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89th Oscars. Oscar Contenders of 2016 - For prediction, discussion, entertainment purposes only
Part 3 - NEW ZEALAND through YEMEN
30 of 85 official submissions
Updated: October 22nd, 2016
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Afghanistan to Estonia - 25 Official Submissions
Finland to The Netherlands - 30 Official Submissions
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New Zealand A documentary about Afghanistan and the challenges of film preservation |
Norway A World War II drama about German soldiers arriving in Oslo Not Selected: Coverage of last year's submission: |
Pakistan Set in two time frames, modern day Karachi and 18th century Dehli. A young poet driven to madness discovers the work of the god of poetry Meer Taqi Meer so it's part biopic, too. |
Palestine This is the true story of a young musician who wants to compete on "Arab Idol" Both of the previous submissions from Abu-Assad have been nominated, Paradise Now and Omar. |
Panama A young boy who was sent to the US to escape bad influences returns ten years later to meet his father |
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Peru A teenage misfit meets an amateur pornographer who meet online take their relationship to the real world |
The Philippines A poor mother of four sells drugs on the side. Won Best Actress at Cannes Not Selected: Coverage of Last Year's Submission: |
Poland Wajda, who just died (RIP), is an Oscar favorite. He's been submitted by Poland nine times with four nominations in this category (The Promised Land, The Maids of Wilko, Man of Iron, Katyn). He also received an honorary Oscar in 2000. We shall see if this avante garde artist biopic does it for him again posthumously. |
Portugal A black and white drama based on an epistolary novel in which a soldier and his wife write to each other during a war in the 1970s * Portugal has the distinction of being the country that has submitted most often without any success. So we're rooting for them to break through each year! |
Romania A neurologist attends a family celebration of his late father. Things do not go as planned. Puiu was submitted once before for the critic's darling The Death of Mr Lazarescu Not Selected: |
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Russia Three lives (German, French, and Russian) cross during World War II. In black and white (with some color). Konchalovsky was submitted once before for House of Fools (2002) Not Selected: The Duelist and Zoology *This stat includes the Russian stats with the USSR's record |
Saudi Arabia It's Saudia Arabia's first romantic comedy about a middle class guy and a wealthy girl |
Serbia Billed as a tragicomedy - A retiring train driver holds a horrible record: most accidental deaths during his trips.
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Singapore a young secretive man trains to be an executioner
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Slovakia Available to Stream on Festival Scope a former famous actress and alcoholic tries to reconcile with her son * Slovakia's only nom / win came as part of the original Czechoslokakia before the country split The Shop of Main Street (1965) was Slovakian. Coverage of Last Year's Submission:
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Slovenia A documentary fiction hybrid about the myths of America's purchase of Yugoslavia's space program in the 1960s. Produced by HBO Europe so they'll have money to campaign with and the American-specific topic won't hurt |
South Africa A true story about a man in prison who discovers his gift for storytelling. |
South Korea Currently Playing in the US Set in the 1920s, resistant fighters try to destroy Japanese facilities in Seoul. Stars the very popular actor Song Kang-Ho from The Host, Snowpiercer, Memories of Murder, Thirst etcetera) Not Selected: |
Spain Spain is in its longest dry spell ever without a nomination. Their last was 2004's The Sea Inside (which won). Not Selected: Coverage of Last Year's Submission: |
Sweden A crotchedly old retiree develops a friendship with his immigrant neighbors (Sweden is in its longest dry spell ever without a nomination. Their last was 2004's As It Is in Heaven) Coverage of Last Year's Submission: |
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Switzerland This animated feature, sure to be the shortest submission, is about an orphan trying to adapt to his new group home. |
Taiwan Three school children from the country, inspired by a new teacher, take a trip to Taipei *all the Oscar nominations for Taiwan are actually Ang Lee films! Coverage of Last Year's Submission: |
Thailand a young man who was forced to become a monk, becomes intimate with a village girl |
Turkey A family drama in a small mountain village. The father wants to compete in a bull competition so he spends time training a bull. |
Ukraine A documentary about two sheriffs serving a small town * Ukraine's sole nomination came as part of the USSR, 1984's Wartime Romance |
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United Kingdom Currently playing in the US, Spirit Nom This is a debut feature (a horror thriller even which is fairly rare for submission genres) about a mother and daughter in Tehran haunted by a mysterious evil in the 1980s |
Uruguay Starring Cecilia Roth (All About My Mother) * Uruguay's sole nominee A Place in the World (1992) was disqualfied after its nod Coverage of Last Year's Submission: |
Venezuela Currently Streaming on Netflix A violent romantic relationship between an older man (Chilean star Alfredo Castro) and the young thief he picks up from the street |
Vietnam the story of two little brothers in the late 80s in a village in Vietnam |
Yemen a young girl asks a judge to grant her a divorce from her awful husband |
Albania to Estonia - 25 Official Submissions
Finland to The Netherlands - 30 Official Submissions
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