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99th Oscars. Predictions for the Films of 2026 / Ceremony 2027
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SUBMISSION SPECULATION
most recent update: 06/01/2026
 

CHART 2: GREECE through NORTH MACEDONIA
no official submissions have been announced at this writing

 

Greece
5 noms | 0 wins

Submission TBA 

 

Greenland
never nominated

Submission TBA

 

Haiti
never nominated

Submission TBA

One option is Marie Madeleine 

Hong Kong
3 nominations | + 1 finalist

Submission TBA

It's hard to track all their options but there's always Secret in the Box or Dog Day Evening

Hungary
10 noms | 2 wins | + 2 finalists

Submission TBA

 

 

Iceland
1 nomination | + 4 finalists

Submission TBA

 

India
3 nominations | +1 finalist

Submission TBA

Given that India produces 100s of films each year, who knows. But two festival titles we know of include Hunter’s Moon, and Songs of Forgotten Trees

 

Indonesia
never nominated

Submission TBA

One option is My Own Last Supper

 

Iran
3 noms | 2 wins | + 2 finalists

Submission TBA

 

Iraq
never nominated

Submission TBA

 

 

 

 

Ireland
1 nominee | + 2 finalists

Submission TBA

 

Israel
10 noms | 0 wins | + 1 finalist

Submission TBA

Italy
29 noms | 11 wins | + 3 honoraries | + 2 finalists

Submission TBA

Venice will give us plentiful options but for now some options include Roma Elastica and La Gradiva

 

Japan
15 noms | 2 wins | + 3 honoraries | + 1 finalist

Submission TBA

I find Japan's submissions fairly unpredictable but some options include All the Lovers in the Night, The Samurai and the Prisoner, Godzilla Minus Zero,  Two Seasons Two Strangers, and Yakushima’s Illusion

Jordan
1 nom

Submission TBA

Two options we know of are  The Station, and Boomah

 

 

Kyrgyzstan
never nominated

Submission TBA

Maybe Skylark?

 

Latvia
1 nomination

Submission TBA

Given the Cannes reception they should try Minotaur but another option is  Ula

Lebanon
2 nominations

Submission TBA

Maybe

Yesterday the Eye Didn’t Sleep

 

Lithuania
never nominated

Submission TBA

Maybe Vesna?

Luxembourg
never nominated

Submission TBA

 

 

Madagascar
never nominated

Submission TBA

Malaysia
never nominated

Submission TBA

 

 

Mexico
9 noms |  1 win | + 5 finalists

Submission TBA

Three festival titles that could become options are

 Ashes, Six Months in a Pink and Blue Building, and the gay drama On the Road 

 

Mongolia
never nominated

Submission TBA

 

Montenegro
never nominated

Submission TBA

 

Morocco

Submission TBA

Two titles we know of are

Strawberries and Halima

 

Nepal
1 nomination

Submission TBA

Will the select the Cannes premiere Elephants in the Fog?

The Netherlands
7 noms | 3 wins | + 3 finalists

Submission TBA

 

North Macedonia
2 noms

Submission TBA

return to Chart 1
ALGERIA - GREENLAND

continue to Chart 3
PALESTINE - VIETNAM

PREDICTIONS FOR THE FINALIST LIST

 

OVERALL OSCAR PREDICTIONS

 

 

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