List of submissions for Best International Film 2022.

We are in August and in other years we would already have some films registered to participate in the Oscar for Best International Film. But we know that we are not in normal times and the impact of Covid 19 is still in many countries.  As you know every country has to choose a film as its representative. Such a decision may fall on the respective Academies of those countries, a jury or the Ministry of Culture.
To compete, the film must be released in theaters between January 1, 2021 and December 31, 2021. Surely in the coming weeks you will be able to know the first films registered to participate now that you know the rules.


Here is the statement from the Academy: www.oscars.org/sites/oscars/files/94aa_international_feature.pdf

Poland

Poland has chosen Leave No Traces as the film that will represent them in the next Oscars for Best International Film. Leave No Traces is about the impact of the murder of Grzegorz Przemyk and the persecution suffered by the only witness in the case.
Poland has obtained 12 Oscar nominations including Knife in the Water, The Promised Land, Man of Iron, Katyń, Cold War. And won the Oscar with Ida in 2015.





deadline.com/2021/09/poland-submits-venice-premiere-leave-no-traces-international-oscar-race-1234826212/

Cambodia

Cambodia has selected White Building as the film that will represent them in the next Oscars for Best International Film. The film is about a young man, his friends and families who live in a building known as the White Building which will soon be demolished.
Cambodia got a nomination in 2014 with The Missing Picture which so far is its only nomination in this category. We must also remember that a few years ago they selected First They Killed My Father directed by Angelina Jolie but did not get the nomination.





www.screendaily.com/news/cambodia-selects-white-building-as-oscar-entry-first-trailer-revealed-exclusive/5163064.article

Kosovo

Kosovo has announced its representative film for the next Oscars for Best International Film. It's Hive and it's about Fahrije whose husband is missing and is experiencing the consequences of war and oppressors and who decides to start her own business.
Hive was a winner at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival winning three awards including Best Director for Blerta Basholli. Hive is Blerta Basholli's feature film directorial debut.
To date, Kosovo has not achieved an Oscar nomination.





deadline.com/2021/09/hive-kosovo-international-oscar-entry-1234829288/

Germany

Germany has selected the film that will represent them at the next Oscars. It's I'm Your Man and it's the story of a woman who agrees to participate in an experiment in which for three weeks, she is to live with a robot created to make her happy. The film is directed by actress Maria Schrader and stars Dan Stevens (Eurovision Song Contest) and Maren Eggert who won Best Leading Performance in 2021 Berlin Film Festival.
Germany is one of the most successful countries in the category of Best International Film with 19 nominations (counting the nominations since the unification of the two Germany and the nominations received by West Germany) and has won three Oscars: The Tin Drum (1980) Nowhere in Africa (2003) and The Lives of Others (2007)

Slovenia

Slovenia has chosen the film that will represent them in the next Oscars for Best International Film. It Sanremo and it tells the story of Bruno and Dusa who live in a retirement home and enjoy each other's company. But every day they forget the other so that their friendship starts again every day.
To date Slovenia has not yet been nominated for an Oscar.





sloveniatimes.com/slovenia-submits-sanremo-for-nomination-in-oscars-race/

Ireland

Ireland has selected its representative film for the next Oscars. Foscadh is about 28-year-old John Cunliffe who has always depended on his overprotective parents making him lonely and friendless. But after the death of his parents, he for the first time has to see how to survive and relate to the people around him.
The main actor of Foscadh is Dónall Ó Héalai who for the second year in a row has a film as the leading actor as representative of Ireland at the Oscars. The previous one was Arracht. Also Foscadh is Seán Breathnach's first film as a director.
To date Ireland has not been nominated for an Oscar although Viva was close in 2016 when it was placed on the Shortlist.





www.rte.ie/entertainment/2021/0922/1248268-irish-language-drama-makes-its-bid-for-oscars-glory/

Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan has selected its representative film to compete in the next Oscars. It's Shambala and it's about a boy living with his family in a protected mountain forest, surrounded by myths and legends in conflict with a harsh reality.
The director of the film is Artykpai Suyundukov and apparently this is his third film in 42 years.
To date Kyrgyzstan has not yet been nominated for an Oscar.

Perú

Peru is, this year, the second Latin American country so far to choose its representative for the next Oscars. It is Manco Cápac (the title in English is Powerful Chief) and it tells the story of Elisban, a young man who comes to the city looking for a friend for a job but when he cannot find him, and without money and no place to stay, he survives of small unstable jobs, in a city that deepens his loneliness at every step.
Peru was nominated for an Oscar in 2010 with La Teta Asustada which so far is Peru's only nomination.

Colombia

Colombia has chosen its representative for the next Oscars as Best International Film. It is Memory and it is about the story of Jessica who cannot sleep since a strong "bang" interrupted her sleep. While she visits her sister in Bogotá, she befriends Agnes, an archaeologist who studies human remains discovered inside a tunnel under construction.
The film is starring by Oscar winner Tilda Swinton and includes a cast that features Jeanne Balibar and Daniel Giménez Cacho. And it is directed by the Thai Apichatpong Weerasethakul. So it is the second consecutive time that Colombia has chosen a film directed by a non-Colombian. Previously they chose El olvido que seremos directed by the Spanish Oscar winner Fernando Trueba.
Memoria was a winner at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival with the Jury Prize.
Colombia was nominated for an Oscar in 2016 for El abrazo de la serpiente which is the only Oscar nomination for Colombia to date.

what the hell Spain

Honestly, I think it's still a strong contender. It features a beloved Oscar-winning actor with international appeal and word of mouth is apparently very good.