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88th Oscars. Oscar Contenders of 2015 - For prediction, discussion, entertainment purposes only
PART 1 - AFGHANISTAN TO FINLAND
24 Official Submissions
Updated November 29th
France to Morocco 29 Submissions
Nepal to Vietnam 28 Submissions
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Afghanistan 95 minutes DISQUALIFIED DUE TO TOO MUCH ENGLISH [src] three tales of loneliness. One involves a woman trying to become pregnant and a man who swaps out the donor sperm for his own |
Albania 100 minutes A drama about a single week at a remote cafe. Said to be understated and beautifully shot |
Algeria ??? minutes Hamina won the Palme d'or in the 1970s with Chronicles of Fire. He's been retired for many years before this return. |
Argentina 110 minutes This is the infamous story of the Puccio family, who kidnapped neighbors and friends for ransom in the 1980s. Chilling. Awards |
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Austria 99 minutes NOW PLAYING IN US A horror movie about twins whose mother returns after reconstructive surgery. But is it more than her face that's changed? Austria has started the current century strong with two Oscars already for Counterfeiters (2007) and Amour (2012) Not Selected: |
Bangladesh 121 minutes Like Moses a young orphan baby is rescued from a river. The events of his life prove unpredictable It's rare to hear of Bangladeshi films even at festivals. When will their industry get a breakout film? |
Belgium 113 minutes This comedy is about God living in Brussells with his daughter and also: Catherine Deneuve. (anything with Catherine Deneuve in it is automatically about Catherine Deneuve, y'hear?) |
Bosnia & Herzegovina 90 minutes The struggles of a family in postwar Bosnia. This is a feature debut for a short film filmmaker |
Brazil 112 minutes Oscilloscope Brazil is still waiting on a win as their best chances City of God and Central Station were thwarted by surprise snubs and a surprise BP contender in their category respectively. Muylaert previously wrote the screenplay to another Brazilian submission The Year My Parents Went on Vacation |
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Bulgaria 107 minutes Komandarev is the only Bulgarian director who almost made it to the Oscars - his last submission made the finalist list - so they're sending his latest, about a father and son living near the border to Turkey and Greece |
Cambodia 106 minutes We predicted this one last season but it was delayed so here it is as 2015's official pick. Cambodia is coming off of their first nomination for the brilliant Missing Picture. This one is about a lost film recovered that tells different truth about the traumatic past |
Canada 105 minutes Currently Streaming This is a cross cultural affair drama about a married Yiddish woman and a grieving man A lower profile for our neighbors to the North this year with Xavier Dolan out of the running. Other films that werent' selected include: Philippe Falardeau's Guibord's Going to War and the Leo winner Violent , about a dying young woman in Norway (but a Canadian film) |
Chile 98 minutes Music Box Films Chile's only nomination was for Pablo Larrain's No so they're sending him again. His latest is about a Catholic Church crisis counsellor sent to investigate multiple abuse charges against priests and nuns in a beach town. |
China ??? minutes Synposis Not Selected |
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Colombia 125 minutes Oscilloscope a visually stunning journey on the Colombian Amazon for a rare plant |
Costa Rica 97 minutes This is a family drama about a young girl who gets involved (secretly) with a prison inmate.
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Croatia 123 minutes This was already a prize winner at Cannes. It's about a Serbian-Croatian romance just as the civil war slaughter begins |
Czech Republic 92 minutes a home care worker realizes she might need some care of her own and not only live for others *These stats include all but one of the nominees from the former Czechoslovakia since all but one of them were Czech films. The Slovakian language nominee goes with The Slovak Republic's statistics |
Denmark Chat w/ Pilou Asbaek 115 minutes A soldier's (Pilou Asbæk, Game of Thrones) actions in Afghanistan have a huge effect on his family back home. Lindholm previously made the popular Danish feature A Hijacking and was the cowriter of a Oscar nominee The Hunt Not selected: |
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Dominican Republic 84 minutes Breaking Glass Pic This LGBT drama stars Geraldine Chaplin as a wealthy British woman with a kept girl of sorts (who has her own oyfriend on the side) in this socioeconomic relationship drama |
Estonia 100 minutes an epic World War II drama that was a huge hit at home. Estonia received their first nomination last season for Tangerine which actually co-starred the director of this one Elmo Nüganen. |
Ethiopia This played at Cannes and features a 9 year old boy and his pet. Oscar is fond of child protagonists in this category |
Finland 93 minutes Popular director Klaus Härö made this one with a lot of assistance from Estonia. Hopefully Oscar won't mind. It's about an inspirational swordsmen teacher in 1950s Estonian during the Soviet occupation Not Selected: |
CONTINUE ON TO... France to Morocco Countries That Did Not Submit This Year: Armenia , Azerbaijan, Bhutan, Bolivia, Egypt
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