Foreign Oscars submissions 2021
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- DirectorJonid JorgjiStarsVasjan LamiKastriot ÇaushiAlissa HuzarTwo Albanian filmmakers are going to attend the award ceremony of Venice Film Festival but on the road they meet with two actresses that work in the adult movie industry that change the purpose of their trip.
- DirectorDjaffar GacemStarsAziz BoukrouniMehdi RamdaniSouhila MallemIn region of Guelma, a small village called Heliopolis , the daily life of an Algerian family takes its usual course. But on May 8, 1945, the day the end of World War II was announced, demonstrations by the Algerian people against the French colonial power and for the country's independence took place, which were bloodily suppressed by the French army and French settler militias. The event went down in history as the Sétif and Guelma massacre.
- DirectorNatalia MetaStarsErica RivasNahuel Pérez BiscayartDaniel HendlerThe story of Inés, a young woman who after a traumatic episode during a trip with her partner begins to confuse herself between the real and the imaginary.
- DirectorNora MartirosyanStarsGrégoire ColinHayk BakhryanArman NavasardyanAn engineer must decide whether to reopen the airport in Nagorno Karabakh.
- DirectorGranaz MoussaviStarsArafat FaizElham Ahmad AyaziSaeida SadatA nine-year-old boy from Kabul decides to start a business as a cart pusher, hoping to raise enough money to follow his dreams.
- DirectorSebastian MeiseStarsFranz RogowskiGeorg FriedrichAnton von LuckeIn post-war Germany, liberation by the Allies does not mean freedom for everyone. Hans is repeatedly imprisoned under Paragraph 175, which criminalizes homosexuality. Over the decades, he develops an unlikely bond with his cellmate Viktor.
- DirectorRu HasanovStarsOrkhan AtaVidadi HesenovRafiq AzimovVitaly enjoys the dusk of his life on an island with thousands of feral horses until his solitude is interrupted by Seymour, an emotionally and physically abused international chess grandmaster.
- DirectorAbdullah Mohammed SaadStarsAzmeri Haque BadhonAfia Jahin JaimaKazi Sami HassanAn assistant professor at a local medical college, finds herself in a difficult position after witnessing a sexual assault where she knows both the victim and the perpetrator.
- DirectorLaura WandelStarsMaya VanderbequeGünter DuretElsa LaforgeWhen Nora witnesses Abel being bullied by other kids, she rushes to protect him. But Abel forces her to remain silent. Caught in a conflict of loyalty, Nora tries to find her place, torn between children's and adults' worlds.
- DirectorPawo Choyning DorjiStarsSherab DorjiUgyen Norbu LhendupKelden Lhamo GurungAn aspiring singer living with his grandmother in the capital of Bhutan dreams of getting a visa to move to Australia.
- DirectorKiro RussoStarsMax Bautista UchasaraJulio César TiconaIsrael HurtadoA symphony of the city in the heights, the illness of a worker, the nightmare and his redemption.
- DirectorIgor DrljacaStarsPavle CemerikicSumeja DardaganJasmin GeljoWhen a chance encounter brings together two teens from opposite sides of life in post-war Sarajevo, a blossoming romance conceals their desperate and disturbing motives.
- DirectorAly MuritibaStarsAntonio SaboiaPedro FasanaroThomas AquinoDaniel is an exemplary policeman, but he ends up making a mistake and becoming suspended. With nothing keeping him in his hometown, he goes to visit his online love interest.
- DirectorIvaylo HristovStarsSvetlana YanchevaMichael FlemmingStoyan BochevSvetla, a widow who lost her job recently is living next to the Bulgarian-Turkish border. There are many cases of refugees in her village due to it's location. One day she meets a refugee from Africa and this changes her life.
- DirectorKavich NeangStarsPiseth ChhunHout SithornOk SokhaSamnang, 20, faces the demolition of his lifelong home in Phnom Penh and the pressures from family, friends, and neighbors which arise and intersect in this moment of sudden change.
- DirectorNgang RomanusStarsNchini SylviaSyriette CheOtia VitalisWhen they meet a talented girl with no schooling, a teacher and young scout challenge tradition in a primal village, when the girl is chosen as the new wife of the village.
- DirectorIvan GrbovicStarsJorge Antonio GuerreroHélène FlorentClaude LegaultWilly's quest to find his long-lost love has brought him from Mexico to Montréal, as a seasonal worker. Destinies intersect, moments of magic realism arise, worlds collide, and tensions swell amidst the long days of physical labor.
- DirectorMahamat-Saleh HarounStarsAchouackh Abakar SouleymaneRihane Khalil AlioYoussouf DjaoroAmina, a practicing Muslim, lives with her daughter, 15-year-old Maria. When Amina learns Maria is pregnant and wants to abort the child, they face an impossible situation in a country where abortion is legally and morally condemned.
- DirectorThéo CourtStarsAlfredo CastroLola RubioLars RudolphA wedding photographer becomes overly intrigued by a young bride-to-be.
- DirectorZhuang JieqiongYimou ZhangStarsHewei YuYi ZhangHailu QinIn the puppet state of Manchukuo in the 1930s, four Communist party special agents, after returning to China, embark on a secret mission. Sold out by a traitor, the team find themselves surrounded by threats on all sides.
- DirectorApichatpong WeerasethakulStarsTilda SwintonAgnes BrekkeDaniel Giménez CachoA woman from Scotland, while traveling in Colombia, begins to notice strange sounds. Soon she begins to think about their appearance.
- DirectorNathalie Álvarez MesénStarsWendy Chinchilla ArayaAna Julia Porras EspinozaDaniel Castañeda RincónIn a remote village in Costa Rica, Clara, a withdrawn 40-year-old woman, experiences a sexual and mystical awakening as she begins a journey to free herself from the repressive religious and social conventions which have dominated her life.
- DirectorDanilo SerbedzijaStarsLana BaricLeon LucevIvana RoscicAfter several miscarriages, Tereza's gynecologist, in an attempt to cheer her up, jokes she should try to conceive with a different partner. This remark shakes up her monotonous life and steers it in a new direction.
- DirectorDavid OndricekStarsVáclav NeuzilMartha IssováJames FrechevilleAutumn 1968, the Australian running record holder Ron Clarke is coming to Prague, hoping that his old friend and role model, Emil Zátopek, the most famous Czech athlete of all time, will help him overcome the biggest crisis of his career.
- DirectorJonas Poher RasmussenStarsDaniel KarimyarFardin MijdzadehMilad EskandariFLEE tells the extraordinary true story of a man, Amin, on the verge of marriage which compels him to reveal his hidden past for the first time.
- DirectorIsrael CárdenasLaura Amelia GuzmánStarsGeraldine ChaplinUdo KierJackie Ludueña KoslovitchFading actress Vera V. gathers with the remnants of her 70's social circle to shoot her last film: an unfinished script left behind by cherished friend J. L. Jorge.
- DirectorAlfredo León LeónStarsLeynar GomezNatalia ReyesJosé RestrepoThe crew of a narco submersible has to take desperate measures or else they'll sink with their precious cargo.
- DirectorAyten AminStarsBassant AhmedBasmala ElghaieshHussein GhanemThe film revolves around the relationship of two teenage sisters in one of Egypt's Nile Delta cities, one of them holds a secret life in the virtual world.
- DirectorPeeter SimmStarsRasmus ErmelMarko MatvereAarne SoroThe life of a young boy and his grandparents in small-town Soviet Estonia.
- DirectorJuho KuosmanenStarsSeidi HaarlaYura BorisovDinara DrukarovaAs a train weaves its way up to the arctic circle, two strangers share a journey that will change their perspective on life.
- DirectorJulia DucournauStarsVincent LindonAgathe RousselleGarance MarillierFollowing a series of unexplained crimes, a father is reunited with the son who has been missing for ten years.
- DirectorLevan KoguashviliStarsLevan TedaishviliGiorgi TabidzeNadezhda MikhalkovaGeorgian wrestler Kakhi travels to Brooklyn to help his son out of a gambling debt.
- DirectorMaria SchraderStarsMaren EggertDan StevensSandra HüllerIn order to obtain research funds for her studies, a scientist accepts an offer to participate in an extraordinary experiment: for three weeks, she is to live with a humanoid robot, created to make her happy.
- DirectorGeorgis GrigorakisStarsVangelis MourikisArgyris PandazarasSofia KokkaliA father and a son long lost. Love and hate. Digging deep into mud to find their roots. Revenge and Redemption. A Western, revisited.
- DirectorGessica GeneusStarsNehemie BastienGaëlle Bien-AiméDjanaina FrancoisFreda lives with her family in a popular neighborhood in Haiti. They survive with their little street food shop. The precariousness and violence of their daily life push them to do everything they can to escape their situation.
- DirectorChi-Man WanStarsChung-Hang LeungLouis CheungSandra Kwan Yue NgBiopic tribute to So Wa Wai, Hong Kong's first Paralympic athlete to win gold. Even if you start at a disadvantage, you can still be first across the finish line.
- DirectorPéter BergendyStarsViktor KlemFruzsina HaisJudit SchellA post mortem photographer and a little girl confront ghosts in a haunted village after the First World War.
- DirectorValdimar JóhannssonStarsNoomi RapaceHilmir Snær GuðnasonBjörn Hlynur HaraldssonA childless couple discovers a mysterious newborn on their farm in Iceland.
- DirectorP.S. VinothrajStarsChellapandiKaruththadaiyaanPhilip ArulodssA young boy travels with his violent and alcoholic father to bring back his mother, who has run away from home due to his abuse.
- DirectorKamila AndiniStarsArawinda KiranaAsmara AbigailSekar SariIn her last year of secondary school, a bright Indonesian student is determined to pursue her education and resist getting married, despite the expectations of her community.
- DirectorAsghar FarhadiStarsAmir JadidiMohsen TanabandehSahar GoldoostRahim is in prison because of a debt he was unable to repay. During a two-day leave, he tries to convince his creditor to withdraw his complaint against the payment of part of the sum. But things don't go as planned.
- DirectorHaider RashidStarsAdam AliSvetlana YanchevaPietro CicirielloKamal has fled Iraq to try to enter "Fortress Europe". At the Turkish-Bulgarian border, local mercenaries are ruthlessly hunting down migrants. Alone in the forest, Kamal has three days to escape.
- DirectorSean BreathnachStarsDónall Ó HéalaiFionnuala FlahertyCillian O'GairbhiWhen his over-protective parents pass away, friendless recluse John Cunliffe discovers their land to be extremely valuable, and he is forced to navigate the choppy waters of trust, vengeance and romance for the first time.
- DirectorEran KolirinStarsAlex BakriJuna SuleimanSalim DawA gently satirical tale of a man and his family trapped by military blockade inside a tiny Arab village in Israel.
- DirectorPaolo SorrentinoStarsFilippo ScottiToni ServilloTeresa SaponangeloIn 1980s Naples, young Fabietto pursues his love for football as family tragedy strikes, shaping his uncertain but promising future as a filmmaker.
- DirectorRyûsuke HamaguchiStarsHidetoshi NishijimaTôko MiuraReika KirishimaA renowned stage actor and director learns to cope with a big personal loss when he receives an offer to direct a production of Uncle Vanya in Hiroshima.
- DirectorAdilkhan YerzhanovStarsAzamat NigmanovKamila NugmanovaSanjar MadiEx-con Kermek and his beloved Eva want to leave their crime-infested lives on the Kazakh steppes behind. He has a dream: building a movie theater in the mountains.
- DirectorGilbert K. LukaliaStarsMelvin AlusaWarsame AbdiAbdi YusufAlong the Kenya- Somali border, the Kenya Special Operations Forces who are training for their next mission receive word that the Assistant County Commissioner and two others have been abducted by the Al-Shabaab militia. A daring rescue mission begins, in which the military men must show all their skills.
- DirectorBlerta BasholliStarsYllka GashiÇun LajçiAurita AgushiFahrije's husband has been missing since the war in Kosovo. She sets up her own small business to provide for her kids, but as she fights against a patriarchal society that does not support her, she faces a crucial decision.
- DirectorArtykpai SuyundukovStarsTaalaikan AbazovaNazbiike AidarovaArtur AmanalievBased on the novella The White Ship, by Kyrgyz writer Chingiz Aitmatov, Shambala tells the story of a lonely, impressionable, seven-year-old boy who lives in a protected forest, high in the mountains, with his grandfather, step-grandmother, auntie and uncle. He spends his time exploring and listening to legends from his grandfather, in particular tales about the sacred Mother Deer. The world of myths and folklore eventually conflict with the harsh reality of the world of adults, who are faced with their own personal problems and dilemmas.
- DirectorDace PuceStarsDamir OnackisDace EversaAgata BuzekAfter a neighbor's daughter throws some contemptuous remarks about his dead father, ten years old boy teaches the girl a cruel lesson thereby condemning himself in the eyes of the surrounding folk.
- DirectorMounia AklStarsYumna MarwanNadine LabakiSaleh BakriA couple decide to leave the toxic pollution of their home city of Beirut, hoping to build a utopian existence in a pristine home in the mountains.
- DirectorJurgis MatuleviciusStarsAleksas KazanaviciusSeverija JanusauskaiteDainius GavenonisKaunas, Lithuania, 1941, Lithuanian activist Andrius Gluosnis kills a Jew Isaac in Lietukio garage massacre. Years after the incident Gluosnis is haunted by the guilt.
- DirectorDonato RotunnoStarsRenato CarpentieriSara SerraioccoAlessio LapiceAntonio has spent his whole life away from Italy, his home country. He crosses paths with Leo, a young Italian artist who is trying to make it abroad. The old man and the young woman's destinies mirror each other. Memories from the past are awoken and end up offering a more peaceful future to the both of them.
- DirectorGift Sukez SukaliStarsEdwin ChondeTannah HarawaPatrick MhangoA young girl who lives with her grandmother is forced to sell bananas in the streets for survival after her school is closed due to sanitation issues and corruption. We see her struggling, as she suffers various forms of abuse from the ones who are supposed to protect her.
- DirectorMuzzamer RahmanStarsAmerul AffendiMei Fen LimBront PalaraeAfter the death of his father, Aman decided to become an illegal e-hailing driver. By driving, Aman tries to understand life in Kuala Lumpur.
- DirectorAlex CamilleriStarsJesmark SciclunaMarlene SchranzDavid SciclunaA man risks everything to provide for his wife and newborn son by entering Malta's black-market fishing industry.
- DirectorTatiana HuezoStarsGuillermo VillegasMayra BatallaTeresa SánchezLife in a town at war seen through the eyes of three young girls on the path to adolescence.
- DirectorIvan BakracStarsMomcilo OtasevicPetar BuricMaja SusaFive small town Montenegrin childhood friends still cherish their friendship, despite being scattered all across former Yugoslavia. Over the course of one year, after a series of life-defining events, they are forced to transform their careless, escapist youth into maturity. When the winter is over, each of them will have to build their own new world.
- DirectorNabil AyouchStarsAnas BasbousiIsmail AdouabZineb BoujemaaAnas, a former rapper, is employed in a cultural centre. Encouraged by their new teacher, the students will try to free themselves from the weight of traditions to live their passion and express themselves through hip hop culture.
- DirectorShariff KorverStarsJoes BrauersSpencer BogaertTobias KerslootAfter the sudden disappearance of their superior, three young soldiers are left to guard a military vehicle by themselves. As their situation and the scorching desert heat renders them increasingly disconnected from reality, an encounter with a local boy escalates into a fight that will mark their lives forever.
- DirectorDina DumaStarsAntonija BelazelkoskaMia GiraudMarija JancevskaThe friendship of two adolescent girls is threatened the moment they have to face the dire repercussions of their manipulative behaviour.
- DirectorJoachim TrierStarsRenate ReinsveAnders Danielsen LieHerbert NordrumThe chronicles of four years in the life of Julie, a young woman who navigates the troubled waters of her love life and struggles to find her career path, leading her to take a realistic look at who she really is.
- DirectorAmeer Fakher EldinStarsAshraf BarhomMohammad BakriHitham OmariIn occupied Golan Heights, a desperate unlicensed doctor subverts his village's expectations when he accidentally encounters a wounded soldier from the war in Syria.
- DirectorAbner BenaimStarsIlse SalasFernando Xavier De CastaManolo CardonaThe 42-year-old Alicia is a grief-stricken woman, a grief that has caused her to be estranged from society. Her world is turned upside down when a 14-year-old boy who looks after people's cars, stumbles into her house, bleeding.
- DirectorArami UllonStarsMateo Sobode ChiquenoJose IquebiFollows Mateo Sobode Chiqueno and his recorded stories, songs and testimonies of his Ayoreo people on an old tape recorder.
- DirectorHenry VallejoStarsJesús Luque ColqueGaby HuaywaMario VelasquezElisban arrives from his village to Puno to meet his friend Hermógenes, with whom he was going to work, but a delay spoils everything. Stranded, without a day's wages or a roof over his head, he survives on small, unstable jobs.
- DirectorJan P. MatuszynskiStarsTomasz ZietekSandra KorzeniakJacek BraciakIn 1983, communist Poland is shaken by the case of high school student Grzegorz Przemyk, who is beaten to death by police. The only witness of the beating becomes the number one enemy of the state.
- DirectorCatarina VasconcelosStarsManuel RosaJoão MóraAna VasconcelosThe passing away of their mothers makes Catarina and her own father meet in an emotional place that is different from the one most fathers and daughters know.
- DirectorRadu JudeStarsKatia PascariuClaudia IeremiaNicodim UngureanuEmi, a school teacher, finds her career and reputation under threat after a personal sex tape is leaked on the Internet. Forced to meet the parents demanding her dismissal, Emi refuses to surrender to their pressure.
- DirectorKira KovalenkoStarsMilana AguzarovaAlik KaraevSoslan KhugaevAda is stuck. Living in a dead-end town in North Ossetia, she is caught in the tight grip of the men in her life. But when her older brother returns home and her father suddenly falls ill, Ada finally sees a possible path to freedom.
- DirectorAbdulaziz AlshlaheiStarsFaisal Al DokheiAdwa FahadMuhand AlsalehThe son of the swordsman falls in love with the daughter of Tagaga in a social paradox based on selling joy (wedding) and buying death.
- DirectorIvan IkicStarsMarijana NovakovTijana MarkovicValentino ZenuniReal life people play versions of themselves, in a love triangle set in a facility for intellectually disabled youth.
- DirectorWayne PengStarsChuando TanNanyeliTsu-Lei ChangA murder drama film set in 1960s Singapore, which focuses on a doctor in his thirties. After making house calls to a mysterious affluent family, the doctor finds himself entangled in a web of deceit, sex and lies.
- DirectorPeter KerekesStarsMaryna KlimovaIryna KiryazevaLyubov VasylynaFollows the real-life stories of 107 mothers in the Odesa prison in Ukraine.
- DirectorMiroslav MandicStarsSandi PavlinSilva CusinBoris CavazzaA love story in which fragmented memories are brought back to mind by a song.
- DirectorKhadar Ayderus AhmedStarsOmar AbdiYasmin WarsameKadar Abdoul-Aziz IbrahimIn times of misfortune, Guled and his family have to push themselves to the limits in order to reunite with their family.
- DirectorAmy JephtaStarsVinette EbrahimJoey RasdienMortimer WilliamsAn aging matriarch aims to bring together her fractured, dysfunctional family over Eid-al-Fitr to break the news about her new romance.
- DirectorRyoo Seung-wanStarsKim Yoon-seokZo In-sungHuh Joon-hoIn 1991 war-torn Somalia the personnel and the families of both the South Korean and the North Korean embassies have the same goal: to escape from Mogadishu.
- DirectorFernando León de AranoaStarsJavier BardemManolo SoloAlmudena AmorAwaiting a visit by a committee that could give his company an award for excellence, the owner of an industrial scales manufacturing business tries to resolve any problems from his workers in enough time.
- DirectorRonnie SandahlStarsErik EngeAlfred EnochMaurizio LombardiThe true story of teenage football talent Martin Bengtsson's life-and-death journey through a modern-day football industry where everything, and everyone, has a price tag.
- DirectorElie GrappeStarsAnastasiia BudiashkinaSabrina RubtsovaCaterina BarloggioA 15-year-old Ukrainian gymnast exiled in Switzerland, who is working to secure a place at the country's National Sports Center. When the Euromaiden revolt breaks out in the country, anxieties rise as her family gets involved.
- DirectorMong-Hong ChungStarsAlyssa ChiaGingle WangYi-Wen ChenWhile quarantining, the relationship between a mother and daughter takes an unexpected turn.
- DirectorBanjong PisanthanakunStarsNarilya GulmongkolpechSawanee UtoommaSirani YankittikanA horrifying story of a shaman's inheritance in the Isan region of Thailand. What could be possessing a family member might not be the Goddess they make it out to be.
- DirectorAbdelhamid BouchnakMarwa ZnaidiStarsFethi HaddaouiMohamed SouissiRayan DhaouadiMoez, a policeman in his thirties with a bloody past, meets a young boy with whom he undertakes a fantastic journey.
- DirectorSemih KaplanogluStarsUmut KaradagFiliz BozokGökhan AzlagA man who makes his living from his father's fruit garden, tries to get rid of an electricity pole that is intended to be planted in the middle of his land.
- DirectorNatalya VorozhbitStarsIgor KoltovskyyAndrey LelyukhVolodymyr HurinFour short stories are set along the roads of Donbas, Ukraine during the war.
- DirectorChloe FairweatherOver one in three women in Turkey experience domestic violence. Lawyer Ipek Bozkurt's clients risk their lives while fighting the culture of violence in court
- DirectorDiego FernándezStarsGuillermo ArengoRoberto BirindelliChristian FontClaudio Tapia thought he had arrived in a quiet town, but soon finds himself facing a mystery quite peculiar and complex for an insurance expert.
- DirectorYalkin TuychievStarsBakhram MatchanovMarjona UljayevaIlmira RahimjanovaKamil's peaceful life with his three wives in the remote region of Turkestan is disrupted when a fourth wife arrives. Changes simultaneously rush at a family that seem far from a historical upheaval that destroys long-standing family traditions. The film merges various motifs and images. The motifs of a polygamous family caught in a civil war between White forces and enemies clash with horizontal and vertical images. The images of building interiors indicate where characters and history overlap with an outside scenery. The signs of violent events to come are foreshadowed against a static background. A rare film in the history of Central Asian films, it shows a civil war and the changes in women's lives under patriarchy and war.
- DirectorAndrés Eduardo RodríguezLuis Alejandro RodríguezStarsJericó MontillaSol VázquezVioleta AlemánAlone, Silvia, a young women who suffers from a serious illness, is faced with the responsibility of watching and take care of her little daughter, Sara. After multiple attempts to find someone and with a broken family relationship, the young mother is torn between her decreased willingness to live and the constant of attention of her daughter . Considering what's best for Sara, Silvia forges a plan and decides to make a radical and desperate decision.
- DirectorTran ThanhNgoc Dang VuStarsTran ThanhTuan TranNgan ChiBa Sang makes daily sacrifices to support his dysfunctional family, which includes his siblings and his YouTuber son.