2024 Oscars: Best International Feature Predictions

Paul Sheehan and Jacob Sarkisian
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Predicting the eventual five Oscar nominees for Best International Feature is made difficult by the three-step process that begins after the October 2, 2023 deadline for countries to submit entries. To be part of the selection process for this category, which was called Best Foreign Language Film before 2020, requires a great deal of dedication. (Scroll down for the most up-to-date 2024 Oscars Best International Feature predictions.)

In the days following the deadline for submissions, the academy determines each film’s eligibility. Then the several hundred academy members who serve on the International Feature screening committee are divided into groups and required to watch all their submissions over a six-week period that ends in early December. Their top 15 vote-getters will make it to the next round. That list of semi-finalists will be revealed on December 21, 2023.

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These 15 films will be made available to the entire academy membership who can cast ballots for the final five nominees provided they attest to having watched all the entries. The nominations in this (and the other 22 competitive categories) will be announced on January 23, 2024. All voters will get access to the five nominees and can vote for the winner, which will be revealed on the 96th Academy Awards on March 10, 2024.

Since the competitive category was introduced in 1957, European films have dominated by winning 54 times including last year’s German entry “All Quiet on the Western Front.” Compare that to five victories for films from Asia, three from each of Africa and South America, and one apiece from Canada and Mexico.

In 2023; a record 93 countries submitted entries in the International Feature Film race. That tally matched the benchmark set in 2020 and equalled in 2021. In turn, that was up by six from 2019, when the category was still called Best Foreign-Language Film, and eclipsed the record 92 submissions in 2018 and 2022.

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UPDATED: September 25, 2023 (60 countries)

Armenia: “Amerikatsi” – Michael A. Goorjian

Australia: “Shayda” – Noora Niasari

Bangladesh: “No Ground Beneath the Feet” – Mohammad Rabby Mridha

Belgium: “Omen” – Baloji

Bhutan: “The Monk And The Gun” – Pawo Choyning Dorji

Bolivia: “The Visitor” – Martin Boulocq

Bosnia and Herzegovina: “Excursion” – Una Gunjak

Brazil: “Pictures Of Ghosts” – Kleber Mendonça Filho

Bulgaria: “Blaga’s Lessons” – Stephan Komandarev

Canada: “Rojek” – Zayne Akyol

Chile: “The Settlers” – Felipe Gálvez Haberle

Colombia: “A Male” – Fabian Hernandez Alvaro

Croatia: “Traces” – Dubravka Turic

Czechia: “Brothers” – Tomas Masin

Egypt: “Voy ! Voy ! Voy !” – Omar Hilal

Estonia: “Smoke Sauna Sisterhood” – Anna Hints

Finland: “Fallen Leaves” – Aki Kaurismäki

France: “The Taste of Things” – Tran Anh Hung

Germany: “The Teachers’ Lounge” – İlker Çatak

Georgia: “Citizen Saint” – Tinatin Kajrishvili

Greece: “Behind The Haystacks” – Asimina Proedrou

Hong Kong: “To My Nineteen Year Old Self” – Mabel Cheung, William Kwok

Hungary: “Four Souls Of Coyote” – Áron Gauder

Iceland: “Godland” – Hlynur Pálmason

Indonesia: “Autobiography” – Makbul Mubarak

Iran: “The Night Guardian” – Reza Mirkarimi

Iraq: “Hanging Gardens” – Ahmed Yassin Al Daradji

Israel: “Seven Blessings” – Ayelet Menahemi

Italy: “Io Capitano” – Matteo Garrone

Japan: “Perfect Days” – Wim Wenders

Kyrgyzstan: “This Is What I Remember” – Aktan Arym Kubat

Latvia: “My Freedom” – Ilze Kunga-Melgaile

Lithuania: “Slow” – Marija Kavtaradze

Luxembourg: “The Last Ashes” – Loïc Tanson

Montenegro: “Sirin” – Senad Šahmanović

Morocco: “The Mother Of All Lies” – Asmae El Moudir

Nepal: “Halkara” – Bikram Sapkota

Netherlands: “Sweet Dreams” – Ena Sendijarević

North Macedonia: “Housekeeping for Beginners” – Goran Stolevski

Norway: “Songs Of Earth” – Margreth Olin

Palestine: “Bye Bye Tiberias” – Lina Soualem

Panama: “Tito, Margot & Me” – Mercedes Arias, Delfina Vidal

Peru: “The Erection of Toribio Bardell” – Adrián Saba

Poland: “The Peasants” – DK Welchman, Hugh Welchman

Portugal: “Bad Living” – João Canijo

Romania: “Do Not Expect Too Much From The End Of The World” – Radu Jude

Slovakia: “Photophobia” – Ivan Ostrochovský, Pavol Pekarčík

Slovenia: “Riders” – Dominik Mencej

South Korea: “Concrete Utopia” – Um Tae-hwa

Spain: “Society Of The Snow” – J.A. Bayona

Sweden: “Opponent” – Milad Alami

Switzerland: “Thunder” – Carmen Jaquier

Taiwan: “Marry My Dead Body” – Cheng Wei-hao

Tajikistan: “Melody” – Behrouz Sebt Rasoul

Tunisia: “Four Daughters’ – Kaouther Ben Hania

Turkey: “About Dry Grasses” – Nuri Bilge Ceylan)

Ukraine: “20 Days In Mariupol” – Mstyslav Chernov

United Kingdom: “The Zone Of Interest” – Jonathan Glazer

Uruguay: “Family Album” – Guillermo Rocamora

Yemen: “The Burdened” – Amr Gamal

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