89 Films Enter International Race at 96th Academy Awards
Oscar voters in the Best International Feature Film category have received their group assignments for this yearâs initial round of voting, with 89 films included on the seven lists that the Academy has sent to members.
The lists, which were obtained by TheWrap, include presumed favorites âThe Zone of Interestâ (United Kingdom), âThe Taste of Thingsâ (France), âThe Promised Landâ (Denmark) and âPerfect Daysâ (Japan), along with a number of documentaries, among them Estoniaâs âSmoke Sauna Sisterhood,â Brazilâs âPictures of Ghostsâ and Ukraineâs â20 Days in Mariupol.â
The 89 films are four short of the record of 93 qualifying films in the category. The list of group assignments does not make up the Academyâs official list of eligible films; it’s possible that assigned films might still fail to qualify before first-round voting begins on Dec. 18. For the most part, though, films that are included in the group assignments do qualify in the category.
The official and final list of qualified films is expected to be released in early December.
Below is the list of films that were included among the seven groups to which voters were randomly assigned. Each group contains 12 or 13 films, and a member must see all of the films from his or her group for their ballot to count. (They are also free to see any films theyâd like from outside their group.)
This year’s system was a slight change from last year’s, in which the eligible films were separated into 11 groups, with only eight or nine films in each group. With fewer, larger groups, members will have to see more films in order to vote.
Currently, 59 of the 89 films are in the Academy Screening Room for the Best International Feature Film category, with additional titles added on a weekly basis. High-profile films that are not in the screening room include “The Zone of Interest,” “Society of the Snow,” “The Breaking Ice,” “The Teacher’s Lounge” and “The Promised Land.”
The list does not include a few films that were announced as being submitted to the Oscar race, including Hong Kong’s “A Light Never Goes Out,” Kyrgyzstan’s “This Is What I Remember” and Tajikistan’s “Melody.”
Albania: âAlexander,â Ardit Sadiku
Argentina: âThe Delinquents,â Rodrigo Moreno
Armenia: âAmerikatsi,â Michael A. Goorjian
Australia: âShayda,â Noora Niasari
Austria: âVera,â Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel
Bangladesh: âNo Ground Beneath the Feet,â Mohammad Rabby Mridha
Belgium: âOmen (Agure),â Baloji
Bhutan: âThe Monk and the Gun,â Pawo Choyning Dorji
Bolivia: âThe Visitor,â Martin Boulocq
Bosnia & Herzegovina: âExcursion,â Una Gunjak
Brazil: âPictures of Ghosts,â Kleber Mendonca Filho
Bulgaria: âBlagaâs Lessons,â Stephan Komandarev
Burkina Faso: âSira,â Apolline Traore
Cameroon: “Half Heaven,” Enah Johnscott
Canada: âRojek,â Zayne Akyoi
Chile: âThe Settlers,â Felipe Galvez Haberle
China: âThe Wandering Earth II,â Frant Gwo
Colombia: âUn Varon,â Fabian Hernandez Alvarado
Costa Rica: âI Have Electric Dreams,â Valentine Maurel
Croatia: âTraces,â Dubravka Turic
Cuba: âNelsitoâs World,â Fernando Perez
Czech Republic: âBrothers,â Tomas Masin
Denmark: âThe Promised Land,â Nikolaj Arcel
Dominican Republic: âCuarencena,â David Maler
Egypt: âVoy! Voy! Voy!â Omar Hilal
Estonia: âSmoke Sauna Sisterhood,â Anna Hints
Finland: âFallen Leaves,â Aki Kaurismaki
France: âThe Taste of Things,â Tran Anh Hung
Georgia: âCitizen Saint,â Tinatin Kajrishvili
Germany: âThe Teacherâs Lounge,â Ilker Catak
Greece: âBehind the Haystacks,â Asimina Proedrou
Hungary: âFour Souls of Coyote,â Aron Gauder
Iceland: âGodland,â Hiynur Palmason
India: â2018,â Jude Anthany Joseph
Indonesia: âAutobiography,â Makbul Mubarak
Iran: âThe Night Guardian,â Reza Mikarimi
Iraq: âHanging Gardens,â Ahmed Yassin Al Daradji
Ireland: âIn the Shadow of Beirut,â Stephen Gerard Kelly & Garry Keane
Israel: âSeven Blessings,â Ayelet Mehahemi
Italy: âIo Capitano,â Matteo Garrone
Japan: âPerfect Days,â Wim Wenders
Jordan: âInshallah a Boy,â Amjad Al-Rasheed
Kenya: âMvera,â Daudi Anguka
Latvia: âMy Freedom,â Ilze Kunga-Melgaile
Lithuania: âSlow,â Marija Kavtaradze
Luxembourg: âThe Last Ashes,â Loic Tanson
Malaysia: âTiger Stripes,â Amanda Nell Eu
Mexico: âTotem,â Lila Aviles
Moldova: âThunders,â Ioane Bobeica
Mongolia: âCity of Wind,â Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir
Montenegro: âSirin,â Senad Sahmanovic
Morocco: âThe Mother of All Lies,â Asmae El Moudir
Namibia: âUnder the Hanging Tree,â Perivi Katjavivi
Nepal: âHalkara,â Bikram Sapkota
Netherlands: âSweet Dreams,â Ena Sendijarevic
Nigeria: âMami Wata,â C.J. Obasi
North Macedonia: âHousekeeping for Beginners,â Goran Stolevski
Norway: âSongs of Earth,â Margreth Olin
Pakistan: âIn Flames,â Zarrar Kahn
Palestine: âBye Bye Tiberias,â Lina Soualem
Panama: âTito, Margot & Me,â Mercedes Arias, Delfina Vidal
Paraguay: âThe Last Runway 2, Commando Yaguarete,â Armando Aquino, Mauricio Rial
Peru: âThe Erection of Toribio Bardelli,â Adrian Saba
Philippines: âThe Missing,â Carl Joseph Papa
Poland: âThe Peasants,â DK Welchman and Hugh Welchman
Portugal: âBad Living,â Joao Canijo
Romania: âDo Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World,â Radu Jude
Saudi Arabia: “Alhamour H.A.,” Abdulelah Alqurashi
Senegal: âBanel y Adama,â Ramata-Toulaye Sy
Serbia: âThe Duke and the Poet,â Milorad Milinkovic
Singapore: âThe Breaking Ice,â Anthony Chen
Slovakia: âPhotophobia,â Ivan Ostrochovsky, Pavol Pakarcik
Slovenia: âRiders,â Dominik Mencej
South Africa: âMusic Is My Life – Dr. Joseph Shabalala and Ladysmith Black Mambazo,â Mpumi Mbele
South Korea: âConcrete Utopia,â Um Tae-hwa
Spain: âSociety of the Snow,â J.A. Bayona
Sudan: âGoodbye Julia,â Mohamed Kordofani
Sweden: âOpponent,â Milad Alami
Switzerland: âThunder,â Carmen Jaquier
Taiwan: âMarry My Dead Body,â Cheng Wei-hao
Thailand: âNot Friends,â Atta Hemwadee
Tunisia: âFour Daughters,â Kaother Ben Hania
Turkey: âAbout Dry Grasses,â Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Ukraine: â20 Days in Mariupol,â Mstyslav Chernov
United Kingdom: âThe Zone of Interest,â Jonathan Glazer
Uruguay: âFamily Album,â Guillermo Rocamora
Venezuela: âThe Shadow of the Sun,â Miguel Angel Ferrer
Vietnam: âGlorious Ashes,â Bui Thac Chuyen
Yemen: âThe Burdened,â Amr Gamal
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