La Playa DC is a 2012 internationally co-produced drama film written and directed by Juan Andrés Arango. The film competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. The Spanish-language film was selected as the Colombian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.
Amrita Acharia is a British actress of Nepalese–Ukrainian origins. She is best known for her roles as Irri in the HBO series Game of Thrones and as Dr. Ruby Walker in the ITV series The Good Karma Hospital.
Eat Sleep Die is a 2012 Swedish drama film written and directed by Gabriela Pichler. Set in present-day Sweden, it follows a realistic story about an unemployed young woman named Raša, who struggles to find a new job while simultaneously taking care of her sick father.
Tobias Santelmann is a German-born Norwegian actor. He is best known for starring in the Academy Award-nominated film Kon-Tiki (2012). His credits also includeHercules (2014), Point Break (2015), The Heavy Water War (2015), Grenseland (2017), The Last Kingdom (2015–2018), Atlantic Crossing (2020), Those Who Kill (2021), Exit (2019-2023).
Two Lives is a 2012 German war drama film written and directed by Georg Maas, and starring Juliane Köhler, with Liv Ullmann. Set in Norway and Germany, it is loosely based on an unpublished novel by Hannelore Hippe since released as Ice Ages. The film explores the history of the Lebensborn or war children, born in Norway and raised in Germany. It explores the life of a grown woman who had claimed to have escaped from East Germany, where she was raised, and her Norwegian mother, with whom she is reunited.
Circles is a 2013 Serbian drama film directed by Srdan Golubović. The film was selected as the Serbian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. The film won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival and the Grand Prix, Golden Apricot at the 2013 Yerevan International Film Festival, Armenia, for Best Feature Film as well as the Grand Prix at 2013 CinEast Festival.
Disciple is a 2013 Finnish Swedish-language drama film directed by Ulrika Bengts. It tells story of a stern lighthouse chief living on the Lågskär Island, who takes a 13-year-old boy who grew up in a approved school as his apprentice. As the boy shows more and more competence for the given task, the lighthouse chief begins to reveal his cruel traits.
Mother, I Love You is a 2013 Latvian drama film written and directed by Jānis Nords. The film was selected as the Latvian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.
My Dog Killer is a 2013 Slovak-Czech drama film written and directed by Mira Fornay. The film was selected as the Slovak entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.
Countdown is a 2012 Thai thriller film written and directed by Nattawut Poonpiriya. The film was selected as the Thai entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. The film was remade in 2015 in India in Kannada as Ring Master.
Of Horses and Men is a 2013 Icelandic drama film written and directed by Benedikt Erlingsson and produced by fellow director Friðrik Þór Friðriksson.
The Cleaner is a 2012 Peruvian drama film written and directed by Adrián Saba. The film was selected as the Peruvian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.
Winter of Discontent is a 2012 Egyptian drama film directed by Ibrahim El Batout. The film was selected as the Egyptian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.
The Clerics is a 2013 Indonesian drama film directed by Rako Prijanto. The film follows the Muslim cleric and founder of Indonesian Islamic organization Nahdlatul Ulama, Hasyim Asy'ari through the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies and the Indonesian National Revolution. The film was selected as the Indonesian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.
1001 Grams is a 2014 Norwegian drama film written and directed by Bent Hamer. It was selected as the Norwegian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.
Iram Haq is a Norwegian-Pakistani actress, screenwriter and director, best known for her feature films I Am Yours and What Will People Say.
Returning Home is a 2015 Norwegian drama film directed by Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken. It was one of three films shortlisted by Norway to be their submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards, but it lost out to The Wave.
Benedikt Erlingsson is an Icelandic actor and theater and film director. He graduated from the Iceland Academy of the Arts in 1994 and has been with the National Theater of Iceland for most of his career. He has directed two feature-length films, both of which have won the Nordic Council Film Prize.
