Halfway done with the Best International Film list?
Wednesday, September 10, 2025 at 11:00PM by Nathaniel R
Behind the scenes I've been updating the Best International Film submission charts daily. At this writing we have 43 titles, which means we're about halfway done. We still haven't heard which title will represent heavy-hitters like Denmark, France, Italy, Spain, or last year's winner Brazil (though we do have finalists lists for a few of those mainstays of the category). We also impatiently await the decisions from three countries (China, Hong Kong, India) with major cinema industry that voters strangely resist on the regular (sigh). So check out the three charts (A-G / H-N / P-Y) and the current finalist list predictions. Yes, the other Oscar charts will get an update very soon. We'll start when TIFF announces their People's Choice prize.
Today i wanted to highlight four of the newer submissions that I'm excited to see if I ever get the opportunity...