Best International Film - List of submissions to the 95th Academy Awards 2023
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Critics' Choice Awards (Nominees): the winner is not on the list
List of Awards added:
Oscar Nominations
Golden Globes (Winner and Nominees)
BAFTA Nominations (Best Film Not in English Language)
Critics' Choice Awards (Nominees): the winner is not on the list
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- DirectorEdward BergerStarsFelix KammererAlbrecht SchuchAaron HilmerA young German soldier's terrifying experiences and distress on the western front during World War I.━≪•◦ GERMANY ◦•≫━
Streaming on Netflix
OSCAR WINNER BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
This is the 4th time a German film wins this category. This makes Germany also the fourth country in the world with more winning films (along with Spain and Denmark) only surpassed by Japan (5 Oscars), France (12 Oscars) and Italy (14 Oscars).
• Oscar Winner: Best Original Score, Best Production Design, Best Cinematography
• Oscar Nominations: Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Sound, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Visual Effects
• Golden Globe Nominee (Best International Film)
• BAFTA Winner (Best Film Not in English Language + Best Film)
• Critics' Choice Nominee (Best International Film) - DirectorSantiago MitreStarsRicardo DarínGina MastronicolaFrancisco BertínA team of lawyers takes on the heads of Argentina's bloody military dictatorship during the 1980s in a battle against odds and a race against time.━≪•◦ ARGENTINA ◦•≫━
Streaming on Amazon Prime Video
OSCAR NOMINATION: BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
• Golden Globe Winner (Best International Film)
• BAFTA Nomination (Best Film Not in English Language)
• Critics' Choice Nominee (Best International Film) - DirectorLukas DhontStarsEden DambrineGustav De WaeleÉmilie DequenneThe intense friendship between two thirteen-year old boys Leo and Remi suddenly gets disrupted. Struggling to understand what has happened, Léo approaches Sophie, Rémi's mother. "Close" is a film about friendship and responsibility.━≪•◦ BELGIUM ◦•≫━
US Distributor: A24
US release date: December 2 (limited)
OSCAR NOMINATION: BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
• Golden Globe Nominee (Best International Film)
• Critics' Choice Nominee (Best International Film)
• BAFTA Shortlist (Not nominated) - DirectorColm BairéadStarsCarrie CrowleyAndrew BennettCatherine ClinchIn rural Ireland, a quiet, neglected girl is sent away from her dysfunctional family to live with relatives for the summer where she blossoms and learns what it is to be loved.━≪•◦ IRELAND ◦•≫━
US Distributor: Super LTD
US release date: December 16, 2022 (limited)
OSCAR NOMINATION: BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
• BAFTA Nomination (Best Film Not in English Language) + along with 1 more nomination - DirectorJerzy SkolimowskiStarsHolaTakoMariettaFollows a donkey who encounters on his journeys good and bad people, experiences joy and pain, exploring a vision of modern Europe through his eyes.━≪•◦ POLAND ◦•≫━
US Distributor: Janus Films
US release date: November 18, 2022
OSCAR NOMINATION: BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
• BAFTA Shortlist (Not nominated) - DirectorPark Chan-wookStarsPark Hae-ilTang WeiLee Jung-hyunA detective investigating a man's death in the mountains meets the dead man's mysterious wife in the course of his dogged sleuthing.━≪•◦ SOUTH KOREA ◦•≫━
Streaming on MUBI
OSCAR SHORTLIST (finally not nominated)
• Golden Globe Nominee (Best International Film)
• BAFTA Nomination (Best Film Not in English Language) + along with 1 more nomination
• Critics' Choice Nominee (Best International Film) - DirectorMarie KreutzerStarsVicky KriepsFlorian TeichtmeisterKatharina LorenzA fictional account of one year in the life of Empress Elisabeth Of Austria. On Christmas Eve 1877, Elisabeth, once idolized for her beauty, turns 40 and is officially deemed an old woman; she starts trying to maintain her public image.━≪•◦ AUSTRIA ◦•≫━
US Distributor: IFC Films
US release date: 23 December 2022 (limited)
OSCAR SHORTLIST (finally not nominated)
• BAFTA Nomination (Best Film Not in English Language) - DirectorAlejandro G. IñárrituStarsDaniel Giménez CachoGriselda SicilianiXimena LamadridAn acclaimed documentarian goes on an introspective journey through surreal dreamscapes to reconcile with the past, the present and his Mexican identity.━≪•◦ MEXICO ◦•≫━
Streaming on Netflix
OSCAR SHORTLIST (finally not nominated in this category, but it received one nomination for Best Cinematography)
• Critics' Choice Nominee (Best International Film)
• BAFTA Shortlist (Not nominated) - DirectorAli AbbasiStarsAlice RahimiDiana Al HussenSoraya HelliA journalist descends into the dark underbelly of the Iranian holy city of Mashhad as she investigates the serial killings of sex workers by the so called "Spider Killer", who believes he is cleansing the streets of sinners.━≪•◦ DENMARK ◦•≫━
US Distributor: Utopia
US release date: October 28, 2022 (limited)
OSCAR SHORTLIST (finally not nominated)
• BAFTA Shortlist (Not nominated) - DirectorAlice DiopStarsKayije KagameGuslagie MalandaValérie DrévilleFollows Rama, a novelist who attends the trial of Laurence Coly at the Saint-Omer Criminal Court to use her story to write a modern-day adaptation of the ancient myth of Medea, but things don't go as expected.━≪•◦ FRANCE ◦•≫━
US Distributor: Super LTD
US release date: January 13, 2023 (limited)
OSCAR SHORTLIST (finally not nominated) - DirectorDavy ChouStarsPark Ji-minOh Gwang-RokGuka HanA twenty-five-year-old French woman returns to Korea, the country she was born in before being adopted by a French couple, for the very first time. She decides to track down her biological parents, but her journey takes a surprising turn.━≪•◦ CAMBODIA ◦•≫━
US Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
US release date: December 2, 2022 (limited)
OSCAR SHORTLIST (finally not nominated) - DirectorSaim SadiqStarsAli JunejoRasti FarooqAlina KhanThe youngest son in a traditional Pakistani family takes a job as a backup dancer in a Bollywood-style burlesque and quickly becomes infatuated with the strong-willed trans woman who runs the show.━≪•◦ PAKISTAN ◦•≫━
OSCAR SHORTLIST (finally not nominated) - DirectorMaryam TouzaniStarsLubna AzabalSaleh BakriAyoub MissiouiA middle-aged tailor and his wife find their relationship challenged by the arrival of a handsome new apprentice.━≪•◦ MOROCCO ◦•≫━
US Distributor: Strand Releasing
US release date: unknown
OSCAR SHORTLIST (finally not nominated) - DirectorPan NalinStarsBhavin RabariRicha MeenaBhavesh ShrimaliSamay fights heaven and earth to find light. He wants to catch, control, cut and project that light to tell stories. Now to pursue that dream he must leave everything he loves and take a flight to find the light.━≪•◦ INDIA ◦•≫━
US Distributor: Samuel Goldwyn Films
US release date: December 2, 2022 (limited)
OSCAR SHORTLIST (finally not nominated)
If India committee had chosen RRR instead of Last Film Show, the film would have been among the top 5 for sure being one of the strong contenders to win.
(update): RRR finally received one nomination to the Oscars for Best Original Song. - DirectorTarik SalehStarsTawfeek BarhomFares FaresMohammad BakriAdam, the son of a fisherman, is offered the privilege to study at the Al-Azhar University in Cairo, the center of power of Sunni Islam. Adam becomes a pawn in the conflict between Egypt's religious and political elites.━≪•◦ SWEDEN ◦•≫━
OSCAR SHORTLIST (finally not nominated) - DirectorCarla SimónStarsJosep AbadJordi Pujol DolcetAnna OtinThe life of a family of peach farmers in a small village in Catalonia changes when the owner of their large estate dies and his lifetime heir decides to sell the land, suddenly threatening their livelihood.━≪•◦ SPAIN ◦•≫━
- DirectorAlejandro Loayza GrisiStarsJosé CalcinaLuisa QuispeCandelaria QuispeIn the Bolivian highlands, an elderly Quechua couple has been living the same daily life for years. During an uncommonly long drought, Virginio and Sisa face a dilemma: resist or be defeated by the environment and time itself.━≪•◦ BOLIVIA ◦•≫━
- DirectorAlli HaapasaloStarsAamu MilonoffEleonoora KauhanenLinnea LeinoAs three young women try to defy the persistent winter darkness in Finland, they move between dreams, reality, friendship, and relationships, and try to make sense of everything.━≪•◦ FINLAND ◦•≫━
- DirectorJason LoftusStarsHenry GuoShi JianYu FengFalun Gong practitioners were persecuted in China, they tried to tell the truth but they were kidnapped, some Falun Gong practitioners died.━≪•◦ CANADA ◦•≫━
- DirectorLorenzo VigasStarsHernán MendozaHatzín NavarreteElián GonzalezA Mexican teenager sets out to collect his fathers remains, only to be sucked into the underbelly of the manufacturing industry.━≪•◦ VENEZUELA ◦•≫━
- DirectorGentian KoçiStarsEdgar MoraisRafael MoraisDrita KabashiTwo identical deaf-mute twin brothers discover they suffer from a genetic disease that will also progressively and irreversibly make them blind.━≪•◦ ALBANIA ◦•≫━
- DirectorRachid BoucharebStarsReda KatebLyna KhoudriRaphaël PersonnazBased on the story of 22-year-old Malik Oussekinean, whose death is believed was caused by an affair of police violence after several weeks of student protests against a university reform bill.━≪•◦ ALGERIA ◦•≫━
- DirectorInna SahakyanStarsAurora MardiganianAnzhelika HakobyanArpi PetrossianA genocide survivor becomes a silent movie star: Aurora Mardiganian's odyssey is close to unreal. After losing her family, escaping slavery, and enduring Hollywood greed, she journeys far to tell the world of the Armenian Genocide.━≪•◦ ARMENIA ◦•≫━
- DirectorGoran StolevskiStarsNoomi RapaceAnamaria MarincaAlice EnglertIn an isolated mountain village in 19th century Macedonia, a young girl is kidnapped and then transformed into a witch by an ancient spirit.━≪•◦ AUSTRALIA ◦•≫━
- DirectorShamil AliyevStarsAkif AlizadehElbay QasimzadehRasim Aliyev━≪•◦ AZERBAIJAN ◦•≫━