This is a list of submissions to the 93rd Academy Awards for the Best International Feature Film.[1] The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) has invited the film industries of various countries to submit their best film for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film every year since the award was created in 1956.[2] The award is presented annually by the Academy to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non-English dialogue.[2][3] The International Feature Film Award Committee oversees the process and reviews all the submitted films.[3] The category was previously called the Best Foreign Language Film, but this was changed in April 2019 to Best International Feature Film, after the Academy deemed the word "Foreign" to be outdated.[4]
The shortlist was announced on 9 February 2021,[11] and due to the coronavirus situation, it was extended to fifteen films from the original ten.[12] Also, unlike the previous years, no additions were made by the International Executive Committee.[13] The final five nominees were announced on 15 March 2021.[14]Another Round by Thomas Vinterberg won the award for Denmark.[15]
Tanvir Ahsan, Abdullah Al Noor, Syed Saleh Sobhan Auneem, Krishnendu Chattopadhyay, Golam Kibria Farooki, Mir Mukarram Hossain, Nuhash Humayun, Mahmudul Islam, Rahat Rahman, Robiul Alam Robi, Syed Ahmed Shawki.
The Algerian film Héliopolis was withdrawn by the director in consultation with the Algerian selection committee and AMPAS, after the film's national premiere was canceled due to COVID-19. The filmmakers announced their intention to compete the following year[115] and the film was submitted successfully for the 94th Academy Awards.[116]
In January 2021, the Belarusian submission, Persian Lessons, was disqualified by the Academy, after it was determined that Belarus did not exercise "creative control" over the film. The film, an international co-production between Russia, Germany, and Belarus, did not have any Belarusian citizens in key positions.[24]
In September 2020, the Bhutanese Ministry of Information and Communications announced that the country had submitted Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom as the country's second-ever Oscar submission.[117] However, AMPAS ruled that the film hadn't been chosen by an approved selection committee. The film was allowed to be re-submitted the following year, where it won Bhutan's first-ever Oscar nomination.
Canada's original submission Funny Boy was disqualified for having more than half of its dialogue in English.[118] Canada's selection committee submitted a second film, 14 Days, 12 Nights.[119]
Nepal announced a shortlist of two films: Aama and Sarita[120] but ultimately did not send either film.
In December 2020, Portugal's submission Listen was disqualified for having more than half of its dialogue in English.[121] Portugal's selection committee submitted a second film, Vitalina Varela.[122]
Uzbekistan's submission 2000 Songs of Farida was disqualified, because the Oscar Committee of Uzbekistan did not submit the film in the appropriate format required by AMPAS.[112] The following year, the film was submitted successfully for the 94th Academy Awards.[116]
The Oscar Selection Committees for Ghana,[123] Malawi,[124] and Uganda[125] invited local filmmakers to submit films for Oscar consideration, but no films were sent.[6]
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Song Without a Name is a 2019 drama film directed by Melina León. It was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival. It was selected as the Peruvian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. It is a co-production between Peru, Spain, Switzerland and the United States.
Gaza mon amour is a drama film, directed by Tarzan Nasser and Arab Nasser and released in 2020. It is a coproduction of companies from Palestine, France, Germany, Portugal, California and Qatar.
Charter is a 2020 Swedish drama film directed by Amanda Kernell. It was selected as the Swedish entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards, but it did not make the shortlist.
Hope is a 2019 Norwegian semi-autobiographical drama film directed by Maria Sødahl, based on the experience she faced with her husband, director Hans Petter Moland, when, nine years earlier, she had received a terminal diagnosis of brain cancer and was given by doctors only three months to live. The film was selected as the Norwegian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards, making the shortlist of fifteen films. The film premiered at the 44th Toronto International Film Festival on 7 September 2019 and was first theatrically released in Norway on 22 November 2019.
Two of Us is a 2019 French romantic drama film directed by Filippo Meneghetti. It was selected as the French entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards, making the shortlist of fifteen films.
The Man Who Sold His Skin is a 2020 internationally co-produced drama film directed by Kaouther Ben Hania. Its plot was inspired by Belgian contemporary artist Wim Delvoye's living work Tim (2006), which was in turn inspired by Roald Dahl's 1952 short story "Skin". It was selected as the Tunisian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards, making the shortlist of fifteen films. In March 2021, it was nominated for the Best International Feature Film.
↑ "93rd Annual Academy Awards". Armenian National Film Academy. 5 October 2020. Archived from the original on 18 February 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
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