Just Ten films advanced to the next round of voting in the International Feature Film category (formerly known as Foreign Language Film) for the upcoming 92nd Academy Awards. Ninety-one films were eligible in the category and two others were disqualified having had too much English dialogue.
Academy members from all branches can participate in this preliminary round. Rules are a little stricter as a voter must view every film theatrically, there are also other minimum viewing requirements to be eligible to vote in the category. Their seven choices, augmented by three additional selections voted by the Academy’s International Feature Film Award Executive Committee, constitute the shortlist.
In the nominations round, Academy members from all branches are invited to opt-in to participate and must view all 10 shortlisted films in order to cast a ballot.
The films, listed in alphabetical order by country, are:
Czech Republic, “The Painted Bird”
Estonia, “Truth and Justice”
France, “Les Misérables”
Hungary, “Those Who Remained”
North Macedonia, “Honeyland”
Poland, “Corpus Christi”
Russia, “Beanpole”
Senegal, “Atlantics”
South Korea, “Parasite”
Spain, “Pain and Glory”
NOTICEABLY SNUBBED: Brazil's "The Invisible Life," Germany's "System Crasher", Denmark’s “Queen of Hearts,” Iceland's "A White White Day," Colombia's "Monos,” Itay’s “The Traitor,” Japan’s “Weathering With You,” and Romania’s “The Whistlers.”
For other shortlists, including the Best Documentary category (I’m tackling that one next), click here.