List of entries for the best international film for the 2020 Academy Awards

Bong Joon-ho , director of the award-winning Parasite

The list of entries for the best international film for the Oscars 2020 performs all the Oscar ceremony in 2020 at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) for the category of best international film (from 1957 bis 2019 called the best foreign language film) submitted Movies. A total of 93 films submitted were initially admitted, six more than in the previous year. The two countries Ghana and Uzbekistan submitted a film for the first time. Were not admitted Sahraa Karimi Hava, Maryam, Ayesha Afghanistan and subsequently Genevieve Nnajis Lionheart from Nigeria and Sudabeh Mortezais Joy from Austria, bringing the total number to 91 reduced.

The shortlist of ten films was announced on December 16, 2019, the five nominations followed on January 13, 2020. France's The Angry - Les Misérables by Ladj Ly , North Macedonia's Land of Honey by Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov , Poland Corpus Christi by Jan Komasa , Spain's Sorrows and Glory by Pedro Almodóvar and South Korea's Parasite by Bong Joon-ho . Estonia's Truth and Justice by Tanel Toom , Russia's Beanpole by Kantemir Balagov , Senegal's Atlantique by Mati Diop , the Czech Republic's The Painted Bird by Václav Marhoul and Hungary's Those Who Remained by Barnabás Tóth were not included in the preselection .

At the award ceremony on February 9, 2020, the South Korean entry Parasite finally prevailed. This is the first time a South Korean film has received this Oscar.

Contributions

Preselection ,   nominated ,   excellent

country	German or international title	Original title	Languages)	Director (s)	Result
Egypt	Poisonous Roses	الورود السامة	Arabic	Fawzi Saleh	Not nominated
Albania	The delegation	Delegacioni	Albanian , French	Bujar Alimani	Not nominated
Algeria	Papicha	Papicha	French	Mounia Meddour	Not nominated
Argentina	Heroic Losers	La odisea de los giles	Spain	Sebastián Borensztein	Not nominated
Armenia	Lengthy night	Էրկեն Կիշեր (Recognize Kisher)	Armenian	Edgar Baghdasaryan	Not nominated
Ethiopia	Running Against the Wind	Yenifasu Filmya	Amharic	Jan Philipp Weyl	Not nominated
Australia	Buoyancy	Buoyancy	Khmer , Thai	Rodd Rathjen	Not nominated
Bangladesh	alpha	আলফা	Bengali	Nasiruddin Yousuff	Not nominated
Belgium	Nuestras madres	Nuestras madres	Spanish	César Díaz	Not nominated
Bolivia	I miss you	Tu me manques	Spanish , English	Rodrigo Bellott	Not nominated
Bosnia and Herzegovina	The Son	Sin	Bosnian	Ines Tanović	Not nominated
Brazil	The longing of the Gusmão sisters	A vida invisível de Eurídice Gusmão	Portuguese	Karim Ainouz	Not nominated
Bulgaria	Ága	Ága	Yakut	Milko Lazarov	Not nominated
Chile	Spider	Araña	Spanish	Andrés Wood	Not nominated
China	Ne Zha	哪吒 之 魔 童 降世 (Nézhā zhī Mótóng Jiàngshì)	Mandarin	Yu Yang	Not nominated
Costa Rica	The Awakening of the Ants	El despertar de las hormigas	Spanish	Antonella Sudasassi	Not nominated
Denmark	queen	Dronningen	Danish , Swedish	May el-Toukhy	Not nominated
Germany	System sprinkler	System sprinkler	German	Nora Fingscheidt	Not nominated
Dominican Republic	The projectionist	El proyeccionista	Spanish	José María Cabral	Not nominated
Ecuador	The longest night	La mala noche	Spanish	Gabriela Calvache	Not nominated
Estonia	Truth and Justice	Tõde yes õigus	Estonian	Tanel Toom	Preselection
Finland	Stupid Young Heart	Hölmö nuori sydän	Finnish , Somali	Selma Vilhunen	Not nominated
France	The angry - Les Misérables	Les Misérables	French	Lady Ly	Nominated
Georgia	Shindisi	შინდისი	Georgian	Dimitri Tsintsadze	Not nominated
Ghana	Azali	Azali	Akan	Kwabena Gyansah	Not nominated
Greece	Myths, Wagner and Tomatoes from Thessaly	Όταν ο Βάγκνερ Συνάντησε τις Ντομάτες (Otan o Wagner Sinantise tis Ntomates)	Greek	Marianna Economou	Not nominated
Honduras	Blood, Passion, and Coffee	Café con Sabor a mi Tierra	Spanish	Carlos Membreño	Not nominated
Hong Kong	The White Storm 2 - Drug Lords	掃毒 2 天地 對決 (So duk 2: Tin dei duei kuet)	Cantonese	Herman Yau	Not nominated
India	Gully boy	गली बॉय	Hindi	Zoya Akhtar	Not nominated
Indonesia	Memories of My Body	Kucumbu Tubuh Indahku	Malay	Garin Nugroho	Not nominated
Iran	Finding Farideh	در جستجوی فریده	Persian , Dutch , English	Kourosh Ataee , Azadeh Moussavi	Not nominated
Ireland	Gaza	Gaza	Arabic	Garry Keane , Andrew McConnell	Not nominated
Iceland	White white day	Hvítur, Hvítur Dagur	Icelandic	Hlynur Pálmason	Not nominated
Israel	Incitement	ימים נוראים (Yamim Noraim)	Hebrew	Yaron Zilberman	Not nominated
Italy	Il Traditore - As a key witness against the Cosa Nostra	Il traditore	Italian	Marco Bellocchio	Not nominated
Japan	Weathering With You - The girl who touched the sun	天 気 の 子 (Tenki no Ko)	Japanese	Makoto Shinkai	Not nominated
Cambodia	In the Life of Music	នៅក្នុង ជីវិត តន្ត្រី។	Khmer , English	Caylee So , Sok Visal	Not nominated
Canada	Antigone	Antigone	French	Sophie Deraspe	Not nominated
Kazakhstan	Kazakh Khanate - The Golden Throne	қазақ хандығының алтын тесігі	Kazakh , Russian	Rustem Abdrashev	Not nominated
Kenya	Subira	Subira	English , Swahili	Ravneet Sippy Chadha	Not nominated
Kyrgyzstan	Aurora	Aurora	Kyrgyz , Russian	Bekzat Pirmatov	Not nominated
Colombia	Monos - between heaven and hell	Monos	Spanish	Alejandro Landes	Not nominated
Kosovo	Zana	Zana	Albanian	Antoneta Kastrati	Not nominated
Croatia	Mali	Mali	Croatian	Antonio Nuic	Not nominated
Cuba	A translator	Un Traductor	Spanish , Russian	Rodrigo Barriuso , Sebastián Barriuso	Not nominated
Latvia	The Mover	Tēvs Nakts	Latvian , German , Yiddish	Dāvis Sīmanis	Not nominated
Lebanon	1982	1982	Arabic , English	Oualid Mouaness	Not nominated
Lithuania	Bridges of Time	Laiko tiltai	Estonian , Latvian , Lithuanian	Kristine Briede , Audrius Stonys	Not nominated
Luxembourg	Tel Aviv on Fire	תל אביב על האש (Tel Aviv Al Ha'Esh)	Hebrew , Arabic	Sameh Zoabi	Not nominated
Malaysia	M for Malaysia	M for Malaysia	English , Malay	Dian Lee , Ineza Roussille	Not nominated
Morocco	Adam	آدم	Arabic	Maryam Touzani	Not nominated
Mexico	The Chambermaid	La camarista	Spanish	Purple Avilés	Not nominated
Mongolia	The steed	The steed	Mongolian	Erdenebileg Ganbold	Not nominated
Montenegro	Neverending past	Između dana i noći	Serbian	Andra Martinovića / Andro Martinovic	Not nominated
Nepal	Bulbul	बुलबुल	Nepali	Binod Paudel	Not nominated
Netherlands	Instinct	Instinct	Dutch	Halina Reijn	Not nominated
North Macedonia	Land of honey	Медена земја (Medena zemja)	Turkish	Tamara Kotevska , Ljubomir Stefanov	Nominated
Norway	steal horses	Ut og stjæle hester	Norwegian , Swedish	Hans Petter Moland	Not nominated
Pakistan	Laal Kabootar	لال کبوتر	Urdu	Kamal Khan	Not nominated
Palestine	From watering the lemon tree	It must be heaven	Arabic , English , French	Elijah Suleiman	Not nominated
Panama	Everybody changes	Todos Cambiamos	Spanish	Arturo Montenegro	Not nominated
Peru	Retablo	Retablo	Quechua	Álvaro Delgado-Aparicio	Not nominated
Philippines	Verdict	Verdict	Filipino , Tagalog , English	Raymund Ribay Gutierrez	Not nominated
Poland	Corpus Christi	Boże Ciało	Polish	Jan Komasa	Nominated
Portugal	The Domain	A Herdade	Portuguese	Tiago Guedes	Not nominated
Romania	La Gomera	La Gomera	Romanian , English , El Silbo	Corneliu Porumboiu	Not nominated
Russia	Beanpole	Дылда (Dylda)	Russian	Kantemir Balagov	Preselection
Saudi Arabia	The perfect candidate	المرشح المثالي	Arabic	Haifaa al-Mansour	Not nominated
Sweden	When we danced	And then we danced	Georgian	Levan Akin	Not nominated
Switzerland	Wolkenbruch's wonderful journey into the arms of a darling	Wolkenbruch's wonderful journey into the arms of a darling	German	Michael Steiner	Not nominated
Senegal	Atlantics	Atlantique	English , French , Wolof	Mati Diop	Preselection
Serbia	King Petar the First	Краљ Петар Први (Kralj Petar Prvi)	Serbian	Petar Ristovski	Not nominated
Singapore	A Land Imagined	幻 土 (Huan tu)	Mandarin , English , Bengali	Yeo Siew Hua	Not nominated
Slovakia	Let There Be Light	Nech je svetlo	Slovak	Marko Škop	Not nominated
Slovenia	History of Love	Zgodovina ljubezni	Slovenian , English	Sonja Prosenc	Not nominated
Spain	Sorrow and glory	Dolor y gloria	Spanish	Pedro Almodovar	Nominated
South Africa	Knuckle City	Knuckle City	Xhosa	Jahmil XT Qubeka	Not nominated
South Korea	Parasite	기생충 (Gisaengchung)	Korean	Bong Joon-ho	Excellent
Taiwan	Dear Ex	誰先 愛上 他 的	Mandarin	Likes Hsu , Hsu Chih-yen	Not nominated
Thailand	Krasue: Inhuman Kiss	แสง กระสือ (Saeng Krasue)	Thai	Sitisiri Mongkolsiri	Not nominated
Czech Republic	The Painted Bird	Nabarvené ptáče	Interslavic , Czech , German , Russian	Václav Marhoul	Preselection
Tunisia	Dear Son	ولدي (Weldi)	Arabic	Mohamed Ben Attia	Not nominated
Turkey	Commitment	Bağlılık Aslı	Turkish	Semih Kaplanoğlu	Not nominated
Ukraine	Homeward	Додому (Dodomu)	Crimean Tatar , Ukrainian	Nariman Aliev	Not nominated
Hungary	Those Who Remained	Akik maradtak	Hungarian	Barnabás Tóth	Preselection
Uruguay	The Moneychanger	Así habló el cambista	Spanish	Federico Veiroj	Not nominated
Uzbekistan	Hot bread	Issiq non	Uzbek	Umid Khamdamov	Not nominated
Venezuela	Being Impossible	Yo, imposible	Spanish	Patricia Ortega	Not nominated
United Kingdom	The boy who caught the wind	The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind	English , Chichewa	Chiwetel Ejiofor	Not nominated
Vietnam	fury	Hai Phượng	Vietnamese	Lê Văn Kiệt	Not nominated
Belarus	Debut	Дебют	Russian	Anastasiya Miroshnichenko	Not nominated

Individual evidence

1. ^ Sasha Stone: The Academy Announces New Rules for 92 Oscars - “International Feature Film” to Replace “Foreign Language” Category . In: Awardsdaily.com . April 24, 2019. Retrieved July 14, 2019.
2. ↑ “Foreign” no longer appropriate: Oscar for best foreign language film is renamed . In: Prisma.de . April 25, 2019. Retrieved July 14, 2019.
3. ↑ Erik Pedersen: Oscars: 93 Countries In Running For International Feature Film Race . In: Deadline.com . October 7, 2019. Retrieved October 7, 2019.
4. ↑ Dave McNary: Oscars: Afghanistan Chooses Hava, Maryam, Ayesha for International Feature Film Entry . In: Variety.com . September 27, 2019. Retrieved October 7, 2019.
5. ↑ Patrick Hipes: Austria's Oscar Submission 'Joy' Disqualified For Language Rule . In: Deadline.com . November 11, 2019. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
6. ↑ ^{a b} Nancy Tartaglione: Oscars: International Feature Film Shortlist Includes 'Parasite', 'Pain & Glory', 'Honeyland', 'Atlantics' & More . In: Deadline.com . December 16, 2019. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
7. ↑ Patrick Brzeski: Oscars: 'Parasite' Makes History as First Foreign-Language Film to Win Best Picture . In: HollywoodReporter.com . February 9, 2020. Accessed February 10, 2020.