2022 Submissions for Best International Feature
The Falls
Chung Mong-Hong · 2021 · Taiwan
Divorced Pin-Wen and her teenage daughter Xiao Jing are forced to quarantine in their apartment home during the COVID-19 pandemic. The confinement takes its toll on their relationship and the health of Pin-Wen, who's mental decline obliges Xiao to take on more responsibility for the family.
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Let It Be Morning
(Vayehi Boker)
A Palestinian businessman is trapped in a remote Arab village when the Israeli army enacts an unexplained lockdown.
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- Israel, France • 2021
- Director Eran Kolirin
- Cast Alex Bakri, Juna Suleiman, Salim Dau, Ehab Salami, Khalifa Natour
- Genre Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Kino Now, YouTube, Apple TV
Playground
(Un monde)
7-year-old Nora is forced by her brother to keep his abuse at the hands of classroom bullies a secret.
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- Belgium • 2021
- Director Laura Wandel
- Cast Maya Vanderbeque, Günter Duret, Karim Leklou, Laura Verlinden, Thao Maerten, Lena Girard Voss
- Genre Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Hoopla, Vudu, YouTube, Apple TV, MUBI Amazon Channel, MUBI
Clara Sola
The arrival of a new farm worker awakens something within Clara, the villages local mystic.
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- Sweden, Costa Rica, Belgium • 2021
- Director Nathalie Álvarez Mesén
- Cast Wendy Chinchilla Araya, Ana Julia Porras Espinoza, Daniel Castañeda Rincón, Flor María Vargas Chaves
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, YouTube, Apple TV
Titane
A near-fatal car crash leaves a girl with physical and emotional trauma that shapes her future — and her fetishes.
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- France, Belgium • 2021
- Director Julia Ducournau
- Cast Vincent Lindon, Agathe Rousselle, Garance Marillier, Laïs Salameh, Mara Cissé, Marin Judas
- Genre Drama, Horror, Thriller
- Available on DIRECTV, Microsoft Store, Redbox, Google Play Movies, AMC on Demand, Vudu, Kanopy, Apple TV, Hulu
The Hand of God
(È stata la mano di Dio)
Based in part on the life of director Paolo Sorrentino, this film tells the story of a fateful encounter with soccer superstar Diego Maradona.
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- Italy • 2021
- Director Paolo Sorrentino
- Cast Filippo Scotti, Toni Servillo, Teresa Saponangelo, Luisa Ranieri, Marlon Joubert, Massimiliano Gallo
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Netflix basic with Ads, Netflix
Great Freedom
(Große Freiheit)
A gay Jewish man is sent to prison after World War 2, immediately after being released from a concentration camp.
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- Austria, Germany • 2021
- Director Sebastian Meise
- Cast Franz Rogowski, Georg Friedrich, Anton von Lucke, Thomas Prenn, Thomas Stecher, Alfred Hartung
- Genre Drama, Romance, War
- Available on Amazon Video, Vudu, Apple TV, MUBI Amazon Channel, MUBI
Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn
(Babardeala cu bucluc sau porno balamuc)
A secondary school teacher must face the wrath of her community when her sex tape spreads online.
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- Romania, Croatia, Czech Republic • 2021
- Director Radu Jude
- Cast Katia Pascariu, Claudia Ieremia, Olimpia Malai, Nicodim Ungureanu, Alexandru Potocean, Andi Vasluianu
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on DIRECTV, Microsoft Store, Vudu, Apple TV, Hulu
Leave No Traces
(Żeby nie było śladów)
Jurek is targeted by the Communist government in 1980's Poland for being the only witness to a police sanctioned murder.
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- Poland, Czech Republic, France • 2021
- Director Jan P. Matuszyński
- Cast Tomasz Zietek, Sandra Korzeniak, Jacek Braciak, Agnieszka Grochowska, Robert Więckiewicz
- Genre Drama
- Available on Freevee, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, VUDU Free, Plex, Tubi TV, YouTube, Apple TV, Plex Player
Lingui, The Sacred Bonds
(Lingui, les liens sacrés)
A single mother goes against the church and the patriarchy to obtain an illegal abortion for her fifteen-year-old daughter.
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- France, Germany, Belgium • 2021
- Director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
- Cast Achouackh Abakar Souleymane, Rihane Khalil Alio, Youssouf Djaoro, Briya Gomdigue, Saleh Sambo, Mounira Michala
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Video, Vudu, Apple TV, MUBI Amazon Channel, MUBI
Lamb
(Dýrið)
An Icelandic couple takes a human-sheep hybrid as their child, with tragic consequences.
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- Iceland, Sweden, Poland • 2021
- Director Valdimar Jóhannsson
- Cast Noomi Rapace, Hilmir Snær Guðnason, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, Ingvar E. Sigurðsson, Ester Bibi
- Genre Drama, Horror, Mystery
- Available on DIRECTV, Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Showtime, Vudu, Paramount+ with Showtime, Showtime Roku Premium Channel, , YouTube, Apple TV, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , Paramount+ Amazon Channel
Drunken Birds
(Les oiseaux ivres)
Mexican drug-cartel worker Willy goes to Canada in search of his missing girlfriend Marlena.
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- Canada • 2021
- Director Ivan Grbovic
- Cast Jorge Antonio Guerrero, Marine Johnson, Hélène Florent, Claude Legault, Maxime Dumontier
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Video, Eventive
The Worst Person in the World
(Verdens Verste Menneske)
Julie must navigate the troubled waters of her romantic life while struggling to find her career path in contemporary Oslo.
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- Norway • 2021
- Director Joachim Trier
- Cast Renate Reinsve, Anders Danielsen Lie, Herbert Nordrum, Hans Olav Brenner, Helene Bjørnebye, Vidar Sandem
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Microsoft Store, Redbox, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, AMC on Demand, Vudu, Kanopy, YouTube, Apple TV, Hulu
Brighton 4th
A father's love transcends borders.
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- Bulgaria, France, Georgia • 2022
- Director Levan Koguashvili
- Cast Levan Tedaishvili, Giorgi Tabidze, Kakhi Kavsadze, Nadezhda Mikhalkova, Irakli Kavsadze
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Kino Now, Kanopy, YouTube, Apple TV
Escape from Mogadishu
(모가디슈)
In the Somali civil war, embassy staff from North and South Korea must come together if they want to make it out of the country alive.
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- Korea • 2021
- Director Ryoo Seung-wan
- Cast Kim Yoon-seok, Jo In-sung, Heo Joon-ho, Kim So-jin, Jeong Man-sik, Koo Kyo-hwan
- Genre Action, Drama
- Available on Microsoft Store, Rakuten Viki, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, AMC on Demand, Vudu, Kanopy, Peacock Premium, YouTube, Apple TV, Peacock
Drive My Car
(ドライブ・マイ・カー)
A car ride across Japan leads to an unlikely connection between a widowed stage director and his introverted young driver.
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- Japan • 2021
- Director Ryusuke Hamaguchi
- Cast Hidetoshi Nishijima, Toko Miura, Masaki Okada, Reika Kirishima, Park Yu-rim, Jin Dae-yeon
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Video, Vudu, Apple TV, Max, Max Amazon Channel
2020 Submissions for Best International Feature
Heroic Losers
Sebastián Borensztein · 2019 · Argentina, Spain
A group of residents in the small Argentine town of Villa Alsina join forces and plan to infiltrate an underground vault and retrieve the money that they invested into an agricultural co-op that was stolen from them a year earlier by a lawyer during the country's economic crisis.
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Les Misérables
A policeman discovers how deep tensions run among gangs in the Parisian suburbs.
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- France • 2019
- Director Ladj Ly
- Cast Damien Bonnard, Alexis Manenti, Djibril Zonga, Steve Tientcheu, Jeanne Balibar
- Genre Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Freevee, Amazon Prime Video
And Then We Danced
(და ჩვენ ვიცეკვეთ)
A dancer on the brink of adulthood falls unwillingly in love with his greatest rival.
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- Sweden, Georgia • 2019
- Director Levan Akin
- Cast Levan Gelbakhiani, Bachi Valishvili, Ana Javakishvili, Giorgi Tsereteli, Tamar Bukhnikashvili, Anano Makharadze
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Hoopla, Vudu, OVID, Kanopy, Tubi TV, YouTube, Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video
Monos
Eight child soldiers on a remote mountain in Latin America watch over a hostage and a conscripted milk cow.
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- Colombia, Argentina, Netherlands • 2019
- Director Alejandro Landes
- Cast Moisés Arias, Julianne Nicholson, Sofia Buenaventura, Karen Quintero, Julian Giraldo, Laura Castrillón
- Genre Adventure, Drama, Thriller
- Available on DIRECTV, Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, AMC on Demand, Vudu, Spectrum On Demand, YouTube, Apple TV, Max, Max Amazon Channel
1982
For 11-year-old Wissam, confessing his love is a lot like the looming invasion of Lebanon: scary, uncertain, and potentially disastrous.
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- Lebanon, United States, Norway • 2019
- Director Oualid Mouaness
- Cast Nadine Labaki, Mohammad Dali, Ghassan Maalouf, Aliya Khalidi, Rodrigue Sleiman
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on DocAlliance Films, Tubi TV, IndieFlix
Those Who Remained
(Akik maradtak)
Sometimes the kindness of strangers is all the love we need.
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- Hungary • 2019
- Director Barnabás Tóth
- Cast Károly Hajduk, Abigél Szőke, Mari Nagy, Katalin Simkó, Adél Jordán
- Genre Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Spectrum On Demand, YouTube, Apple TV
The Traitor
(Il traditore)
After trying to leave the mafia for Brazil, Tommaso Buscetta is forced to return to Italy and become an informant.
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- Italy, France, Germany • 2019
- Director Marco Bellocchio
- Cast Pierfrancesco Favino, Maria Fernanda Cândido, Fabrizio Ferracane, Fausto Russo Alesi, Luigi Lo Cascio, Bruno Cariello
- Genre Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Starz Apple TV Channel, DIRECTV, Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, AMC on Demand, Vudu, Starz Roku Premium Channel, Starz, YouTube, Starz Amazon Channel, Apple TV
Retablo
Everyone has secrets, no matter how much you think you know them.
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- Peru, Germany, Norway • 2018
- Director Alvaro Delgado-Aparicio L.
- Cast Amiel Cayo, Junor Bejar, Magaly Solier, Mauro Chuchon, Ubaldo Huamán, Hermelinda Luján
- Genre Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Kanopy, Tubi TV, YouTube, The Roku Channel, Apple TV
Corpus Christi
(Boże Ciało)
A reformed criminal poses as a priest and ministers a small-town parish.
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- Poland • 2019
- Director Jan Komasa
- Cast Bartosz Bielenia, Aleksandra Konieczna, Eliza Rycembel, Tomasz Ziętek, Barbara Kurzaj, Leszek Lichota
- Genre Drama
- Available on Film Movement Plus, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Hoopla, Vudu, Kanopy, YouTube, Apple TV
Tu me manques
Jorge travels from Bolivia to New York after his son Gabriel's death to confront Gabriel's boyfriend Sebastian.
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- Bolivia, United States • 2019
- Director Rodrigo Bellott
- Cast Rossy de Palma, Rick Cosnett, Oscar Martínez, Ana Asensio, Dominic Colón
- Genre Drama
- Available on DIRECTV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Spectrum On Demand, Tubi TV, YouTube, Apple TV
Zana
A woman deals with the trauma of war while trying to appease her family's' wishes and have a child.
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- Kosovo, Albania, United States • 2019
- Director Antoneta Kastrati
- Cast Adriana Matoshi, Astrit Kabashi, Mensur Safqiu, Çun Lajçi, Bislim Muçaj
- Genre Drama, Horror
- Available on Freevee, Amazon Video, Filmzie, Plex, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Popflick, Plex Player
Adam
(آدم)
Fate comes knocking (and she's pregnant).
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- Morocco, France, Belgium • 2019
- Director Maryam Touzani
- Cast Lubna Azabal, Nisrine Erradi, Douae Belkhaouda, Aziz Hattab, Hasnaa Tamtaoui
- Genre Drama
- Available on VUDU Free, Kanopy, Tubi TV, Apple TV
Tel Aviv on Fire
A wry, insightful comedy about a hapless production intern on a Palestinian soap opera.
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- Luxembourg, Belgium, Israel • 2018
- Director Sameh Zoabi
- Cast Kais Nashif, Lubna Azabal, Yaniv Biton, Maisa Abd Elhadi, Nadim Sawalha
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Cohen Media Amazon Channel, Kino Now, Tubi TV, YouTube, Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video
Gaza
A documentary journey through Gaza that seeks to tell its story through the depiction of ordinary people trying to live meaningful lives under Israeli occupation.
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- Ireland, Occupied Palestinian Territory • 2019
- Director Garry Keane, Andrew McConnell
- Cast
- Genre Documentary, Drama
- Available on Freevee, DocAlliance Films, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, YouTube
Ága
When Sedna's health deteriorates, Nanook embarks on a journey through the snow-covered fields of the north to find their daughter.
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- Bulgaria, Germany, France • 2018
- Director Milko Lazarov
- Cast Mikhail Aprosimov, Feodosia Ivanova, Sergey Egorov, Galina Tikhonova, Afanasiy Kylaev
- Genre Drama
- Available on Vudu, OVID, Kanopy, Klassiki, Apple TV
Queen of Hearts
(Dronningen)
A successful lawyer's picture-perfect life is jeopardized when she has an affair with her teenage stepson.
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- Denmark, Sweden • 2019
- Director May el-Toukhy
- Cast Trine Dyrholm, Gustav Lindh, Magnus Krepper, Liv Esmår Dannemann, Silja Esmår Dannemann, Stine Gyldenkerne
- Genre Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Kanopy, Plex, Tubi TV, YouTube, The Roku Channel, Apple TV, Plex Player, Viaplay
2019 Submissions for Best International Feature
Donbass
Sergey Loznitsa · 2018 · Germany, Ukraine, France
In Eastern Ukraine, a war is being fought on many fronts. On the one hand, there is an open armed conflict. On the other, there are killings and robberies on a massive scale perpetrated by separatist gangs. But as fake identities and “post-truth” realities take hold, the effects of propaganda and manipulation may prove most devastating of all.
Available on DIRECTV, Film Movement Plus, Criterion Channel, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Kanopy, YouTube, Apple TV
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Buffalo Boys
Two brothers raised in exile in the American Wild West return to Indonesia to avenge their slain father.
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- Indonesia, Singapore • 2018
- Director Mike Wiluan
- Cast Yoshi Sudarso, Ario Bayu, Pevita Pearce, Tio Pakusadewo, Reinout Bussemaker, Mikha Tambayong
- Genre Action, Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Vudu, Hi-YAH, Peacock Premium, Plex, Tubi TV, , YouTube, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Apple TV, Peacock, Plex Player, VIX
Cold War
(Zimna wojna)
Two performers find and lose love in Cold War Poland — only to find it again years later.
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- Poland, United Kingdom, France • 2018
- Director Paweł Pawlikowski
- Cast Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot, Borys Szyc, Agata Kulesza, Cédric Kahn, Jeanne Balibar
- Genre Drama, Music, Romance
- Available on Freevee, Amazon Prime Video
Woman at War
(Kona fer í stríð)
A middle aged woman declares war on the heavy industry in her town.
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- Iceland, France, Ukraine • 2018
- Director Benedikt Erlingsson
- Cast Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir, Jóhann Sigurðarson, Jörundur Ragnarsson, Juan Camillo Roman Estrada, Thorir Sæmundsson, Vala Kristin Eiriksdottir
- Genre Thriller, Drama, Comedy
- Available on Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, YouTube, FlixFling, Apple TV, Plex Player
The Resistance Banker
(Bankier van het Verzet)
The true story of how two banking brothers in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam risked everything to fund the Resistance.
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- Netherlands, Belgium • 2018
- Director Joram Lürsen
- Cast Barry Atsma, Jacob Derwig, Pierre Bokma, Götz Schubert, Fockeline Ouwerkerk, Raymond Thiry
- Genre Drama, War
- Available on Netflix basic with Ads, Netflix
Yomeddine
(يوم الدين)
A Coptic leper and his orphaned young friend embark on an unforgettable journey in search of their lost families.
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- Egypt, United States, Austria • 2018
- Director Abu Bakr Shawky
- Cast Rady Gamal, Shahira Fahmy, Ahmed Abdelhafiz, Osama Abdallah, Mohamed Abdel Azim
- Genre Adventure, Comedy, Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, VUDU Free, Kanopy, YouTube, Apple TV
Shoplifters
(万引き家族)
Sometimes it's better to choose your own family.
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- Japan • 2018
- Director Hirokazu Kore-eda
- Cast Lily Franky, Sakura Ando, Mayu Matsuoka, Jyo Kairi, Miyu Sasaki, Kirin Kiki
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on DIRECTV, Redbox, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Hoopla, Vudu, Spectrum On Demand, FlixFling, Apple TV, Max, Max Amazon Channel
The Waldheim Waltz
(Waldheims Walzer)
History is doomed to repeat itself... again and again and again.
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- Austria • 2018
- Director Ruth Beckermann
- Cast Kurt Waldheim
- Genre Documentary
- Available on True Story, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, OVID, Chai Flicks, VUDU Free, Kanopy, Tubi TV, Apple TV
The Interpreter
(Tlmočník)
An old man seeks revenge for the death of his parents, but instead finds a friend.
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- Slovakia, Czech Republic, Austria • 2018
- Director Martin Šulík
- Cast Jiří Menzel, Peter Simonischek, Zuzana Mauréry, Attila Mokos, Anna Jakab Rakovská
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Hoopla, Vudu, Chai Flicks, VUDU Free, Kino Now, Kanopy, Tubi TV, YouTube, Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video
Eldorado
Drawing inspiration from his personal experiences during WWII, Markus Imhoof documents how refugees and migrants are treated today.
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- Switzerland, Germany • 2018
- Director Markus Imhoof
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Kino Now, Kanopy, Plex, YouTube, Apple TV, Plex Player
The Guilty
(Den skyldige)
A cop, who can't leave his office, must --- somehow ---- solve a convoluted kidnapping case.
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- Denmark • 2018
- Director Gustav Möller
- Cast Jakob Cedergren, Jessica Dinnage, Omar Shargawi, Johan Olsen, Jacob Ulrik Lohmann, Katinka Evers-Jahnsen
- Genre Drama, Crime, Thriller
- Available on Microsoft Store, Redbox, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Crackle, Hoopla, Vudu, Spectrum On Demand, VUDU Free, Alamo on Demand, Plex, Tubi TV, YouTube, FlixFling, Apple TV, Plex Player, fuboTV
Sunset
(Napszállta)
After spending her younger years in an orphanage, 20-year-old Irisz Leiter arrives in the Hungarian capital hoping to work as a milliner in the legendary hat store that belonged to her late parents.
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- Hungary, France • 2018
- Director László Nemes
- Cast Jakab Juli, Vlad Ivanov, Susanne Wuest, Levente Molnár, Urs Rechn, Judit Bárdos
- Genre Thriller, Mystery
- Available on Starz Apple TV Channel, DIRECTV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Spectrum On Demand, Starz Roku Premium Channel, Starz, YouTube, Starz Amazon Channel, Apple TV
El Angel
(El Ángel)
When teenage thief Carlitos meets Ramon at school, the two embark on a journey of discovery, love, and crime.
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- Argentina, Spain • 2018
- Director Luis Ortega
- Cast Lorenzo Ferro, Chino Darín, Mercedes Morán, Daniel Fanego, Luis Gnecco, Cecilia Roth
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Crackle, Vudu, Dekkoo, VUDU Free, Plex, Tubi TV, YouTube, The Roku Channel, Plex Player, fuboTV
Champions
(Campeones)
Winning isn't everything.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Spain • 2018
- Director Javier Fesser
- Cast Javier Gutiérrez, Athenea Mata, Juan Margallo, José de Luna, Sergio Olmo, Jesús Vidal
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Apple TV
I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians
(Îmi este indiferent dacă în istorie vom intra ca barbari)
An ambitious young theater director faces censorship when she is hired to create a public art project related to Romania's past.
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- Romania, Germany, Bulgaria • 2018
- Director Radu Jude
- Cast Ioana Iacob, Alex Bogdan, Alexandru Dabija, Ion Rizea, Claudia Ieremia
- Genre Comedy, Drama, History
- Available on Kanopy, Klassiki
What Will People Say
(Hva vil folk si)
Sent to a country she's never known… She must risk everything to break free.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Norway, Germany, Sweden • 2017
- Director Iram Haq
- Cast Maria Mozhdah, Adil Hussain, Ekavali Khanna, Rohit Saraf, Ali Arfan, Sheeba Chaddha
- Genre Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Kino Now, Kanopy, Metrograph, YouTube, Apple TV
2018 Submissions for Best International Feature
Ice Mother
Bohdan Sláma · 2017 · Czech Republic, France, Slovakia
Hana lives alone since the death of her husband, and though her two sons often visit her with their families, they frequently end up quarreling. One day, Hana saves a man from drowning, and he introduces her to ice swimming and its welcoming community. As they grow closer, she gains a new lust for life.
Available on FilmBox+, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, YouTube, Apple TV
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Happy End
Don't believe the title.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Austria, Germany • 2017
- Director Michael Haneke
- Cast Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Mathieu Kassovitz, Fantine Harduin, Toby Jones, Franz Rogowski
- Genre Drama, Comedy
- Available on Starz Apple TV Channel, Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Starz Roku Premium Channel, Starz, YouTube, Starz Amazon Channel, Apple TV
Spoor
(Pokot)
When a series of mysterious crimes occur around her, Janina is convinced she knows who—or what—the murderer is.
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- Poland, Germany, Czech Republic • 2017
- Director Agnieszka Holland
- Cast Agnieszka Mandat-Grabka, Wiktor Zborowski, Jakub Gierszał, Patrycja Volny, Miroslav Krobot
- Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Kanopy, Klassiki, Tubi TV, YouTube, The Roku Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video
Summer 1993
(Estiu 1993)
A new family. A new world.
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- Spain • 2017
- Director Carla Simón
- Cast Laia Artigas, Bruna Cusí, David Verdaguer, Paula Robles, Isabel Rocatti, Montse Sanz
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, OVID, YouTube, Apple TV, MUBI Amazon Channel, MUBI, fuboTV
Men Don't Cry
(Muškarci ne plaču)
Less than two decades after the Yugoslav Wars, a diverse group of veterans partakes in cathartic therapy sessions.
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- Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Germany • 2017
- Director Alen Drljević
- Cast Leon Lučev, Primož Petkovšek, Emir Hadžihafizbegović, Boris Ler, Sebastian Cavazza
- Genre Drama
- Available on Vudu
Zama
An officer must find a way to escape from South America in this film based on the 1956 novel.
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- Argentina, Brazil, Spain • 2017
- Director Lucrecia Martel
- Cast Daniel Giménez Cacho, Lola Dueñas, Matheus Nachtergaele, Juan Minujín, Nahuel Cano, Mariana Nunes
- Genre Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Kanopy, YouTube, Apple TV
First They Killed My Father
A 5-year-old girl becomes a child soldier during the terrifying reign of the Khmer Rouge.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Cambodia, United States • 2017
- Director Angelina Jolie
- Cast Sareum Srey Moch, Phoeung Kompheak, Sveng Socheata, Mun Kimhak, Heng Dara, Khoun Sothea
- Genre Drama, History, War
- Available on Netflix basic with Ads, Netflix
A Taxi Driver
(택시운전사)
The incredible true story of a South Korean taxi driver who became the most unlikely of heroes.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Korea • 2017
- Director Jang Hoon
- Cast Song Kang-ho, Thomas Kretschmann, Yoo Hae-jin, Ryu Jun-yeol, Park Hyuk-kwon, Ko Chang-seok
- Genre Action, Drama, History
- Available on Freevee, Microsoft Store, Rakuten Viki, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Hoopla, Vudu, Kocowa, Kanopy, Peacock Premium, YouTube, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Apple TV, Peacock, Amazon Prime Video
The Train of Salt and Sugar
(Comboio de Sal e Açucar)
Stories of love and war unfold on the dangerous train that connects Nampula and Malawi.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Portugal, Mozambique, France • 2016
- Director Licínio Azevedo
- Cast Matamba Joaquim, Melanie de Vales Rafael, Thiago Justino, Mário Mabjaia
- Genre Adventure, Drama, War
- Available on Amazon Video
Amerika Square
(Πλατεία Αμερικής)
Longtime friends Billy and Nakos have very different reactions when the number of immigrants in their Athenian neighborhood increases.
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- Greece, United Kingdom, Germany • 2016
- Director Yannis Sakaridis
- Cast Yannis Stankoglou, Makis Papadimitriou, Vassilis Kukalani, Ksenia Dania, Alexandros Logothetis
- Genre Drama
- Available on Film Movement Plus, Amazon Video, Plex, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Plex Player
BPM (Beats per Minute)
(120 battements par minute)
A group of young activists desperately seek a cure for AIDS in 1990s Paris.
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- France • 2017
- Director Robin Campillo
- Cast Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Arnaud Valois, Adèle Haenel, Antoine Reinartz, Félix Maritaud, Ariel Borenstein
- Genre Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Hoopla, Vudu, Dekkoo, VUDU Free, Kanopy, Plex, Tubi TV, YouTube, Pluto TV, Plex Player
On Body and Soul
(Testről és lélekről)
Two introverts who discover they share the same dreams try to recreate them in real life.
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- Hungary • 2017
- Director Ildikó Enyedi
- Cast Alexandra Borbély, Morcsányi Géza, Réka Tenki, Nagy Ervin, Zoltán Schneider, Tamás Jordán
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Netflix basic with Ads, Netflix
Woodpeckers
(Carpinteros)
A prisoner falls for an incarcerated woman in an adjacent facility, who he can only communicate with using sign language.
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- Dominican Republic • 2017
- Director José María Cabral
- Cast Jean Jean, Judith Rodríguez, Ramón Emilio Candelario, Manuel Raposo, Carlota Carretero
- Genre Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, YouTube, Apple TV
The Wound
(Inxeba)
Some stories can't be retold.
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- South Africa, Germany, Netherlands • 2017
- Director John Trengove
- Cast Nakhane Touré, Bongile Mantsai, Niza Jay Ncoyini, Thobani Mseleni, Gamelihle Bovana
- Genre Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Kino Now, Kanopy, YouTube, Apple TV
A Fantastic Woman
(Una mujer fantástica)
My name is Marina Vidal. Do you have any problem with that?
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- Chile, Germany, Spain • 2017
- Director Sebastián Lelio
- Cast Daniela Vega, Francisco Reyes, Luis Gnecco, Aline Küppenheim, Nicolás Saavedra, Amparo Noguera
- Genre Drama
- Available on Starz Apple TV Channel, DIRECTV, Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, AMC on Demand, Vudu, Alamo on Demand, Starz Roku Premium Channel, Starz, YouTube, Starz Amazon Channel, Apple TV
Ayla: The Daughter of War
(Ayla)
The touching true story of a Turkish soldier who adopted and raised a young orphan girl during the Korean War.
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- Turkey • 2017
- Director Can Ulkay
- Cast Исмаил Хаджиоглу, Kim Seol, Ali Atay, Murat Yildirim, Çetin Tekindor, Lee Kyung-jin
- Genre Drama, War
- Available on Plex Player
2017 Submissions for Best International Feature
Sand Storm
Elite Zexer · 2016 · Israel, Germany, France
When Jalila's husband marries a second woman, Jalila and her daughter's worlds are shattered and the women are torn between their commitment to the patriarchal rules and being true to themselves. A tender and vulnerable film about a mother and daughter who have only each other in a brutally unjust society.
Available on Netflix basic with Ads, Netflix
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The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki
(Hymyilevä mies)
Olli Mäki has a shot at the world championship title in featherweight boxing, but there's a problem - he's fallen in love with Raija.
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- Finland, Sweden, Germany • 2016
- Director Juho Kuosmanen
- Cast Jarkko Lahti, Oona Airola, Eero Milonoff, Joanna Haartti, Joonas Saartamo
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Vudu, Apple TV, MUBI Amazon Channel, MUBI
Barakah Meets Barakah
(بركة يقابل بركة)
A laid-back civil servant and a wealthy video blogger struggle to make it as a modern couple amid strict Saudi social conventions.
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- Saudi Arabia • 2016
- Director Mahmoud Sabbagh
- Cast Hisham Fageeh, Fatima Al-Banawi, Sami Hifny, Khairia Nazmi, Abdulmajeed Al-Ruhaidi
- Genre Comedy, Romance
- Available on Netflix basic with Ads, Netflix
Kills on Wheels
(Tiszta szívvel)
A refreshing twist on the gangster genre featuring handicapped hitmen for hire.
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- Hungary • 2016
- Director Attila Till
- Cast Thuróczy Szabolcs, Zoltán Fenyvesi, Adám Fekete, Dusán Vitanovics, Lídia Danis
- Genre Action, Comedy, Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Kino Now, Kanopy, YouTube, Apple TV
Tonio
Two parents face an unimaginable loss.
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- Netherlands • 2016
- Director Paula van der Oest
- Cast Pierre Bokma, Chris Peters, Rifka Lodeizen, Stefanie van Leersum, Beppie Melissen
- Genre Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Kanopy, YouTube, Apple TV
A Man Called Ove
(En man som heter Ove)
When pregnant Parvaneh and her family move into the terraced house opposite Ove, it sets off a series of unexpected changes in his life.
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- Sweden • 2015
- Director Hannes Holm
- Cast Rolf Lassgård, Bahar Pars, Filip Berg, Ida Engvoll, Tobias Almborg, Klas Wiljergård
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Freevee, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Crackle, Hoopla, Vudu, OVID, Kanopy, Plex, Tubi TV, YouTube, Apple TV, Plex Player, Viaplay, fuboTV, Amazon Prime Video
Fire at Sea
(Fuocoammare)
More than 17,000 people were reported to have died trying to cross the Mediterranean in the last 15 years...
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- Italy, France • 2016
- Director Gianfranco Rosi
- Cast Samuele Pucillo, Mattias Cucina, Samuele Caruana, Pietro Bartolo, Giuseppe Fragapane
- Genre Documentary
- Available on DIRECTV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Kino Now, Kanopy, Metrograph, YouTube, Apple TV
Julieta
This is my life --- it is for you.
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- Spain • 2016
- Director Pedro Almodóvar
- Cast Emma Suárez, Adriana Ugarte, Daniel Grao, Inma Cuesta, Darío Grandinetti, Michelle Jenner
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Starz Apple TV Channel, DIRECTV, Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Spectrum On Demand, YouTube, Apple TV
Paradise
(Рай)
The paths of a French resistance fighter, a French-Nazi collaborator, and a German SS officer cross inextricably during WWII.
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- Russia, Germany • 2016
- Director Andrei Konchalovsky
- Cast Yuliya Vysotskaya, Philippe Duquesne, Viktor Sukhorukov, Vera Voronkova, Jakob Diehl, Christian Clauss
- Genre Drama, War
- Available on Film Movement Plus, Amazon Video, Vudu, Kanopy, Apple TV
Clash
(إشتباك)
Conflict is on the inside.
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- Egypt, France • 2016
- Director Mohamed Diab
- Cast Nelly Karim, Hani Adel, Mohamed El Sebaii, Tarek Abdel Aziz, Hosny Sheta, Ahmed Dash
- Genre Thriller, Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Kino Now, Kanopy, YouTube, Apple TV
The Salesman
(فروشنده)
Emad and Rana move into a new flat, but an incident with the previous tenant dramatically changes their life.
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- Iran, France • 2016
- Director Asghar Farhadi
- Cast Shahab Hosseini, Taraneh Alidoosti, Babak Karimi, Mina Sadati, Mehdi Koushki, Farid Sajjadi Hosseini
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on Freevee, Amazon Prime Video
Visaranai
(விசாரணை)
Four innocent immigrants in Andhra Pradesh are picked up by the police, becoming pawns in a vicious political game.
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- India • 2016
- Director Vetrimaaran
- Cast Dinesh Ravi, Samuthirakani, Kishore, Anandhi, Aadukalam Murugadoss, Alva Vasu
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on Google Play Movies, Netflix basic with Ads, Netflix, YouTube, Apple TV
Land of Mine
(Under sandet)
They survived World War II, now they must survive the cleanup.
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- Denmark, Germany • 2015
- Director Martin Zandvliet
- Cast Roland Møller, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Laura Bro, Louis Hofmann
- Genre Drama, History, Thriller, War
- Available on Starz Apple TV Channel, DIRECTV, Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Spectrum On Demand, Starz Roku Premium Channel, Starz, YouTube, Starz Amazon Channel, Apple TV
The Ardennes
(D'Ardennen)
After four years in prison, a man's reunion with his brother goes terribly wrong.
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- Belgium • 2015
- Director Robin Pront
- Cast Jeroen Perceval, Veerle Baetens, Kevin Janssens, Eric Godon, Jan Bijvoet, Peter van den Begin
- Genre Drama
- Available on Freevee, Film Movement Plus, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Hoopla, Vudu, Kanopy, Plex, Tubi TV, YouTube, Apple TV, Plex Player
Elle
A businesswoman decides not to report her assault by a masked intruder due to her past experience with police.
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- France, Germany, Belgium • 2016
- Director Paul Verhoeven
- Cast Isabelle Huppert, Laurent Lafitte, Anne Consigny, Charles Berling, Virginie Efira, Judith Magre
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on Starz Apple TV Channel, DIRECTV, Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, AMC on Demand, Vudu, Spectrum On Demand, YouTube, Apple TV
Call Me Thief
(Noem My Skollie)
Everyone has gift. Some gifts are harder to find.
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- South Africa • 2016
- Director Daryne Joshua
- Cast Dann-Jaques Mouton, Christian Bennett, Gantane Gwane Kusch, Gershwin Mias, David Manuel, Sandi Schultz
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Topic
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