2024 Oscars: Best International Feature Predictions
Predicting the eventual five Oscar nominees for Best International Feature is made difficult by the three-step process that begins after the October 2, 2023 deadline for countries to submit entries. To be part of the selection process for this category, which was called Best Foreign Language Film before 2020, requires a great deal of dedication. (Scroll down for the most up-to-date 2024 Oscars Best International Feature predictions.)
In the days following the deadline for submissions, the academy determines each film’s eligibility. Then the several hundred academy members who serve on the International Feature screening committee are divided into groups and required to watch all their submissions over a six-week period that ends in early December. Their top 15 vote-getters will make it to the next round. That list of semi-finalists will be revealed on December 21, 2023.
These 15 films will be made available to the entire academy membership who can cast ballots for the final five nominees provided they attest to having watched all the entries. The nominations in this (and the other 22 competitive categories) will be announced on January 23, 2024. All voters will get access to the five nominees and can vote for the winner, which will be revealed on the 96th Academy Awards on March 10, 2024.
Since the competitive category was introduced in 1957, European films have dominated by winning 54 times including last year’s German entry “All Quiet on the Western Front.” Compare that to five victories for films from Asia, three from each of Africa and South America, and one apiece from Canada and Mexico.
In 2023; a record 93 countries submitted entries in the International Feature Film race. That tally matched the benchmark set in 2020 and equalled in 2021. In turn, that was up by six from 2019, when the category was still called Best Foreign-Language Film, and eclipsed the record 92 submissions in 2018 and 2022.
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UPDATED: August 30, 2023
Australia: “Shayda” – Noora Niasari
Colombia: “A Male” – Fabian Hernandez Alvaro
Estonia: “Smoke Sauna Sisterhood” – Anna Hints
Germany: “The Teachers’ Lounge” – İlker Çatak
Canada: “Rojek” – Zayne Akyol
Chile: “The Settlers” – Felipe Gálvez Haberle
Peru: “The Erection of Toribio Bardell” – Adrián Saba
South Korea: “Concrete Utopia” – Um Tae-hwa
Switzerland: “Thunder” – Carmen Jaquier
Tajikistan: “Melody” – Behrouz Sebt Rasoul
Uruguay: “Family Album” – Guillermo Rocamora
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