Following the announcement by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of the feature films eligible for consideration in the Animated, Documentary Feature and International Feature categories for the 93rd Academy Awards, the shortlists for further consideration have also been announced. 93 films were submitted for the highly-watched International Feature Film category. Instead of 10 films, the shortlist has been expanded to 15 this year. Here is the shortlist:
Another Round (Denmark) – directed Thomas Vinterberg
Better Days (Hong Kong) – directed by Derek Tsang
Charlatan (Czech Republic) – directed by Agnieszka Holland
Collective (Romania) – directed by Alexander Nanau
Dear Comrades! (Russia) – directed by Andrei Konchalovsky
I’m No Longer Here (Mexico) – directed by Fernando Frias
Hope (Norway) – directed by Maria Sødahl
La Llorona (Guatemala) – directed by Jayro Bustamante
The Mole Agent (Chile) – directed by Maite Alberdi
Night of the Kings (Ivory Coast) – Philippe Lacôte
Quo Vadis, Aida? (Bosnia and Herzegovina) – directed by Jasmila Žbanić
Sun Children (Iran) – directed by Majid Majidi
Two of Us (France) – directed by Filippo Meneghetti
A Sun (Taiwan) – directed by Chung Mong-hong
The Man Who Sold His Skin (Tunisia) – directed by Kaouther Ben Hania
While no films from the Southeast Asian region were shortlisted, these are the films that were submitted for the competition.
Singapore, “Wet Season”
Thailand, “Happy Old Year”
Vietnam, “Dreamy Eyes”
Nominations for the 93rd Academy Awards will be announced on Monday, 15 March and the 93rd Oscars will be held on Sunday, 25 April, televised live to more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.