The 96th Academy Awards is set to take place on March 10, 2024 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
An international feature film is defined as a feature-length motion picture (over 40 minutes) produced outside the US with a predominantly (more than 50%) non-English dialogue track and can include animated and documentary features.
Submitted films must have been released theatrically in their respective countries between December 1, 2022, and October 31, 2023. The deadline for submissions to the Academy is October 2. Tajikistan submitted a film for the first time since 2005.
As expected, Italy has chosen ‘Io Capitano’, directed by Matteo Garrone (here the others, foreseen as possible to be chosen);
For the 96th Academy Awards, the submitted motion pictures must be first released theatrically in their respective countries between December 1, 2022, and October 31, 2023. The deadline for submissions to the Academy is October 2, 2023.
Hereafter, from the Academy of Picture Arts and Sciences official website, the entire list from which the final nominations will be chosen, as updated so far:
Submitting country | Film title used in nomination | Original title | Language(s) | Director(s) | |
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Armenia | Amerikatsi | Ամերիկական | Armenian, English, Russian | Michael A. Goorjian | |
Australia | Shayda | Persian, English | Noora Niasari | ||
Belgium | Omen | Augure | French, Swahili, Lingala | Baloji | |
Bhutan | The Monk and the Gun | Dzongkha, English | Pawo Choyning Dorji | ||
Bolivia | The Visitor | El visitante | Spanish | Martín Boulocq | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Excursion | Ekskurzija | Bosnian | Una Gunjak | |
Brazil | Pictures of Ghosts | Retratos Fantasmas | Portuguese | Kleber Mendonça Filho | |
Bulgaria | Blaga’s Lessons | Уроците на Блага | Bulgarian | Stephan Komandarev | |
Canada | Rojek | Kurdish, English, Arabic, French, German | Zaynê Akyol | ||
Chile | The Settlers | Los colonos | Spanish, English | Felipe Gálvez Haberle | |
Colombia | A Male | Un varón | Spanish | Fabián Hernández Alvarado | |
Croatia | Traces | Tragovi | Croatian | Dubravka Turic | |
Czech Republic | Brothers | Bratři | Czech | Tomáš Mašín | |
Egypt | Voy! Voy! Voy! | !فوي! فوي! فوي! | Arabic | Omar Hilal | |
Estonia | Smoke Sauna Sisterhood | Savvusanna sõsarad | Estonian, Seto, Võro | Anna Hints | |
Finland | Fallen Leaves | Kuolleet lehdet | Finnish | Aki Kaurismäki | |
Georgia | Citizen Saint | მოქალაქე წმინდანი | Georgian | Tinatin Kajrishvili | |
Germany | The Teachers’ Lounge | Das Lehrerzimmer | German, English, Polish | İlker Çatak | |
Greece | Behind the Haystacks | Πίσω από τις θημωνιές | Greek | Asimina Proedrou | |
Hungary | Four Souls of Coyote | Kojot négy lelke | Hungarian, English | Áron Gauder | |
Iceland | Godland | Volaða land | Danish, Icelandic | Hlynur Pálmason | |
Indonesia | Autobiography | Indonesian | Makbul Mubarak | ||
Iran | The Night Guardian | نگهبان شب | Persian | Reza Mirkarimi | |
Iraq | Hanging Gardens | جنائن معلقة | Arabic | Ahmed Yassin Al Daradji | |
Israel | Seven Blessings | שבע ברכות | Hebrew, Arabic, French | Ayelet Menahemi | |
Italy | Io capitano | Wolof, French | Matteo Garrone | ||
Japan | Perfect Days | Japanese | Wim Wenders | ||
Kyrgyzstan | This Is What I Remember | Эсимде | Kyrgyz | Aktan Abdykalykov | |
Latvia | My Freedom | Mana Brīvība | Latvian | Ilze Kunga-Melgaile | |
Lithuania | Slow | Tu man nieko neprimeni | Lithuanian, English | Marija Kavtaradze | |
Luxembourg | The Last Ashes | Läif a Séil | Luxembourgish | Loïc Tanson | |
Montenegro | Sirin | Sirin | Serbo-Croatian | Senad Šahmanović | |
Morocco | The Mother of All Lies | كذب أبيض | Arabic | Asmae El Moudir | |
Nepal | Halkara | हलकारा | Nepali | Bikram Sapkota | |
Netherlands | Sweet Dreams | Dutch, Indonesian | Ena Sendijarević | ||
North Macedonia | Housekeeping for Beginners | Домаќинство за почетници | Macedonian, Romani, Albanian | Goran Stolevski | |
Panama | Tito, Margot & Me | Tito, Margot y Yo | Spanish, English | Mercedes Arias & Delfina Vidal | |
Paraguay | The Last Runway 2, Commando Yaguarete | Leal 2, Comando Yaguareté | Spanish | Armando Aquino & Mauricio Rial | |
Peru | The Erection of Toribio Bardelli | La erección de Toribio Bardelli | Spanish | Adrián Saba | |
Portugal | Bad Living | Mal Viver | Portuguese | João Canijo | |
Romania | Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World | Nu aștepta prea mult de la sfârșitul lumii | Romanian | Radu Jude | |
Slovakia | Photophobia | Svetloplachosť | Ukrainian, Russian | Ivan Ostrochovský & Pavol Pekarčík | |
Slovenia | Riders | Jezdeca | Slovenian | Dominik Mencej | |
South Korea | Concrete Utopia | 콘크리트 유토피아 | Korean | Um Tae-hwa | |
Spain | Society of the Snow | La sociedad de la nieve | Spanish | J.A. Bayona | |
Switzerland | Thunder | Foudre | French | Carmen Jaquier | |
Taiwan | Marry My Dead Body | 關於我和鬼變成家人的那件事 | Mandarin, Taiwanese Hokkien | Cheng Wei-hao | |
Tajikistan | Melody | Мелодия | Persian | Behrouz Sebt Rasoul | |
Tunisia | Four Daughters | Les Filles d’Olfa | Arabic | Kaouther Ben Hania | |
Turkey | About Dry Grasses | Kuru Otlar Üstüne | Turkish | Nuri Bilge Ceylan | |
Ukraine | 20 Days in Mariupol | 20 днів у Маріуполі | Ukrainian, English | Mstyslav Chernov | |
Uruguay | Family Album | Temas propios | Spanish | Guillermo Rocamora | |
Yemen | The Burdened | المرهقون | Arabic | Amr Gamal |
May the Best to win!