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88th Oscars. Oscar Contenders of 2015 - For prediction, discussion, entertainment purposes only
Part 3 - NEPAL through VIETNAM
28 official submissions
updated on November 29th
Afghanistan to Finland - 24 Official Submissions Thus Far
France to Morocco - 29 Official Submissions Thus Far
HQ - Predictions and Trivia
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Nepal 90 minutes Cinemaflix A revolution disrupts the life of a village and a day laborer in this drama. Nepal submits irregularly but were nominated on their first try for Caravan (1999) |
The Netherlands 118 minutes six interconnected people influence each other's lives Not Selected: |
Norway 104 minutes The director was previously nominated for a Student Academy Award and his features, including this one (Norway's first disaster movie), have been big hits at home. Not selected: |
Pakistan 133 minutes A father and son must deal with corruption in society and their own home with the family's mother dies. |
Palestine 75 minutes Here's an unusual submission: an animated documentary about the Israeli army's pursuit of "national threat" cows on a Palestinian collective farm Synopsis |
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Paraguay 92 minutes A documentary about the filmmaker returning home to care for his mother. Paraguay has an emerging film industry and they had four films to choose from this year for their first submission. |
Peru 95 minutes a forensics team struggles to identify a body from a mass grave Not Selected |
The Philippines 118 minutes Submitting since 1953 and regularly since 1995 but still no nomination. Their latest attempt is with this military biopic. Not Selected: |
Poland 83 minutes This one is a thriller that follows the lives of several characters during the exact same 11 minutes
Poland finally won on their 10th nomination (Ida), leaving Israel alone as the most nominated country without a win. Following their win what will they choose. The Best Picture nominees at the Polish Oscars were Gods (Bogowie) from Lukasz Palkowski about Poland's first human heart transplant the documentary Powstanie Warszawksie (which won), Warsaw '44 a war drama, and Jack Strong though that spy drama is partially in English (Patrick Wilson and his gorgeous Polish wife Dagmara Dominczyck are in the cast) |
Portugal 132 minutes Kino Lorber Gomes three movie opus which address Portugal's austerity measures in separate stories does not need to be viewed in any particular order. Volume 2 is said to be the most entertaining and has three individual stories within it (to make things even more confusing about what this trilogy is) and the last portion is the one with the poodle who won the "Palme DOG" at Cannes this year |
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Romania 108 minutes Big World An adventure film set in the 19th century when about a policeman searching for a gypsy slave who ran from a noble's estate. (Despite much critical attention for Romanian cinema, Oscar has thus far ignored it.) Not SelectedHigh profile titles that weren't submitted for some reason were One Floor Below and The Treasure
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Russia 175 minutes This is the sixth time Russia has submitted a Mikhalkov film. The esteemed director was a very controversial choice in 2011 since few thought his film was any good. He previously won the Oscar for Burnt by the Sun (1994) and was also nominated for Close to Eden (1992) and 12 (2007) *these stat include the former Soviet Union's Russian nominees (which were all but one of them) |
Serbia 92 minutes this is about small communities of Serbs who live in isolation in Kosovo and Metohija
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Singapore This is seven short films celebrating the 50th anniversary of Singapore through various stories from 7 of their most acclaimed directors |
Slovakia 75 minutes * Slovakia's only nomination came as part of the original Czechoslokakia before the country split into two separate entities Czech Republic and Slovakia. But of the former Oscar nominees from the original country, only one was Slovakian and that was The Shop of Main Street (1965) which won the Oscar. |
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Slovenia 90 minutes a chamber piece drama |
South Africa 94 minutes Synopsis |
South Korea 125 minutes Submitting since 1962, and regularly since 2000. Still no nomination. This historical drama about a prince's murder is from the director of The King and the Clown, which was an Oscar submission 10 years back |
Spain 99 minutes A woman begins to receive a bouqet of flowers every week without a note attached. This is the first time Spain has ever submitted a film in the Basque language and the first Basque language film nominated for Best Picture at the Goyas (Spain's Oscars) Not Selected: |
Sweden 101 minutes Magnolia Pictures US Release completed Andersson's latest feature built from absurdist tableau vignettes won the Golden Lion in Venice. It's awesome. Also up for EFA's People Choice prize. |
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Switzerland 162 minutes An unexpected choice from Switzerland. It's a nearly 3 hour Arabic 3-D documentary from an Iraqi expat looking at the history of his family scattered across the world. Not Selected: |
Taiwan NOW PLAYING IN US 107 minutes Will Nie Yinniang (Shu Qi) sacrifice the man she loves (Chang Chen) or break with her Order of Assassins? People are raving about this films exquisite beauty already. Will Oscar mind not being able to follow the story? *all Oscar stats for this country come from Ang Lee films! |
Thailand 80 minutes a coming of age story of two brothers, the older one of whom may be drafted. This is one of the few LGBT stories in the mix this year.
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Turkey 97 minutes an 11 year old boy saves a sheep dog from death. Turkey has been submitting since 1964 and regularly since 1989. Still no nomination |
United Kingdom ??? minutes This is an adaptation of the famous play (yes the one that was also a Liz Taylor movie) starring Rhys Ifans |
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Uruguay 78 minutes This dramedy, set during the holidays is about three lonely people in rural Uruguay. It won a big prize at the Zurick film festival last year. * Uruguay's sole nominee A Place in the World (1992) was disqualfied after its nomination |
Venezuela 104 minutes A clash between modernity and traditions for a young woman named Dauna (Yordana Medrano) |
Vietnam A comedy about a lottery winner Vietnam was nominated for their first submission The Scent of Green Papaya (1993) but no luck since |
CONTINUE ON TO... Afghanistan to Finland Countries That Did Not Submit This Year: Films That We Believed Were Submitted That Vanished Return to
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