We were left that among the 12 Italian titles nominated to represent Italy for the International Feature Film Award category of the 96th Academy Awards, the choice had fallen on Matteo Garrone’s ‘Io Capitano,’ the film that won the Silver Lion for Directing and the Marcello Mastroianni Award given to actor Seydou Sarr.
Below is an overview of all the international nominations. Next steps: the shortlist with the 15 titles, scheduled for December 21, 2023, and the Oscars ceremony, to be held on March 10, 2024.
ALBANIA
Alexander
Director: Ardit Sadiku
Prodco: Ardit Sadiku Film
ARGENTINA
The Delinquents
Director: Rodrigo Moreno
U.S. distribution: Mubi
ARMENIA
Amerikatsi
Director: Michael A. Goorjian
U.S. distribution: Variance Films
AUSTRALIA
Shayda
Director: Noora Niasari
U.S. distribution: Sony Pictures Classics
AUSTRIA
Vera
Director: Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel
Int’l sales: Be For Films
BANGLADESH
No Ground Beneath the Feet
Director: Mohammad Rabby Mridha
Int’l sales: Impress Telefilm
BELGIUM
Omen
Director: Baloji
U.S. distribution: Utopia
BHUTAN
The Monk and the Gun
Director: Pawo Choyning Dorji
Int’l sales: UTA
BOLIVIA
The Visitor
Director: Martín Boulocq
Prodco: CQ Films
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Excursion
Director: Una Gunjak
Int’l sales: Salaud Morisset
BRAZIL
Pictures of Ghosts
Director: Kleber Mendonça Filho
BURKINA FASO
Sira
Director: Apolline Traoré
Int’l sales: Wide
BULGARIA
Blaga’s Lessons
Director: Stephan Komandarev
Int’l sales: Heretic
CANADA
Rojek
Director: Zaynê Akyol
U.S. distribution: Icarus Films
CHILE
The Settlers
Director: Felipe Gálvez Haberle
U.S. distribution: Mubi
COLOMBIA
A Male
Director: Fabián Hernández Alvarado
Int’l sales: Cercamon
COSTA RICA
I Have Electric Dreams
Director: Valentina Maurel
Int’l sales: Heretic
CROATIA
Traces
Director: Dubravka Turic
Prodco: Kinorama
CZECH REPUBLIC
Brothers
Director: Tomáš Mašín
Int’l sales: The Yellow Affair
DENMARK
The Promised Land
Director: Nikolaj Arcel
U.S. distribution: Magnolia Pictures
EGYPT
Voy! Voy! Voy!
Director: Omar Hilal
Int’l sales: Vox Studios
ESTONIA
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood
Director: Anna Hints
Int’l sales: Autlook
FINLAND
Fallen Leaves
Director: Aki Kaurismäki
U.S. distribution: Mubi
FRANCE
The Taste of Things
Director: Trần Anh Hùng
U.S. distribution: IFC Distribution
GEORGIA
Citizen Saint
Director: Tinatin Kajrishvili
Int’l sales: Studio Artizm
GERMANY
The Teachers’ Lounge
Director: İlker Çatak
U.S. distribution: Sony Pictures Classics
GREECE
Behind the Haystacks
Director: Asimina Proedrou
Int’l sales: TVCO
HONG KONG
A Light Never Goes Out
Director: Anastasia Tsang
Int’l sales: Edko Films
HUNGARY
Four Souls of Coyote
Director: Áron Gauder
Int’l sales: NFI World Sales
ICELAND
Godland
Director: Hlynur Pálmason
U.S. distribution: Janus Films
INDIA
2018
Director: Jude Anthany Joseph
International sales: Sony LIV
INDONESIA
Autobiography
Director: Makbul Mubarak
U.S. distribution: Amazon Prime Video
IRAN
The Night Guardian
Director: Reza Mirkarimi
Int’l sales: Banoo Film
IRAQ
Hanging Gardens
Director: Ahmed Yassin Aldaradji
Int’l sales: True Colours
IRELAND
In the Shadow of Beirut
Director: Stephen Gerard Kelly, Garry Keane
Prodco: Abbout Prods.
ISRAEL
Seven Blessings
Director: Ayelet Menahemi
Prodco: Ronen Ben-Tal Films
ITALY
Io Capitano
Director: Matteo Garrone
Int’l sales: Pathé
JAPAN
Perfect Days
Director: Wim Wenders
U.S. distribution: Neon
JORDAN
Inshallah a Boy
Director: Amjad Al Rasheed
U.S. distribution: Greenwich Entertainment
KENYA
Mvera
Director: Daudi Anguka
Prodco: AR Films Prod.
KYRGYZSTAN
This is What I Remember
Director: Aktan Arym Kubat
Int’l sales: Diversion
LATVIA
My Freedom
Director: Ilze Kunga-Melgaile
Prodco: Tasse Films, M-Films
LITHUANIA
Slow
Director: Marija Kavtaradzė
Int’l sales: Totem Films
LUXEMBOURG
The Last Ashes
Director: Loïc Tanson
Prodco: Artémis Prods., Samsa Films
MALAYSIA
Tiger Stripes
Director: Amanda Nell Eu
Int’l sales: Films Boutique
MEXICO
Tótem
Director: Lila Avilés
U.S. distribution: Sideshow, Janus Films
MOLDOVA
Thunders
Director: Ioane Bobeica
Prodco: YOUBESC Film
MONGOLIA
City of Wind
Director: Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir
Int’l sales: Best Friend Forever
MONTENEGRO
Sirin
Director: Senad Šahmanović
Prodco: Cut-Up
MOROCCO
The Mother of All Lies
Director: Asmae El Moudir
Prodco: Insight Films
NAMIBIA
Under the Hanging Tree
Director: Perivi Katjavivi
Prodco: Old Location Films
NEPAL
Halkara
Director: Bikram Sapkota
Prodco: Icefall Prods.
NETHERLANDS
Sweet Dreams
Director: Ena Sendijarević
Int’l sales: Heretic
NIGERIA
Mami Wata
Director: CJ Obasi
U.S. distribution: Dekanalog
NORTH MACEDONIA
Housekeeping For Beginners
Director: Goran Stolevski
U.S. distribution: Focus Features
NORWAY
Songs of Earth
Director: Margreth Olin
Int’l sales: Cinephil
PAKISTAN
In Flames
Director: Zarrar Kahn
Int’l sales: XYZ Films
PALESTINE
Bye Bye Tiberias
Director: Lina Soualem
Int’l sales: Lightdox
PANAMA
Tito, Margot & Me
Director: Mercedes Arias, Delfina Vidal
Prodco: Betesda Films
PARAGUAY
The Last Runway 2, Commando Yaguarete
Director: Armando Aquino, Mauricio Rial
Prodco: Hei Films
PERU
The Erection of Toribio Bardelli
Director: Adrián Saba
Prodco: Flamingo Films
PHILIPPINES
The Missing
Director: Carl Joseph Papa
Prodco: Project8 Projects
POLAND
The Peasants
Director: DK Welchman, Hugh Welchman
U.S. distribution: Sony Pictures Classics
PORTUGAL
Bad Living
Director: João Canijo
Int’l sales: The Match Factory
ROMANIA
Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World
Director: Radu Jude
U.S. distribution: Mubi
SENEGAL
Banel and Adama
Director: Ramata-Toulaye Sy
Int’l sales: Best Friend Forever
SERBIA
Because My Thoughts are Struggling
Director: Milorad Milinković
Prodco: Living Pictures
SINGAPORE
The Breaking Ice
Director: Anthony Chen
Int’l sales: Rediance
SLOVAKIA
Photophobia
Director: Ivan Ostrochovský, Pavol Pekarčík
Prodco: Punkchart Films
SLOVENIA
Riders
Director: Dominik Mencej
Int’l sales: Staragara
SOUTH AFRICA
Music is My Life
Director: Mpumi Supa Mbele
Int’l sales: Pop Twist Entertainment
SOUTH KOREA
Concrete Utopia
Director: Um Tae-hwa
Int’l sales: Lotte Entertainment
SPAIN
Society of the Snow
Director: J.A. Bayona
U.S. distribution: Netflix
SUDAN
Goodbye Julia
Director: Mohamed Kordofani
Int’l sales: MAD Solutions
SWEDEN
Opponent
Director: Milad Alami
Int’l sales: TriArt Film
SWITZERLAND
Thunder
Director: Carmen Jaquier
Int’l sales: WTFilms
TAIWAN
Marry My Dead Body
Director: Cheng Wei-hao
U.S. distribution: Netflix
TAJIKISTAN
Melody
Director: Behrouz Sebt Rasoul
Int’l sales: Dreamlab Films
THAILAND
Not Friends
Director: Atta Hemwadee
Int’l sales: GDH 559
TUNISIA
Four Daughters
Director: Kaouther Ben Hania
U.S. distribution: Kino Lorber
TURKEY
About Dry Grasses
Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
U.S. distribution: Sideshow, Janus Films
UKRAINE
20 Days in Mariupol
Director: Mstyslav Chernov
U.S. distribution: PBS Distribution
UNITED KINGDOM
The Zone of Interest
Director: Jonathan Glazer
U.S. distribution: A24
URUGUAY
Family Album
Director: Guillermo Rocamora
Prodco: Cimarrón Cine
VENEZUELA
The Shadow of the Sun
Director: Miguel Ángel Ferrer
Prodco: Magic Films, Multi Studios
VIETNAM
Glorious Ashes
Director: Bùi Thạc Chuyên
Int’l sales: Skyline Media
YEMEN
The Burdened
Director: Amr Gamal
Int’l sales: Films Boutique
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