Source: Cannes Film Festival

‘BPM (BEATS PER MINUTE)’

A record 92 countries have submitted films for consideration to the foreign-language film category of the 90th Academy Awards.

First-time entrants include Haiti, Honduras, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Mozambique, Senegal and Syria.

The submissions for this year’s Academy Awards are:

  • Afghanistan, A Letter To The President, dir. Roya Sadat
  • Albania, Daybreak, dir. Gentian Koci
  • Algeria, Road To Istanbul, dir. Rachid Bouchareb
  • Argentina, Zama, dir. Lucrecia Martel
  • Armenia, Yeva, dir. Anahit Abad
  • Australia, The Space Between, dir. Ruth Borgobello
  • Austria, Happy End, dir. Michael Haneke
  • Azerbaijan, Pomegranate Orchard, dir. Ilgar Najaf
  • Bangladesh, The Cage, dir. Akram Khan
  • Belgium, Racer And The Jailbird, dir. Michael R. Roskam
  • Bolivia, Dark Skull, dir. Kiro Russo
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina, Men Don’t Cry, dir. Alen Drljevic
  • Brazil, Bingo – The King Of The Mornings, dir. Daniel Rezende
  • Bulgaria, Glory, dir. Peter Valchanov & Kristina Grozeva
  • Cambodia, First They Killed My Father, dir. Angelina Jolie
  • Canada, Hochelaga, Land Of Souls, dir. Francois Girard
  • Chile, A Fantastic Woman, dir. Sebastian Lelio
  • China, Wolf Warrior 2, dir. Wu Jing
  • Colombia, Guilty Men, dir. Ivan D. Gaona
  • Costa Rica, The Sound Of Things, dir. Ariel Escalante
  • Croatia, Quit Staring At My Plate, dir. Hana Jusic
  • Czech Republic, Ice Mother, dir. Bohdan Slama
  • Denmark, You Disappear, dir. Peter Schonau Fog
  • Dominican Republic, Woodpeckers, dir. Jose Maria Cabral
  • Ecuador, Alba, dir. Ana Cristina Barragan
  • Egypt, Sheikh Jackson, dir. Amr Salama
  • Estonia, November, dir. Rainer Sarnet
  • Finland, Tom Of Finland, dir. Dome Karukoski
  • France, BPM (Beats Per Minute), dir. Robin Campillo
  • Georgia, Scary Mother, dir. Ana Urushadze
  • Germany, In The Fade, dir. Fatih Akin
  • Greece, Amerika Square, dir. Yannis Sakaridis
  • Haiti, Ayiti Mon Amour, dir. Guetty Felin
  • Honduras, Morazan, dir. Hispano Duron
  • Hong Kong, Mad World, dir. Wong Chun
  • Hungary, On Body And Soul, dir. Ildiko Enyedi
  • Iceland, Under The Tree, dir. Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurosson
  • India, Newton, dir. Amit V. Masurkar
  • Indonesia, Turah, dir. Wicaksono Wisnu Legowo
  • Iran, Breath, dir. Narges Abyar
  • Iraq, Reseba – The Dark Wind, dir. Hussein Hassan
  • Ireland, Song Of Granite, dir. Pat Collins
  • Israel, Foxtrot, dir. Samuel Maoz
  • Italy, A Ciambra, dir. Jonas Carpignano
  • Japan, Her Love Boils Bathwater, dir. Ryota Nakano
  • Kazakhstan, The Road To Mother, dir. Akhan Satayev
  • Kenya, Kati Kati, dir. Mbithi Masya
  • Kosovo, Unwanted, dir. Edon Rizvanolli
  • Kyrgyzstan, Centaur, dir. Aktan Arym Kubat
  • Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Dearest Sister, dir. Mattie Do
  • Latvia, The Chronicles Of Melanie, dir. Viestur Kairish
  • Lebanon, The Insult, dir. Ziad Doueiri
  • Lithuania, Frost, dir. Sharunas Bartas
  • Luxembourg, Barrage, dir. Laura Schroeder
  • Mexico, Tempestad, dir. Tatiana Huezo
  • Mongolia, The Children Of Genghis, dir. Zolbayar Dorj
  • Morocco, Razzia, dir. Nabil Ayouch
  • Mozambique, The Train Of Salt And Sugar, dir. Licinio Azevedo
  • Nepal, White Sun, dir. Deepak Rauniyar
  • Netherlands, Layla M., dir. Mijke de Jong
  •  New Zealand, One Thousand Ropes, dir. Tusi Tamasese
  • Norway, Thelma, dir. Joachim Trier
  • Pakistan, Saawan, dir. Farhan Alam
  • Palestine, Wajib, dir. Annemarie Jacir
  • Panama, Beyond Brotherhood, dir. Arianne Benedetti
  • Paraguay, Los Buscadores, dir. Juan Carlos Maneglia & Tana Schembori
  • Peru, Rosa Chumbe, dir. Jonatan Relayze
  • Philippines, Birdshot, dir. Mikhail Red
  • Poland, Spoor, dir. Agnieszka Holland
  • Portugal, Saint George, dir. Marco Martins
  • Romania, Fixeur, dir. Adrian Sitaru
  • Russia, Loveless, dir. Andrey Zvyagintsev
  • Senegal, Felicite, dir. Alain Gomis
  • Serbia, Requiem For Mrs. J., dir. Bojan Vuletic
  • Singapore, Pop Aye, dir. Kirsten Tan
  • Slovakia, The Line, dir. Peter Bebjak
  • Slovenia, The Miner, dir. Hanna A. W. Slak
  • South Africa, The Wound, dir. John Trengove
  • South Korea, A Taxi Driver, dir. Jang Hoon
  • Spain, Summer 1993, dir. Carla Simon
  • Sweden, The Square, dir. Ruben Ostlund
  • Switzerland, The Divine Order, dir. Petra Volpe
  • Syria, Little Gandhi, dir. Sam Kadi
  • Taiwan, Small Talk, dir. Hui-Chen Huang
  • Thailand, By The Time It Gets Dark, dir. Anocha Suwichakornpong
  • Tunisia, The Last Of US, dir. Ala Eddine Slim
  • Turkey, Ayla: The Daughter Of War, dir. Can Ulkay
  • Ukraine, Black Level, dir. Valentyn Vasyanovych
  • United Kingdom, My Pure Land, dir. Sarmad Masud
  • Uruguay, Another Story Of The World, dir. Guillermo Casanova
  • Venezuela, El Inca, dir. Ignacio Castillo Cottin
  • Vietnam, Father And Son, dir. Luong Dinh Dung

Nominations will be announced on January 23, 2018. The 90th Oscars will be held on March 4, 2018.

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