List of submissions to the 93rd Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film

This is a list of submissions to the 93rd Academy Awards for the Best International Feature Film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) has invited the film industries of various countries to submit their best film for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film every year since the award was created in 1956. The award is presented annually by the Academy to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non-English dialogue. The International Feature Film Award Committee oversees the process and reviews all the submitted films. The category was previously called the Best Foreign Language Film, but this was changed in April 2019 to Best International Feature Film, after the Academy deemed the word "Foreign" to be outdated.

For the 93rd Academy Awards, the submitted motion pictures must have first been released theatrically in their respective countries between 1 October 2019 and 31 December 2020. The deadline for submissions to the Academy was 1 December 2020. 97 countries submitted films, and 93 were found to be eligible by AMPAS and screened for voters. Lesotho, Sudan, and Suriname submitted films for the first time, while Bhutan made a submission for the first time since 1999; however, the film did not appear on the final list. After the 15-film shortlist was announced on 9 February 2021, extended from the usual ten due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the five nominees were announced on 15 March 2021.

Denmark won the award for the fourth time with Another Round by Thomas Vinterberg, which was also nominated for Best Director.

Submissions Submitting country Film title used in nomination Original title Language(s) Director(s) Result Open Door Derë e hapur Albanian, ItalianFlorenc Papas Héliopolis هيليوبوليس Arabic, FrenchDjafar Gacem The Sleepwalkers Los sonámbulos SpanishPaula Hernández Songs of Solomon Սողոմոնի երգերը Armenian What We Wanted Was wir wollten German, English, Italian Sincerely Yours, Dhaka ইতি, তোমারই ঢাকা BengaliTanvir Ahsan, Abdullah Al Noor, Syed Saleh Sobhan Auneem, Krishnendu Chattopadhyay, Golam Kibria Farooki, Mir Mukarram Hossain, Nuhash Humayun, Mahmudul Islam, Rahat Rahman, Robiul Alam Robi, and Syed Ahmed Shawki Persian Lessons Persischstunden German, French, English, Italian, PersianVadim Perelman Working Girls Filles de joie FrenchFrédéric Fonteyne and Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom ལུང་ནག་ན Dzongkha, EnglishPawo Choyning Dorji Chaco Aymara, South Bolivian Quechua, Spanish Quo Vadis, Aida? Bosnian, Dutch, English, SerbianJasmila Žbanić Babenco: Tell Me When I Die Babenco: Alguém Tem que Ouvir o Coração e Dizer Parou Brazilian Portuguese, Spanish, French, EnglishBárbara Paz The Father Бащата Bulgarian Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov Fathers ដើម្បីកូន KhmerHuy Yaleng The Fisherman's Diary Cameroonian Pidgin English, EnglishEnah Johnscot 14 Days, 12 Nights 14 jours, 12 nuits French, VietnameseJean-Philippe Duval The Mole Agent El agente topo SpanishMaite Alberdi Leap 夺冠 Mandarin, English, Japanese, Brazilian PortuguesePeter Chan Forgotten We'll Be El olvido que seremos Spanish, Italian, EnglishFernando Trueba Land of Ashes Ceniza negra Spanish Sofía Quirós Ubeda Extracurricular Dopunska nastava Croatian Buscando a Casal Buscando a Casal SpanishJorge Luis Sánchez Charlatan Šarlatán Czech, German, SlovakAgnieszka Holland Another Round Druk Danish, SwedishThomas Vinterberg A State of Madness Mis 500 locos SpanishLeticia Tonos Emptiness Vacío Mandarin, Spanish, English, CantonesePaul Venegas When We're Born لما بنتولد ArabicTamer Ezzat The Last Ones Viimeiset / Viimased FinnishVeiko Õunpuu Tove Finland Swedish, English, Finnish, FrenchZaida Bergroth Two of Us Deux French, German Beginning დასაწყისი Georgian, EnglishDea Kulumbegashvili And Tomorrow the Entire World Und morgen die ganze Welt GermanJulia von Heinz Apples Μήλα Greek La Llorona Spanish, Kaqchikel, IxilJayro Bustamante Days of Light Días de luz Spanish, Kʼicheʼ , Julio López Fernández, Enrique Medrano, Mauro Borges Mora, Enrique Pérez Him, and Sergio Ramírez Better Days 少年的你 MandarinDerek Tsang Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time Felkészülés meghatározatlan ideig tartó együttlétre Hungarian, EnglishLili Horvát Agnes Joy IcelandicSilja Hauksdóttir Jallikattu ജെല്ലിക്കെട്ട് MalayalamLijo Jose Pellissery Impetigore Perempuan Tanah Jahanam Indonesian, JavaneseJoko Anwar Sun Children خورشید PersianMajid Majidi Arracht IrishTomás Ó Súilleabháin Asia אסיה Hebrew, Russian Notturno Arabic, Northern KurdishGianfranco Rosi Night of the Kings La nuit des rois Dyula, French, NouchiPhilippe Lacôte True Mothers 朝が来る JapaneseNaomi Kawase 200 Meters 200 متر Arabic, Hebrew, EnglishAmeen Nayfeh The Crying Steppe Ұлы дала зары Kazakh, RussianMarina Kunarova The Letter Barua Swahili, Giryama, EnglishMaia Lekow and Chris King Exile Exil German, Albanian Running to the Sky Жөө Күлүк KyrgyzMirlan Abdykalykov Blizzard of Souls Dvēseļu putenis Latvian, Russian, Estonian, German Broken Keys مفاتيح مكسرة ArabicJimmy Keyrouz This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection SothoLemohang Jeremiah Mosese Nova Lituania LithuanianKarolis Kaupinis River Tales Cuentos del río Spanish Roh MalayEmir Ezwan I'm No Longer Here Ya no estoy aquí Spanish, English, Mandarin Veins of the World Алтан судал / Die Adern der Welt Mongolian Byambasuren Davaa Breasts Grudi Montenegrin The Unknown Saint القديس المجهول ArabicAlaa Eddine Aljem Buladó Papiamento, DutchÉche Janga The Milkmaid Hausa, Nigerian Fulfulde, ArabicDesmond Ovbiagele Willow Врба MacedonianMilcho Manchevski Hope Håp Norwegian, SwedishMaria Sødahl Circus of Life زندگی تماشا Urdu, PunjabiSarmad Khoosat Gaza mon amour غزة حبيبتي ArabicTarzan and Arab Nasser Operation Just Cause Operación Causa Justa SpanishLuis Franco Brantley and Luis Pacheco Killing the Dead Matar a un muerto Spanish, GuaraniHugo Giménez Song Without a Name Canción sin nombre Ayacucho Quechua, SpanishMelina León Mindanao Filipino, Tagalog, MaguindanaoBrillante Mendoza Never Gonna Snow Again Śniegu już nigdy nie będzie Polish, Russian, French, VietnameseMałgorzata Szumowska and Michał Englert Vitalina Varela Cape Verdean Creole, PortuguesePedro Costa Collective Colectiv RomanianAlexander Nanau Dear Comrades! Дорогие товарищи! RussianAndrei Konchalovsky Scales سيدة البحر ArabicShahad Ameen Nafi's Father Baamum Nafi Pulaar Dara of Jasenovac Дара из Јасеновца Serbian, CroatianPredrag Antonijević Wet Season Mandarin, Singaporean Hokkien, English Anthony Chen The Auschwitz Report Správa Slovak, Czech, German, Polish, English Peter Bebjak Stories from the Chestnut Woods Zgodbe iz kostanjevih gozdov Natisone Valley Slovene, Italian, Slovene Toorbos AfrikaansRene van Rooyen The Man Standing Next 남산의 부장들 Korean, English, French, Japanese Woo Min-ho The Endless Trench La trinchera infinita Spanish Jon Garaño, Aitor Arregi Galdos, and You Will Die at Twenty ستموت في العشرين ArabicAmjad Abu Alala Wiren Dutch, English, Sarnami Hindustani, Sranan Tongo, Ivan Tai-Apin Charter Swedish, Spanish, English Amanda Kernell My Little Sister Schwesterlein German, English, French and A Sun 陽光普照 Mandarin, Taiwanese Hokkien Chung Mong-hong Happy Old Year ฮาวทูทิ้ง ทิ้งอย่างไร..ไม่ให้เหลือเธอ Thai Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit The Man Who Sold His Skin الرجل الذي باع ظهره Arabic, English, French, FlemishKaouther Ben Hania Miracle in Cell No. 7 7. Koğuştaki Mucize Turkish Atlantis Атлантида UkrainianValentyn Vasyanovych Alelí SpanishLeticia Jorge 2000 Songs of Farida Faridaning ikki ming qoʻshigʻi Uzbek, RussianYalkin Tuychiev Once Upon a Time in Venezuela Érase una vez en Venezuela, Congo Mirador SpanishAnabel Rodríguez Ríos Dreamy Eyes Mắt biếc VietnameseVictor Vu

Notes Algeria submitted Héliopolis by Djafar Gacem, but it was withdrawn by the director in consultation with the Algerian selection committee and AMPAS, after the film's national premiere was canceled due to COVID-19. The filmmakers announced their intention to compete the following year and the film was submitted successfully for the 94th Academy Awards. Belarus submitted Persian Lessons by Vadim Perelman, but it was disqualified by the Academy in January 2021 after it was determined that Belarus did not exercise "creative control" over the film. The film, an international co-production between Russia, Germany, and Belarus, did not have any Belarusian citizens in key positions. In September 2020, the Bhutanese Ministry of Information and Communications announced that the country had submitted Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom by Pawo Choyning Dorji as the country's second-ever Oscar submission. However, AMPAS ruled that the film hadn't been chosen by an approved selection committee. The film was allowed to be re-submitted the following year, where it received Bhutan's first-ever Oscar nomination. Canada originally submitted Funny Boy by Deepa Mehta, but it was disqualified for having more than half of its dialogue in English. Canada's selection committee submitted a second film, 14 Days, 12 Nights by Jean-Philippe Duval. Nepal announced a shortlist of two films: Aama by Dipendra K. Khanal and Sarita by but ultimately did not send either film. Portugal originally submitted Listen by Ana Rocha de Sousa, but it was disqualified in December 2020 for having more than half of its dialogue in English. Portugal's selection committee submitted a second film, Vitalina Varela by Pedro Costa. Uzbekistan submitted 2000 Songs of Farida by Yalkin Tuychiev, but it was disqualified, because the Oscar Committee of Uzbekistan did not submit the film in the appropriate format required by AMPAS. The following year, the film was submitted successfully for the 94th Academy Awards. The Oscar Selection Committees for Ghana, Malawi, and Uganda invited local filmmakers to submit films for Oscar consideration, but no films were sent.

References

External links Official website of the Academy Awards