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94th Oscars. Oscar Contenders of 2021 (for the March 2022 Ceremony) - For prediction, discussion, entertainment purposes
Most Recent Update: November 10th, 2021
OFFICIAL SUBMISSION LIST
Chart Two: Haiti through Norway
30 SUBMISSIONS
Current predictions | Albania through Georgia | Pakistan through Yemen
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Haiti FREDA 93 minutes A drama about a family trying to escape the struggle of everyday violence and poverty |
Hong Kong
ZERO TO HERO 102 minutes A biopic of Hong Kong's first gold medal winnig paralympian.
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Hungary POST MORTEM 115 minutes A horror story about a photographer and a little girl after the first world war |
Iceland LAMB 106 minutes A childless couple adopt a strange newborn on their farm in Iceland |
India PEBBLES 75 minutes An alcoholic tries to get his wife back (after beating her) with his son in tow Not selected: They were deciding between 14 films but we could only find a handful of those titles. |
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Indonesia YUNI 95 minutes A teenage girl rejects a marriage proposal but culturally you can't reject too many. From the director of The Seen and Unseen |
Iran A HERO 127 minutes A moral quandry drama about a man in prison for debts he is unable to repay. |
Iraq EUROPA 75 minutes A film about an Iraqi man trying to migrate to Europe at the Turkey-Bulgaria border. It premiered in Cannes Directors Fortnight. |
Ireland FOSCADH/SHELTER 93 minutes A loner inherits valuable land which brings several problems. |
Israel LET IT BE MORNING 101 minutes The Palestinian cast protested this being referred to as an Israeli film at Cannes so one imagines there's troubl ahead that this will be considered an Israeli film by Oscar |
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Italy THE HAND OF GOD 130 minutes A semi autobiographical story of a young man in Italy his eccentric family and his decision to become a filmmaker. Not selected: Italy considered 17 other films for this honor, too |
Japan DRIVE MY CAR Official Site A drama about a stage director/actor, his wife, and his new chauffer. |
Jordan AMIRA |
Kazakhstan YELLOW CAT |
Kenya MISSION TO RESCUE 93 minutes Some kind of action/war film though it doesn't have an IMDb page or offiicial site that we can find. |
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Kosovo HIVE 84 minutes DEBUT DIRECTOR. This drama won 3 major prizes at Sundance 2021. This story is about a woman struggling against the patriarchy to run her own own business after her husband goes missing in the war. |
Kyrgysztan SHAMBALA 93 minutes The life of a young boy in the mountains and the folklore tales his grandfather tells him. |
Latvia THE PIT 90 or 107 minutes (???) A young boy decides to teach a neighbor girl a lesson when she badmouths his dead father in this drama. This is her second feature fpm the director though her debut was relased the same year. |
Lebanon COSTA BRAVA LEBANON 106 minutes A couple decides to leave the city to built a utopia in the mountains. Lebanon's most internationally famous director Nadine Labaki (Capernaum, Caramel) has the lead role in front of the camera. |
Lithuania ISAAC 104 minutes A man who killed his neighbor, a Jew, in 1941 is haunted by his crime. What happened to: Initially Lithuania announced that they were sending a documentary called The Jump |
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Luxembourg IO STO BENE 94 minutes An old Italian man who has lived away from Italy his whole life meets a young Italian artist abroad. |
Malawi FATSANI - TALE OF SURVIVAL Trailer A young girl sells bananas on the street. This is only Malawi's second Oscar submission. |
Malaysia HAIL, DRIVER 82 minutes A man begins illegal driving in Kuala Lumpur after his father dies. |
Malta LUZZU 94 minutes A man enters the black market fishing industry to provide for his wife and child. |
Mexico PRAYERS FOR THE STOLEN 110 minutes Three young adolescent girls try to survive in war town Mexico. Huezo was previously submitted for a documentary |
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Montenegro AFTER THE WINTER 101 minutes The story of five former childhood friends leaving their youth behind. |
Morocco CASABLANCA BEATS 101 minutes This is Ayouch's fifth submission from his home country, by far the most for any Moroccan director. |
The Netherlands DO NOT HESITATE 90 minutes three young soliders are tasked with guarding a military vehicle Not Selected:The finalist list of 14 films had some high profile titles with streaming distribution in the US |
North Macedonia SISTERHOOD 90 minutes Two teenage girls get into trouble and are involved in other girls accident. This is a debut feature from Dina Duma. |
Norway THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD 127 minutes The romances of a young woman who keeps changing her mind about everything. Reinate Rensve won Best Actress at Cannes for this delightful inventive film. Not Selected: the other finalists were the Holocaust drama Betrayed, and the pregnant illustrator dramedy Ninjababy |