Once again it's that time...
For the third year running, I will be keeping tabs on, and also attempting to watch and review as many of the foreign film submissions to the Academy Awards as possible.
A record number 76 entries have been accepted to the 2014 Oscars for Best Foreign Language Film.
According to the official rules, the deadline for submissions was 5 p.m. PT on Tuesday, October 1, 2013
Read on for the list of films submitted to the 86th Academy Awards Best Foreign Language Film Competition:
| Country | Title | Language | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | ژمه (Wajma [An Afghan Love Story]) | Dari | Barmak Akram |
| Albania | Agon | Albanian, Greek | Robert Budina |
| Argentina | Wakolda | Spanish, German | Lucía Puenzo |
| Australia | The Rocket | Lao | Kim Mordaunt |
| Austria | Die Wand (The Wall) | German | Julian Pölsler |
| Azerbaijan | 'Çölçü (Steppe Man) | Azerbaijani | Shamil Aliyev |
| Bangladesh | টেলিভিশন (Television) | Bengali | Mostofa Sarwar Farooki |
| Belgium | The Broken Circle Breakdown | Flemish | Felix van Groeningen |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Epizoda u životu berača željeza (An Episiode in the Life of an Iron Picker) | Bosnian, Romany | Danis Tanović |
| Brazil | O Som Ao Redor (Neighboring Sounds) | Portuguese | Kleber Mendonça |
| Bulgaria | Цветът на хамелеона (The Color of the Chameleon) | Bulgarian | Emil Hristow |
| Cambodia | l'Image manquante (The Missing Picture) | French | Rithy Panh |
| Canada | Gabrielle | French | Louise Archambault |
| Chad | Grigris | French, Arabic | Mahamat Saleh Haroun |
| Chile | Gloria | Spanish | Sebastián Lelio |
| China | 一九四二 (Back to 1942) | Mandarin, English | Feng Xiaogang |
| Colombia | La Playa D.C. | Spanish | Juan Andrés Arango Garcia |
| Croatia | Halimin put (Halima's Path) | Bosnian | Arsen Anton Ostojić |
| Czech Republic | Donšajni (The Don Juans) | Czech | Jiří Menzel |
| Denmark | Jagten (The Hunt) | Danish | Thomas Vinterberg |
| Dominican Republic | ¿Quién Manda? (Who's the Boss?) | Spanish | Ronni Castillo |
| Ecuador | Mejor No Hablar (de Ciertas Cosas) (Porcelain Horse) | Spanish | Javier Andrade |
| Egypt | الشتا إللى فات (Winter of Discontent) | Arabic | Ibrahim El-Batout |
| Estonia | Free Range: Ballaad maailma heakskiitmisest (Free Range) | Estonian | Veiko Õunpuu |
| Finland | Lärjungen (Disciple) | Swedish | Ulrika Bengts |
| France | Renoir | French, Italian | Gilles Bourdos |
| Georgia | გრძელი ნათელი დღეები (In Bloom) | Georgian | Nana Ekvtimishvili, Simon Groß |
| Germany | Zwei Leben (Two Lives) | German | Georg Maas |
| Greece | Το Αγόρι Τρώει το Φαγητό του Πουλιού (Boy Eating the Bird's Food) | Greek | Ektoras Lygizos |
| Hong Kong | 一代宗師 (The Grandmaster) | Cantonese, Mandarin | Wong Kar Wai |
| Hungary | A nagy füzet (The Notebook) | Hungarian | János Szász |
| Iceland | Hross í Oss (Of Horses and Men) | Icelandic | Benedikt Erlingsson |
| India | The Good Road | Gujarati | Gyan Correa |
| Indonesia | Sang Kiai | Indonesian, Japanese | Rako Prijanto |
| Iran | گذشته (The Past) | French, Persian | Asghar Farhadi |
| Israel | בית לחם (Bethlehem) | Hebrew, Arabic | Yuval Adler |
| Italy | La grande bellezza (The Great Beauty) | Italian | Paolo Sorrentino |
| Japan | 舟を編む (The Great Passage) | Japanese | Yuya Ishii |
| Kazakhstan | Шал (The Old Man) | Russian, Kazakh | Ermek Tursunov |
| Latvia | Mammu, es tevi mīlu (Mother I Love You) | Latvian | Jānis Nords |
| Lebanon | قصة ثواني (Blind Intersections) | Arabic | Lara Saba |
| Lithuania | Pokalbiai rimtomis temomis (Conversations on Serious Topics) | Lithuanian | Giedrė Beinoriūtė |
| Luxembourg | Doudege Wénkel (Blind Spot) | Luxembourgish, French | Christophe Wagner |
| Mexico | Heli | Spanish | Amat Escalante |
| Moldova | Toti Copiii Domnului (All God's Children) | Romanian, Italian | Adrian Popovici |
| Montenegro | As pik - loša sudbina (Bad Destiny) | Serbo-Croatian | Draško Đurović |
| Morocco | Les chevaux de Dieu (Horses of God) | Arabic, French | Nabil Ayouch |
| Nepal | सुनगाभा (Soongava: Dance of the Orchids) | Nepali | Subarna Thapa |
| Netherlands | Borgman | Dutch | Alex van Warmerdam |
| New Zealand | White Lies | Maori, English | Dana Rotberg |
| Norway | Jeg er din (I am Yours) | Norwegian, Urdu | Iram Haq |
| Pakistan | زندہ بھاگ (Zinda Bhaag) | Urdu, Punjabi | Meenu Gaur & Farjad Nabi |
| Palestine | عمر (Omar) | Arabic | Hany Abu-Assad |
| Peru | El limpiador (The Cleaner) | Spanish | Adrián Saba |
| Philippines | Transit | Hebrew, Tagalog, English | Hannah Espia |
| Poland | Wałęsa. Człowiek z nadziei (Walesa) | Polish | Andrzej Wajda |
| Portugal | Linhas de Wellington (Lines of Wellington) | Portuguese, English, French | Valeria Samiento |
| Romania | Poziţia Copilului (Child's Pose) | Romanian | Călin Peter Netzer |
| Russia | Сталинград (Stalingrad) | Russian | Fedor Bondarchuk |
| Saudi Arabia | وجدة (Wadjda) | Arabic | Haifaa al-Mansour |
| Serbia | Кругови (Circles) | Serbian | Srdan Golubovic |
| Singapore | 爸妈不在家 (Ilo Ilo) | Mandarin, English, Tagalog | Anthony Chen |
| Slovakia | Môj pes Killer (My Dog Killer) | Slovak | Mira Fornay |
| Slovenia | Razredni sovražnik (Class Enemy) | Slovene | Rok Biček |
| South Africa | Four Corners | Afrikaans | Ian Gabriel |
| South Korea | 범죄소년 (Juvenile Offender) | Korean | Kang Yi-kwan |
| Spain | 15 años y un día (15 Years and One Day) | Spanish | Gracia Querejeta |
| Sweden | Äta sova dö (Eat Sleep Die) | Swedish, Croatian | Gabriela Pichler |
| Switzerland | More than Honey | German | Markus Imhoof |
| Taiwan | 失魂 (Soul) | Mandarin | Mong-Hong Chung |
| Thailand | เคาท์ดาวน์ (Countdown) | Thai | Nattawut Poonpiriya |
| Turkey | Kelebeğin Rüyası (The Dream of a Butterfly) | Turkish | Yılmaz Erdoğan |
| Ukraine | Параджанов (Paradjanov) | Russian | Serge Avedikian, Olena Fetisova |
| United Kingdom | Metro Manila | Tagalog | Sean Ellis |
| Uruguay | Anina | Spanish | Alfredo Soderguit |
| Venezuela | Brecha en el silencio (Breach in the Silence) | Spanish | Luis Rodríguez, Andrés Rodríguez |
19 comments:
Can't say I have heard of any of these, I'm banking on you to keep me informed.
Is there a favorite to win the foreign film oscar at this early stage?
There's no clear favorite like Amour this year. Right now, my money is on Denmark's The Hunt. And I think Australia's The Rocket and Hong Kong's The Grandmaster will be on the shortlist. But I really need to see more films...
Mine too, The Hunt has to be one of the 5 nominated films! IF France sends The Past then has high possibilities again. In the next 15 days we will learn more and perhaps we can find a few unexpected surprises. :)
Oh, I totally forgot about The Past. Of course Farhadi has a strong chance too.
Also must say that I'm very glad to see that you're back in action, Storyteller!
The only one on this list I'm familiar with is Zwei Leben, but I haven't seen it yet. I'm glad you're keep track again. I always end up watching the Foreign film categories AFTER the Oscars. I'm hoping that will change and I can see them prior too instead.
Child's Pose is a film I enjoyed a lot. I think it's a strong contender but it may not be 'feel good' enough for Hollywood. It's also a damning attack on capitalism which doesn't usually go down that well.
I understand. Most of the time the contenders don't get released over here until after the awards, and sometimes they don't get released at all. So you have to hope they get picked up for a local festival, or somehow get your hands on some screeners. Anyhow, I'm glad to have you following along, thanks for visiting Brittani!
Well, to their credit, the two most recent winners (Amour and A Separation) haven't been feel good films (far from it). So there's hope. But I've yet to see Child's Pose, so I can't say just yet.
Always happy to see a comment from you Lisa. Cheers.
:)
Oh that's an excellent point! I stand corrected. It will be very interesting to see what makes the final cut this year.
I'm really curious to see which film France ends up picking. I notice 'The Past' hasn't been scheduled for a qualifying release yet, so I wonder if that is an option. Do you know of any other major French films to look out for?
The Past had a domestic release in May. I'd say it's almost certainly a lock to be France's entry by virtue of him being a very recent winner.
A few high profile French titles that I'm looking forward to seeing are Kechiche's Blue is the Warmest Color, Ozon's Young and Beautiful, Denis' The Bastards, and Zlotowski's Grand Central.
Oh, did it? I thought it only played Cannes.
Will be seeing 'Bastards' at NYFF, looking forward to it. Would be cool if it got submitted. I rarely get to see the foreign submissions before nominations.
Yeah it got a theatrical release the same day as its Cannes premiere. IIRC Rust and Bone did the same thing the year before.
Cool. I hope to catch Bastards at VIFF. They haven't announced the full lineup yet but I assume it will be there. What else are you going to see at NYFF?
I'm also seeing The Immigrant, Gloria, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty and Abuse of Weakness. I'm hoping to catch Inside Llewyn Davis too, but that's sold out at the moment.
Nice choices. Pretty sure that Gloria will be Chile's submission and I'm dying to see Abuse of Weakness. Don't worry about missing 'Inside', it will be in wide release soon enough.
Well, I actually live in Jamaica, so I'll probably have to wait for DVD to see Llewyn Davis. It's unlikely to be released here.
Oh crap, sorry. I should have remembered that. Anyhow, I look forward to your coverage.
Long time no speak sir, its Steven S (ex-FilmScope).
http://letterboxd.com/kano/list/86th-academy-awards-submissions-for-best/
There's three more to complete the list which I should add on tomorrow.
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