World's best included films heading to the 90th Academy Awards in 2018

Published in 02/11/0174

Among the over 250 films selected to screen at Festival do Rio, a number have also been chosen by their countries to represent them in the foreign language category of what will be the 90th Academy Awards.

Included among the films screening in Rio were those submitted by the Oscar powerhouse nations of Italy and France that over the years have won the most Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. 14 times, in the case of Italy, and 12 times for France. Next best are Spain and Japan with four wins apiece.

Italy’s submission for the 90th Academy Awards is Jonas Carpignano’s A Ciambra, while France has submitted Robin Campillo’s 120 battements par minute. Carpignano introduced A Ciambra at the festival while actor Nahuel Perez Biscayart supported 120 battements par minute.

The Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film was introduced in 1956 and has been presented ever year since. Between 1947 and 1955, eight foreign language films received a Special Honorary Award. Brazil first submitted a film in 1960, and has submitted films on 45 occasions, receiving four nominations in that time. Its submission this year is Daniel Rezende’s Bingo: O Rei das Manhãs.

Films submitted for the 90th Academy Awards that screened in Rio included:

Argentina: Zama, Lucrecia Martel

Finland: Tom of Finland, Dome Karukoski

France: 120 battements par minute, Robin Campillo

Germany: Aus dem Nichts (In the Fade), Fatih Akin

Hungary: Testol és lélekrol (On Body & Soul), Ildikó Enyedi

Italy: A Ciambra, Jonas Carpignano

Kyrgyzstan: Kentavr (Centaur), Aktan Abdykalykov

Lithuania: Serksnas (Frost), Sarunas Bartas

Luxembourg: Barrage, Laura Schroeder

Norway: Thelma, Joachim Trier

Poland: Pokot (Spoor), Agnieszka Holland

Singapore: Pop Aye, Kirsten Tan

Spain: Estiu 1993 (Summer 1993), Carla Simón

Taiwan: Ri Chang Dui Hua (Small Talk), Anocha Suwichakornpong

The final deadline for submitting each country’s film for consideration was October 2. Last year 85 films were considered eligible by the Academy; this year the number is a record 92. Haiti, Honduras, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Mozambique, Senegal and Syria are all first-time entrants. Nominations for the 90th Academy Awards will be announced on Tuesday, 23 January, 2018.

The full list of 2017 submissions are:

  • Afghanistan, “A Letter to the President,” Roya Sadat, director;
  • Albania, “Daybreak,” Gentian Koçi, director;
  • Algeria, “Road to Istanbul,” Rachid Bouchareb, director;
  • Argentina, “Zama,” Lucrecia Martel, director;
  • Armenia, “Yeva,” Anahit Abad, director;
  • Australia, “The Space Between,” Ruth Borgobello, director;
  • Austria, “Happy End,” Michael Haneke, director;
  • Azerbaijan, “Pomegranate Orchard,” Ilgar Najaf, director;
  • Bangladesh, “The Cage,” Akram Khan, director;
  • Belgium, “Racer and the Jailbird,” Michaël R. Roskam, director;
  • Bolivia, “Dark Skull,” Kiro Russo, director;
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina, “Men Don’t Cry,” Alen Drljević, director;
  • Brazil, “Bingo - The King of the Mornings,” Daniel Rezende, director;
  • Bulgaria, “Glory,” Petar Valchanov, Kristina Grozeva, directors;
  • Cambodia, “First They Killed My Father,” Angelina Jolie, director;
  • Canada, “Hochelaga, Land of Souls,” François Girard, director;
  • Chile, “A Fantastic Woman,” Sebastián Lelio, director;
  • China, “Wolf Warrior 2,” Wu Jing, director;
  • Colombia, “Guilty Men,” Iván D. Gaona, director;
  • Costa Rica, “The Sound of Things,” Ariel Escalante, director;
  • Croatia, “Quit Staring at My Plate,” Hana Jušić, director;
  • Czech Republic, “Ice Mother,” Bohdan Sláma, director;
  • Denmark, “You Disappear,” Peter Schønau Fog, director;
  • Dominican Republic, “Woodpeckers,” Jose Maria Cabral, director;
  • Ecuador, “Alba,” Ana Cristina Barragán, director;
  • Egypt, “Sheikh Jackson,” Amr Salama, director;
  • Estonia, “November,” Rainer Sarnet, director;
  • Finland, “Tom of Finland,” Dome Karukoski, director;
  • France, “BPM (Beats Per Minute),” Robin Campillo, director;
  • Georgia, “Scary Mother,” Ana Urushadze, director;
  • Germany, “In the Fade,” Fatih Akin, director;
  • Greece, “Amerika Square,” Yannis Sakaridis, director;
  • Haiti, “Ayiti Mon Amour,” Guetty Felin, director;
  • Honduras, “Morazán,” Hispano Durón, director;
  • Hong Kong, “Mad World,” Wong Chun, director;
  • Hungary, “On Body and Soul,” Ildikó Enyedi, director;
  • Iceland, “Under the Tree,” Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson, director;
  • India, “Newton,” Amit V Masurkar, director;
  • Indonesia, “Turah,” Wicaksono Wisnu Legowo, director;
  • Iran, “Breath,” Narges Abyar, director;
  • Iraq, “Reseba - The Dark Wind,” Hussein Hassan, director;
  • Ireland, “Song of Granite,” Pat Collins, director;
  • Israel, “Foxtrot,” Samuel Maoz, director;
  • Italy, “A Ciambra,” Jonas Carpignano, director;
  • Japan, “Her Love Boils Bathwater,” Ryota Nakano, director;
  • Kazakhstan, “The Road to Mother,” Akhan Satayev, director;
  • Kenya, “Kati Kati,” Mbithi Masya, director;
  • Kosovo, “Unwanted,” Edon Rizvanolli, director;
  • Kyrgyzstan, “Centaur,” Aktan Arym Kubat, director;
  • Lao People’s Democratic Republic, “Dearest Sister,” Mattie Do, director;
  • Latvia, “The Chronicles of Melanie,” Viestur Kairish, director;
  • Lebanon, “The Insult,” Ziad Doueiri, director;
  • Lithuania, “Frost,” Sharunas Bartas, director;
  • Luxembourg, “Barrage,” Laura Schroeder, director;
  • Mexico, “Tempestad,” Tatiana Huezo, director;
  • Mongolia, “The Children of Genghis,” Zolbayar Dorj, director;
  • Morocco, “Razzia,” Nabil Ayouch, director;
  • Mozambique, “The Train of Salt and Sugar,” Licinio Azevedo, director;
  • Nepal, “White Sun,” Deepak Rauniyar, director;
  • Netherlands, “Layla M.,” Mijke de Jong, director;
  • New Zealand, “One Thousand Ropes,” Tusi Tamasese, director;
  • Norway, “Thelma,” Joachim Trier, director;
  • Pakistan, “Saawan,” Farhan Alam, director;
  • Palestine, “Wajib,” Annemarie Jacir, director;
  • Panama, “Beyond Brotherhood,” Arianne Benedetti, director;
  • Paraguay, “Los Buscadores,” Juan Carlos Maneglia, Tana Schembori, directors;
  • Peru, “Rosa Chumbe,” Jonatan Relayze, director;
  • Philippines, “Birdshot,” Mikhail Red, director;
  • Poland, “Spoor,” Agnieszka Holland, Kasia Adamik, directors;
  • Portugal, “Saint George,” Marco Martins, director;
  • Romania, “Fixeur,” Adrian Sitaru, director;
  • Russia, “Loveless,” Andrey Zvyagintsev, director;
  • Senegal, “Félicité,” Alain Gomis, director;
  • Serbia, “Requiem for Mrs. J.,” Bojan Vuletic, director;
  • Singapore, “Pop Aye,” Kirsten Tan, director;
  • Slovakia, “The Line,” Peter Bebjak, director;
  • Slovenia, “The Miner,” Hanna A. W. Slak, director;
  • South Africa, “The Wound,” John Trengove, director;
  • South Korea, “A Taxi Driver,” Jang Hoon, director;
  • Spain, “Summer 1993,” Carla Simón, director;
  • Sweden, “The Square,” Ruben Östlund, director;
  • Switzerland, “The Divine Order,” Petra Volpe, director;
  • Syria, “Little Gandhi,” Sam Kadi, director;
  • Taiwan, “Small Talk,” Hui-Chen Huang, director;
  • Thailand, “By the Time It Gets Dark,” Anocha Suwichakornpong, director;
  • Tunisia, “The Last of Us,” Ala Eddine Slim, director;
  • Turkey, “Ayla: The Daughter of War,” Can Ulkay, director;
  • Ukraine, “Black Level,” Valentyn Vasyanovych, director;
  • United Kingdom, “My Pure Land,” Sarmad Masud, director;
  • Uruguay, “Another Story of the World,” Guillermo Casanova, director;
  • Venezuela, “El Inca,” Ignacio Castillo Cottin, director;
  • Vietnam, “Father and Son,” Luong Dinh Dung, director.


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