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95th Oscars. Predictions for the Films of 2022 / CEREMONY: March 12th, 2023
 For prediction, discussion, entertainment purposes only discuss on the blog

  

SUBMISSION CHARTS updated 11/19
OFFICIAL LIST
Chart 2: GERMANY through NORWAY

Germany
19 noms | 3 wins | + 5 finalists | submitting since 1956

🇩🇪

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT
dir Edward Berger
Streaming on Netflix

REVIEW

147 minutes
German & English

A young German soldier (Felix Kamammere)  experiences the frontlines of  'The Great War'. Based on the book of the same name which was already adapted into 1930's Oscar winner for Best Picture.

Not Selected
There were eight other titles in consideration including World War II drama The Forger starring Louis Hoffman and the prize-winning Rabiye Kurnaz vs George Bush

recent key submissions
2021 -I'm Your Man
2019 - System Crasher
2018 - Never Look Away
2017 - In the Fade
2016 - Toni Erdmann
2015 - Labyrinth of Lies

Greece
5 noms | 0 wins |  submitting since 1957

🇬🇷

MAGNETIC FIELDS
dir Yorgos Gousis
No US Distributor Yet

78 minutes
Greek

A man and a woman who meet by chance, search an island for the best place to bury a metallic box. Won 5 prizes at Greece's Hellenic Iris Awards (the country's top film wards)

recent key submissions
2021 - Digger
2018 - When Tomatoes
2011 - Attenberg
2010 Dogtooth

Guatemala
never nominated | submitting infrequently since 1994

🇬🇹

THE SILENCE OF THE MOLE
dir. Anaïs Taracena
No US distributor yet

91 minutes
Spanish

A documentary about a journalist who infiltrated the repressive government in the 1970s.

Hong Kong
3 noms | 0 wins | + 1 finalist | submitting since 1959

🇭🇰

WHERE THE WIND BLOWS (also known as THEORY OF AMBITION)
dir Philip Yung
No US Distributor yet

144 minutes
Cantonese & Chinese

True story about crooked cops in the 1960s. Tony Leung and Aaron Kwok star

recent key submissions
2020 - Better Days
2014 - The Golden Era
2013 - Grandmaster
2011 - A Simple Life
2003 - Infernal Affairs

Hungary
10 noms | 2 wins | + 2 finalists | submitting since 1965

🇭🇺

BLOCKADE
dir Ádám Tôsér
No US Distributor Yet

90 minutes
Hungarian

A political drama about the new Prime Minister of Hungary in 1990 and a portest from taxi drivers that stopped traffic everywhere

recent key submissions
2021 - Post Mortem
2019 - Those Who Remained
2018 -On Body and Soul
2015 - Son of Sau

More on Hungary and Oscar...

 

Iceland
1 nomination | 
(submitting since 1980

🇮🇸

BEAUTIFUL BEINGS
dir. Gudmunder Arnar Gudmundsson
Official Site
US release TBA

123 minutes
Icelandic

About a violent teenage boy and his gangs (as well as his clairvoyant mother)

not selected
Despite its international profile Godland, about a Danish priest in Iceland, was not selected.

recent key submissions
2021- Lamb
2019 - White White Day
2018 - Woman at War
2012 - The Deep
2010 - Mamma Gógó

India
3 nominations | 
submitting since 1957

🇮🇳

THE LAST FILM SHOW
dir Pan Nalin
No US Distributor Yet

110 minutes
Gujarati

About a little boy who falls in love with the movies

not selected
Despite its international success and very devout American fanbase, India didnt go with the Bollywood epic RRR

recent key submissions
?

Indonesia
never nominated | submitting since 1987

🇮🇩

MISSING HOME
dir Bene Dion Rajagukguk
Streaming on Netflix

? minutes
Indonesian, Toba Batak

A comedy about parents pretending to fight so that they're children will return home to the village

Possible Submissions
BEFORE NOW AND THEN

recent key submissions
2021 -Yuni

Iran
3 noms | 2 wins | + 2 finalists | submitting since 1977

🇮🇷

WORLD WAR III
dir Houman Seyyedi
No US Distributor Yet

117 minutes
Persian

A day labourer gets cast in a movie about Hitler and World War II at his construction work site.  Won the Orizzonti section at Venice.

not selected
Other Iranian films that got some attention this year were Beyond the Wall, Leila's Brothers, and No Bears (the latter of which was obviously not screened in Iran)

recent key submissions
2021 - A Hero
2020 - Sun Children
2016 - Salesman
2011 - A Separation
2009 - About Elly
2000 - A Time for Drunken Horses

More on Iran's relationship to Oscar here.

Iraq
never nominated | submitting since 2005

🇮🇶

THE EXAM
dir Shawkat Amin Korki
No US Distribution Yet

89 minutes
Kurdish

Kurdish Iraqi sisters become involved corrupt systems while preparing for a university entrance exam

recent key submissions

 

 

 

Ireland
never nominated | + 1 finalist | submitting spottily since 2005

🇮🇪

THE QUIET GIRL
dir Colm Bairéad
Official Site
US Release TBA

94 minutes
Irish & English

About a young girl who blooms at first in a foster home until she discovers a secret.

recent key submissions
2017 - Song of Granite
2015 - Viva

 

Israel
10 noms | 0 wins | + 1 finalist |  submitting since 1964

🇮🇱

CINEMA SABAYA
dir Orit Fouks Rotem
No US Distribution Yet

INTERVIEW, OPHIR WINS

91 minutes
Hebrew and Arabic

About a film class attended by Jewish and Arabic municipal workers

recent key submissions
2021 - Let it Be Morning
2020 - Asia
2018 - Cakemaker
2017 - Foxtrot
2014 - Gett
2012 - Fill the Void

Italy
3 Honoraries | 28 noms | 11 wins | + 1 finalist | submitting since 1956

🇮🇹

NOSTALGIA
Mario Martone
No US Distribution Yet

REVIEW

117 minutes
Italian

Pierfransesco Favio stars as a man returning to Naples after 40 years away.

not selected
Other notable Italian films this year:Chiara, Drought, 
Eight Mountains
L'Immensita Ioa Capitano,
Leonora Addio,  Miss Marx, and  Scarlet

recent key submissions
2021 -Hand of God
2016 - Fire at Sea
2013 - The Great Beauty
2008 - Gomorrah
2007 - Unknown Woman

More on Italy and Oscar...

Japan
3 Honoraries | 13 noms | 2 wins | + 1 finalist | submitting since 1956

🇯🇵

PLAN 75
dir Chie Hayakawa
Official Site
No US Distributor Yet

105 minutes
Japanese

A debut feature about a near-future drama about a government program of euthanasia for those over 75

recent key submissions
2021 -Drive My Car
2018 - Shoplifters
2010 - Confessions
2008 - Departures
2004 - Nobody Knows
2003 - Twilight Samurai

Jordan
1 nomination | submitting since 2008

🇯🇴

FARHA
dir. Darin J Sallam
No US Distributor Yet

92 minutes
Arabic, Hebrew, English

A teenage Palestinian girl witnesses a catastrophe in this directorial debut. 

recent key submissions
?

 

Kazakhstan
1 nomination | + 2 finalists | submitting since 1992

🇰🇿

LIFE
dir. Emir Baigazin
No US Distribution Yet

175 minutes
Russian, Kazakh

This is about a tech company that digitizes memories. Sounds like a wild 180 degree turn from his most recent (excellent) picture The River (2018) in which technology was barely in sight.

recent key submissions
2021 - Yellow Cat
2018 - Ayka
2009 - Kelin
2008 - Tulpan
2007 - Mongol

Kenya
never nominated |  submitting since 2012

🇰🇪

TERASTORM
dir. Andrew Kaggia
No US Distribution Yet

82 minutes
Swahili, English

An animated superhero picture about an ancient wizard trying to destroy the earth

recent key submissions
?

Kosovo
never nominated | submitting since 2014

🇽🇰

LOOKING FOR VENERA
dir. Norika Sefa
No US Distribution Yet

111 minutes
Albanian

A drama about a teenager who can't find any privacy in her crowded small home. This is the feature debut of Sefa who previously made doc shorts.

recent key submissions
2021 - Hive
2015 - Babai

Kyrgysztan
never nominated | submitting since 1998

🇰🇬

HOME FOR SALE
dir. Taalaibek Kulmendeev
No US Distribution Yet

82 minutes
Kyrgyz

A drama about a man in trouble with loan sharks.

 

recent key submissions
?

Latvia
never nominated | 
submitting since 1992

🇱🇻

JANUARY
dir Viesturs Kairiss
Official Site
No US Distributor Yet

95 minutes
Latvia, Lithuanian, Russian

...

recent key submissions
2020 - Blizzard of Souls
2017 - Chronicles of...
2014 - Rocks in my...

 

Lebanon
2 nominations | submitting since 1998

🇱🇧

MEMORY BOX
dir Joanna Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige
No US Distributor Yet

102 minutes
French, Arabic, and English

Three women's lives are connected by a box of photographs and audiotapes

recent key submissions
2021 - Costa Brava Lebanon
2019 - 1982
2018 - Capernaum
2017 - The Insult

Lithuania
never nominated | submitting since 2006

🇱🇹

PILGRIMS
dir Laurynas Bareisa
No US Distribution Yet

92 minutes
Lithuanian

A crime drama about a gruesome act in a small town. it won Film, Director, Ator, and Screenplay at the Lithuanian Film Awards

recent key submissions
?

Luxembourg
never nominated | submitting since 1997

🇱🇺

ICARUS
Carlo Vogele

76 minutes
French, Luxembourgish, Flemish, English

An animated film about Greek mythology

recent key submissions
?

Mexico
9 noms |  1 win | + 3 finalists | submitting since 1957

🇲🇽

BARDO
dir Alejandro G Inarittu

REVIEW

159 minutes
Spanish

A reknowned journalist works through an existential crisis

not selected 
The other finalists were 
The BoxHole in the Fence, and Nudo Mixteco

recent key submissions
2021 - Prayers for Stolen

Moldova
never nominated | submitting since 2013

🇲🇩

CARBON
dir. Ion Bors
no US Distribution yet

103 minutes
Romanian & Russian

A black comedy set in the Transnistria War

 

recent key submissions

 

Mongolia
never nominated | submitting infrequently since 2003

🇲🇳

HARVEST MOON
dir. Amarsaikhan Baljinnyam
No US Distributor Yet

90 minutes
Mongolian

A drama about fathers

Montenegro
never nominated | submitting since 2013

🇲🇪

THE ELEGY OF LAUREL
dir. Dusan Kasalica
No US Distribution Yet

93 minutes
Serbian, Serbo-Croatian

When a professor's marriage ends he retreats into the forest where he meets a woman who was once a snake.

recent key submissions
2021 - After the Winter
2015 - You Carry Me

Morocco
never nominated | + 1 finalist | submitting since 1977

🇲🇦

THE BLUE CAFTAN
dir. Maryam Touzani
US Release 2023 TBA

118  minutes
Arabic

A couple running a caftan store take on an apprentice. The wife begins to notice how much the apprentice means to her husband. 

recent key submissions
?

 

Nepal
1 nomination | submitting since 1999

🇳🇵

BUTTERFLY ON A WINDOW PANE
dir. Sujit Bidari
No US Distribution yet

96  minutes
Nepali

A directorial debut for Bidari. Centered around a teenage girl and her kid brother in a rural community. It's been around a couple off years but maybe due to the pandemic its only arrived to Nepalese audiences this year?

not selected
The other films they were considereing were Doky, Paaniphoto, Prakash, and Radha

recent key submissions
2020 - Bulbul
2017 - White Sun
1999 - Caravan

 

The Netherlands
7 noms | 3 wins | + 3 finalists | submitting since 1959

🇳🇱

NARCOSIS
dir Martijn de Jong
No US Distributor Yet

110 minutes
Dutch

A family mystery.

Not Selected
The other films the Dutch committee was considered were Along the Way, El Houb, Last Ride of Wolves, Met Mes, Pink Moon, Shabu, Strijder, Totem, Turn Your Body..., and Zee Vab Tud 

recent key submissions
2021 -Do Not Hesitate
2019 - Instinct
2013 - Borgman
2009 - Winter in Wartime
2006 - Black Book

More on The Netherlands

 

New Zealand
never nominated
| submitting since 2011

🇳🇿

MURU
dir. Tearepa Kahi
No US Distribution Yet

104 minutes
Maori and English

An action drama wherein a police sergeant (Cliff Curtis) must choose between his job and his people during a raid on his community

recent key submissions
?

North Macedonia
2 nominations | submitting since 1994

🇲🇰

THE HAPPIEST MAN IN THE WORLD
dir. Teona Strugar Mitevska

100 minutes
Bosnian

A drama about a single woman who meets a man at a dating event who is seeking redemption

Norway
6 nominations | + 2 finalists |  submitting since 1957

🇳🇴

WAR SAILOR
dir. Gunnar Vikene
Official Site
no US Distribution Yet

150 minutes
Norwegian, German, English

An all star World War II drama featuring Pål Sverre Hagen (Kon-TIki), Ine Marie Wilmann (Sonja: The White Swan), and Kristoffer Joner (The Wave) . It's about sailors out at sea without weapons when World War II breaks out.

not selected
Other Norwegian films this year included Sick of Myself, and Sister What Grows? 

recent key submissions
2021 - Worst Person...
2020 - Hope
2017 - Thelma
2016 - King's Choice
2015 - The Wave
2012 - Kon-Tiki
2006 - Reprise

More on Norway and Oscar here...

THE OTHER PAGES

Pt 1 
ALBANIA to GEORGIA 
29 official submissions thus far

Pt 3 
PAKISTAN to VIETNAM
30 official submissions thus far