The Kings Of The World has made waves on the European festival circuit – winning best film at San Sebastian and best international film at Zurich. International sales: New Europe Film Sales Colombia: The Kings Of The World (Laura Mora Ortega)įollowing up on her 2017 Toronto and San Sebastian title Killing Jesus, Ortega’s second feature is about a group of street kids from Medellin who go on search of some inherited land in the Colombian jungle. Chilean director Sebastian Lelio’s A Fantastic Woman picked up the Oscar in 2017 while Pablo Larrain’s No secured a nomination in 2012. Blanquita is produced by Quijote Films, in co-production with Mexico’s Varios Lobos, Belgium’s Tarantula, France’s Bonne Pioche Cinema and Poland’s Madants. The film premiered at Venice’s Horizons strand where it won best screenplay for Guzzoni and stars veteran actor Alejandro Goic alongside newcomer Laura Lopez. Inspired by a real-life case from the early 2000s, Guzzoni’s fourth feature tells the story of an 18-year-old foster child who becomes a key witness in a sex scandal trial. International sales : Sideway Films Chile: Blanquita (Fernando Guzzoni) World sales: Magnolia Pictures Canada: Eternal Spring (Jason Loftus) Brazil has submitted 52 films and scooped up four nominations ( Keeper Of Promises in 1962 O Quatrilho in 1995 Four Days in September in 1997 Central Station in 1998). It was produced by Martins, his brother Maurilo Martins, Thiago Macêdo Correia and André Novais Oliveira who all co-founded the Brazilian production company Filmes de Plastico. The drama premiered at Sundance where it was nominated for the grand jury prize in World Cinema and has since screened at Tribeca and San Sebastian festivals to name a few. Brazil: Mars One(Gabriel Martins)Ī lower-middle-class Black family try to stay hopeful following the election of a right-wing government in Martins’ fourth feature film starring an ensemble cast of Rejane Faria, Carlos Francisco, Camilla Damião and Cícero Lucas. Kino Lorber handles US rights and will release on November 4. The film received its world premiere at Sundance where it won the World Cinema Competition grand jury prize. Sales: Prime Video Bolivia: Utama (Alejandro Loayza Grisi)Īn elderly Quechua couple in the Bolivian highlands ponder life-changing climate change. Americas Argentina: Argentina, 1985( Santiago Mitre) The final five nominees included Denmark’s Flee, Italy’s The Hand Of God, Bhutan’s Lunana: A Yak In The Classroom, Norway’s The Worst Person In The World and eventual winner Drive My Car from Japan. The 2022 awards saw 93 submissions, although Jordan withdrew their film, leaving 92 eligible entries. Uganda submitted a film for the first time with Morris Mugisha’s Tembele while Tanzania made its second ever Oscar entry, and first in 21 years, with Amil Shivji’s Tug Of War.Īn international feature film is defined as a feature-length motion picture produced outside the US with a predominantly (more than 50%) non-English dialogue track and can include animated and documentary features. Saim Sadiq’s Joyland was initially banned from release in Pakistan, where the country had submitted it as its Oscar entry, due to complaints that the film contained ”highly objectionable material which do not conform with the social values and moral standards of our society.” Though the film did receive an Oscar-qualifying release in France, Pakistan reversed its decision on the ban and Joyland was released in the country with some scenes cut. Submitted films must have been released theatrically in their respective countries between Januand November 30, 2022. The deadline for submissions to the Academy was October 3, 2022.Ī 93rd title was submitted by Matla in the form of Valerie Buhagiar’s Carmen but did not appear on the final list. Scroll down for profiles of each Oscar entryĪ shortlist of 15 finalists is set to be announced on December 21 with the final five nominees announced on January 24, 2022. The 95th Academy Awards will take place on Maat the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. The 92 submissions for the best international feature award at the 2023 Oscars have been announced, and Screen has kept a list of all the entries below. ‘Holy Spider’, ‘Close’, ‘Decision To Leave’, ‘Saint Omer’ Source: Wild Bunch / 2022 CJ ENM Co., Ltd., MOHO FILM / Srab Films Arte France Cinema 2022
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