Best International Feature Oscar Submissions Part Two
In part two to our Oscars Spotlight series, we bring you twelve more great films submitted to the 94th Academy Awards for consideration for the Best International Feature Film Award. Moving tales of athletic prowess, gorgeous and unusual documentaries, gripping moral quandaries, fraught family dynamics transfigured by the pandemic—there’s something for everyone in this year’s batch of Oscars hopefuls.
A Hero
(قهرمان)
A good deed turns a man into a local celebrity, and also raises the suspicions of those closest to him.
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- France, Iran • 2021
- Director Asghar Farhadi
- Cast
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Freevee
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 Hulu, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Microsoft Store, Hoopla
Bad Roads
(Погані дороги)
An anthology of four short stories, all set on the roads of Ukraine during the war in the Donbas.
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- Ukraine • 2021
- Director Natalya Vorozhbit
- Cast Ihor Koltovskyi, Andrey Lelyukh, Anna Zhurakovskaya, Yuliya Matrosova, Oksana Cherkashyna
- Genre Drama
- Available on Film Movement Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Dad, I'm Sorry
(Bố Già)
Ba Sang deals with financial troubles and the escapades of his son Woan, who dreams of becoming a YouTube star.
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- Vietnam • 2021
- Director Trấn Thành, Vũ Ngọc Đãng
- Cast Trấn Thành, Tuấn Trần, Ngân Chi, Ngọc Giàu, Lê Giang, Hoàng Mèo
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Family
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Amazon Video
The Falls
(瀑布)
Quarantining during the COVID-19 pandemic takes its toll on the relationship of a divorced mother and her teenage daughter.
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- Taiwan • 2021
- Director Chung Mong-Hong
- Cast Alyssa Chia, Gingle Wang, Lee-zen Lee, Waa Wei, Yi-Wen Chen, Guan-Ting Liu
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
The Medium
(ร่างทรง)
A documentary team sets out to film the life of the medium Nim, who is possessed by the deity Bayan.
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- Thailand, Korea • 2021
- Director Banjong Pisanthanakun
- Cast Narilya Gulmongkolpech, Sawanee Utoomma, Sirani Yankittikan, Yasaka Chaisorn, Boonsong Nakphoo, Arunee Wattana
- Genre Horror, Thriller
- Available on Shudder, Shudder Amazon Channel, AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC Plus Apple TV Channel , Shudder Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Hoopla
The Metamorphosis of Birds
(A Metamorfose dos Pássaros)
An experimental memoir that follows filmmaker Catarina Vasconcelos' attempt to document and preserve her grandparents life histories and stories.
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- Portugal • 2021
- Director Catarina Vasconcelos
- Cast Manuel Rosa, João Móra, Ana Vasconcelos, Henrique Vasconcelos, Inês Campos
- Genre Documentary, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Tambour of Retribution
(حد الطار)
Dayel and Shama must hide their relationship while dealing with the religious and cultural traditions of their community.
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- Saudi Arabia • 2021
- Director Abdulaziz Alshlahei
- Cast Faisal Aldokhei, Adwaa Fahad, Rawya Ahmed
- Genre Drama
- Available on Shahid VIP
Zero to Hero
(媽媽的神奇小子)
The story of So Wa Wai, the gold medal winning paralympic athlete that had to overcome disability and poverty.
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- Hong Kong • 2021
- Director Wan Chi-Man
- Cast Sandra Ng Kwun-Yu, Louis Cheung, Leung Chung Hang, Fung Ho Yeung, Wu Tsz-Tung
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Sanremo
Two nursing home residents fall in love and then forget who the other is by the time they meet again.
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- Slovenia, Italy • 2020
- Director Miroslav Mandić
- Cast Sandi Pavlin, Silva Čušin, Boris Cavazza, Barbara Vidovič, Barbara Cerar, Mojca Funkl
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Pit
(Bedre)
10-year-old Markus deals with his troubled homelife and the anger of local villagers after an incident in the forest.
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- Latvia, Finland • 2020
- Director Dace Pūce
- Cast Aigars Vilims, Damirs Onackis, Luize Birkenberga, Dace Eversa, Indra Burkovska
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Holy Beasts
(La fiera y la fiesta)
A filmmaker faces increasing challenges as she tries, decades later, to complete Dominican filmmaker Jean-Louis Jorge’s unfinished work.
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- Dominican Republic, Argentina, Mexico • 2019
- Director Israel Cárdenas, Laura Amelia Guzmán
- Cast Geraldine Chaplin, Udo Kier, Jackie Ludueña, Jaime Piña, Luis Ospina, Pau Bertolini
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.