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97th Oscars. Predictions for the Films of 2024 
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OFFICIAL SUBMISSION CHARTS
most recent update 10/29/2024

CHART 3: PAKISTAN through VIETNAM
28 of 85 COMPETING TITLES

 

Pakistan
1 finalist

🇵🇰

THE GLASSWORKER
dir Usman Riaz
No US Release News

98 minutes
Urdu, English

An animated international co-production about a young glassblower in wartime.

The film is set in a location loosely inspired by Pakistan. Riaz is the first director to make a handdrawn animated featire in Pakistan.

 

recent finalist
2022 - Joyland

 

Palestine
2 nominations | 
submitting since 2003

🇵🇸

FROM GROUND ZERO
various directors
No US Release News

TIFF Review

112 minutes
Arabic

DOCUMENTARY
A collection of 22 short films about the current war from various Gaza based directors

 

recent key submissions
2020 - Gaza Mon Amour
2019 - It Must Be Heaven
2013 - Omar

 

Panama
never nominated | + 1 finalist | submitting since 2014)

🇵🇦

WAKE UP, MOM
dir Arianne Benedetti
No US Release News

99 minutes
Spanish

A mother in a desperate search for her missing daughter.

Benedetti was previously submitted for Beyond Brotherhood (2015)

 

recent key submissions
2021 - Plaza Catedral
2019 - Everybody Changes

 

Paraguay
never nominated | submitting since 2015

🇵🇾

THE LAST
dir Sebastian Pena Escobar
No US Release News

87 minutes
Spanish, Guarani

A environmental documentary about Gran Chaco and threats from deforestation and wildfires.

 

recent key submissions:
2022 -Eami 
2018 -The Heiresses 

Peru
1 nomination | submitting since 1967

🇵🇪

YANA-WARA
dir Oscar Catacora and Tito Catacora
No US Release News

104 minutes
Aymara

A drama about a grandfather accused of murdering his granddaughter.

The director died during filming so his uncle Tito (a producer) finished the film. 

 

recent key submissions:
2019 -Retablo
2010 -Undertow
2009 -Milk of Sorrow 

 

Philippines
never nominated |  submitting since 1953

🇵🇭

AND SO IT BEGINS
dir Ramona S Diaz
No US Release News

Feature Profile

113 minutes
Filipino & English

A documentary about Filipino politics and a growing grassroots movement.

 

recent key submissions
 2022 - On the Job: Missing 8
2016 - Ma' Rosa
2012 - Bwakaw

 

Poland
13 nominations | 1 win submitting since 1963

🇵🇱

UNDER THE VOLCANO
dir Damian Kocur
No US Release News

102 minutes
Ukrainian, Spanish, Russian, German, Wolof, and English

A Ukrainian family learns they cant return home from holiday in Spain due to Russia's invasion. This is the director's sophomore feature.

recent key submissions
2022 - EO
2020 - Never Gonna Snow
2018 - Cold War
2014 - Ida

Portugal
never nominated |  submitting since 1980

🇵🇹

GRAND TOUR
dir. Miguel Gomes
MUBI in US, date TBA

TIFF Review

128 minutes
Portugueuse

Not Selected:
Portugal had four other finalists which were: The Buriti FlowerThe Fortunate OnesManga D'Terra, and Your Face Will Be The Last

recent key submissions
2021 Metamorphosis 
2020 - Vitalina Varela
2019 - The Domain
2015 - Arabian Nights 

Romania
1 nomination | +1 finalist | submitting since 1966

🇷🇴

THREE KILOMETRES TO THE END OF THE WORLD
dir Emanuel Parvu
No US Release News

Cannes Review

105 minutes
Romanian

A drama about a gay teenager and his conservative family / community. Winner of the Queer Palm at Cannes

recent and only nominee
2020 - Collective

recent key submissions
2021 Bad Luck...
2013 - Child's Pose
2012 - Beyond the Hills

Senegal
never nominated | + 2 finalists | submitting since 2017

🇸🇳

DAHOMEY
dir Mati Diop
MUBI in US, date TBA

Berlinale Win

67 minutes
French

A documentary about royal treasures held in a museum in France. WInner of the Golden Bear at Berlinale. 

Diop was previously submitted for the brilliant Atlantiques. 

recent key submissions
2019 - Atlantique
2017 - Felicite

 

Serbia
never nominated | + 1 finalist | submitting since 1994

🇷🇸

RUSSIAN CONSUL
dir Miroslav Lekic
No US Release News

147 minutes
Serbian

A historical drama about the turmoil between Serbs and Albanians in 1973.

Lekic was previously submitted for Labyrinth (2002)

recent key submissions
2021 -Oasis
2007 - The Trap

Singapore
never nominated |
submitting since 1959 and regularly since 2005

🇸🇬

LA LUNA
dir. M Raihan Halim
Streaming on Netflix

109 minutes
Malay

A woman's lingerie store opens in a small village. 

Not selected:
Siew Hua premiered Stranger Eyes but perhaps it wasn't released in time.

recent key submissions
2022 - Ajooma
2020 - Wet Season
2016 - Apprentice
2013 - Ilo Ilo

Slovakia
never nominated* | 
submitting since 1993

🇸🇰

THE HUNGARIAN DRESSMAKER
dir. Iveta Grofova
No US Release News

129 minutes
German, Slovak, and Hungarian

A Hungarian widow shelters a Jewish boy on the border during World War II.

recent key submissions
2021 - 107 Mothers 
2020 - Auschwitz Report
2017 - The Line
2016 - Eva Nova

* One Slovak language movie won the prize (Shop on Main Street) back when the country was part of Cszechoslovakia

 

Slovenia
never nominated | submitting since 1993

🇸🇮

FAMILY THERAPY
dir Sonja Prosenc
No US Release News

122 minutes
Slovenian

In this dramedy, a family's idyllic life is disrupted by a young stranger.

Sonja Prosenc was previously submitted for History of Love (2019)

South Africa
2 noms | 1 win | + 2 finalists |  submitting since 1989

🇿🇦

 

OLD RIGHTEOUS BLUES
dir. Muneera Sallies

99 minutes
Afrikaans

A young man dreams of leading and reuniting his town around a once glorious Christmas Choir Band

recent key submissions
2018 - Sew the Winter...
2017 - The Wound
2010 - Life Above All

 

 

 

South Korea
1 nom | 1 win | + 2 finalists |  submitting since 1962

🇧🇱

12:12 THE DAY
dir. Kim Sung-su
Rent on Apple

141 minutes
Korean

A historical drama about a 1979 military coup. This was an enormous hit in South Korea and won 3 Baeksang Art Awards (the country's most prestigious film award) in May, beating last year's Oscar submission Concrete Utopia.

Not Selected: 14 other films were vying for the submission honor. 
Cabriolet
Citizen of a Kind
Escape
Exhuma 
FAQ 
House of the Seasons  
Oh, I, the Executioner 
The Land of Happiness
Noryang: Deadly Sea 
Our Season
Picnic
Revolver
Victory
Yeonryeon 

only nominee/winner
2019 - Parasite

recent key submissions
2024 - Concrete Utopia
2023 - Decision to Leave
2021 Escape from
2018 -Burning

classic snub
2009 - Mother

 


Spain
21 noms | 4 wins | + 3 finalists | submitting since 1956

🇪🇸

 

SATURN RETURN
dir. Isaki Lacuesta & Pol Rodríguez
No US Release News

109 minutes
Spanish

Spain chose a music biopic set in the late 1990s about an indie band that changed the music scene.

 

Not Selected:
Spain's other finalists were: The Blue Star
 , and Marco 

 

recent nominees
2024 - Society of Snow
2019 - Pain & Glory

recent key submissions
2022 - Alcarras
2021 - The Good Boss

classic snub
2012 -Blancanieves

Spain & Oscar

Sweden
16 noms | 3 wins | + 4 finalists | submitting since 1956

🇸🇪

THE LAST JOURNEY
dir. Filip Hammar & Fredrik Wikingsson
No US Release News

90 minutes
Swedish

A documentary about a famous TV duo (the directors themselves) travelling to France with one of their fathers.

The last time Sweden submitted a documentary was way back in 1979.

Not Selected:
The other two finalists were trans related drama Crossing by Levan Akin (who made the brilliant And Then We Danced), and Shame on Dry Land by Alex Petersen

most recent nominee
2017 - The Square

 most recent finalist
2022 - Cairo Conspiracy

key recent submissions
2019 - And Then We...
2018 - Border
2015 - A Pigeon Sat...
2014 -Force Majeure

Sweden  & Oscar

Switzerland
5 noms | 2 wins | + 3 finalists | submitting since 1961

🇨🇭

REINAS
dir. Klaudia Reynicke

104 minutes
Spanish
Currently in US theaters

Two teenage sisters reconnect with their absent father.

Not Selected:
They passed on the Cannes hit comedy Dog on Trial

recent finalists
2016 -My Life as a Zucchini
2012 - Sister

recent key submission
2021 - Olga

Taiwan
3 noms | 1 win | + 2 finalists | submitting since 1957

🇹🇼

OLD FOX
dir Hsiao Ya-Chuan
Rent on Amazon

Golden Horse Awards

112 minutes
Mandarin, and Min Nan

An 11 year old boy befriends his old landlord. A major winner at the Golden Horse Awards last November taking Director, Supporting Actor, Costumes, and Score. 

only winner
2000 - Crouching Tiger

most recent finalist
2020 - A Sun 

recent key submissions
2023 - Marry My Dead Body
2019 - Dear Ex
2015 - The Assassin

 

Tajikstan
never nominated | submitting infrequently since 1999

MELODY
dir. Behrouz Sebt Rasoul
No US Release News Yet

85 minutes
Persian

About a teacher at a cancer ward for children. The director is Iranian.

Trivia: This film was initially announced as being submitted last year at the Oscars but it wasn't on the official Academy list. Here it reappears again so we suspect its original release was delayed though it's been at festivals.

Thailand
never nominated | submitting since 1984

🇹🇭

HOW TO MAKE MILLIONS BEFORE GRANDMA DIES
dir Pat Boonnitipat
Currently in US theaters

125 minutes
Thai, teochew Min

A charming dramedy about a grandson who tries to get prime placement in his grandmother's will by moving in with her, accidentally forming a much deeper relationship with her in the process. This was an enormous hit in Thailand.

recent key submission
2019 - Inhuman Kiss

classic snub
2010 - Uncle Boonmee

Tunisia
1 nomination |
submitting since 1995

🇹🇳

TAKE MY BREATH
dir. Nada Mezni Hafaiedh
No US Release News

96 minutes
Arabic

An intersex drama.

only nominee
2020 - Man Who Sold...

recent key submission
2016 - As I Open My Eyes

Turkey
never nominated | 1 finalist | submitting since 1964

🇹🇷

LIFE
dir Zeki Demirkubuz
No US Release News

193 minutes
Turkish

A drama about a man searching for his missing fiancee on the streets of Istanbul.

 only finalist
2008 - Three Monkeys

recent key submissions
2021 - Wild Pear Tree
2011 - Once Upon a Time in Anatolia

Ukraine
never nominated | 
submitting since 1997

🇺🇦

LA PALISIADA
dir Philip Sotnychenko
No US Release News

100 minutes
Ukrainian, Russian, Azerbaijani

A murder investigation drama set in the 1990s

Not Selected:
They were deciding between four films: the others being narrative features Slovo House (Taras Tomenkio) and the documentaries Intercepted (Oksana Karpovych) and We Were Recruits (Lubomir Levitski)

recent key submissions
2023 - 20 Days in Mariupol
2022 - Klondike
2020 - Atlantis

 

 

 

 

United Kingdom
1 win | 3 noms | submitting since 1991

🇬🇧 

SANTOSH
dir Sandhya Suri
No US Release News

120 minutes
Hindi

A murder investigation drama involving the widow of a police constable who takes on his work in India and a female inspector.

only winner
2023 - The Zone of Interest

recent key submissions
2018 - I Am Not A Witch
2016 - Under the Shadow

Venezuela
never nominated | 1 finalist | submitting since 1978

BACK TO LIFE
dir. Luis Carlos Hueck and Alfredo Hueck
No US Release News

90 minutes
Spanish & English

A 90s set dramedy about a teenager who receives a life changing medical diagnosis while travelling the Venezuelan coast.

Disqualified:
They had originally submitted Children of Las Brisas but it was ruled ineligible due to a streaming release prior to theatrical release.

only finalist
2014 - The Liberator

recent key submissions
2022 - The Box

Vietnam
1 nomination
(submitting since 1993)

🇻🇳

PEACH BLOSSOM, PHO & PIANO
dir Phi Tien Son
No US Release News

100 minutes
Vietnamese

A war film set in 1946 involving a Hanoian fighter and French soldiers.

recent key submissions
2019 - Furie
2018 - The Tailor
2005 - The Buffalo Boy

 

Current International Feature Predictions

Pt 1 ALBANIA to GREECE

Pt 2 GUATEMALA to  NORWAY 

Announced submission but disqualified or absent from list
China
Haiti
Jordan
Uruguay

Did not submit this time
Afghanistan
Australia
Azerbaijan
Bhutan
Burkina Faso
Chad
Cuba
Kosovo
Luxembourg
Moldova
Namibia
North Macedonia
Russia
Saudi Arabia
Sudan
Uzbekistan
Yemen

 

STATS and PREDICTIONS

• Chart 1 - ALBANIA through GEORGIA  
• Chart 2 - GERMANY through NORWAY