Eravamo rimasti che, tra i 12 titoli italiani candidati a rappresentare l’Italia alla 96ª edizione degli Academy Awards, la scelta era caduta su “Io Capitano” di Matteo Garrone.
Di seguito una panoramica di tutte le nomination internazionali. Prossime tappe: la shortlist con i 15 titoli, prevista per il 21 dicembre 2023, e la cerimonia degli Oscar, che si terrà il 10 marzo 2024.
ALBANIA
Alexander
Regista: Ardit Sadiku
Prodco: Ardit Sadiku Film
ARGENTINA
The Delinquents
Regista: Rodrigo Moreno
U.S. distribution: Mubi
ARMENIA
Amerikatsi
Regista: Michael A. Goorjian
U.S. distribution: Variance Films
AUSTRALIA
Shayda
Regista: Noora Niasari
U.S. distribution: Sony Pictures Classics
AUSTRIA
Vera
Regista: Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel
Int’l sales: Be For Films
BANGLADESH
No Ground Beneath the Feet
Regista: Mohammad Rabby Mridha
Int’l sales: Impress Telefilm
BELGIO
Omen
Regista: Baloji
U.S. distribution: Utopia
BHUTAN
The Monk and the Gun
Regista: Pawo Choyning Dorji
Int’l sales: UTA
BOLIVIA
The Visitor
Regista: Martín Boulocq
Prodco: CQ Films
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Excursion
Regista: Una Gunjak
Int’l sales: Salaud Morisset
BRASILE
Pictures of Ghosts
Regista: Kleber Mendonça Filho
BURKINA FASO
Sira
Regista: Apolline Traoré
Int’l sales: Wide
BULGARIA
Blaga’s Lessons
Regista: Stephan Komandarev
Int’l sales: Heretic
CANADA
Rojek
Regista: Zaynê Akyol
U.S. distribution: Icarus Films
CHILE
The Settlers
Regista: Felipe Gálvez Haberle
U.S. distribution: Mubi
COLOMBIA
A Male
Regista: Fabián Hernández Alvarado
Int’l sales: Cercamon
COSTA RICA
I Have Electric Dreams
Regista: Valentina Maurel
Int’l sales: Heretic
CROAZIA
Traces
Regista: Dubravka Turic
Prodco: Kinorama
CZECH REPUBLIC
Brothers
Regista: Tomáš Mašín
Int’l sales: The Yellow Affair
DANIMARCA
The Promised Land
Regista: Nikolaj Arcel
U.S. distribution: Magnolia Pictures
EGITTO
Voy! Voy! Voy!
Regista: Omar Hilal
Int’l sales: Vox Studios
ESTONIA
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood
Regista: Anna Hints
Int’l sales: Autlook
FINLANDIA
Fallen Leaves
Regista: Aki Kaurismäki
U.S. distribution: Mubi
FRANCIA
The Taste of Things
Regista: Trần Anh Hùng
U.S. distribution: IFC Distribution
GEORGIA
Citizen Saint
Regista: Tinatin Kajrishvili
Int’l sales: Studio Artizm
GERMANIA
The Teachers’ Lounge
Regista: İlker Çatak
U.S. distribution: Sony Pictures Classics
GRECIA
Behind the Haystacks
Regista: Asimina Proedrou
Int’l sales: TVCO
HONG KONG
A Light Never Goes Out
Regista: Anastasia Tsang
Int’l sales: Edko Films
UNGHERIA
Four Souls of Coyote
Regista: Áron Gauder
Int’l sales: NFI World Sales
ICELAND
Godland
Regista: Hlynur Pálmason
U.S. distribution: Janus Films
INDIA
2018
Regista: Jude Anthany Joseph
International sales: Sony LIV
INDONESIA
Autobiography
Regista: Makbul Mubarak
U.S. distribution: Amazon Prime Video
IRAN
The Night Guardian
Regista: Reza Mirkarimi
Int’l sales: Banoo Film
IRAQ
Hanging Gardens
Regista: Ahmed Yassin Aldaradji
Int’l sales: True Colours
IRLANDA
In the Shadow of Beirut
Regista: Stephen Gerard Kelly, Garry Keane
Prodco: Abbout Prods.
ISRAELE
Seven Blessings
Regista: Ayelet Menahemi
Prodco: Ronen Ben-Tal Films
ITALIA
Io Capitano
Regista: Matteo Garrone
Int’l sales: Pathé
GIAPPONE
Perfect Days
Regista: Wim Wenders
U.S. distribution: Neon
JORDAN
Inshallah a Boy
Regista: Amjad Al Rasheed
U.S. distribution: Greenwich Entertainment
KENYA
Mvera
Regista: Daudi Anguka
Prodco: AR Films Prod.
KYRGYZSTAN
This is What I Remember
Regista: Aktan Arym Kubat
Int’l sales: Diversion
LATVIA
My Freedom
Regista: Ilze Kunga-Melgaile
Prodco: Tasse Films, M-Films
LITHUANIA
Slow
Regista: Marija Kavtaradzė
Int’l sales: Totem Films
LUSSEMBURGO
The Last Ashes
Regista: Loïc Tanson
Prodco: Artémis Prods., Samsa Films
MALESIA
Tiger Stripes
Regista: Amanda Nell Eu
Int’l sales: Films Boutique
MESSICO
Tótem
Regista: Lila Avilés
U.S. distribution: Sideshow, Janus Films
MOLDOVA
Thunders
Regista: Ioane Bobeica
Prodco: YOUBESC Film
MONGOLIA
City of Wind
Regista: Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir
Int’l sales: Best Friend Forever
MONTENEGRO
Sirin
Regista: Senad Šahmanović
Prodco: Cut-Up
MOROCCO
The Mother of All Lies
Regista: Asmae El Moudir
Prodco: Insight Films
NAMIBIA
Under the Hanging Tree
Regista: Perivi Katjavivi
Prodco: Old Location Films
NEPAL
Halkara
Regista: Bikram Sapkota
Prodco: Icefall Prods.
NETHERLANDS
Sweet Dreams
Regista: Ena Sendijarević
Int’l sales: Heretic
NIGERIA
Mami Wata
Regista: CJ Obasi
U.S. distribution: Dekanalog
NORTH MACEDONIA
Housekeeping For Beginners
Regista: Goran Stolevski
U.S. distribution: Focus Features
NORWAY
Songs of Earth
Regista: Margreth Olin
Int’l sales: Cinephil
PAKISTAN
In Flames
Regista: Zarrar Kahn
Int’l sales: XYZ Films
PALESTINA
Bye Bye Tiberias
Regista: Lina Soualem
Int’l sales: Lightdox
PANAMA
Tito, Margot & Me
Regista: Mercedes Arias, Delfina Vidal
Prodco: Betesda Films
PARAGUAY
The Last Runway 2, Commando Yaguarete
Regista: Armando Aquino, Mauricio Rial
Prodco: Hei Films
PERU
The Erection of Toribio Bardelli
Regista: Adrián Saba
Prodco: Flamingo Films
FILIPPINE
The Missing
Regista: Carl Joseph Papa
Prodco: Project8 Projects
POLONIA
The Peasants
Regista: DK Welchman, Hugh Welchman
U.S. distribution: Sony Pictures Classics
PORTOGALLO
Bad Living
Regista: João Canijo
Int’l sales: The Match Factory
ROMANIA
Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World
Regista: Radu Jude
U.S. distribution: Mubi
SENEGAL
Banel and Adama
Regista: Ramata-Toulaye Sy
Int’l sales: Best Friend Forever
SERBIA
Because My Thoughts are Struggling
Regista: Milorad Milinković
Prodco: Living Pictures
SINGAPORE
The Breaking Ice
Regista: Anthony Chen
Int’l sales: Rediance
SLOVAKIA
Photophobia
Regista: Ivan Ostrochovský, Pavol Pekarčík
Prodco: Punkchart Films
SLOVENIA
Riders
Regista: Dominik Mencej
Int’l sales: Staragara
SOUTH AFRICA
Music is My Life
Regista: Mpumi Supa Mbele
Int’l sales: Pop Twist Entertainment
SOUTH KOREA
Concrete Utopia
Regista: Um Tae-hwa
Int’l sales: Lotte Entertainment
SPAGNA
Society of the Snow
Regista: J.A. Bayona
U.S. distribution: Netflix
SUDAN
Goodbye Julia
Regista: Mohamed Kordofani
Int’l sales: MAD Solutions
SVEZIA
Opponent
Regista: Milad Alami
Int’l sales: TriArt Film
SVIZZERA
Thunder
Regista: Carmen Jaquier
Int’l sales: WTFilms
TAIWAN
Marry My Dead Body
Regista: Cheng Wei-hao
U.S. distribution: Netflix
TAJIKISTAN
Melody
Regista: Behrouz Sebt Rasoul
Int’l sales: Dreamlab Films
THAILAND
Not Friends
Regista: Atta Hemwadee
Int’l sales: GDH 559
TUNISIA
Four Daughters
Regista: Kaouther Ben Hania
U.S. distribution: Kino Lorber
TURCHIA
About Dry Grasses
Regista: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
U.S. distribution: Sideshow, Janus Films
UKRAINE
20 Days in Mariupol
Regista: Mstyslav Chernov
U.S. distribution: PBS Distribution
REGNO UNITO
The Zone of Interest
Regista: Jonathan Glazer
U.S. distribution: A24
URUGUAY
Family Album
Regista: Guillermo Rocamora
Prodco: Cimarrón Cine
VENEZUELA
The Shadow of the Sun
Regista: Miguel Ángel Ferrer
Prodco: Magic Films, Multi Studios
VIETNAM
Glorious Ashes
Regista: Bùi Thạc Chuyên
Int’l sales: Skyline Media
YEMEN
The Burdened
Regista: Amr Gamal
Int’l sales: Films Boutique
PhotoCredits: Denise Jans su Unsplash
