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List of submissions to the 93rd Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film

This is a list of submissions to the 93rd Academy Awards for the Best International Feature Film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) has invited the film industries of various countries to submit their best film for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film every year since the award was created in 1956. 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this was changed in April 2019 to Best International Feature Film, after the Academy deemed the word "Foreign" to be outdated.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 93rd Academy Awards, the submitted motion pictures must have first been released theatrically in their respective countries between 1 October 2019 and 31 December 2020. The deadline for submissions to the Academy was 1 December 2020. 97 countries submitted films, and 93 were found to be eligible by AMPAS and screened for voters. Lesotho, Sudan, and Suriname submitted films for the first time, while Bhutan made a submission for the first time since 1999; however, the film did not appear on the final list. After the 15-film shortlist was announced on 9 February 2021, extended from the usual ten due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the five nominees were announced on 15 March 2021.

Denmark won the award for the fourth time with Another Round by Thomas Vinterberg, which was also nominated for Best Director.