Arias, who is the niece of ‘Tito’, and Vidal were previously Panama’s entry for international feature in 2015 with Box 25 and co-wrote Tito, Margot & Me with Joaneska Grössl. International sales: Alpha Violet Panama: Tito, Margot & Me (Mercedes Arias and Delfina Vidal)Įxploring the relationship between Panamanian diplomat Roberto ‘Tito’ Arias and English ballerina Margot Fonteyn, this documentary closed Panama’s International Film Festival and competed in the country’s documentary competition. World sales: Heretic Mexico: Totem( Lila Avilés) Having submitted 11 times previously, the country is yet to be nominated. I Have Electric Dreams is produced by Belgium’s Wrong Men North, France’s Geko Films and Costa Rica’s Tres Tigres. The film continued its winning streak with best film prizes at Cineuropa, India, Thessaloniki and San Sebastian Horizons with further awards and screenings at Sarajevo, Zagreb and Palm Springs. The drama first premiered at Locarno where it picked up best director as well as best actor and actress for Reinaldo Amien and Daniela Marín Navarro, respectively. International sales: Cercamon Costa Rica: I Have Electric Dreams (Valentina Maurel)Ī 16-year-old girl comes of age while trying to rebuild a relationship with her estranged father in Maurel’s debut feature. A Male is produced by Colombia’s Medio de Contención Producciones, France’s In Vivo Films, the Netherlands’s Fortuna Films, and Denmark’s Black Forest Films. Colombia has submitted over 30 times, picking up a nomination in 2015 for Ciro Guerra’s Embrace Of The Serpent. The drama had its world premiere in Cannes Directors’ Fortnight 2022, where it was nominated for the Camera d’Or, before going on to screen at San Sebastian and Lima film festivals. ![]() International sales: mk2 Films Colombia: A Male(Fabián Hernández)Ī teenage boy returns from boarding to face the violent and masculine nature of his Colombian neighbourhood in Hernandez’s debut feature. ‘The Settlers’ Chile: The Settlers ( Felipe Gálvez) Source: Cannes International Film Festival International sales: Urban Sales Canada: Rojek ( Zaynê Akyol) Brazil has submitted to the Academy over 50 times and has scooped four nominations along the way - 1962’s Keeper Of Promises 1995’s O Quatrilho 1997’s Four Days In September and 1998’s Central Station. The documentary world premiered at Cannes Special Screenings with further festival outings at New York, Toronto, Busan and Lima - picking up a jury award at the latter. This is the acclaimed filmmaker’s second submission to the Oscars after 2013’s Neighbouring Sounds and this time Filho explores the forgotten cinemas of his childhood city Recife. International sales: FiGa Films Brazil: Picture Of Ghosts(Kleber Mendonça Filho) ![]() It marks the 16 th submission by Bolivia since it began entering titles to the Oscars in 1995, but the South American country has yet to receive a nomination. The film premiered at Tribeca in 2022, where it won best screenplay in the international competition. The fourth feature of writer-director Martin Boulocq centres on an ex-convict who returns home and attempts to reconnect with his young daughter but is met with resistance from the girl’s grandparents, who are evangelical pastors. International sales: Magnolia International Bolivia: The Visitor (Martin Boulocq) AMERICAS Argentina: The Delinquents(Rodrigo Moreno) ![]() The 2023 awards saw 92 submissions with the five nominated films ending up as Argentina’s Argentina, 1985 Belgium’s Close Poland’s EO Ireland’s The Quiet Girl and the eventual winner All Quiet On The Western Front from Germany. The deadline for submissions to the Academy was October 2. Submitted films must have been released theatrically in their respective countries between December 1, 2022, and October 31, 2023. Four countries submitted this year but have not appeared on the final list: Cuba with Fernando Perez’s Nelsito’s World Hong Kong with Anastasia Tsang’s A Light Never Goes Out Kyrgyzstan with Aktan Abdykalykov’s This Is What I Remember and Tajikistan with Behrouz Sebt Rasoul’s Melody.Īn international feature film is defined as a feature-length motion picture (over 40 minutes) produced outside the US with a predominantly (more than 50%) non-English dialogue track and can include animated and documentary features. The 88 submissions are down from last year when 92 films were in contention. The 96th Academy Awards will take place on Maat the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. The 88 submissions for the best international feature award at the 2024 Oscars have been announced, and Screen has profiled all the entries below.Ī shortlist of 15 finalists is set to be announced on December 21 with the final five nominees announced on January 24, 2024. Clockwise : ‘Perfect Days’, ‘The Teachers’ Lounge, ‘The Peasants’, ‘Shayda’
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