2022 - Foreign Language Film Submissions to the 95th Academy Awards Held in 2023 to Compete for an Oscar Nomination or Win in the Best International Feature Film Category
by CineasticusBorealis | created - 11 Aug 2022 | updated - 5 months ago | PublicWHICH COUNTRIES WILL BE COMPETE FOR THE 2022s INTL FEATURE FILM OSCAR?
Since 1956 the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) presents annually an Academy Award (widely known as Oscar) to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States and its overseas territories with a predominantly (more than 50%) non-English dialogue track and a running time over 40 minutes. The Oscar category previously called "Best Foreign Language Film", but this was changed in April 2019. Fictional live action feature films, animated films and documentaries are allowed. Lots of film industries of various independent states and autonomous regions were invited to submit the best film of the year from their country. The submitted films of the year 2022 selection process had to be first released theatrically in their home countries between 1 January 2022 and 30 November 2022. The deadline for submissions is 3 October 2022!
In order for films to more easily meet theatrical exhibition requirements in these global pandemic times, the Academy will allow films to qualify outside the country of origin, provided the film is theatrically exhibited outside of the United States and its territories for at least seven consecutive days in a commercial motion picture theater for paid admission (same rule as usual).
Timeline ......................................................................................................................
2021-10-03 = Deadline for Submissions
2021-11-?? = Official List of All Submitted Films
2021-12-21 = Shortlist Announcement with 15 Films
2023-01-24 = Nominations Announcement with 5 Films
2023-03-12 = Ceremony with the Winner Announcement
Road to the Oscar ......................................................................................................................
This is an overview of the shortlisted and nominated films as well as the winner in the category Best International Feature Film of the 94th Academy Awards.
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Date of Announcement: 12 March 2023
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Date of Announcement: 24 January 2023
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Date of Announcement: 21 December 2021
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Main Language Distribution ......................................................................................................................
This selection shows all languages which are mainly spoken in more than one of the submitted films for an Academy Awards nomination in the Best International Feature Film category during the submission period 2022.
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Continental Distribution ......................................................................................................................
This selection shows how many countries of the respective continent have submitted a film for an Academy Awards nomination in the Best International Feature Film category during the submission period of 2022.
02 submitting countries ·····> Europe
02 submitting countries ·····> Asia
01 submitting countries ·····> Americas
00 submitting countries ·····> Africa
00 submitting countries ·····> Oceania
Directors by Whom Films Have Been Submitted Several Times ......................................................................................................................
This selection contains all directors of submitted films for an Academy Awards nomination in the Best International Feature Film category during the submission period of 2022 with more than one submission from the past to the deadline at 30 November 2022 and shows how many wins, nominations and shortlistings they received till to this date as well as the times when they were out of the race.
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Note that shortlistings, nominations and the award goes however to the country itself and not to the director. But in 2014 it was announced that now also the name of the winning director is engraved next to the country in the statuette!
The Past
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For the submissions of the last years in the Best International Feature Film category, previously known as Best Foreign Language Film category, also sorted by submitting countries, equally for the shortlisted and nominated films as well as the Oscar winners of the past Academy Awards please check the following IMDb lists linked in blue below!
By Year:
2022 | 2021 | 2020/21 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997 | 1996 | 1995 | 1994 | 1993 | 1992 | 1991 | 1990 | 1989 | 1988 | 1987 | 1986 | 1985 | 1984 | 1983 | 1982 | 1981 | 1980 | 1979 | 1978 | 1977 | 1976 | 1975 | 1974 | 1973 | 1972 | 1971 | 1970 | 1969 | 1968 | 1967 | 1966 | 1965 | 1964 | 1963 | 1962 | 1961 | 1960 | 1959 | 1958 | 1957 | 1956 | 1955 - 1947
By Country:
Afghanistan | Albania | Algeria | Argentina | Armenia | Australia | Austria | Azerbaijan | Bangladesh | Belarus | Belgium | Bhutan | Bolivia | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Brazil | Bulgaria | Burkina Faso | Cambodia | Cameroon | Canada | Chad | Chile | China | Colombia | Costa Rica | Croatia | Cuba | Czech Republic | Czechoslovakia | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Denmark | Dominican Republic | Ecuador | Egypt | Estonia | Ethiopia | Fiji | Finland | France | Georgia | Germany | Ghana | Greece | Greenland | Guatemala | Haiti | Honduras | Hong Kong | Hungary | Iceland | India | Indonesia | Iran | Iraq | Ireland | Israel | Italy | Ivory Coast | Japan | Jordan | Kazakhstan | Kenya | Kosovo | Kuwait | Kyrgyzstan | Laos | Latvia | Lebanon | Lesotho | Lithuania | Luxembourg | Malawi | Malta | Mauritania | Malaysia | Mexico | Moldova | Mongolia | Montenegro | Morocco | Mozambique | Nepal | Netherlands | New Zealand | Nicaragua | Niger | Nigeria | North Macedonia | Norway | Pakistan | Palestine | Panama | Paraguay | Peru | Philippines | Poland | Portugal | Puerto Rico | Romania | Russia | Saudi Arabia | Senegal | Serbia | Singapore | Slovakia | Slovenia | Somalia | South Africa | South Korea | Soviet Union | Spain | Sri Lanka | Sudan | Suriname | Sweden | Switzerland | Syria | Taiwan | Tajikistan | Tanzania | Thailand | Togo | Tunisia | Turkey | Uganda | Ukraine | United Kingdom | Uruguay | Uzbekistan | Venezuela | Vietnam | Yemen | Yugoslavia
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This list is alphabetically sorted by the English country names!
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1. A Cup of Coffee and New Shoes On (2022)
99 min | Drama
Two identical deaf-mute twin brothers discover they suffer from a genetic disease that will also progressively and irreversibly make them blind.
Director: Gentian Koçi | Stars: Edgar Morais, Rafael Morais, Drita Kabashi
Votes: 135
░░░░║► ALBANIA ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Albanian
╚▷ Continent: Europe
◾ 15th submission from Albania
◾ 1st submission for the director Gentian Koçi [♂]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted:
● 2017/90th: Daybreak [ALBANIA]
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2. Nos frangins (2022)
92 min | Drama
Based on the story of 22-year-old Malik Oussekinean, whose death is believed was caused by an affair of police violence after several weeks of student protests against a university reform bill.
Director: Rachid Bouchareb | Stars: Reda Kateb, Lyna Khoudri, Raphaël Personnaz, Samir Guesmi
Votes: 202
░░░░║► ALGERIA ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: French, Arabic
╚▷ Continent: Africa
◾ 24th submission from Algeria
◾ 8th submission for Rachid Bouchareb [♂]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted:
● 2017/90th: Road to Istanbul [ALGERIA]
● 2010/83rd: Outside the Law [ALGERIA] ➜ nom
● 2009/82nd: London River [ALGERIA] ➜ disq
● 2006/79th: Days of Glory [ALGERIA] ➜ nom
● 2000/73rd: Little Senegal [ALGERIA]
● 1995/68th: Dust of Life [ALGERIA] ➜ nom
● 1993/64th: Cheb [ALGERIA]
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3. Argentina, 1985 (2022)
R | 140 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A team of lawyers takes on the heads of Argentina's bloody military dictatorship during the 1980s in a battle against odds and a race against time.
Director: Santiago Mitre | Stars: Ricardo Darín, Gina Mastronicola, Francisco Bertín, Santiago Armas Estevarena
Votes: 31,194
ARGENTINA
4. Aurora's Sunrise (2022)
TV-MA | 96 min | Documentary, Animation
A genocide survivor becomes a silent movie star: Aurora Mardiganian's odyssey is close to unreal. After losing her family, escaping slavery, and enduring Hollywood greed, she journeys far to tell the world of the Armenian Genocide.
Director: Inna Sahakyan | Stars: Anzhelika Hakobyan, Arpi Petrossian, Shushan Abrahamyan, Seyran Akopov
Votes: 935
░░░░║► ARMENIA ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Armenian, Turkish, Kurdish, German
╚▷ Continent: Asia
◾ 11th submission from Armenia
◾ 1st submission for the director Inna Sahakyan [♀]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
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5. You Won't Be Alone (2022)
R | 108 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
In an isolated mountain village in 19th century Macedonia, a young girl is kidnapped and then transformed into a witch by an ancient spirit.
Director: Goran Stolevski | Stars: Noomi Rapace, Anamaria Marinca, Alice Englert, Sara Klimoska
Votes: 11,072
AUSTRALIA
6. Corsage (2022)
114 min | Biography, Drama, History
A fictional account of one year in the life of Empress Elisabeth Of Austria. On Christmas Eve 1877, Elisabeth, once idolized for her beauty, turns 40 and is officially deemed an old woman; she starts trying to maintain her public image.
Director: Marie Kreutzer | Stars: Vicky Krieps, Florian Teichtmeister, Katharina Lorenz, Jeanne Werner
Votes: 9,698
░░░░║► AUSTRIA ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: German, French, Hungarian
╚▷ Continent: Europe
◾ 46th submission from Austria
◾ 1st submission for the director Marie Kreutzer [♀]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
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7. Yaradanlar (2021)
61 min | Documentary
Director: Shamil Aliyev | Stars: Akif Alizadeh, Elbay Qasimzadeh, Rasim Aliyev, Rana Afandizadeh
AZERBAIJAN
8. Hawa (II) (2022)
131 min | Drama, Mystery
Miracles about the life story of fishermen.
Director: Mejbaur Rahman Sumon | Stars: Chanchal Chowdhury, Sariful Razz, Nasir Uddin Khan, Shohel Mondol
Votes: 6,398 | Gross: $0.36M
BANGLADESH
9. Close (I) (2022)
PG-13 | 104 min | Drama
The intense friendship between two thirteen-year old boys Leo and Remi suddenly gets disrupted. Struggling to understand what has happened, Léo approaches Sophie, Rémi's mother. "Close" is a film about friendship and responsibility.
Director: Lukas Dhont | Stars: Eden Dambrine, Gustav De Waele, Émilie Dequenne, Léa Drucker
Votes: 34,853
BELGIUM
10. Utama (2022)
87 min | Drama
In the Bolivian highlands, an elderly Quechua couple has been living the same daily life for years. During an uncommonly long drought, Virginio and Sisa face a dilemma: resist or be defeated by the environment and time itself.
Director: Alejandro Loayza Grisi | Stars: José Calcina, Luisa Quispe, Candelaria Quispe, Placide Ali
Votes: 2,058
░░░░║► BOLIVIA ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Quechua, Spanish
╚▷ Continent: Americas
◾ 14th submission from Bolivia
◾ 1st submission for the director Alejandro Loayza Grisi [♂]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
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11. Balada (2022)
120 min | Drama
Merjem-Meri, an unambitious, 30-year-old homemaker and mother to 8-year-old girl Mila, moves back to her parental home after 10 years of marriage. Soon after, Meri realizes she is stuck in ... See full summary »
Director: Aida Begic | Stars: Marija Pikic, Jasna Zalica, Slaven Vidak, Lana Stanisic
Votes: 66
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
12. Mars One (2022)
115 min | Drama
A lower middle class family undergoes a series of challenging and profound changes, reinventing themselves and their family ties along the way.
Director: Gabriel Martins | Stars: Cícero Lucas, Carlos Francisco, Camilla Damião, Rejane Faria
Votes: 2,115
░░░░║► BRAZIL ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Portuguese
╚▷ Continent: Americas
◾ 52nd submission from Brazil
◾ 1st submission for the director Gabriel Martins [♂]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
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13. In the Heart of the Machine (2022)
115 min | Drama, Thriller
Humanity hides in the deepest, darkest places.
Director: Martin Makariev | Stars: Alexander Sano, Julian Vergov, Igor Angelov, Hristo Petkov
Votes: 2,621
BULGARIA (2)
14. Mother (VII) (2022)
117 min | Drama
Elena, a theatre director, finds out at the age of 32 that she cannot conceive in a natural way. Trying therapies and failing to convince her husband Leon, to stay with her in Bulgaria, Elena develops a theatre program for orphans.
Director: Zornitsa Sophia | Stars: Daria Simeonova, Leon Lucev, Virginia Clay, Daria Dimitrova
Votes: 172
BULGARIA (1)
15. Return to Seoul (2022)
R | 119 min | Drama
A twenty-five-year-old French woman returns to Korea, the country she was born in before being adopted by a French couple, for the very first time. She decides to track down her biological parents, but her journey takes a surprising turn.
Director: Davy Chou | Stars: Park Ji-min, Oh Gwang-Rok, Guka Han, Kim Sun-young
Votes: 8,399
CAMBODIA
16. The Planters Plantation (2022)
129 min | Drama, Musical
In a west African Plantation in the 60s, A young determined girl must battle family and society to preserve her late father's legacy; A colonial plantation; amid Disagreements , betrayal ... See full summary »
Director: Dingha Eystein Young | Stars: Nimo Loveline, Nkem Owoh, Stephanie Tum, Syriette Che
Votes: 28
CAMEROON
17. Eternal Spring (2022)
86 min | Documentary, Animation
Falun Gong practitioners were persecuted in China, they tried to tell the truth but they were kidnapped, some Falun Gong practitioners died.
Director: Jason Loftus | Stars: Henry Guo, Shi Jian, Yu Feng, Tan Junfeng
Votes: 1,697 | Gross: $0.09M
CANADA
18. Blanquita (2022)
94 min | Drama
Blanca lives in a foster home for minors run by father Manuel. A sexual scandal involving businessmen and politicians puts Blanca and Manuel in the eye of the press, turning Blanca into a feminist martyr and key witness of the case.
Director: Fernando Guzzoni | Stars: Laura López, Alejandro Goic, Ariel Grandón, Amparo Noguera
Votes: 288
CHILE
19. Nice View (2022)
106 min | Comedy, Drama
20-year-old Jing Hao came to Shenzhen to live with his young sister alone. The siblings live a warm yet straitened life. In an effort to pay for his sister's expensive surgery, Jing Hao ... See full summary »
Director: Muye Wen | Stars: Jackson Yee, Yu Tian, Halin Chen, Xi Qi
Votes: 1,205
CHINA
20. The Kings of the World (2022)
TV-MA | 103 min | Adventure, Drama
Follows five young men and about the marginalized, excluded humanity who seeks a place in the world.
Director: Laura Mora Ortega | Stars: Carlos Andrés Castañeda, Davison Florez, Brahian Acevedo, Cristian Campaña
Votes: 2,186
COLOMBIA
21. Domingo y la niebla (2022)
86 min | Drama
The town Domingo lives in is being threatened by thugs hired by a developer to expel its inhabitants and pave the way for the construction of a highway. But his land hides a secret-the ghost of his wife who visits him within the mist.
Director: Ariel Escalante | Stars: Carlos Ureña, Sylvia Sossa, Esteban Brenes Serrano, Aris Vindas
Votes: 130
COSTA RICA
22. Safe Place (2022)
103 min | Drama
Follows Damir, who's trying to take his own life while his family wants to save him. Everything happens over a period of just 24 hours.
Director: Juraj Lerotic | Stars: Juraj Lerotic, Snjezana Sinovcic, Goran Markovic, Damir Klemenic
Votes: 1,470
CROATIA
23. The Bohemian (2022)
130 min | Biography, Drama, History
Looking for work as a violinist, Josef comes into the orbit of a rich young woman. She introduces him to a hedonistic existence free from religious intolerance. Josef gets an incredible commission: to write an opera for the San Carlo.
Director: Petr Václav | Stars: Vojtech Dyk, Elena Radonicich, Barbara Ronchi, Lana Vlady
Votes: 565
CZECHIA
24. Holy Spider (2022)
118 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A journalist descends into the dark underbelly of the Iranian holy city of Mashhad as she investigates the serial killings of sex workers by the so called "Spider Killer", who believes he is cleansing the streets of sinners.
Director: Ali Abbasi | Stars: Alice Rahimi, Diana Al Hussen, Soraya Helli, Mehdi Bajestani
Votes: 25,457
DENMARK
25. Bantú Mama (2021)
77 min | Drama
After being arrested in the Dominican Republic, an Afropean woman escapes and is sheltered by 3 minors, in a dangerous district of Santo Domingo. By becoming their protégée and maternal figure, she will see her destiny change inexorably.
Director: Ivan Herrera | Stars: Clarisse Albrecht, Euris Javiel, Johnny Morales, Arturo Perez
Votes: 211
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
26. Lo invisible (2021)
83 min | Drama
When Luisa, 45, returns from a psychiatric clinic after a bout with severe postpartum depression, she enters a new confinement in her dazzling home, surrounded by family members and a ... See full summary »
Director: Javier Andrade | Stars: Anahí Hoeneisen, Matilde Lagos, Juan Lorenzo Barragán, Gerson Guerra
Votes: 72
ECUADOR
27. Kalev (2022)
91 min | Drama
The Soviet Union is likely to collapse and Baltic nations struggle to take back their lost independence. Soviet Union's basketball championship is set to begin while Public opinion opposes the Estonian national team's participation
Director: Ove Musting | Stars: Mait Malmsten, Reimo Sagor, Priit Võigemast, Mihkel Kuusk
Votes: 721
ESTONIA
28. Girl Picture (2022)
Unrated | 100 min | Romance
Three young women try to defy the persistent winter darkness in Finland. In the process, they move between dreams, reality, friendship and relationships, and try to make sense of the whole mess.
Director: Alli Haapasalo | Stars: Aamu Milonoff, Eleonoora Kauhanen, Linnea Leino, Sonya Lindfors
Votes: 2,639
FINLAND
29. Saint Omer (2022)
PG-13 | 122 min | Drama
Follows Rama, a novelist who attends the trial of Laurence Coly at the Saint-Omer Criminal Court to use her story to write a modern-day adaptation of the ancient myth of Medea, but things don't go as expected.
Director: Alice Diop | Stars: Kayije Kagame, Guslagie Malanda, Valérie Dréville, Aurélia Petit
Votes: 5,064
FRANCE
30. A Long Break (2022)
110 min | Drama
After 13 years, Tsitsi (31) initiates a reunion of his former classmates with a seemingly harmless cause: they have not seen each other since graduation and the reason for the gathering is ... See full summary »
Director: Davit Pirtskhalava | Stars: Shako Mirianashvili, Giorgi Sharvashidze, Sandro Kalandadze, Gaga Shishinashvili
Votes: 62
GEORGIA
31. All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)
R | 148 min | Action, Drama, War
A young German soldier's terrifying experiences and distress on the western front during World War I.
Director: Edward Berger | Stars: Felix Kammerer, Albrecht Schuch, Aaron Hilmer, Moritz Klaus
Votes: 245,915
GERMANY
32. Magnetic Fields (2021)
78 min | Comedy, Drama
Having met by chance on the way to an island, a woman and a man decide to wander around together in search of a good place to bury a metallic box.
Director: Yorgos Goussis | Stars: Elena Topalidou, Antonis Tsiotsiopoulos, Nikos Spanides, Froso Tzanetatou
Votes: 1,830
GREECE
33. El Silencio del Topo (2021)
91 min | Documentary
In the 1970s, journalist Elías Barahona, also known as "The Mole", infiltrated the heart of one of the most repressive governments in Guatemalan history. The film captures the moments when ... See full summary »
Director: Anaïs Taracena
Votes: 56
GUATEMALA
34. Where the Wind Blows (2022)
144 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Follows Lui Lok, a police officer who decides to make a name for himself within the police force by controlling organized crime.
Director: Philip Yung | Stars: Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Aaron Kwok, Richard Ng, Michael Hui
Votes: 627
HONG KONG
35. Blokád (2022)
105 min | Drama
In 1990, six months after his election as Prime Minister, József Antall faces the most difficult test of his life: taxi drivers blockading the whole country as a protest against the drastic rise in petrol prices.
Director: Ádám Tõsér | Stars: Zoltán Seress, Attila Ifj. Vidnyánszky, Tibor Gáspár, András Sütö
Votes: 2,179
HUNGARY
36. Beautiful Beings (2022)
Unrated | 123 min | Drama
Addi, a gifted boy raised by a clairvoyant mother, decides to adopt a bullied misfit into his gang of outsiders. Left to their own devices, the boys discover aggression, violence, loyalty, and love.
Director: Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson | Stars: Birgir Dagur Bjarkason, Áskell Einar Pálmason, Viktor Benóný Benediktsson, Snorri Rafn Frímannsson
Votes: 2,423
ICELAND
37. Last Film Show (2021)
110 min | Drama
Samay fights heaven and earth to find light. He wants to catch, control, cut and project that light to tell stories. Now to pursue that dream he must leave everything he loves and take a flight to find the light.
Director: Pan Nalin | Stars: Bhavin Rabari, Richa Meena, Bhavesh Shrimali, Dipen Raval
Votes: 4,428
INDIA
38. Missing Home (2022)
114 min | Comedy, Drama
A married couple stages their divorce in order to encourage their estranged adult children to return to their hometown.
Director: Bene Dion Rajagukguk | Stars: Arswendy Bening Swara, Tika Panggabean, Boris Bokir, Ghita Bhebhita
Votes: 2,104
IDONESIA
39. World War III (2022)
117 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
After being cast in a movie, a day laborer has to secretly shelter his lover on the set or else risk losing her and all that movie stardom has promised him.
Director: Houman Seyyedi | Stars: Mohsen Tanabandeh, Mahsa Hejazi, Neda Jebraeili, Hossein Norouzi
Votes: 3,308
IRAN
40. The Exam (2021)
89 min | Drama
If Rojin doesn't pass the university entrance exam, she will have to go through with an arranged marriage. If she gets in, she'll be free. This is the pronouncement of her father.
Director: Shawkat Amin Korki | Stars: Avan Jamal, Vania Salar, Hussein Hassan Ali, Shwan Attoof
Votes: 347
IRAQ
41. The Quiet Girl (2022)
PG-13 | 95 min | Drama
In rural Ireland, a quiet, neglected girl is sent away from her dysfunctional family to live with relatives for the summer where she blossoms and learns what it is to be loved.
Director: Colm Bairéad | Stars: Carrie Crowley, Andrew Bennett, Catherine Clinch, Michael Patric
Votes: 22,187
░░░░║► IRELAND ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Irish
╚▷ Continent: Europe
◾ 9th submission from Ireland
◾ 1st submission for the director Colm Bairéad [♂]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
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42. Cinema Sabaya (2021)
91 min | Drama
Eight women, Arab and Jewish, take part in a video workshop hosted by Rona, young filmmaker. With each camera take, the group dynamic forces the women to challenge their beliefs as they get to know one other.
Director: Orit Fouks Rotem | Stars: Liora Levi, Aseel Farhat, Orit Samuel, Marlene Bajali
Votes: 393
ISRAEL
43. Nostalgia (I) (2022)
Unrated | 117 min | Drama
After 40 years of absence, Felice returns to his hometown: Naples. He rediscovers the places, the codes of the city and a past that eats away at him.
Director: Mario Martone | Stars: Pierfrancesco Favino, Francesco Di Leva, Tommaso Ragno, Aurora Quattrocchi
Votes: 3,306
ITALY
44. Plan 75 (2022)
113 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
Government program Plan 75 encourages senior citizens to be euthanized to remedy an aged society. An elderly woman whose means of survival are vanishing, a pragmatic Plan 75 salesman, and a Filipino laborer face choices of life and death.
Director: Chie Hayakawa | Stars: Chieko Baishô, Hayato Isomura, Stefanie Arianne, Taka Takao
Votes: 2,200
JAPAN
45. Farha (2021)
TV-14 | 92 min | Drama
A 14-year-old girl in 1948 Palestine watches from a locked pantry as catastrophe consumes her home.
Director: Darin J. Sallam | Stars: Karam Taher, Ashraf Barhom, Ali Suliman, Tala Gammoh
Votes: 88,797
JORDAN
46. Zhizn (2022)
175 min | Drama
A tech company that digitizes memories experiences a catastrophic data loss.
Director: Emir Baigazin | Stars: Yerkebulan Tasynov, Karina Huramshina, Yerzhan Burkutbayev, Tamerlan Tulegenov
Votes: 21
KASACHSTAN
47. TeraStorm (2022)
62 min | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
A team of superheroes unites in an attempt to vanquish an ancient wizard who threatens to destroy the earth with a powerful mysterious artifact.
Director: Andrew Kaggia | Stars: Melvin Alusa, Mungai Kiroga, Peter Mudamba, Sarah Muhoho
Votes: 24
KENYA
48. Looking for Venera (2021)
111 min | Drama
The quiet, taciturn teenager Venera lives in a small town in Kosovo. At home, where three generations are crawling together in a small house, she has hardly any privacy.
Director: Norika Sefa | Stars: Kosovare Krasniqi, Rozafa Celaj, Erjona Kakeli, Basri Lushtaku
Votes: 231
KOSOVO
49. Prodayetsya Dom (2022)
82 min | Drama
Damir is being threatened in an abandoned factory. Loan sharks even go to his home, where his pregnant wife, Cholpon, and their young daughter are. The loan sharks harass the family, even ... See full summary »
Director: Taalaibek Kulmendeev | Stars: Omurbek Nurdinov, Kalipa Tashtanova
KYRGYZSTAN
50. Janvaris (2022)
95 min | Drama
An aspiring filmmaker tries to search for who he is against the backdrop of Latvian independence in this dark but dreamy coming-of-age story.
Director: Viesturs Kairiss | Stars: Karlis Arnolds Avots, Kristiana Berza, Baiba Broka, Rudolfs Cirulis
Votes: 444
LATVIA
51. Memory Box (2021)
102 min | Drama
The lives of three women are connected by a box that resurfaces containing notebooks, photographs and audiotapes.
Directors: Joana Hadjithomas, Khalil Joreige | Stars: Rim Turki, Manal Issa, Paloma Vauthier, Clémence Sabbagh
Votes: 803
LEBANON
52. Pilgrims (2021)
92 min | Crime, Drama
Indre and Paulius travel to the small town where a gruesome crime was committed and they learn it is not as easy as expected to revisit the past.
Director: Laurynas Bareisa | Stars: Gabija Bargailaite, Giedrius Kiela, Indre Patkauskaite, Paulius Markevicius
Votes: 536
LITHUANIA
53. Icarus (2022)
76 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
On the island of Crete, under the reign of King Minos, Humans worship and fear the Gods of Olympus. Only a fool would dare to offend them.
Director: Carlo Vogele | Stars: Camille Cottin, Niels Schneider, Féodor Atkine, Wolf Van Cappellen
Votes: 371
LUXEMBOURG
54. Carmen (I) (2022)
87 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In a small Mediterranean village, Carmen has looked after her brother, the local priest, for her entire life. When the Church abandons Carmen, she is mistaken for the new priest. Carmen begins to see the world, and herself, in a new light.
Director: Valerie Buhagiar | Stars: Natascha McElhone, Steven Love, Michela Farrugia, Richard Clarkin
Votes: 586
MALTA
55. Bardo: False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths (2022)
R | 159 min | Comedy, Drama
An acclaimed documentarian goes on an introspective journey through surreal dreamscapes to reconcile with the past, the present and his Mexican identity.
Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu | Stars: Daniel Giménez Cacho, Griselda Siciliani, Ximena Lamadrid, Íker Sánchez Solano
Votes: 15,028
MEXICO
56. Carbon (II) (2022)
103 min | Comedy, Drama
Dark comedy set in the early 90s during the Transnistria War.
Director: Ion Bors | Stars: Dumitru Roman, Ion Vantu, Igor Caras-Romanov, Adriana Bîtca
Votes: 678
MOLDOVA
57. Ergej irekhgüi namar (2022)
90 min | Drama
The encounter between a man, who returns from the big city to countryside and then stays to take up an agricultural role, being brought up by his grandparents.
Director: Amarsaikhan Baljinnyam | Stars: Amarsaikhan Baljinnyam, Tenuun-Erdene Garamkhand, Damdin Sovd, Davaasamba Sharaw
Votes: 207
MONGOLIA
58. The Elegy of Laurel (2021)
93 min | Drama
Filip, a sophisticated professor goes on vacation with his wife. Their ideal marriage is over. Escape from problems leads him to a deep forest, where he meets his mother and falls in love with a girl that once was a snake.
Director: Dusan Kasalica | Stars: Frano Lasic, Savina Gersak, Draginja Voganjac, Nikolina Bogdanovic
Votes: 63
MONTENEGRO
59. The Blue Caftan (2022)
122 min | Drama, Romance
A middle-aged tailor and his wife find their relationship challenged by the arrival of a handsome new apprentice.
Director: Maryam Touzani | Stars: Lubna Azabal, Saleh Bakri, Ayoub Missioui, Mounia Lamkimel
Votes: 5,140
MOROCCO
60. Ainaa Jhyal Ko Putali (2020)
96 min | Drama
As the studious Bidya(13) prepares for her further studies, her juvenile brother Basanta(9) distracts her with his antics. But learning, his sister is giving up on her dreams, he struggles to give Bidya the hope she desperately needs.
Director: Sujit Bidari | Stars: Kanchan Chimariya, Dinesh Khatri, Siru Bista, Bisha Chamling Rai
Votes: 191
NEPAL
61. Narcosis (2022)
110 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Narcosis is about a young family that is hit by a family tragedy and has to deal with it in its own unique way.
Director: Martijn de Jong | Stars: Thekla Reuten, Fedja van Huêt, Sepp Ritsema, Lola van Zoggel
Votes: 630
NETHERLANDS
62. Muru (2022)
104 min | Action, Drama
Inspired by actual events, MURU is the story of a local Police Sergeant 'Taffy' Tawharau (Cliff Curtis), who must choose between his badge and his people, when the Government launches an ... See full summary »
Director: Tearepa Kahi | Stars: Cliff Curtis, Jay Ryan, Manu Bennett, Simone Kessell
Votes: 333
NEW ZEALAND
63. The Happiest Man in the World (2022)
100 min | Drama
Asja is a 40-year-old single woman living in Sarajevo. She meets Zoran, a 43-year-old banker, at a dating event. Zoran is not there looking for love though, but for forgiveness. During the ... See full summary »
Director: Teona Strugar Mitevska | Stars: Jelena Kordic Kuret, Adnan Omerovic, Labina Mitevska, Ana Kostovska
Votes: 508
NORTH MACEDONIA
64. War Sailor (2022)
TV-MA | 150 min | Drama, War
The sailor Alfred is in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean when World War II breaks out. Suddenly the sailors are in the front of the war, without any weapons.
Director: Gunnar Vikene | Stars: Kristoffer Joner, Pål Sverre Hagen, Ine Marie Wilmann, Henrikke Lund Olsen
Votes: 3,958
NORWAY
65. Joyland (2022)
126 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
The youngest son in a traditional Pakistani family takes a job as a backup dancer in a Bollywood-style burlesque and quickly becomes infatuated with the strong-willed trans woman who runs the show.
Director: Saim Sadiq | Stars: Ali Junejo, Rasti Farooq, Alina Khan, Sarwat Gilani
Votes: 6,250
PAKISTAN
66. Mediterranean Fever (2022)
108 min | Comedy, Drama
Waleed dreams of a writing career while suffering from depression. He develops a relationship with his neighbor - a small-time crook. While the scheme turns into an unexpected friendship, it leads them into a journey of dark encounters.
Director: Maha Haj | Stars: Amer Hlehel, Ashraf Farah, Anat Hadid, Samir Elias
Votes: 520
PALESTINE
67. Cumpleañero (2022)
96 min | Drama, Thriller
Suffering is not an option.
Directors: Arturo Montenegro, Diego Arrue | Stars: Albi De Abreu, Gaby Gnazzo, Joavany Alvarez, Julia Dorto
Votes: 42
PANAMA
68. EAMI (2022)
83 min | Drama
Eami's homeland is invaded by settlers. Embodying Asojá, the bird-god-woman, she falls into trance in which she walks slowly and stunned through her beloved forest as she prepares to leave it forever.
Director: Paz Encina | Stars: Anel Picanerai, Curia Chiquejno Etacoro, Ducubaide Chiquenoi, Basui Picanerai Etacore
Votes: 162
PARAGUAY
69. El Corazón de la Luna (2021)
80 min | Fantasy
"Moon heart" is the story of M: an old woman who lives adrift: a lonely shadow that crosses her own geography every day. She spends her days dreaming about her past, until one day she finds... See full summary »
Director: Aldo Salvini | Stars: Haydeé Cáceres, Bruno Balbuena, Sergio Velasco, Mirta Urbina
Votes: 78
PERU
70. On the Job 2: The Missing 8 (2021)
208 min | Action, Crime, Drama
This sequel to On the Job (2013) focuses on corruption and media censorship now that a new strongman, Duterte, is in power in the Philippines.
Director: Erik Matti | Stars: Dolly De Leon, Ina Feleo, Leo Martinez, Dennis Trillo
Votes: 212
PHILIPPINES
71. EO (2022)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama
Follows a donkey who encounters on his journeys good and bad people, experiences joy and pain, exploring a vision of modern Europe through his eyes.
Director: Jerzy Skolimowski | Stars: Hola, Tako, Marietta, Ettore
Votes: 14,445
POLAND
72. Alma Viva (2022)
85 min | Drama
Like every summer, little Salomé returns to a family village in the mountains. Suddenly her beloved grandmother dies. While the adults are fighting over the funeral, Salomé is haunted by the spirit of the one who was considered a witch.
Director: Cristèle Alves Meira | Stars: Lua Michel, Ana Padrão, Jacqueline Corado, Ester Catalão
Votes: 470
PORTUGAL
73. Immaculate (2021)
114 min | Drama
When young Daria enters rehab, her perceived innocence gains her the protection of the mostly male junkies inside, but she soon finds out that this special treatment comes at a great price.
Directors: George Chiper, Monica Stan | Stars: Ana Dumitrascu, Vasile Pavel, Cezar Grumazescu, Ilona Brezoianu
Votes: 448
ROMANIA
74. Raven Song (2022)
109 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Nasser, an unexceptional washout, is diagnosed with a brain tumor when he meets an enigmatic and peculiar young woman. Infatuated by her and sick of being a failure, he must quickly figure ... See full summary »
Director: Mohamed al Salman | Stars: Asem Alawad, Ibraheem Alkhairallah, Abdullah Aljafal, Kateryna Tkachenko
Votes: 431
SAUDI-ARABIA
75. Xalé (2022)
101 min | Drama
Senegalese filmmaker Moussa Sène Absa boldly inflects contemporary melodrama with traditional storytelling modes in this potent, music-filled tale of one woman's tragedy and transcendence.
Director: Moussa Sene Absa | Stars: Nguissaly Barry, Mabeye Diol, Ibrahima M'Baye, Rokhaya Niang
Votes: 33
SENEGAL
76. Darkling (2022)
104 min | Drama, Horror
Letter from a girl from Kosovo, dedicated to her missing father, read at the United Nations, in which she publicly addresses the difficult life of Serbs, especially Serb children in the enclaves.
Director: Dusan Milic | Stars: Danica Curcic, Darren Pettie, Nikola Kent, Nikola Rakocevic
Votes: 993
SERBIA
77. Ajoomma (2022)
90 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A widow obsessed with Korean soap operas travels abroad for the first time in her life to Seoul and finds more than she had bargained for.
Director: Shuming He | Stars: Yeo Jin-goo, Kang Hyoung-suk, Han Yeo-reum, Jung Dong-hwan
Votes: 379
SINGAPORE
78. Victim (2022)
91 min | Drama
Irina lives with her son Igor in a small Czech border town. When she discovers that Igor has been assaulted by three Romas her whole world comes crashing down. As times goes on, Irina begins to spot inconsistencies in his story.
Director: Michal Blasko | Stars: Vita Smachelyuk, Gleb Kuchuk, Igor Chmela, Viktor Zavadil
Votes: 244
SLOVAKIA
79. Orkester (2021)
111 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A small town orchestra goes on a tour to Austria - an accasion to escape their everyday lives, indulge in heavy partying and try to connect with their true emotions.
Director: Matevz Luzar | Stars: Gregor Zorc, Gregor Cusin, Jernej Kogovsek, Alexander Mitterer
Votes: 146
SLOVENIA
80. Decision to Leave (2022)
Not Rated | 139 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A detective investigating a man's death in the mountains meets the dead man's mysterious wife in the course of his dogged sleuthing.
Director: Park Chan-wook | Stars: Park Hae-il, Tang Wei, Lee Jung-hyun, Go Kyung-pyo
Votes: 55,286
░░░░║► SOUTH KOREA ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Korean, Mandarin
╚▷ Continent: Asia
◾ 34th submission from South Korea
◾ 1st submission for the director Park Chan-wook [♂]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
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81. Alcarràs (2022)
120 min | Drama
The life of a family of peach farmers in a small village in Catalonia changes when the owner of their large estate dies and his lifetime heir decides to sell the land, suddenly threatening their livelihood.
Director: Carla Simón | Stars: Josep Abad, Jordi Pujol Dolcet, Anna Otin, Albert Bosch
Votes: 7,845
SPAIN
82. Cairo Conspiracy (2022)
Unrated | 126 min | Drama, Thriller
Adam, the son of a fisherman, is offered the privilege to study at the Al-Azhar University in Cairo, the center of power of Sunni Islam. Adam becomes a pawn in the conflict between Egypt's religious and political elites.
Director: Tarik Saleh | Stars: Tawfeek Barhom, Fares Fares, Mohammad Bakri, Makram Khoury
Votes: 7,283
SWEDEN
83. A Piece of Sky (2022)
136 min | Drama, Romance
In a remote mountain village, Anna tries to preserve her young love for Marco, against all odds.
Director: Michael Koch | Stars: Michèle Brand, Simon Wisler, Elin Zgraggen, Daniela Barmettler
Votes: 416
░░░░║► SWITZERLAND ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: German (dialect: Swiss German)
╚▷ Continent: Europe
◾ 50th submission from Switzerland
◾ 1st submission for the director Michael Koch [♂]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
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84. Goddamned Asura (2021)
114 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
During the night of his 18th birthday, Jan-wen commits a random shooting in a crowded night market.
Director: Yi-an Lou | Stars: Joseph Huang, Devin Pan, Yu-Xuan Wang, Hao-Zhe Lai
Votes: 332
░░░░║► TAIWAN ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Mandarin
╚▷ Continent: Asia
◾ 48th submission from Taiwan
◾ 1st submission for the director Lou Yi-An [♂]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
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85. Tug of War (2021)
92 min | Romance
A rebellious young revolutionary becomes involved with a young Indian-Zanzibari girl escaping an oppressive arranged marriage.
Director: Amil Shivji | Stars: Gudrun Mwanyika, Ikhlas Gafur Vora, Siti Amina, Lukman Ali
Votes: 84
TANZANIA
86. One for the Road (2021)
Not Rated | 128 min | Drama
Boss, a high-end club owner living in New York, receives a call from his estranged best friend in Thailand, revealing he has terminal cancer and needs his help to complete a final bucket list.
Director: Baz Poonpiriya | Stars: Chutimon Chuengcharoensukying, Yayaying Rhatha Phongam, Tracy Fisher, Yi Liu
Votes: 1,292
THAILAND
87. Under the Fig Trees (2021)
92 min | Drama
Among the trees, young women and men working the summer harvest develop new feelings, flirt, try to understand each other, find - and flee - deeper connections.
Director: Erige Sehiri | Stars: Ameni Fdhili, Fide Fdhili, Feten Fdhili, Samar Sifi
Votes: 434
TUNISIA
88. Kerr (2021)
101 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
CAN witnesses a murder in a small town.The police don't allow him to leave after his testimony.On the other hand,a quarantine is declared due to rabid dogs.The whole town turns into purgatory with no exit is almost at the edge of insanity.
Director: Tayfun Pirselimoglu | Stars: Erdem Senocak, Jale Arikan, Riza Akin, Ali Seçkiner Alici
Votes: 799
TURKEY
89. Tembele (2022)
90 min | Drama
Enter the mind of Tembele, a waste dump scavenger in Uganda, as he battles a mental breakdown following the death of his son.
Director: Morris Mugisha | Stars: Patriq Nkakalukanyi, Ninsiima Ronah, Cosmas Sserubogo
Votes: 18
UGANADA
90. Klondike (2022)
100 min | Drama, War
After flight MH17 crashes in eastern Ukraine, violent tensions disrupt the lives of an expecting couple living in Donetsk.
Director: Maryna Er Gorbach | Stars: Oksana Cherkashyna, Sergey Shadrin, Oleg Shcherbina, Oleg Shevchuk
Votes: 1,882
UKRAINE
91. Winners (2022)
85 min | Drama, Family
In a small provincial Iranian town, the children work hard to support their families. One day nine-year-old Yahya and his friend Leyla find a precious statue. Sharing a passion for cinema, ... See full summary »
Director: Hassan Nazer | Stars: Mohammad Amir Naji, Parsa Maghami, Martine Malalai Zikria, Mir Taher Mazloomi
Votes: 93
UNITED KINGDOM
92. The Employer and the Employee (2021)
106 min | Drama
The employer is a young man from a middle-class family; he leads a modern life and doesn't fit in with the traditional stereotype of rural producer. But he has one pressing concern: his ... See full summary »
Director: Manolo Nieto | Stars: Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Cristian Borges, Justina Bustos, Fatima Quintanilla
Votes: 204
░░░░║► URUGUAY ◄║░░░░
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STATUS: submitted
╚▷ Language: Spanish
╚▷ Continent: Americas
◾ 22nd submission from Uruguay
◾ 1st submission for the director Manolo Nieto [♂]
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Other films by the same director that have also been submitted: none
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93. The Box (2021)
92 min | Drama
A Mexican teenager sets out to collect his fathers remains, only to be sucked into the underbelly of the manufacturing industry.
Director: Lorenzo Vigas | Stars: Hernán Mendoza, Hatzín Navarrete, Elián Gonzalez, Dulce Alexa Alfaro
Votes: 795
VENEZUELA
94. 578 Magnum (2022)
95 min | Action, Drama
A truck driver's daughter is kidnapped, leading him on a dangerous pursuit to find her abductor, uncovering a sinister criminal network he must confront to rescue his child.
Director: Dung Luong Dinh | Stars: Jessica Minh Anh, Anh Tuan Hac Martial Art, Alexandre Nguyen, Hoang Phuc Nguyen
Votes: 840
VIETNAM
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