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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 Three: Palestine through Vietnam
29 SUBMISSIONS
Current predictions | Albania through Greece | Haiti through Norway |
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Palestine THE STRANGER 112 minutes An unlicensed doctor in occupied Golan Heights treats a wounded soldier from Syria |
Panama PLAZA CATEDRAL ??? minutes A thriller about a middle aged woman and a bleeding teenager who stumbled into her home. |
Paraguay NOTHING BUT THE SUN 75 minutes A documentary on Mateo Sobode Chiqueno and his recordings of the Ayoreo people |
Peru POWERFUL CHIEF 92 minutes A young man in a new city finds himself homeless and jobless |
Poland LEAVE NO TRACES 160 minutes A drama about a student beaten to death by the militia and the sole witness of the crime. |
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Portugal THE METAMORPHOSIS OF BIRDS 101 minutes A father/daughter docu-drama about the loss of mothers. Not Selected: The other five finalists were The Last Bath, Nothing Ever Happened, Shadow, The Sound That Goes Down to Earth and Terra Nova
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Romania BAD LUCK BANGING ON LOONY PORN 106 minutes This sex tape scandal dramedy won the Golden Bear at Berlinale early in the year and later played the NYFF |
Russia UNCLENCHING THE FISTS 97 minutes A drama about a young woman and her difficult relationship with her family in a mining town. This film took the Un Certan Regard prize at Cannes. * If you count the years as part of the Soviet Union the total climbs to 15 nominations and 4 wins |
Saudi Arabia THE TAMBOUR OF REVOLUTION minutes |
Serbia OASIS 122 minutes This drama deals with a love triangle at a facility for intellectually disabled youth. It premiered at Venice in 2020. |
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Singapore PRECIOUS IS THE NIGHT 80 minutes A thriller about a doctor who makes a housecall to a mysterious rich family. |
Slovakia 107 MOTHERS Official Site The story of a maternity ward in a prison for violent offenders in Ukraine. |
Slovenia SANREMO 90 minutes A drama about fractured memories. |
Somalia THE GRAVEDIGGER'S WIFE 82 minutes A happily married couple struggles financially when the woman becomes ill |
South Africa BARAKAT 105 minutes A dramedy about a matriarch invites her grown children home for Eid-al-Fitr hoping to introduce them to her new love since she wants to remarry and needs their blessing. |
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South Korea ESCAPE FROM MOGADISHU 121 minutes Diplomats from North and South Korea attempt to escape Somalia as Civil War breaks out in this thriller. It was already released theatrically in the US. |
Spain THE GOOD BOSS 120 minutes A comedy starring Javier Bardem about a CEO who wants to win an award for excellence from a visiting committee. Not selected: The other finalists were |
Sweden TIGERS 116 minutes A true story drama about a young soccer star who disovers that everything and everyone has a price. Not Selected: The other two finalists were a remake of Oscar-nominated The Emigrants and a Spanish language film called Clara Sola More on Sweden and Oscar here. |
Switzerland OLGA 85 minutes DEBUT FILM. A drama about a Ukrainian gymnast training in Switzerland whose mother is reporting on civil unrest and demonstrations back home. The cast is filled with real gymnasts rather than actors. |
Taiwan THE FALLS 129 minutes A mother daughter mental illness drama set during a COVID-19 quarantine. This is Taiwan's second consecutive submission of a Chung Mong-hong film since they also sent him last season with A Sun |
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Thailand THE MEDIUM 130 minutes A found footage horror movie dealing with shamanism and possession. This film was a big hit in Korea and Thailand |
Tunisia GOLDEN BUTTERFLY 90 minutes No more information avaiable to us yet. |
Turkey COMMITMENT HASAN 147 minutes A man who operates a fruit garden doesn't want an electricity pole planted on his land in this drama that played in Un Certain Regard at Cannes.
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Ukraine BAD ROADS 105 minutes Directorial debut from a screenwriter who won "Discovery of the Year". Her film took most of the acting prizes in the Ukraine Academy Awards Not selected: The other finalists Reflection, * one of the former Soviet Union's nominations was Ukranian |
United Kingdom DYING TO DIVORCE minutes A documentary about domestic violence and divorce in Turkey |
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Uruguay THE BROKEN GLASS THEORY 80 minutes A man is promoted to policy coordinator for an insurance company in this comedy But why are so many cars catching fire? |
Uzbekistan 2000 SONGS OF FARIDA 110 minutes A polygamous family's lives are disrupted by the arrival of a fourth wife, and war in the country. |
Venezuela THE INNER GLOW 90 minutes A seriously ill single mother must make a difficult decision about caring for her daughter. |
Vietnam DAD I'M SORRY 128 minutes An ill poor man always sacrifices for his family |
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