Best International Feature Film Submissions 2023, Part II
We're back this week with part two of our Spotlight highlighting submissions to the Best International Feature Film Oscar category that are currently available to stream. While only one film can win the Oscar, there were a number of gems among the films presented for consideration this year that we think deserve their fair share of acclaim and applause.
Alcarràs
In rural Spain, a family of peach farmers struggles to stay afloat as they face eviction from their farm.
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- Spain, Italy • 2022
- Director Carla Simón
- Cast Jordi Pujol Dolcet, Anna Otin, Xènia Roset, Albert Bosch, Ainet Jounou, Joseph Abadia
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Amazon Video, Vudu, Apple TV, MUBI Amazon Channel, MUBI
All Quiet on the Western Front
(Im Westen nichts Neues)
A German film adaptation of the epic 1929 anti-war novel by Erich Maria Remarque.
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- Germany, United States, United Kingdom • 2022
- Director Edward Berger
- Cast Felix Kammerer, Albrecht Schuch, Aaron Hilmer, Edin Hasanović, Devid Striesow, Daniel Brühl
- Genre Action, Drama, War
- Available on Netflix basic with Ads, Netflix
BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
(Bardo, falsa crónica de unas cuantas verdades)
An acclaimed journalist-turned-documentarian goes on an oneiric introspective journey to reconcile with the past, the present, and his Mexican identity.
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- Mexico • 2022
- Director Alejandro González Iñárritu
- Cast Daniel Giménez Cacho, Griselda Siciliani, Ximena Lamadrid, Íker Sánchez Solano, Luz Jiménez, Luis Couturier
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Netflix basic with Ads, Netflix
Carmen
A 50 year old woman goes on a journey of self discovery after the death of her brother.
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- Malta, Canada • 2022
- Director Valerie Buhagiar
- Cast Natascha McElhone, Richard Clarkin, Steven Love, Michaela Farrugia
- Genre Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Kino Now, Kanopy, YouTube, Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video
Darkling
(Мрак)
In a war-torn Kosovo, a young girl writes an essay for the United Nations about her missing father.
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- Serbia, Denmark, Bulgaria • 2022
- Director Dušan Milić
- Cast Miona Ilov, Danica Ćurčić, Flavio Parenti, Slavko Štimac, Nikola Rakočević, Slaviša Čurović
- Genre Drama, Horror, War
- Available on Klassiki, Eventive
Decision to Leave
(헤어질 결심)
A detective investigating a mysterious death finds himself both suspecting and falling for the dead man's wife.
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- Korea • 2022
- Director Park Chan-wook
- Cast Park Hae-il, Tang Wei, Lee Jung-hyun, Park Yong-woo, Go Kyung-pyo, Kim Shin-young
- Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Video, Vudu, Apple TV, MUBI Amazon Channel, MUBI
EO
(Hi-Han)
A gray donkey begins his life as a circus performer before escaping on a trek across the Polish and Italian countryside.
- Poland • 2022
- Director Jerzy Skolimowski
- Cast Isabelle Huppert, Jacek Murański, Mateusz Murański, Lorenzo Zurzolo, Sandra Drzymalska
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Amazon Video, Vudu, Apple TV
Farha
In 1948, A 14-year-old girl in Palestine watches from a locked cellar as catastrophe consumes her home.
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- Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Sweden • 2022
- Director Darin J. Sallam
- Cast Ashraf Barhom, Karam Taher, Tala Gammoh, Ali Soliman, Sameera Asir, Majd Eid
- Genre Drama, History, War
- Available on Netflix basic with Ads, Netflix
Last Film Show
(છેલ્લો શો)
A 9-year-old boy living in a remote village in India discovers films for the first time and is absolutely mesmerized.
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- India, France, United States • 2021
- Director Pan Nalin
- Cast Bhavin Rabari, Richa Meena, Bhavesh Shrimali, Dipen Raval, Rahul Koli, Vikas Bata
- Genre Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Hoopla, Vudu, Plex, Tubi TV, YouTube, The Roku Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video