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92nd Oscars. Oscar Contenders of 2019 (for the 2020 Ceremony) - For prediction, discussion, entertainment purposes
OFFICIAL SUBMISSION LIST - ACADEMY CONFIRMED
LAST CHART UPDATE NOV 24TH, 2019
Part Three: Pakistan through Vietnam
Current predictions | Afghanistan through Greece | Honduras through Norway
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Pakistan No US distribution Yet An action thriller about a man looking to escape the city and a woman looking for revenge. |
Palestine No US distribution Yet The writer/director also stars in this travelogue of sorts where he makes observations. It received a special mention at Cannes |
Panama No US distribution yet A family drama in which the father plans to undero gender reassignment surgery |
Peru No US distribution Yet A teenage boy who wants to follow in his father's footsteps discovers a secret about him that shatters his world. |
The Philippines No US Distribution Yet A legal drama about a domestic abuse survivor and her alcoholic husband. Despite submitting in the very first foreign film year and 29 times in total, they're still waiting on a first nod.
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Poland No US distribution Yet Drama about a juvenile delinquet with a spiritual awakening who decides to become a small-town parish. We've heard great things about the performance from the 27 year old leading man Bartosz Bielenia. |
Portugal No US distribution Yet This is a nearly three hour epic about a wealthy landowning family in Portugal. Portugal holds the unhappy distinction of having the most submissions without a nomination. They've submitted 35 times to date. |
Romania US release in 2020 from Magnolia A heist thriller starring Vlad Ivanov (Snowpiercer, 4 Months 3 Weeks and 2 Days) about a police offcier and a secret whistling language. Porumboiu was submitted previously for his comedy Police, Adjective. |
Russia No US Distribution Yet A post WW II drama about two women struggling to rebuild their lives in the ruins of Leningrad. * If you include the Soviet Union stats its 16 nominations and 4 wins. Without those previoius films its 7 noms and 1 win since 1992 |
Saudi Arabia A young doctor surprises her community by running for office. They've never had a female candidate. |
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Senegal Senegal has only submitted once with Félicité (2017) but they're apparently on a role now with this Cannes sensation that will stream on Netflix eventually. It's a gorgeous haunting. |
Serbia No US Distribution Yet A biopic of a man who was banished from Serbia only to return and secure parliamentary democracy for the country. The same director also made an 11 episode TV version of this story though we dont know if this uses the same actors and footage. |
Singapore A LAND IMAGINED Currently Streaming on Netflix A mystery about a Chinese construction worker who goes missing and a cop in Singapore investigating the disappearance |
Slovakia LET THERE BE LIGHT No US Distribution Yet A family drama about a construction worker who realizes his son has joined a paramilitary youth group. *One Slovak film was nominated when they were part of Czecho-slovakia: The Shop on Main Street (1965) |
Slovenia No US Distribution Yet A family drama about a mother's death. The hearing disabled daughter realizes she'd been keeping secrets from her children. |
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South Africa KNUCKLE CITY No US Distribution Yet A crime drama about the two sons of a legendary boxer, one who becomes a boxer the other a criminal.
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South Korea NOW PLAYING This year's Palme D'Or winner from Cannes is a brilliant black comedy about a con-artist family and the wealthy world they infiltrate from the South Korean master behind Snowpiercer, Mother, Okja, and more... |
Spain NOW PLAYING Almodovar won this category previously for All About My Mother. His latest is personal drama about a film director reaching the end of his career and recalling his youth. Not Selected: the animated Bunuel in the labyrinthy of the turtles, and While at War by Alejandro Amenabar |
Sweden Opening in the US in 2020 from Music Box Films Levan Akin is a Swedish director of Georgian descent. This gay romantic drama about dancers takes place in Georgia. Sweden hasn't won since Fanny & Alexander (1983) Not Selected: The other finalists this year were sci-fi drama Aniara and thriller Quick. |
Switzerland No US Distribution Yet A comedy about an orthodox Jew whose mother wants him to marry a woman just like her. |
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Taiwan Currently streaming on Netflix This is about a widow and her late husband's boyfriend. It won 3 Golden Horse Awards * Taiwan's entire Oscar history comes from Ang Lee. |
Thailand Currently streaming on Netflix Bless all countries brave enough to send horror films or other such genre efforts that Oscar almost never goes for. This one is about a girl whose head detaches from her body to hunt for flesh at night. |
Tunisia No US Distribution Yet A couple with high hopes for their son realize he has joined ISIS |
Turkey 135 minutes No US Distribution Yet This is the first in a planned trilogy of film. It's about a mother and a nanny she hires (who also just had a baby) |
Ukraine 96 minutes No US Distribution Yet This bleak drama is about a father and son transporting their dead son/brother back to their homeland of Crimea |
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United Kingdom 113 minutes Currenly streaming on Netflix Drama about a teenage boy building a wind generator to save his village from drought. |
Uruguay 97 minutes No US Distribution Yet A dramedy covering two decades in the life of a man caught up in book-cooking schemes. Daniel Hendler stars |
Uzbekistan No US Distribution Yet Drama about a young girl facing multiple problems living with her grandmother after her parents divorce. |
Venezuela BEING IMPOSSIBLE No US Distribution Yet A drama about a woman who, after painful sex with her boyfriend, discovers that she was born intersex. She questions if she wants to continue life as a woman. |
Vietnam Currently streaming on Netflix An action drama about a woman trying to escap her violent past who is drawn back in when her daughter is kidnapped |