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94th Oscars. Oscar Contenders of 2021 (for the March 2022 Ceremony) - For prediction, discussion, entertainment purposes

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Most Recent Update: November 10th
OFFICIAL SUBMISSION LIST


Chart One: Albania through Greece
34 SUBMISSIONS
Current predictions |  Haiti through Norway | Palestine through Vietnam

 

Albania
never nominated
(submitting since 1996)

TWO LIONS HEADING TO VENICE
dir: Jonid Jorgji
no US distribution

95 minutes
Italian

A road trip comedy about two filmmakers heading to Venice who get sidetracked. 

Algeria
5 noms | 1 win (submitting since 1969)

HELIOPOLIS
dir. Djaffar Gacem

114 minutes
French and Arabic

A drama about a massacre in Algeria in 1945 when the Algerian people fought the French colonial power

Argentina
7 noms | 2 wins (submitting since 1961)

THE INTRUDER
dir. Natalie Meta

90 minutes
Spanish

A woman begins to confuse reality and imagination after a traumatic episode in this thriller. Erica Rivas (Wild Tales) and Nahuel Perez Biscayart (BPM) star

Armenia
never nominated
(submitting spottily since 2001)

SHOULD THE WIND DROP
dir. Nora Martirosyan
no US distribution

100 minutes
French, Armenia, Russian, and English

A French engineer is sent to a disputed territory to assess whether or not an airport should reopen there. Grégoire Colin (Beau Travail) stars.

Australia
1 nomination
(submitting since 1996)

WHEN POMEGRENATES HOWL
dir. Granaz Moussavi

80 minutes
Pashto and Persian

A kid dreams of being a movie star and meets an Australian photographer who he thinks might help his dream come true

 

Austria
4 noms | 2 wins
(submitting since 1961)

GREAT FREEDOM
dir. Sebastian Meise
MUBI release TBA

116 minutes
German & English

Hans is imprisoned over and over again for his homosexuality in post-war Germany. Franz Rogowski stars.

Azerbaijan
never nominated
(submitting spottily since 2007)

THE ISLAND WITHIN
dir. Ru Hasanov

79 minutes
Azerbajaini

 

Bangladesh
never nominated
(submitting since 2002)

REHANA
dir. Abdullah Mohammed Saad

107 minutes
Bangla

an assistant professor witness a sexual assualt. The problem is that she knows both the victim and the perpetrator.

Belgium
7 noms | 0 wins (submitting since 1967)

PLAYGROUND
dir. Laura Wandel

72 minutes
French

A drama about childhood bullying

Bhutan
never nominated

A YAK IN THE CLASSROOM
dir. Pawo Choyning Dorji

110 minutes
Dzongkha

 

Bolivia
never nominated
(submitting spottily since 1995) 

THE GREAT MOVEMENT
dir. Kiro Russo

85 minutes
Spanish

Describes itself like so "A symphony of the city in the heights, the illness of a worker, the nightmare and his redemption." It won a special jury at Venice

 

Bosnia & Herzegovina
2 noms | 1 win
(submitting since 1994)

THE WHITE FORTRESS
dir. Igor Drljaca

88 minutes
Bosnian & English

A romance in post-war Sarajevo between two teenagers from opposite sides of life

Brazil
4 noms | 0 wins (submitting since 1960)

PRIVATE DESERT
dir. Aly Muritiba

125 minutes
Portuguese 

A suspended cop searches for his internet love but cant find her. Until a man offers to connect the two of them.

Bulgaria
never nominated (submitting since 1971)

FEAR
dir. Ivaylo Hristov

100 minutes
Bulgarian

An unemployed widow meets an African refugee near the border of Bulgaria and Turkey.

Cambodia
1 nomination (submitting since 1994)

WHITE BUILDING
dir: Kavich Neang
NO US DISTRIBUTOR YET

Official Site
90 minutes
Central Khmer
REVIEW

DEBUT FILM. A young man in Phon Phem is losing his home as poor residents are pushed out of the city. Piseth Chhun the lead actor won a prize at "Horizons" program in Venice.

 

Cameroon
never nominated (submitting infrequently since 1980)

HIDDEN DREAMS
dir. Ngang Romanus

96 minutes
English

Canada
7 noms | 1 win
(submitting since 1971)

DRUNKEN BIRDS
dir. Ivan Grbovic

105 minutes
French and Spanish

A drama about a man and a woman fleeing a Cartel in Mexico for Montreal. Jorge Antonio Guerroro (who played Fermin, the naked guy in Roma) headlines.

Chad
never nominated
(submitting since 2002)

LINGUI, THE SACRED BONDS
dir Mahamat-Saleh Haroun

87 minutes
French

Chad has only submitted to the Oscars three times and each time it has been a film by this director. 

Chile
2 noms | 1 win
(submitting since 1990)

WHITE ON WHITE
dir. Theo Court

100 minutes
Spanish

A wedding photograph becomes intrigued by a young bride-to-be. Alfredo Castro (Tony Manero, The Club, From Afar) stars.

Not Selected: The other finalists were
Date una Vuelta... 
Fever Dream
Forgotten Roads
Journey of Monalisa,
My Brothers Dream Awake
 La Promesa del Retorno 
Sergio Larrain 
Superno
Three Souls
La Verónica

China
2 nominations
(submitting since 1979)

CLIFF WALKERS
dir Zhang Yimou

120 minutes
Mandarin

Legendary auteur Zhang Yimou takes his first trip into the espinonage genre. It's set in the 1930s

 

Colombia
1 nomination
(submitting since 1980)

MEMORIA
dir. Apichatpong Weerasethakul
NEON Dates TBA

136 minutes
Spanish, English
REVIEW

Tilda Swinton stars as a woman who begins hearing strange noises while visiting Colombia. 

Not selected: The other four finalists were Angel de mi via, Ruido, Suspension, and Valley of Souls

Costa Rica
never nominated
(submitting since 2005)

CLARA SOLA
dir. Nathalie Alvarez Mesen

106 minutes
Spanish

The sexual and mystical awakening of a 40 year old woman in a small village

Trivia note: This was also a finalist for Sweden (it's an international production)

Croatia
never nominated*
(submitting since 1992)

TEREZA37
dir. Danilo Šerbedžija

Official Site
100 minutes
Croatian

A woman shakes up her life after multiple miscarriages. The star. Lana Baric. is also the writer.

Czech Republic
3 noms | 1 wins*
(submitting since 1994 as Czech Republic)

ZATOPEK
dir. David Ondricek

131 minutes
Czech.

A sports biopic about a famous Czech athlete and the Australian runner who comes to see him in Prague. James Frecheville (Animal Kingdom) co-stars so we assume some of it is in English.

 Denmark
14 noms | 4wins (submitting since 1956)

FLEE
dir. Jonas Poher Rasmussen
US Release: Dec 3rd

90 minutes
Danish, Dari, Russian, Swedish, and English

An interview/memoir of a gay Afghan refugee as he approaches his wedding and reflects back on his journey to Denmark as a teenager 

Not selectedthe other two finalists were Margrete and Shadows in my Eyes.

 

Dominican Republic
never nominated (submitting since 1983)

HOLY BEASTS
dir. Israel Cardenas and Laura Amelia Guzman

90 minutes
Spanish. French & English

Geraldine Chaplin and Udo Kier headling this drama about a fading actresses final film. 

Ecuador
never nominated (submitting since 2000)

SUBMERSIBLE
Alfred León León
NO US DISTRIBUTOR YET

100 minutes
Spanish

A thriller about the crew of a submersible that might sink with their cargo

Egypt
never nominated (submitting since 1958)

SOUAD
dir. Ayten Amid

96 minutes
Arabic

A contemporary story about two young sisters, one of whom has a secret in the virtual world. The film won the Best Actress International Narrative award (for both of its leads) at Tribeca

Estonia
1 nomination
(submitting since 1992)

ON THE WATER
dir. Peeter Simm

95 minutes
Estonian

A dramedy about a sensitive bullied kid and his grandparents in small town Soviet-era Estonia

Finland
1 nom | 0 wins
(submitting since 1973)

COMPARTMENT NO. 6
dir. Juho Kuosmanen
Sony Pictures Classics  TBA

107 minutes
Finnish and Russian

Two strangers share a journey on a train in this Cannes Grand Prix winner.

 

France
3 Honoraries | 37 noms | 9 wins (submitting since 1956)

TITANE
dir. Julia Ducournau
NOW PLAYING IN US

Official Site
108 minutes
French
REVIEW

France has selected the provocative Palme d'or winner about a car-fucking serial killer with a metal plate in her head. Wowza. Some AMPAS members are going to faint.

Not selectedThe other two finalists were: Golden Lion winner Happening (reviewed), and the police drama BAC Nord

 Georgia
1 nom | 0 wins
(submitting since 1996)

BRIGHTON 4TH
dir. Levan Koguashvili

90 minutes
Georgian, Russian, and English

A Georgian wrestler travels to Brooklyn when his son gets into gambling debt trouble there.

Not Selected: The other two finalists were What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? and Person No. 2

Germany
20 noms | 3 wins (submitting since 1956)

I'M YOUR MAN
Maria Schrader
NOW PLAYING IN US

Official Site
105 minutes
German
REVIEW

A rom-com about a woman living with a robot (Dan Stevens) who is programmed to make her happy.

Not Selected
The 9 other finalists were
Copilot
Dear Thomas
 Die Rettung der ...
Fabian
Femocracy
Je suis Karl 
Mr. Bachmann
The Last Execution 
The Royal Game 

Greece
5 noms | 0 wins (submitting since 1957)

DIGGER
dir. Georgia Grigorakis

101 minutes
Greek

A western about an estranged father and son 

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