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93rd Oscars. Oscar Contenders of 2020 (for the April 2021 Ceremony) - For prediction, discussion, entertainment purposes
Most Recent Update: January 11th, 2021
SUBMISSION LIST - NOT YET OFFICIAL.
Chart Two: Guatemala through Pakistan (33 official submissions)
Current predictions | Albania through Georgia | Pakistan through Yemen
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Guatemala LA LLORONA 97 minutes A war criminal and his wife are haunted by ghosts of their past. This is only the third submission from Guatemala, the second as ixcanul (2015) from this same director |
Honduras DAYS OF LIGHT 88 minutes A thriller about people disconnected from technology due to a solar storm.
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Hong Kong BETTER DAYS 135 minutes A young woman who is being builied meets a mysterious street thug who protects her in this Hong Kong Film Awards winner. More on Hong Kong and the Oscars... |
Hungary PREPARATIONS TO BE TOGETHER FOR... 95 minutes A neurosurgeon relocates for her new fiance only for him to claim he's never met her. |
Iceland AGNES JOY 92 minutes A mother / daughter drama about a frustrated suburban wife. This film recently beat last year's Icelandic submission A White White Day for the Edda Award in Iceland (their top film award). A White White Day is very good so we're excited to see this if it's actually better! |
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India JALLIKATTU 95 minutes An action drama about an escaped buffalo causing mayhem |
Indonesia IMPETIGORE 106 minutes A woman returns to her home village from the city thinking she'll inherit property, unwaware that she's in grave danger. |
Iran SUN CHILDREN 99 minutes This film won the Mastroianni Award at Venice (for underage acting). More on Iran's relationship to Oscar here. |
Ireland ARRACHT 86 minutes A drama about a fisherman who takes in a stranger on the eve of the Great Hunger in 1845. It won two prizes at the Dublin Film Festival this year |
Israel ASIA 85 minutes A mother daughter drama which won Ophir Awards for both actresses. Not Selected: The other possibilities were: father/son drama Here We Are (the other big Ophir winner), The Dead of Jaffa, Aspiration for Life, and Africa. more... |
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Italy NOTTURNO 100 minutes A documentary about the ravages of terrorism. This is the second time Italy has submitted a documentary from Rosi. The previous time it netted a Best Documentary Feature nod but missed in this category: Not Selected: Italy skipped The Life Ahead and 24 other options. More on Italy and Oscar... |
Ivory Coast NIGHT OF THE KINGS 93 minutes A new prisoner to hellish prison La Maca must keep the inmates engaged in his storytelling all night in order to survive more... |
Japan TRUE MOTHERS 140 minutes An adoptive mother receives a visit from the birth mom of her child. |
Jordan 200 METERS 96 minutes A Palestinian father struggles to pass the separation wall to get his son to a hospital. |
Kazakhstan THE CRYING STEPPE 137 minutes An eagle hunter tries to save his family from The Great Famine |
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Kenya THE LETTER 84 minutes This is the first documentary submitted by Kenya. It's about a man returning to a rural village when his grandmother is accused of being a witch. |
Kosovo EXILE 121 minutes An immigrant and engineer feels bullied at work in Germany. The film starsMišel Matičević (Babylon Berlin), Rainer Bock (The White Ribbon) and Sandra Hüller (Toni Erdmann). |
Kyrgysztan RUNNING TO THE SKY 88 minutes A 12 year old boy, fond of running, is encouraged to take part in a race that could change his life. |
Latvia BLIZZARD OF SOULS (THE RIFLEMAN) 104 minutes A young man turns to the army after losing his mother and his home in this historical war drama. (It has two different english language titles for some reason.) This is a mega blockbuster at home in Latvia, their biggest hit in decades apparently. The director previously made documentaries |
Lebanon BROKEN KEYS 90 minutes A pianist tries to repair his broken piano, a dangerous mission, given the extremists running his village. |
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Lesotho THIS IS NOT A BURIAL, IT'S A RESURRECTION 120 minutes An 80 year old reinvigorated widow fights the construction of a reservoir in her village |
Lithuania NOVA LITUANIA 96 minutes A black and white debut feature from a 33 year old director. It takes place in the 1930s and features a geographer who wants to establish a Lithuanian colony overseas. |
Luxembourg RIVER TALES 82 minutes A documentary on Nicaragua and the San Juan River |
Malaysia SOUL / ROH 83 minutes A family takes in a girl in tattered clothing. She makes a terrifying prophesy about their fate in this debut horror film. |
Mexico I'M NO LONGER HERE 112 minutes Streaming on Netflix The Ariel Awards champ is about a dancer who emigrates to the US. Not Selected: their finalist list featured Guie'dani's Navel, I Carry You with Me, New Order, This is Not Berlin, and Workforce |
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Mongolia VEINS OF THE WORLD 96 minutes A family drama about a boy who has lost his father. He turns his grief into a source of power. The director was previously Oscar nominated in Documentary Features for Story of the Weeping Camel (2004) |
Montenegro BREASTS 92 minutes A 20 year high school reunion between four friends, one of who has breast cancer. |
Morocco THE UNKNOWN SAINT 100 minutes Fun premise: A criminal returns to a fake grave where he had buried his treasure only to discover its become a shrine to an unknown saint. This is a debut feature and it played at Cannes Critics Week |
The Netherlands BULADÓ 90 minutes Magical realist family drama about an 11 year old girl set in the Caribbean. More on The Netherlands and Oscar Not Selected: The other finalists were uiten is het Feest, Last Days of Spring by Isabel Lamberti (who won "New Directors Award" at San Sebastián), The Marriage Escape, My Best Friend Anne Frank, My Life, Paradise Drifters, The Promise of Pisa Stop Filming Us, The Warden, and 3 documentaries They Call Me Babu, Wei, and My Rembrandt |
Nigeria THE MILKMAID 136 minutes A milkmaid searching for here missing sister confronts religious extremists. This film was nominated for 8 prizes at the AAMAs "Africa Movie Academy Awards" |
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North Macedonia WILLOW 101 minutes Three Macedonian women (in parallel storylines one in medieval times, two in our contemporary era) struggle with issues of motherhood and bodily autonomy. This is Micho Manchevski's fourth submission in the category. He was responsible for Macedonia's first nomination Before the Rain. |
Norway HOPE 130 minutes A romance is put to the test when the woman is diagnosed with brain cancer. Starring Andrea Braein Hovig and the ubiquitous character actor Stellan Skarsgård Not Selected: Christian cult drama Disco and the aneroxia documentary Self Portrait were the other finalists. More on Norway and Oscar here... |
Pakistan 138 minutes A drama about a man living in Lahore
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