List of entries for the best international film for the 2020 Academy Awards
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 |
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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
- ^ 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.
- ↑ “Foreign” no longer appropriate: Oscar for best foreign language film is renamed . In: Prisma.de . April 25, 2019. Retrieved July 14, 2019.
- ↑ Erik Pedersen: Oscars: 93 Countries In Running For International Feature Film Race . In: Deadline.com . October 7, 2019. Retrieved October 7, 2019.
- ↑ Dave McNary: Oscars: Afghanistan Chooses Hava, Maryam, Ayesha for International Feature Film Entry . In: Variety.com . September 27, 2019. Retrieved October 7, 2019.
- ↑ Patrick Hipes: Austria's Oscar Submission 'Joy' Disqualified For Language Rule . In: Deadline.com . November 11, 2019. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.