2020 92nd Academy Awards Best International Feature Film Submissions
For the 92nd Academy Awards, the submitted motion pictures must be first released theatrically in their respective countries between 1 October 2018 and 30 September 2019.
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- DirectorBong Joon HoStarsSong Kang-hoLee Sun-kyunCho Yeo-jeongGreed and class discrimination threaten the newly-formed symbiotic relationship between the wealthy Park family and the destitute Kim clan.Winner
South Korea - DirectorPedro AlmodóvarStarsAntonio BanderasAsier EtxeandiaLeonardo SbaragliaA film director reflects on the choices he's made in life as the past and present come crashing down around him.Nominated
Spain - DirectorLadj LyStarsDamien BonnardAlexis ManentiDjebril ZongaA cop from the provinces moves to Paris to join the Anti-Crime Brigade of Montfermeil, discovering an underworld where the tensions between the different groups mark the rhythm.Nominated
France - DirectorTamara KotevskaLjubomir StefanovStarsHatidze MuratovaNazife MuratovaHussein SamThe last female bee-hunter in Europe must save the bees and return the natural balance in Honeyland, when a family of nomadic beekeepers invade her land and threaten her livelihood.Nominated
- DirectorJan KomasaStarsBartosz BieleniaAleksandra KoniecznaEliza RycembelDaniel experiences a spiritual transformation in a detention center. Although his criminal record prevents him from applying to the seminary, he has no intention of giving up his dream and decides to minister a small-town parish.Nominated
- DirectorTanel ToomStarsPriit LoogEster KuntuPriit VõigemastAndres settles in a new farm. With rose-tinted lenses, he sets out to transform the farm into a prosperous paradise - all he needs is a healthy harvest, cooperative neighbors and a son. But, life turns out to be cruel and treacherous.Shortlisted
- DirectorVáclav MarhoulStarsPetr KotlárNina SunevicAlla SokolovaA young Jewish boy somewhere in Eastern Europe seeks refuge during World War II where he encounters many different characters.Shortlisted
- DirectorKantemir BalagovStarsViktoria MiroshnichenkoVasilisa PerelyginaAndrey Bykov1945, Leningrad. WWII has devastated the city, demolishing its buildings and leaving its citizens in tatters, physically and mentally. Two young women search for meaning and hope in the struggle to rebuild their lives amongst the ruins.Shortlisted
- DirectorBarnabás TóthStarsKároly HajdukAbigél SzõkeMari NagyA lyrical story of the healing power of love in the midst of national conflict, loss and trauma, Those Who Remained reveals the healing process of Holocaust survivors through the eyes of a young girl in post-World War II Hungary.Shortlisted
- DirectorMati DiopStarsMame Bineta SaneAmadou MbowTraoreIn a popular suburb of Dakar, workers on the construction site of a futuristic tower, without pay for months, decide to leave the country by the ocean for a better future. Among them is Souleiman, the lover of Ada, promised to another.Shortlisted
- DirectorSahraa KarimiStarsArezoo AriapoorFereshta AfsharHasiba Ebrahimi3 Afghan women from different backgrounds in Kabul face challenges: neglected pregnant Hava; educated Maryam facing divorce while pregnant; and teenage Ayesha marrying her cousin after her boyfriend leaves her pregnant. All by themselves.Disqualified
- DirectorSudabeh MortezaiStarsJoy AlphonsusMariam SanusiAngela EkelemeJoy, a young Nigerian woman caught in the vicious cycle of sex trafficking, is instructed by her exploiter Madame to supervise Precious, a teenage girl who is not ready to accept her fate.Disqualified
- DirectorGenevieve NnajiStarsGenevieve NnajiNkem OwohPete EdochieRunning a company can be challenging, especially for a female in a male-dominated industry. Looking to prove her worth, Adaeze steps up to the challenge when health issues force her father to take a step back.Disqualified
- DirectorBujar AlimaniStarsViktor ZhustiXhevdet FerriNdriçim XhepaIn 1990, a European delegation comes to Tirana to monitor the reforms of the communist regime. A government official is sent on a mission to a faraway prison in order to bring an important dissident back to the capital.
- DirectorMounia MeddourStarsLyna KhoudriShirine BoutellaHilda Amira DouaoudaIn 1997 Algiers, terrorists wanting an archaic Islamic state are everywhere. They oppress women, determined to control their bodies, clothing, and public space. Young student Nedjma is passionate about creating a fashion show.
- DirectorSebastián BorenszteinStarsRicardo DarínLuis BrandoniVerónica LlinásIn times of the infamous Argentinian Corralito, the neighbors of a little town trace a plan to recover the money they lost after learning that their bank manager and a corrupt lawyer have stolen it.
- DirectorEdgar BaghdasaryanStarsShant HovhannisyanSamvel GrigoryanLuiza NersisyanThe dramatic fate of heroes of different eras is associated with wolf and spherical stone. The fate pursues those stone-owners.
- DirectorRodd RathjenStarsSarm HengChan VisalChheung Vakhim14-year-old Chakra is sold as a slave labourer to the captain of a Thai fishing vessel. The captain's rule on board is cruel and arbitrary.Australia
- DirectorNasiruddin YousuffStarsAlamgir KabirDilruba Hossain DoyelHeera ChowdhuryA 40 year old painter, who lives in a wooden and bamboo house on stilts in the middle of a polluted lake on the outskirts of Dhaka City. Alpha's house serves as his painting. Dogs, roosters and birds also share the space with him. There are many moments when he feels a oneness with nature and with the birds and animals that surround him. He also feels deeply drawn to 'an androgynous' male-female identity. Alpha has neighbors in the nearby slum with whom he has close interaction.
- DirectorCesar DiazStarsArmando EspitiaEmma DibAurelia CaalErnesto is a young anthropologist in Guatemala. One day, while hearing the account of an old woman, he thinks he has found a lead that might guide him to his father, a "guerrillero" who went missing during the war.
- DirectorRodrigo BellottStarsReyes AnteloFernando BarbosaErwin BerzainFollowing his son Gabriel's death, Jorge travels from conservative Bolivia to New York City to confront Gabriel's boyfriend Sebastian.
- DirectorInes TanovicStarsDino BajrovicSnezana BogdanovicUliks FehmiuAdopted son Arman (18) has an unstable character and cannot find peace in the struggle for his identity. His parents and younger brother Dado (14), who was born after Arman's adoption, suffer due to his restlessness and the enormous energy he lets out in different ways. He plays truant, he takes drugs, he hijacks a tram, he even falls in love with Milica, a Serb girl from East Sarajevo. Adolescence is difficult for both brothers but it is the younger one who is imperceptibly and increasingly drawn into a vicious circle of addiction, of the wish to prove himself and the need to be as cool as his older brother.
- DirectorKarim AïnouzStarsJulia StocklerCarol DuarteFlávia GusmãoIn 1950s Rio de Janeiro, two sisters live restricted lives with their conservative parents. After they are separated and forced to live apart, they take control of their destinies, while never giving up hope of finding one another.
- DirectorMilko LazarovStarsMikhail AprosimovFeodosia IvanovaSergei EgorovIn the far north, Sedna and Nanook dream of bringing back their family together. After Sedna's death, Nanook walks a long way to find his daughter Ága, who ran away years ago.
- DirectorCaylee SoSok VisalStarsSreynan CheaVandarith PhemRoza LasIn the Life of Music, a story told in three chapters, tells of how one song 'Champa Battambang,' made famous by Sinn Sisamuth (the King of Khmer Music), plays a role in the lives of three different generations.