This is a list of submissions for the 96th Academy Awards for the Best International Feature Film. The

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS, often pronounced ; also known as simply the Academy or the Motion Picture Academy) is a professional honorary organization with the stated goal of advancing the arts and sciences of motio ...

(AMPAS) has invited the film industries of various countries to submit their best film for the

Academy Award for Best International Feature Film The Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (known as Best Foreign Language Film prior to 2020) is one of the Academy Awards handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given to a ...

every year since the award was created in

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. The award is presented annually by the academy to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non-English dialogue. The International Feature Film Award Committee oversees the process and reviews all the submitted films. The category was previously called the Best Foreign Language Film, but this was changed in April 2019 to Best International Feature Film, after the Academy deemed the word "Foreign" to be outdated. For the

96th Academy Awards The 96th Academy Awards is an upcoming ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), which will honor the best 2023 in film, films of 2023, and is expected to take place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Ange ...

, the submitted motion pictures must be first released theatrically in their respective countries between December 1, 2022, and October 31, 2023. The deadline for submissions to the Academy was October 2, 2023. 92 countries submitted films, and 88 were found to be eligible by AMPAS and screened for voters.

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submitted a film for the first time, and

Burkina Faso Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the ...

made a submission for the first time since

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. The 15-film shortlist was announced on December 21, 2023, to be followed by the official nominations on January 23, 2024.

Submissions

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Rodrigo Moreno Rodrigo Moreno (born October 1972 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine film director and screenplay writer. He works mainly in the cinema of Argentina. According to Joel Poblete, who writes for ''Mabuse,'' a cinema magazine, Rodrigo Moreno is on ...

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Michael A. Goorjian Michael Andranik Goorjian (born February 4, 1971) is an American actor, filmmaker, and writer. Goorjian won an Emmy Award for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Mini ...

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Rainer Frimmel Rainer Frimmel (born 11 July 1971 in Vienna) is an Austrian director and photographer. After studying psychology in Vienna he graduated as a photographer. He has received scholarships in New York City, Paris and Rome for his photographic work. Si ...

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No Ground Beneath the Feet ''No Ground Beneath the Feet'' ( bn, পায়ের তলায় মাটি নাই) is a 2021 Bangladeshi drama film directed by Mohammad Rabby Mridha (in his feature directorial debut) with a screenplay by Mohammad Rabby Mridha and ...

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The Monk and the Gun ''The Monk and the Gun'' is a 2023 drama film directed, written and co-produced by Pawo Choyning Dorji. Starring Tandin Wangchuk, Deki Lhamo, Pema Zangmo Sherpa, Tandin Sonam, Harry Einhorn, Choeying Jatsho, Tandin Phubz, Yuphel Lhendup Selden and ...

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Pawo Choyning Dorji Pawo Choyning Dorji ( dz, དཔའ་བོ་ཆོས་དབྱིངས་རྡོ་རྗི།; born 23 June 1983) is a Bhutanese filmmaker and photographer. His feature directorial debut '' Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom'' (2019) was n ...

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Kleber Mendonça Filho Kleber Mendonça Filho (; born 3 November 1968) is a Brazilian film director, screenwriter, producer, and critic. Life and career With a degree in journalism from the Federal University of Pernambuco, Kleber Mendonça Filho began his career as ...

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Stephan Komandarev Stephan Komandarev (born September 28, 1966) is a Bulgarian film director, producer and screenwriter. His films have been selected on three occasions as Bulgaria's submission to the Academy Awards for the Best International Feature Film competit ...

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Apolline Traoré Apolline Traoré (born 1976) is a Burkinabé filmmaker and producer. Biography She was born in 1976 in Ouagadougou. Her father's profession, a diplomat, led to her travelling the world. At the age of 17, her family moved to the United States ...

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Zaynê Akyol Zaynê Akyol (born in 1987 in Turkey) is a Canadian filmmaker, producer and photographer. She predominantly focuses on documentary film and is known for her feature-length documentary film ''Gulîstan, Land of Roses '' (2016), which was supporte ...

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The Settlers ''The Settlers'' (german: Die Siedler) is a City-building game, city-building and real-time strategy video game series created by Volker Wertich. The The Settlers (1993 video game), original game was released on the Commodore Amiga in 1993, wit ...

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Felipe Gálvez Haberle Felipe Gálvez Haberle (born 1983, Santiago, Chile) is a Chilean film director, screenwriter, and editor. His directorial debut film, ''The Settlers'', was awarded the FIPRESCI Prize at the 76th Cannes Film Festival who also competed for Un Cer ...

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Frant Gwo Frant Gwo (; born 15 December 1980) is a Chinese filmmaker. He debuted as a director in 2011 with the film ''Lee's Adventure'', and then directed the box-office hit ''My Old Classmate'' in 2014. In 2019, he directed China's first big-budget scie ...

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I Have Electric Dreams ''I Have Electric Dreams'' ( es, Tengo sueños eléctricos) is a 2022 Spanish-language coming-of-age, drama film directed by Valentina Maurel, starring Reinaldo Amien Gutiérrez, Daniela Marín Navarro, Vivian Rodriguez and Adriana Castro Garcí ...

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Nikolaj Arcel Nikolaj Arcel (born 25 August 1972) is a Danish filmmaker and screenwriter. He is best known for his 2012 film ''A Royal Affair'' which won two prizes at the Berlin International Film Festival and was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at ...

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Aki Kaurismäki Aki Olavi Kaurismäki (; born 4 April 1957) is a Finnish film director and screenwriter. He is best known for the award-winning '' Drifting Clouds'' (1996), ''The Man Without a Past'' (2002), ''Le Havre'' (2011) and ''The Other Side of Hope'' (20 ...

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The Taste of Things ''The Taste of Things'' (french: La Passion de Dodin Bouffant, lit=The Passion of Dodin Bouffant), previously titled ''The Pot-au-Feu'', is a 2023 French historical romantic drama film written and directed by Trần Anh Hùng starring Juliette B ...

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Trần Anh Hùng Trần Anh Hùng (born December 23, 1962) is a Vietnamese people, Vietnamese-born French film director and screenwriter. Early life Hùng was born in Mỹ Tho, South Vietnam. Following the fall of Saigon at the end of the Vietnam War in 1975, h ...

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The Teachers' Lounge ''The Teachers' Lounge'' (german: Das Lehrerzimmer) is a 2023 German drama film directed by İlker Çatak, who co-wrote the screenplay with . Leonie Benesch stars as a teacher tasked with finding out which of her students is responsible for a se ...

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Behind the Haystacks ''Behind the Haystacks'' ( el, Πίσω από τις θημωνιές, translit=Píso apo tis thimonies) is a 2022 drama film written and directed by Asimina Proedrou in her directorial debut. The film tells the story of a middle-aged fisherma ...

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A Light Never Goes Out ''A Light Never Goes Out'' ( zh, 燈火闌珊) is a 2022 Hong Kong drama film produced by Saville Chan and directed by Anastasia Tsang in her directorial debut. The film had its world premiere at the 2022 Tokyo International Film Festival. The ...

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Cantonese Cantonese ( zh, t=廣東話, s=广东话, first=t, cy=Gwóngdūng wá) is a language within the Chinese (Sinitic) branch of the Sino-Tibetan languages originating from the city of Guangzhou (historically known as Canton) and its surrounding are ...

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Godland Godland may refer to: * ''Godland'' (film), a 2022 drama film directed by Hlynur Pálmason * ''Godland'' (comics), a 2010s comic book series See also * Godlands Annabel Hartlett, known by her stage name Godlands, is an Australian DJ, songwrit ...

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Hlynur Pálmason Hlynur Pálmason (born 30 September 1984) is an Icelandic film director and screenwriter.Wendy Mitchell"Hylnur Palmason on his Iceland-set Critics' Week selection 'A White, White Day'" ''Screen Daily'', 16 May 2019. A native of Hornafjörður, Ice ...

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Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam was des ...

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Jude Anthany Joseph Jude Anthany Joseph (born Sijo Joseph) is an Indian film director, screenwriter and actor, who works in Malayalam film industry. His directorial debut was with ''Ohm Shanthi Oshaana'' in 2014, which won the Best Film with Popular Appeal and Ae ...

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The Night Guardian ''The Night Guardian'' (Persian: نگهبان شب, romanized: ''Negahban-e Shab'') is a 2022 Iranian drama film directed and produced by Reza Mirkarimi and written by Mirkarimi and Mohammad Davoudi. The film screened for the first time at the 4 ...

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Reza Mirkarimi Reza Mirkarimi ( fa, رضا میرکریمی; born 27 January 1967) is an Iranian screenwriter and film director. He was also Secretary of the International Film Festival of the Fajr Film Festival. Career He graduated from Fine Arts University ...

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Hanging Gardens The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World listed by Hellenic culture. They were described as a remarkable feat of engineering with an ascending series of tiered gardens containing a wide variety of tre ...

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Hebrew Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...

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Ayelet Menahemi Ayelet Menahemi ( he, איילת מנחמי; born 1963) is an Israeli film director, producer, writer, editor, and actress. Life and Works Menahemi was born in Tel Aviv in 1963. She attended Beit Zvi School of Stage and Cinematic Arts, graduati ...

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Wolof Wolof or Wollof may refer to: * Wolof people, an ethnic group found in Senegal, Gambia, and Mauritania * Wolof language, a language spoken in Senegal, Gambia, and Mauritania * The Wolof or Jolof Empire, a medieval West African successor of the Mal ...

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Matteo Garrone Matteo Garrone (born 15 October 1968) is an Italians, Italian filmmaker. Born in Rome, the son of a theatre critic, Nico Garrone and a photographer, in 1996 Garrone won the ''Sacher d'Oro'', an award sponsored by Nanni Moretti, with the short fi ...

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Wim Wenders Ernst Wilhelm "Wim" Wenders (; born 14 August 1945) is a German filmmaker, playwright, author, and photographer. He is a major figure in New German Cinema. Among many honors, he has received three nominations for the Academy Award for Best Docum ...

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Aktan Abdykalykov Aktan Arym Kubat (; born March 26, 1957, Sokuluk District, Kyrgyzstan), also known as Aktan Abdykalykov, is a Kyrgyzstani director, screenwriter and actor. Member of the National Film Academy of the Kyrgyzstan, acting Member of the European Film A ...

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The Last Ashes ''The Last Ashes'' ( lb, Läif a Séil) is a 2023 Luxembourgish Western drama film directed by Loïc Tanson in his directorial debut. Starring Sophie Mousel, it follows Hélène, who returns to her native village under a new identity. Looking ...

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Lila Avilés Lila Avilés (born in 1982) is a Mexican film director, screenwriter, actress and producer. Life and career Born in Mexico City, Avilés studied scenic arts with Ximena Escalante and José Caballero, and film scriptwriting with Beatriz Novaro a ...

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City of Wind ''City of Wind'' () is a 2023 drama film written and directed by Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir in her feature directorial debut. It premiered at the 80th Venice International Film Festival. It was selected as the Mongolian entry for the Best Intern ...

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Ena Sendijarević Ena Sendijarević (born 1987) is an Amsterdam-based Bosnian filmmaker and screenwriter. She is best known for her short film ''Import'' (2016) and her debut feature '' Take Me Somewhere Nice'' (2019). The latter was part of the Cannes ACID programm ...

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Goran Stolevski Goran Stolevski, born 1985/1986, is a Macedonian Australian film director and screenwriter. He made his feature film directorial debut with the 2022 film '' You Won't Be Alone'', which premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. His second fe ...

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Margreth Olin Margreth Olin Mykløen (often referred to as Margreth Olin, born April 16, 1970, in Stranda) is a Norwegian film director, screenwriter, and film producer. She is educated at the University of Bergen and Volda University College. She is best known ...

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Bad Living ''Bad Living'' ( pt, Mal viver) is a 2023 Portuguese-French drama film directed by João Canijo. Starring Anabela Moreira and Rita Blanco, the film portrays story of a family of several women from different generations, whose relationships with ...

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Radu Jude Radu Jude (; born 28 March 1977) is a Romanian film director and screenwriter. Biography In 2003, Jude graduated from the Film Directing Department of the Media University of Bucharest. He worked as an assistant director for feature films inclu ...

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Banel & Adama ''Banel & Adama'' () is a 2023 French-Malian-Senegalese romantic drama film directed by Senegalese screenwriter Ramata-Toulaye Sy in her feature directorial debut. It premiered at the 76th Cannes Film Festival on 20 May 2023. It was chosen as th ...

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The Breaking Ice ''The Breaking Ice'' ( zh, 燃冬) is a 2023 Chinese-Singaporean romantic drama film written and directed by Anthony Chen. Starring Zhou Dongyu, Liu Haoran and Qu Chuxiao, the film was selected for the Un Certain Regard section of the 2023 Can ...

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Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...

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Goodbye Julia ''Goodbye Julia'' () is a 2023 Sudanese drama film directed by Mohamed Kordofani. It is Kordofani's first feature film and the first movie from Sudan ever to be presented in the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival. ''Goodbye Ju ...

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Notes

* Cuba's submission was reported to be ''Nelsito's World'' by Fernando Pérez.In October 2023, the film was included in one of the Oscar selection committee's official group assignments alongside the 88 other films, but was reportedly found "ineligible" and the film did not appear on the Academy's final official list in December 2023. * Hong Kong submitted ''

'' by Anastasia Tsang, but it was disqualified by the Academy. One member of Hong Kong's 13-person selection committee was an actor in the film, which the Academy deemed a conflict of interest. Hong Kong declined an invitation to submit a second film. * Iran's government-controlled Farabi Cinema Foundation submitted ''

'' by

. The selection was criticized by the dissident Iranian Independent Filmmaker Association (IIFMA), who asked the Academy to consider an alternative film. They released a press statement saying: "Over the past year, Iranian filmmakers have been imprisoned, interrogated and intimidated with Farabi being a key player in implementing this severe repression." IIFMA contended that ''The Night Guardian'' was not reflective of the year's work by Iranian filmmakers, who were largely working independently of the Iranian government or in exile. * Kazakhstan's Oscar selection committee announced they received four submissions and considered two of them: ''Ademoka's Education'' by Adilkhan Yerzhanov and ''Bauryna Salu'' by Askhat Kuchinchirekov. ''Ademoka's Education'' received two votes and ''Bauryna Salu'' received one vote, while four committee members abstained. The committee decided not to submit either film. * Kosovo's Cinematography Center announced on September 27, 2023 that their selection committee unanimously decided not to submit a film despite receiving four submissions: ''Actors of Cannes'' by Mentor Spahiu, ''The Albanian Virgin'' by Bujar Alimani, ''I Love You More'' by Erblin Nushi, and ''The Land Within'' by Fisnik Maxville. In a statement, Maxville said that the decision not to send any film "hurts our young country's blooming film industry. It is quite hard to understand how Kosovo has invested in the different films... and then refuses to further that investment by sending a film — any film — to showcase Kosovo's vibrant new cinema scene to the Oscars." This leaves the country absent for the first time since they began submitting films in 2014. * Kyrgyzstan submitted '' This Is What I Remember'' by

, but it was not included in the final list because it was released in Kyrgyzstan on November 18, 2022, two weeks prior to the eligibility window. Kyrgyzstan declined an invitation to submit a second film, contending that the window had yet not been known when the release was scheduled so it was impossible to plan ahead for the qualification. * Russia's state media reported that the national Oscar selection committee had suspended its operations and would not submit a film. A former committee member said that submitting a film would "look extremely inappropriate" in light of Western sanctions on Russia due to the

Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. An ...

. Russia cited similar reasons for not submitting a film in 2022. * Tajikistan's submission was reported to be ''

'' by Behrouz Sebt Rasoul. It was not included on the assignment lists sent to Academy members who volunteered to participate in first-round voting, reportedly because the country did not have its selection committee approved by AMPAS in advance. * The Oscar selection committees for Cambodia, Malawi, Malta, Uganda and Zambia invited filmmakers to make submissions, but did not end up sending films.

References

External links

Official website of the Academy Awards
{{DEFAULTSORT:List of submissions to the 96th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film 2023 in film 96