and escape once the search for them is over. They report their experiences.░░░░║► SLOVAKIA ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Slovak
╚▷ Continent: Europe
◾ 24th submission from Slovakia
◾ 2nd submission for Peter Bebjak [♂]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted:
● 2017/90th: The Line [SLOVAKIA]
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorGregor BozicStarsMassimo De FrancovichIvana RoscicGiusi MerliIn a decaying forest on the Yugoslav-Italian border in the years after World War II, a stingy, old carpenter and a lonely, young chestnut seller share imaginative memories of the past as they weigh fateful decisions for the future, in this touching homage to a lost way of life.░░░░║► SLOVENIA ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Slovene, Italian
╚▷ Continent: Europe
◾ 25th submission from Slovenia
◾ 1st submission for Gregor Božič [♂]
......................................................................................................................
Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorRene van RooyenStarsElani DekkerStiaan SmithIra Blanckenberg"Toorbos" explores the uprooting of a young forest woman and her community during the time of the last forest inhabitants of South Africa's Knysna forest of the 1930s.░░░░║► SOUTH AFRICA ◄║░░░░
......................................................................................................................
STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Afrikaans
╚▷ Continent: Africa
◾ 17th submission from South Africa
◾ 1st submission for Rene van Rooyen [♀]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorMin-ho WooStarsLee Byung-hunLee Sung-minKwak Do-wonIn the 1970s, Korea is under the absolute control of President Park, who controls the KCIA, the organization with the edge over any branch of government.░░░░║► SOUTH KOREA ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Korean
╚▷ Continent: Asia
◾ 32nd submission from South Korea
◾ 1st submission for Woo Min-ho [♂]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorAitor ArregiJon GarañoJose Mari GoenagaStarsAntonio de la TorreBelén CuestaVicente Vergara1936. A country taken by the fascism. A husband marked for the killing. A wife determined to all for saving him. An endless incarceration in his own home.░░░░║► SPAIN ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Spanish
╚▷ Continent: Europe
◾ 63rd submission from Spain
◾ 2nd submission for Jon Garaño [♂] and Jose Mari Goenaga [♂], 1st submission for Aitor Arregi [♂]
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Other films by two of the directors that have also been submitted:
● 2015/88th: Flowers [SPAIN]
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorAmjad Abu AlalaStarsMustafa ShehataIslam MubarakMahmoud Maysara ElsarajShortly after Muzamil was born, the village's holy man predicts that he will die at age 20. Muzamil's father can't stand the curse and leaves home. Sakina raises her son as a single mother, overly protective. One day, Muzamil turns 19.░░░░║► SUDAN ◄║░░░░
......................................................................................................................
STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Arabic
╚▷ Continent: Africa
◾ 1st submission from the Sudan
◾ 1st submission for Amjad Abu Alala [♂]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorIvan Tai-ApinStarsIdi LemmersGaby TreurnietAltaafkhan DhonreWhen nine-year-old Wiren meets the American Dr. Young a world of opportunities opens up for the small deaf boy. Driven by his ambition to get ahead in life he leaves his life in rural Nickerie behind and winds up at the Kennedy boarding school in the capital Paramaribo. He struggles to comply to the strict, conservative Catholic methods at the school, but turns out to become the catalyst for the change that leads to the introduction of sign language. After being rejected by the university he realizes that deaf people do not enjoy the same rights and opportunities as hearing people. Witnessing the constant withhold of deaf people in Suriname leads Wiren to seek justice by suing the government to coerce them to adhere to the Convention of the Rights of People with Disabilities. Will he succeed?░░░░║► SURINAME ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Dutch, Sranan Tongo
╚▷ Continent: Americas
◾ 1st submission from Suriname
◾ 1st submission for Ivan Tai-Apin [♂]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorAmanda KernellStarsAne Dahl TorpSverrir GudnasonTroy LundkvistAfter a divorce, Alice hasn't seen her children in two months as she awaits a custody verdict. When her son calls her in the middle of the night, Alice takes action, abducting the children on an illicit charter trip to the Canary Islands.░░░░║► SWEDEN ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Swedish
╚▷ Continent: Europe
◾ 59th submission from Sweden
◾ 1st submission for Amanda Kernell [♀]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorStéphanie ChuatVéronique ReymondStarsNina HossLars EidingerMarthe KellerLisa has bid goodbye to her ambitions as a playwright and the Berlin arts scene and now lives in Switzerland with her husband, who runs an international school. When her twin brother falls ill, she returns to Berlin.░░░░║► SWITZERLAND ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: German, French
╚▷ Continent: Europe
◾ 48th submission from Switzerland
◾ 2nd submission for Stéphanie Chuat [♀] and Véronique Reymond [♀]
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Other films by the same directors that have also been submitted:
● 2010/83rd: The Little Room [SWITZERLAND]
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorMong-Hong ChungStarsChien-Ho WuYi-Wen ChenSamantha Shu-Chin KoA family of four fractures under the weight of unmet expectations, unexpected tragedy, and uncompromising pride.░░░░║► TAIWAN ◄║░░░░
......................................................................................................................
STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Mandarin
╚▷ Continent: Asia
◾ 46th submission from Taiwan
◾ 2nd submission for Chung Mong-Hong [♂]
......................................................................................................................
Other films by the same director that have also been submitted:
● 2013/86th: Soul [TAIWAN]
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorNawapol ThamrongrattanaritStarsChutimon ChuengcharoensukyingSunny SuwanmethanontSarika SartsilpsupaA woman wants to reorganize her house and convert it into a home office. She will throw away anything that has been lying around unused. However, she faces a great challenge when she comes across some items that belonged to her ex-boyfriend.░░░░║► THAILAND ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Thai
╚▷ Continent: Asia
◾ 27th submission from Thailand
◾ 1st submission for Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit [♂]
......................................................................................................................
Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorKaouther Ben HaniaStarsYahya MahayniDea LianeKoen De BouwHis own body turned into a living work of art and promptly exhibited in a museum, Sam, a Syrian refugee, will soon realize to have sold away more than just his skin.░░░░║► TUNISIA ◄║░░░░
......................................................................................................................
STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: French, Arabic
╚▷ Continent: Africa
◾ 7th submission from Tunisia
◾ 2nd submission for Kaouther Ben Hania [♀]
......................................................................................................................
Other films by the same director that have also been submitted:
● 2018/91st: Beauty and the Dogs [TUNISIA]
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorMehmet Ada ÖztekinStarsAras Bulut IynemliNisa Sofiya AksongurDeniz BaysalA story of love between a mentally-ill father who was wrongly accused of murder and his lovely six year old daughter. Prison will be their home. Based on the 2013 Korean movie Miracle in Cell No. 7 (2013).░░░░║► TURKEY ◄║░░░░
......................................................................................................................
STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Turkish
╚▷ Continent: Asia
◾ 27th submission from Turkey
◾ 1st submission for Mehmet Ada Öztekin [♂]
......................................................................................................................
Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorValentyn VasyanovychStarsAndriy RymarukLiudmyla BilekaVasyl AntoniakA soldier suffering from PTSD befriends a young volunteer hoping to restore peaceful energy to a war-torn society.░░░░║► UKRAINE ◄║░░░░
......................................................................................................................
STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Ukrainian
╚▷ Continent: Europe
◾ 13th submission from Ukraine
◾ 2nd submission for Valentyn Vasyanovych [♂]
......................................................................................................................
Other films by the same director that have also been submitted:
● 2017/90th: Black Level [UKRAINE]
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorLeticia JorgeStarsNéstor GuzziniMirella PascualCristina MoránThe death of their father causes three dysfunctional siblings to fight over their beloved childhood home.░░░░║► URUGUAY ◄║░░░░
......................................................................................................................
STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Spanish
╚▷ Continent: Americas
◾ 20th submission from Uruguay
◾ 1st submission for Leticia Jorge [♀]
......................................................................................................................
Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorYalkin TuychievStarsBakhram MatchanovMarjona UljayevaIlmira RahimjanovaKamil's peaceful life with his three wives in the remote region of Turkestan is disrupted when a fourth wife arrives. Changes simultaneously rush at a family that seem far from a historical upheaval that destroys long-standing family traditions. The film merges various motifs and images. The motifs of a polygamous family caught in a civil war between White forces and enemies clash with horizontal and vertical images. The images of building interiors indicate where characters and history overlap with an outside scenery. The signs of violent events to come are foreshadowed against a static background. A rare film in the history of Central Asian films, it shows a civil war and the changes in women's lives under patriarchy and war.░░░░║► UZBEKISTAN ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted, but withdrawn and re-submitted next year
╚▷ Language: Uzbek
╚▷ Continent: Asia
◾ 2nd submission from Uzbekistan
◾ 1st submission for Yalkin Tuychiev [♂]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorAnabel Rodriguez RiosVillagers in the Venezuelan community of Lake Maracaibo fight against pollution, corruption and neglect to keep homes and way of life.░░░░║► VENEZUELA ◄║░░░░
......................................................................................................................
STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Spanish
╚▷ Continent: Americas
◾ 30th submission from Venezuela
◾ 1st submission for Anabel Rodriguez Rios [♀]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorVictor VuStarsTrúc AnhTran NghiaTran PhongThe movie tells the one-sided love story of a young man, Ngan, for his girlfriend from childhood, Ha Lan.░░░░║► VIETNAM ◄║░░░░
......................................................................................................................
STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Vietnamese
╚▷ Continent: Asia
◾ 17th submission from Vietnam
◾ 2nd submission for Victor Vu [♂]
......................................................................................................................
Other films by the same director that have also been submitted:
● 2016/89th: Yellow Flowers on the Green Grass [VIETNAM]
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