Now that we have the final list of official submissions, it’s clear the race for Best International Feature Film is one of the most exciting battles of the season. It’s an incredibly strong list of contenders where picking just five nominees is genuinely difficult. The Academy is spoiled for choice this year and it will be fascinating to see what makes their final list.
The shortlist of fifteen finalists is scheduled to be announced on December 21 and the final five nominees will be announced with the full 94th Academy Awards nominations announcement on February 8.
Check out the full list of the Best International Feature Film submissions for the 94th Academy Awards below and be sure to seek these films out when you can.
ALBANIA – Two Lions Heading to Venice / Dy Luanë drejt Venecias (Jonid Jorgji)
ALGERIA – Héliopolis / (هليوبوليس) / (Haliyūbūlīs) (Djafar Gacem)
ARGENTINA – The Intruder / El Prófugo (Natalia Meta)
ARMENIA – Should the Wind Drop / Երբ որ քամին հանդարտվի / Si le vent tombe (Nora Martirosyan)
AUSTRALIA – When Pomegranates Howl (Granaz Moussavi)
AUSTRIA – Great Freedom / Große Freiheit (Sebastian Meise)
AZERBAIJAN – The Island Within / Daxildəki Ada (Ru Hasanov)
BANGLADESH – Rehana / রেহানা মরিয়ম নূর / Rehana Maryam Noor (Abdullah Mohammad Saad)
BELGIUM – Playground / Un monde (Laura Wandel)
BHUTAN – Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom / লুনানা (Pawo Choyning Dorji)
BOLIVIA – The Great Movement / El Gran Movimiento (Kiro Russo)
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA – The White Fortress / Tabija (Igor Drljaca)
BRAZIL – Private Desert / Deserto Particular (Aly Muritiba)
BULGARIA – Fear / Страх (Milko Lazarov)
CAMBODIA – White Building / ប៊ូឌីញ ស (Ivaylo Hristov)
CAMEROON – Hidden Dreams (Ngang Romanus)
CANADA – Drunken Birds / Les oiseaux ivres (Ivan Grbovic)
CHAD – Lingui (Mahamat-Saleh Haroun)
CHILE – White on White / Blanco en blanco (Theo Court)
CHINA – Cliff Walkers / 悬崖之上 / Xuan ya zhi shang (Zhang Yimou)
COLOMBIA – Memoria (Apichatpong Weerasethakul)
COSTA RICA – Clara Sola (Nathalie Álvarez Mesén)
CROATIA – Tereza37 (Danilo Šerbedžija)
CZECH REPUBLIC – Zátopek (David Ondříček)
DENMARK – Flee / Flugt (Jonas Poher Rasmussen)
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC – Holy Beasts / La Fiera y la Fiesta (Laura Amelia Guzmán, Israel Cárdenas)
ECUADOR – Sumergible (Alfredo León León)
EGYPT – Souad / سعاد (Ayten Amin)
ESTONIA – On the Water / Vee peal (Peeter Simm)
FINLAND – Compartment No. 6 / Hytti nro 6 (Juho Kuosmanen)
FRANCE – Titane (Julia Ducournau)
GEORGIA – Brighton 4th / მეოთხე ბრაიტონი (Levan Koguashvili)
GERMANY – I’m Your Man / Ich bin dein Mensch (Maria Schrader)
GREECE – Digger (Georgis Grigorakis)
HAITI – Freda (Gessica Généus)
HONG KONG – Zero to Hero / 媽媽的神奇小子 (Jimmy Wan)
HUNGARY – Post Mortem (Péter Bergendy)
ICELAND – Lamb / Dýrið (Valdimar Jóhannsson)
INDIA – Pebbles / கூழாங்கல் / Koozhangal (P.S. Vinothraj)
INDONESIA – Yuni (Kamila Andini)
IRAN – A Hero / قهرمان (Asghar Farhadi)
IRELAND – Foscadh (Seán Breathnach)
ISRAEL – Let It Be Morning / ויהי בוקר, ليكن صباحا (Eran Kolirin)
ITALY – The Hand of God / È stata la mano di Dio (Paolo Sorrentino)
JAPAN – Drive My Car /ドライブ・マイ・カー / Doraibu mai kā (Ryusuke Hamaguchi)
JORDAN – Amira (Mohamed Diab)
KAZAKHSTAN – Yellow Cat / Сары мысық (Adilkhan Yerzhanov)
KENYA – Mission to Rescue (Gilbert Lukalia)
KOSOVO – Hive / Zgjoi (Blerta Basholli)
KYRGYZSTAN – Shambala / Шамбала (Artykpai Suyundukov)
LATVIA – The Pit / Bedre (Dace Pūce)
LEBANON – Costa Brava, Lebanon / كوستابرافا (Mounia Akl)
LITHUANIA – Isaac / Izaokas (Giedrė Žickytė)
LUXEMBOURG – Io sto bene (Donato Rotunno)
MALAWI – Fatsani: A Tale of Survival (Gift Sukez Sukali)
MALAYSIA – Hail, Driver! / Prebet Sapu (Muzzamer Rahman)
MALTA – Luzzu (Alex Camilleri)
MEXICO – Prayers for the Stolen / Noche de fuego (Tatiana Huezo)
MONTENEGRO – After the Winter / Poslije zime (Ivan Bakrač)
MOROCCO – Casablanca Beats / علّي صوتك (Nabil Ayouch)
NETHERLANDS – Do Not Hesitate (Shariff Korver)
NORTH MACEDONIA – Sisterhood / Сестри (Sestri) (Dina Duma)
NORWAY – The Worst Person in the World / Verdens verste menneske (Joachim Trier)
PALESTINE – The Stranger / الغريب / Al Garib (Ameer Fakher Eldin)
PANAMA – Plaza Catedral (Abner Benaim)
PERU – Powerful Chief / Manco Cápac (Henry Vallejo)
POLAND – Leave No Traces / Żeby nie było śladów (Jan P. Matuszyński)
PORTUGAL – The Metamorphisis of Birds / A Metamorfose dos Pássaros (Catarina Vasconcelos)
ROMANIA – Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn / Babardeală cu bucluc sau porno balamuc (Radu Jude)
RUSSIA – Unclenching the Fists / Разжимая кулаки / Razzhimaya kulaki (Kira Kovalenko)
SAUDI ARABIA – The Tambour of Retribution / حد الطار (Abdulaziz Alshlahei)
SERBIA – Oasis / Оаза (Ivan Ikić)
SINGAPORE – Precious Is The Night / 今宵多珍重 (Wayne Peng)
SLOVAKIA – 107 Mothers / Cenzorka (Péter Kerekes)
SLOVENIA – Sanremo (Miroslav Mandić)
SOMALIA – The Gravedigger’s Wife (Khadar Ayderus Ahmed)
SOUTH AFRICA – Barakat (Amy Jephta)
SOUTH KOREA – Escape from Mogadishu / 모가디슈 / Mogadisyu (Ryoo Seung-wan)
SPAIN – The Good Boss / El buen patrón (Fernando León de Aranoa)
SWEDEN – Tigers / Tigrar (Ronnie Sandahl)
SWITZERLAND – Olga (Elie Grappe)
TAIWAN – The Falls / 瀑布 (Chung Mong-hong)
THAILAND – The Medium / ร่างทรง / Rang Song (Banjong Pisanthanakun)
TUNISIA – Golden Butterfly / فرططو الذهب / Papillon d’Or (Abdelhamid Bouchnak)
TURKEY – Commitment Hasan / Bağlılık Hasan (Semih Kaplanoğlu)
UKRAINE – Bad Roads / Погані дороги / Plokhiye dorogi (Nataliia Vorozhbyt)
UNITED KINGDOM – Dying to Divorce (Chloe Fairweather)
URUGUAY – The Broken Glass Theory / La teoría de los vidrios rotos (Diego Fernández)
UZBEKISTAN – 2000 Songs of Farida / Faridaning Ikki Ming qo’shig’i (Yalkin Tuychiev)
VENEZUELA – The Inner Glow / Un destello interior (Andrés Eduardo Rodríguez, Luis Alejandro Rodríguez)
VIETNAM – Dad, I’m Sorry / Bố già (Trấn Thành)
