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89th Oscars. Oscar Contenders of 2016 - For prediction, discussion, entertainment purposes only
PART 1 - ALBANIA TO ESTONIA
25 of 85 Official Submissions
Updated October 12th
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Albania CHROMIUM a family drama about a father, his two sons, and some sort of mine they work in. |
Algeria THE WELL Villagers are beseiged by soldiers and can't escape. |
Argentina THE DISTINGUISHED CITIZEN Oscar Martinez (Wild Tales) won Best Actor in Venice for this drama about a Nobel Laureate returning home Not Selected: Last year: |
Australia Currently playing in select cities in the US 100 minutes |
Austria STEFAN ZWEIG: FAREWELL TO EUROPE Joseph Hader stars as the famous writer. Maria Schrader, who starred in the LGBT Golden Globe nominee Aimee & Jaguar (1999) directs the film! Last Year: |
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Bangladesh THE UNNAMED A coffin has the wrong body inside. A search for the identity intensifies |
Belgium THE ARDENNES This is a drama about two home robbing brothers, one of whom is just out of prison. This is Pront's debut feature. (Belgium generally trades off between Dutch & Flemish films each year) |
Bolivia SEALED CARGO An environmentally aware thriller about corrupt cops, and crates carrying toxic minerals and more - information on this one is confusing though THR calls it "highly energetic" |
Bosnia & Herzegovina DEATH IN SARAJEVO This drama is based on the play "Hotel Europe" by Bernard-Henri Levy (which he hopes help Bosnia enter the EU). This is Tanovic's 4th submission from 16 films Bosnia has submitted over the years. He previously won the Oscar for No Man's Land (2001) and made the Finalist list for A Day in the Life of an Iron Picker (2013) |
Brazil LITTLE SECRET Three families are connected by a secret Not Selected: Last Year: |
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Bulgaria
A high school movie about four inseparable best friends. In black and white. |
Cambodia
Set during the 1970s in the seige on Phnom Penh. A singer and her two lovers try to escape the city. |
Canada IT'S ONLY THE END OF THE WORLD Dolan's love it or hate it family drama. This is the third time Canada has submitted a Dolan film after I Killed My Mother and Mommy. He has yet to be nominated. Last Year: |
Chile NERUDA Opening in the US on December 16th An inspector (Gael Garcia Bernal) hunts down the poet, Pablo Neruda, in the 1940s. Larraín also has an English language feature which will likely be vying for Oscar this year in Jackie. |
China XUAN ZANG A biopic of a famous Buddhist monk and scholar during the Tang Dynasty starring Xiaoming Huang (who costarred in Ip Man 2 and who is married to the popular actress Angelababy) |
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Colombia ALIAS MARIA A drama about a pregnant female soldier Not Selected: Finalists: Anna, The Seed of Silence, and Oscuro Animal Coverage of Last Year's Nominee: |
Costa Rica ABOUT US A romantic dramedy about a man trying to save his relationship with a beach getaway |
Croatia ON THE OTHER SIDE A mother secret threatens to be revealed. Ogresta was submitted once before for Red Dust (1999) * Croatia has not received a nomination yet as an independent country but there were two Croatian films nominated from within the former Yugoslavia The Road a Year Long (1958) and The Ninth Circle (1960) |
Cuba THE COMPANION 104 minutes A boxer accused of doping becomes is forced to become companion to a soldier who contracted AIDS in Africa Coverage of last year's submission: |
Czech Republic LOST IN MUNICH Comedy. A 90 year old parrot, prepared to give his "account" of history is kidnapped by a journalist *These stats include all but one of the nomineees from the former Czechoslovakia. Without their Oscar tally is 3 nominations with 1 win |
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Denmark LAND OF MINE German POWS in Denmark during World War II. Denmark's been on quite a run this decade with 4 noms and 1 win Not Selected: The Commune & Walk With Me Coverage of Last Year's Nominee: |
Dominican Republic FLOR DE AZUCAR A peasant who has been in hiding risks returning to his family after killing a soldier Last year's submission: Sand Dollars |
Ecuador SUCH IS LIFE IN THE TROPICS plot unknown Ecuador has only submitted a handful of times but this is the second time they've gone with Cordero. |
Egypt CLASH This is a drama set entirely in a police van as various people are arrested during street protests. |
Estonia MOTHER The downtrodden mother/caretaker of a man in a coma from a mysterious attack has secrets of her own in this dark comedy |
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