We now have a total of 53 submissions for Oscar's Best International Feature competition with 7 additional countries like Bangladesh, Belarus, Colombia, Denmark, France, Italy, and Uruguay scheduled to announce their submissions within the next week. This year we might see a record number of African films submitted. For instance, we're getting our first submission from Sudan, You Will Die at 20, about a 19 year old who a village holy man had predicted at birth would die at 20. North Macedonia, which was nominated last year for Honeyland, has submitted a drama about three women struggling to control their own fates around pregnancy and motherhood called Willow.
Here are the new submissions since our last overview roundup!
- Israel - Asia (Israel's Oscar stats)
- Lithuania - Nova Lithuania
- Mexico - I'm No Longer Here (other finalists / Ariel Award Winner)
- Montenegro - Breasts
- North Macedonia - Willow
- Norway - Hope (Norway's Oscar stats)
- Portugal - Listen (other finalists)
- Russia - Dear Comrades! (Russia's Oscar stats)
- South Africa - Toorbos
- Sudan - You Will Die at 20
WHERE TO SEE THE MOVIES?
If you want to get a jump on some of the submissions 8 of the 52 titles are currently streaming. Netflix has five of them: Austria's What We Wanted, Mexico's I'm No Longer Here, Spain's The Endless Trench, Taiwan's A Sun, and Turkey's Miracle in Cell No 7. You can also stream Guatemala's La Llorona on Amazon, Indonesia's Impetigore is on Shudder or Roku, and South Korea's Man Standing Next on Amazon, YouTube, or iTunes. You can follow the list as it grows at our Oscar charts or on our Letterboxd list.