{"id":5682,"date":"2022-11-02T19:21:44","date_gmt":"2022-11-02T19:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/?p=5682"},"modified":"2022-11-16T19:38:33","modified_gmt":"2022-11-16T19:38:33","slug":"variety-intl-oscars-11-2-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/variety-intl-oscars-11-2-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Oscar International Feature Film Race: Complete List of Submissions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-339\" src=\"http:\/\/vqt.nlm.mybluehost.me\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/VarietyLogo1-300x86.jpg\" alt=\"Logo for Variety\" width=\"300\" height=\"86\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/VarietyLogo1-300x86.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/VarietyLogo1.jpg 504w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>Oscar International Feature Film Race: Complete List of Submissions: <\/h1>\n<p>The deadline to submit films in the international feature Oscar category was Oct. 3, but the Academy has not yet announced the full list of accepted titles, so it is a provisional report. AMPAS will release a shortlist of 15 movies on Dec. 21 and the nominations will be announced Jan. 24. The Oscar ceremony will take place March 12 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.<\/p>\n<p>ALBANIA<br \/>\nA Cup of Coffee and New Shoes On<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Gentian Ko\u00e7i<br \/>\nLOGLINE: Deaf-mute twins in Tirana discover they have a genetical disease that will take away their sight slowly. They have a decision to make.<br \/>\nINTERNATIONAL SALES: M-Appeal<\/p>\n<p>ALGERIA<br \/>\nOur Brothers<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Rachid Bouchareb<br \/>\nLOGLINE: Mixing documentary and fiction, pic explores police violence and the deaths of student Malik Oussekine and bar patron Abdel Benyahia.<br \/>\nINTL. SALES: Wild Bunch <\/p>\n<p>ARGENTINA<br \/>\nArgentina , 1985<br \/>\nDirector: Santiago Mitre<br \/>\nLOGLINE: Lawyers battle Argentina\u2019s military junta in the 1980s.<br \/>\nU.S. DISTRIBUTOR: Amazon Prime Video<\/p>\n<p>ARMENIA<br \/>\nAurora\u2019s Sunrise<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Inna Sahakyan<br \/>\nLOGLINE: Based on Aurora Madriganian\u2019s bestselling autobiography, the animated film details her escape from genocide as a teen and rise to stardom.<br \/>\nINTL. SALES: Bars Media<\/p>\n<p>AUSTRIA<br \/>\nCorsage<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Maria Kruetzer<br \/>\nLOGLINE: Fictional story on a year in the life of Austria\u2019s Empress Elisabeth.<br \/>\nU.S. DISTRIBUTOR:  IFC Films<\/p>\n<p>BANGLADESH<br \/>\nHawa<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Mejbaur Rahman Sumon<br \/>\nLOGLINE: When fisherman catch a beautiful woman in their net, mistrust and murder follow.<br \/>\nINTL. SALES: MUBI<\/p>\n<p>BELGIUM<br \/>\nClose<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Lukas Dhont<br \/>\nLOGLINE: Cannes grand prix winner about two teenage friends whose bond is suddenly shattered.<br \/>\nU.S. DISTRIBUTOR: A24<\/p>\n<p>BOLIVIA<br \/>\nUtama<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Alejandro Loayza Grisi<br \/>\nLOGLINE: An unusually harsh drought causes a dilemma for longtime couple Virginio and Sisa: Do they continue as they were or resist?<br \/>\nU.S. DISTRIBUTOR: Kino Lorber<\/p>\n<p>BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA<br \/>\nA Ballad<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Aida Begi\u0107<br \/>\nLOGLINE: Meri returns home after her marriage falls apart but things are not going well, so she auditions for a film role.<br \/>\nINTL. SALES: Film House, Sarajevo<\/p>\n<p>BRAZIL<br \/>\nMars One<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Gabriel Martins<br \/>\nLOGLINE: Members of a working-class family pursue dreams of escaping the lives laid out for them by society.<br \/>\nINTL. SALES: Magnolia Pictures<\/p>\n<p>BULGARIA<br \/>\nIn the Heart of the Machine<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Martin Makariev<br \/>\nLOGLINE: Prisoners doing forced labor in a steel plant find their lives changed one day.<br \/>\nU.S. DISTRIBUTOR: Amazon Prime Video<\/p>\n<p>CAMBODIA<br \/>\nReturn to Seoul<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Davy Chou<br \/>\nLOGLINE: Twenty-five-year-old woman adopted by a French couple seeks out her birth parents during a trip to South Korea.<br \/>\nU.S. DISTRIBUTOR: Sony Classic Pictures<\/p>\n<p>CAMEROON<br \/>\nThe Planter\u2019s Plantation<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Dingha Young Eystein<br \/>\nLOGLINE: A young girl fights to preserve her father\u2019s legacy on a West African plantation in the 1960s.<br \/>\nPRODCO: Extrafix, BGC Melody Story, Inn Amore Pictures<\/p>\n<p>CANADA<br \/>\nEternal Spring<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Jason Loftus<br \/>\nLOGLINE: Animated documentary  on Falun Gong\u2019s takeover of a Chinese state broadcaster.<br \/>\nU.S. DISTRIBUTOR: Lofty Sky Pictures<\/p>\n<p>CHILE<br \/>\nBlanquita<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Fernando Guzzoni<br \/>\nLOGLINE: Venice player based on the real-life \u201cSpiniak Case\u201d revolving around businessmen trafficking in foster-care children<br \/>\nINTL. SALES: New Europe Sales<\/p>\n<p>CHINA<br \/>\nNice View<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Wen Muyi<br \/>\nLogline: A 20-year orphaned man moves to the Shenzhen megacity and tries to make money to pay for his 6-year-old sister\u2019s heart surgery.<br \/>\nProdco: Dirty Monkey<\/p>\n<p>COLOMBIA<br \/>\nThe Kings of the World<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Laura Mora Ortega<br \/>\nLOGLINE: San Sebastian competition pic on street kids from Medillin who leave the city to live on<br \/>\nand one of them inherited from his grandmother.<br \/>\nINTL. SALES: Film Factory<\/p>\n<p>COSTA RICA<br \/>\nDomingo and the Mist<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Ariel Escalante<br \/>\nLOGLINE: Cannes\u2019 Un Certain Regard entry centers on a Costa Rican man who fights attempts to destroy his home for a highway.<br \/>\nINTL. SALES: Films Boutique<\/p>\n<p>CROATIA<br \/>\nSafe Place<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Juraj Leroti\u0107<br \/>\nLOGLINE: Locarno and Sarajevo fest winner is an autobiographical story about one brother trying help the other in the wake of his suicide attempt.<br \/>\nINTL. SALES: Pipser<\/p>\n<p>CZECHIA<br \/>\nIl Boemo<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Petr V\u00e1clav<br \/>\nLOGLINE: San Sebastian competition player is about conductor Josef Myslive\u010dek, nicknamed the Bohemian, who was a mentor<br \/>\nof Mozart\u2019s.<br \/>\nINTL. SALES: Loco Films<\/p>\n<p>DENMARK<br \/>\nHoly Spider<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Ali Abbasi<br \/>\nLOGLINE: Zar Amir Ebrahimi won the actress prize at Cannes for this story of a journo who investigates a serial killer in the Iranian holy city of Mashhad.<br \/>\nINTL. SALES: Utopia<\/p>\n<p>DOMINICAN REPUBLIC<br \/>\nBantu Mama<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Ivan Herrera<br \/>\nLOGLINE: An Afro-European woman is sheltered by three kids in dangerous area of Santo Domingo.<br \/>\nU.S. DISTRIBUTOR: Array Releasing<\/p>\n<p>ECUADOR<br \/>\nLo Invisible<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Javier Andrade<br \/>\nLOGLINE: 2021 Toronto entry about a woman who is expected to keep her postpartum depression invisible and descends into madness.<br \/>\nINTL. SALES: Tr\u00f3pico Cine<\/p>\n<p>ESTONIA<br \/>\nKalev<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Ove Musting<br \/>\nLOGLINE: Celebrated Estonian basketball team Kalev must decide whether to participate in championship games in 1990 when the Soviet Union is on the brink of collapse.<br \/>\nINTL. SALES: Film New Europe<\/p>\n<p>FINLAND<br \/>\nGirl Picture<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Alli Haapasalo<br \/>\nLOGLINE: Portrait of Gen Y trio growing up in Helsinki, which unspooled in TIFF digital screenings.<br \/>\nINTL. SALES: Nordisk Film<\/p>\n<p>FRANCE<br \/>\nSaint Omer<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Alice Diop<br \/>\nLOGLINE: Venice prizewinner centers around a real-life infanticide court case in which the mother, a doctoral student, claims sorcery as the culprit.<br \/>\nU.S. DISTRIBUTOR: Neon\/Super<\/p>\n<p>GEORGIA<br \/>\nA Long Break<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Davit Pirtskhalava<br \/>\nLOGLINE: A harmless reunion turns into a gathering about holding a former bully to task. Unspooled at TIFF.<br \/>\nINTL. SALES: Syndicado<\/p>\n<p>All Quiet on the Western Front<br \/>\nDIRECTOR:Edward Berger<br \/>\nLOGLINE: Teen soldier faces the terrifying facts of trench warfare during World War I; based on Erich Maria Remarque\u2019s novel.<br \/>\nU.S. DISTRIBUTOR: Netflix<\/p>\n<p>GREECE<br \/>\nMagnetic Fields<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Yorgis Gousi<br \/>\nLOGLINE: Comic-book arts Gousi\u2019s debut feature, which premiered at Thessaloniki last year, centers around two strangers who meet on a Greek island.<br \/>\nINTL. SALES: Heretic<\/p>\n<p>GUATEMALA<br \/>\nThe Silence of the Mole<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: An\u00e4is Taracena<br \/>\nLOGLINE: In the 1970s, journalist El\u00edas Barahona infiltrated the repressive government; doc traces the effects of this mole in cracking Guatemala\u2019s hidden history.<br \/>\nPRODCO: Asombro Producciones<\/p>\n<p>HONG KONG<br \/>\nWhere the Wind Blows<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Philip Yung<br \/>\nLOGLINE: Crime thriller centering around corrupt Hong Kong cops.<br \/>\nINTL. SALES: Mei Ah Entertainment<\/p>\n<p>HUNGARY<br \/>\nBlockade<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: \u00c1d\u00e1m T\u0151s\u00e9<br \/>\nLOGLINE: Set in the 1990 taxi blockade of Budapest, film shows the struggle for democracy as high gas prices consume the country.<br \/>\nINTL. SALES: Intercom<\/p>\n<p>ICELAND<br \/>\nBeautiful Beings<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Gu\u00f0mundur Arnar Gu\u00f0mundsson<br \/>\nLOGLINE: Berlin Panorama player is a coming-of-age tale of boys who feel left out.<br \/>\nU.S. DISTRIBUTOR: Altered Innocence<\/p>\n<p>INDIA<br \/>\nThe Last Film Show<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Pan Nalin<br \/>\nLOGLINE: Nine-year-old Samay discovers the magic of movies and pursues 35mm film.<br \/>\nU.S. DISTRIBUTOR: The Samuel Goldwyn Co.<\/p>\n<p>INDONESIA<br \/>\nNgeri Ngeri Sedap<br \/>\nDIRECTOR:: Bene Dionysius<br \/>\nLOGLINE: Batak tribe parents pretend to fight so that their children will come home.<br \/>\nINTL. SALES: Netflix<\/p>\n<p>IRAN<br \/>\nWorld War III<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Houman Seyyedi<br \/>\nLOGLINE: Venice Horizons player centers around a day laborer who gets the chance of a lifetime when he\u2019s cast in a movie.<br \/>\nINTL. SALES: Iranian Independents<\/p>\n<p>IRAQ<br \/>\nThe Exam<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Shawkat Amin Korki<br \/>\nLOGLINE: Older sister helps the younger one cheat so she can pass a university exam in order to better her life.<br \/>\nINTL. SALES: ArtHood Entertainment<\/p>\n<p>IRELAND<br \/>\nThe Quiet Girl<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Colm Bair\u00e9ad<br \/>\nLOGLINE: Berlin Generation Kplus winner centers around a neglected girl sent to relatives for the summer.<br \/>\nU.S. DISTRIBUTOR: Neon\/Super<\/p>\n<p>ISRAEL<br \/>\nCinema Sabaya<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Orit Fouks Rotem<br \/>\nLOGLINE: A group of Jewish and Arab women take part in a workshop and as they learn about each other their beliefs are challenged.<br \/>\nU.S. DISTRIBUTOR: Kino Lorber<\/p>\n<p>ITALY<br \/>\nNostalgia<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Mario Martone<br \/>\nLOGLINE: Based on a 2016 novel by Ermanno Rea about childhood friends who are separated when one leaves for Egypt while the other rises to become a Mafia boss.<br \/>\nU.S. DISTRIBUTOR: Breaking Glass Pictures<\/p>\n<p>JAPAN<br \/>\nPlan 75<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Chie Hayakawa<br \/>\nLOGLINE: Cannes-bowing social drama is set in the future in which the government offers incentives to senior citizens who euthanize themselves.<br \/>\nU.S. DISTRIBUTOR:  KimStim<\/p>\n<p>JORDAN<br \/>\nFarha<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Darin J. Sallam<br \/>\nLOGLINE: 2021 TIFF player centers around a 14-year-old girl who watches the violence in her Palestinian village from her kitchen.<br \/>\nINTL. SALES: Picture Tree Intl.<\/p>\n<p>KAZAKHSTAN<br \/>\nLife<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Emir Baigazin<br \/>\nLOGLINE: A company that digitizes memories loses data; pic unspooled in TIFF.<br \/>\nPRODCO: Emir Baigazin Production<\/p>\n<p>KENYA<br \/>\nTerastorm<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Andrew Kaggia<br \/>\nLOGLINE: Animated pic on African superheroes who unite to fight an ancient wizard who threatens the world with a powerful artifact.<br \/>\nINTL. SALES: Africana Digital<\/p>\n<p>KOSOVO<br \/>\nLooking for Venera<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Norika Sefa<br \/>\nLOGLINE: Teen who lives in the village with three generations of her family has no privacy and longs for some freedom. Film won the IFFR special jury award.<br \/>\nPRODCO: Circle Production<\/p>\n<p>KYRGYZSTAN<br \/>\nHome for Sale<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Taalaibek Kulmendeev<br \/>\nLOGLINE: World premiering at Busan fest, pic centers around a couple being harassed by loan sharks.<br \/>\nPRODCO: Kyrgyzfilm<\/p>\n<p>LATVIA<br \/>\nJanuary<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Viesturs Kairiss<br \/>\nLOGLINE: As Latvia tries to free itself from a collapsing Soviet Union, one student first joins the Russian military then films the battling sides. Pic unspooled at Tribeca.<br \/>\nINTL. SALES: The Yellow Affair<\/p>\n<p>LEBANON<br \/>\nMemory Box<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Joana Hadjithomas<br \/>\nLOGLINE: Montreal teen finds her mother\u2019s mementos from her youth in war-torn Lebanon.<br \/>\nINTL. SALES: Playtime<\/p>\n<p>LITHUANIA<br \/>\nPilgrims<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Laurynas Barei\u0161a<br \/>\nLOGLINE: This Venice player centers on an odd couple trying to find out what happened to their loved ones in a traumatic past.<br \/>\nINTL. SALES: Reason8 Films<\/p>\n<p>LUXEMBOURG<br \/>\nIcare<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Carlo Vogele<br \/>\nLOGLINE: Animated story about young Icarus who tries to rescue his imprisoned friend.<br \/>\nPRODCO: Iris Productions<\/p>\n<p>MALTA<br \/>\nCarmen<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Valerie Buhagiar<br \/>\nLOGLINE: When her priest brother dies, a 50-year-old woman is finally free of having to care for him.<br \/>\nU.S. DISTRIBUTOR: Good Deed Entertainment<\/p>\n<p>MEXICO<br \/>\nBardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Alejandro G. I\u00f1\u00e1rritu<br \/>\nLOGLINE: Existential comedy follows a journalist who goes home to receive a prestigious award. The filmmaker cut 22 minutes after the Venice premiere.<br \/>\nU.S. DISTRIBUTOR: Netflix<\/p>\n<p>MOLDOVA<br \/>\nCarbon<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Ion Bor\u0219<br \/>\nLOGLINE: San Sebastian fest winner sees two enlistees who stumble on a carbonized body and try to identify and bury the remains.<br \/>\nINTL. SALES: Film Freeway<\/p>\n<p>MONTENEGRO<br \/>\nThe Elegy of Laurel<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Dusan Kasalica<br \/>\nLOGLINE: World-premiering at the Sarajevo fest, this is the story of a professor in marital crisis who escapes to the wilderness where he falls for a girl who was once a snake.<br \/>\nPRODCO: Meander Film<\/p>\n<p>MOROCCO<br \/>\nThe Blue Caftan<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Maryam Touzani<br \/>\nLOGLINE: A wife watches her husband, a closeted tailor, fall for his handsome apprentice.<br \/>\nU.S. DISTRIBUTOR: Strand Releasing<\/p>\n<p>NEPAL<br \/>\nButterfly on a Windowpane<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Sujit Bidari<br \/>\nLOGLINE: Busan entry about a brother who doesn\u2019t want his sister to give up her dreams.<br \/>\nPRODCO: Icefall Productions<\/p>\n<p>NETHERLANDS<br \/>\nNarcosis<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Martijn de Jong<br \/>\nLOGLINE: Close-knit family suffers when the patriarch fails to surface from a dive.<br \/>\nPRODCO: Oak Motion Pictures<\/p>\n<p>NEW ZEALAND<br \/>\nMuru<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Te Arepa Kah<br \/>\nLOGLINE: Drama about the 2007 police raids on the Ng\u0101i T\u016bhoe community of R\u016b\u0101toki in New Zealand.<br \/>\nINTL. SALES: Arclight Films Intl.<\/p>\n<p>NORTH MACEDONIA<br \/>\nThe Happiest Man in the World<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Teona Strugar Mitevska<br \/>\nLOGLINE: In the aftermath of the war in Bosnia, a soldier seeks forgiveness from his victim.<br \/>\nINTL. SALES: Pyramide Intl.<\/p>\n<p>NORWAY<br \/>\nWar Sailor<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Gunnar Vikene<br \/>\nLOGLINE: Alfred is in the middle of the Atlantic when World War II breaks out and neither he nor any of the other sailors have any weapons.<br \/>\nINTL. SALES: Beta Cinema<\/p>\n<p>PAKISTAN<br \/>\nJoyland<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Saim Sadiq<br \/>\nLOGLINE: Queer Palme winner centers on the effect in a traditional family when the youngest son joins a trans dancer.<br \/>\nINTL. SALES: WME<\/p>\n<p>PALESTINE<br \/>\nMediterranean Fever<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Maha Haj<br \/>\nLOGLINE: Middle-age neighbors in Haifa share a frenemity; screenplay winner at Cannes\u2019 Un Certain Regard.<br \/>\nINTL. SALES: Luxbox<\/p>\n<p>PANAMA<br \/>\nBirthday Boy<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Arturo Montenegro<br \/>\nLOGLINE: Celebrating his 45th birthday at a beach house, Jimmy tells his friends to whoop it up because he is going to commit suicide after the party.<br \/>\nPRODCO: Q Films<\/p>\n<p>PARAGUAY<br \/>\nEami<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Paz Encina<br \/>\nLOGLINE: Tiger Award winner about an Ayoreo-Totobiegosode girl who turns into a bird and wanders in the forest after her village and all the people are destroyed.<br \/>\nINTL. SALES: MPM Premium<\/p>\n<p>PERU<br \/>\nMoon Heart<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Aldo Salvini<br \/>\nLOGLINE: Poor and homeless woman is friendless until a \u201cmechanical angel\u201d comes to her rescue.<br \/>\nPRODCO: Universidad de Lima<\/p>\n<p>PHILIPPINES<br \/>\nOn the Job 2: The Missing 8<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Erik Matti<br \/>\nLOGLINE: Venice player is a sequel about a journolist who investigates the disappearance of his colleague.<br \/>\nINTL. SALES: Warner Media<\/p>\n<p>POLAND<br \/>\nEO<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Jerzy Skolimowski<br \/>\nLOGLINE: Inspired by Robert Bresson\u2019s 1966 film \u201cAu Hasard Balthazar,\u201d Cannes competition title follows a donkey\u2019s life through multiple owners.<br \/>\nU.S. DIST:  Janus Films\/Sideshow<\/p>\n<p>PORTUGAL<br \/>\nAlma Viva<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Crist\u00e8le Alves Meira<br \/>\nLOGLINE: Cannes Critics\u2019 Week entry about a little girl who is haunted by the spirit of her recently deceased grandmother, who was considered a witch.<br \/>\nINTL. SALES: Kinology<\/p>\n<p>ROMANIA<br \/>\nImmaculate<br \/>\nDIRECTORS: Monica Stan and George Chiper<br \/>\nLOGLINE: While her perceived innocence protects a drug addict from the men in rehab, Daria discovers that it comes at a price.<br \/>\nU.S. DISTRIBUTOR:  MUBI<\/p>\n<p>SAUDI ARABIA<br \/>\nRaven Song<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Mohamed Al Salman<br \/>\nLOGLINE: A young man with a rocky relation with his father falls for a beautiful but mysterious woman at the hotel where he works.<br \/>\nPRODCO: Telfaz 11<\/p>\n<p>SENEGAL<br \/>\nXal\u00e9<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Moussa Sene Absa<br \/>\nLOGLINE: The arranged marriage of their aunt results in bad consequences for twins and their family.<br \/>\nINTL. SALES: Sudu Connexion<\/p>\n<p>SERBIA<br \/>\nDarkling<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Du\u0161an Mili\u0107<br \/>\nLOGLINE: A thriller about the life of a Serb family outside Kosovo.<br \/>\nINTL. SALES: Wide Management<\/p>\n<p>SINGAPORE<br \/>\nAjoomma<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: He Shuming<br \/>\nLOGLINE: Widowed housewife follows her passion for Korean soap operas with a visit to Seoul.<br \/>\nINTL. SALES: Rediance<\/p>\n<p>SLOVAKIA<br \/>\nVictim<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Michal Blasko<br \/>\nLOGLINE: Teenage gymnast\u2019s lies about how he got injured starts a chain of events that spirals<br \/>\nout of control in this Venice Horizons entry.<br \/>\nINTL. SALES: Pluto Sales<\/p>\n<p>SLOVENIA<br \/>\nOrchestra<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Matev\u017e Luzar<br \/>\nLOGLINE: B&#038;W film about a brass band touring Austria on a bus.<br \/>\nPRODCO: Gustav Film<\/p>\n<p>SOUTH KOREA<br \/>\nDecision to Leave<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Park Chan-wook<br \/>\nLOGLINE: Detective investigating a death meets the widow of the deceased.<br \/>\nINTL. SALES: MUBI<\/p>\n<p>SWITZERLAND<br \/>\nA Piece of the Sky<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Michael Koch<br \/>\nLOGLINE: Berlin competition player centering on a couple\u2019s travails when mental illness takes over the man.<br \/>\nINTL. SALES: New Europe Film Sales<\/p>\n<p>SWEDEN<br \/>\nThe Cairo Conspiracy<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Tariq Saleh<br \/>\nLOGLINE: Country boy manages to get into a prestigious Islamic school where he becomes embroiled in its politics.<br \/>\nINTL. SALES: Memento Intl.<\/p>\n<p>SPAIN<br \/>\nAlcarr\u00e0s<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Carla Sim\u00f3n<br \/>\nLOGLINE: When the owner of a peach orchard dies, his heir wants to sell off the land on which the Sol\u00e9 family has been growing fruit for generations.<br \/>\nU.S. DISTRIBUTOR:  MUBI<\/p>\n<p>TAIWAN<br \/>\nGoddamned Asura<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Lou Yi-An<br \/>\nLOGLINE: Deadly night-market shooting is viewed from different characters\u2019 viewpoints, along with varying outcomes; based on real events.<br \/>\nINTL. SALES: Hope Marketing Entertainment<\/p>\n<p>TANZANIA<br \/>\nTug of War<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Amil Shivji<br \/>\nLOGLINE: Adaptation of Adam Shafi\u2019s novel about an Indian-Zanzibari girl fleeing an arranged marriage, set against the background of Zanzibar\u2019s fight for independence.<br \/>\nPRODCO: Big World Cinema<\/p>\n<p>THAILAND<br \/>\nOne for the Road<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Nattawut Poonpiriya<br \/>\nLOGLINE: Dying bartender goes on a road trip with his friend to seek forgiveness from those he had wronged in this Sundance World Dramatic selection.<br \/>\nPRODCO: Jetone Films, Houseton<\/p>\n<p>TUNISIA<br \/>\nUnder the Fig Tree<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Erige Sehiri<br \/>\nLOGLINE: Cannes Directors\u2019 Fortnight player chronicles a day in the life of women who harvest figs.<br \/>\nINTL. SALES: Luxbox<\/p>\n<p>TURKEY<br \/>\nKerr<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Tayfun Pirselimo\u011flu<br \/>\nLOGLINE: A son who goes to a village for his father\u2019s funeral is trapped there after witnessing a murder; the helmer adapted his own novel.<br \/>\nINTL. SALES: Gataki Films<\/p>\n<p>UGANDA<br \/>\nTembele<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Morris Mugisha<br \/>\nLOGLINE: Garbage man in Kampala grieves the death of his infant son in this inaugural entry from Uganda.<br \/>\nPRODCO: Moideas<\/p>\n<p>UKRAINE<br \/>\nKlondike<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Maryna Er Gorbach<br \/>\nLOGLINE: Family living in Donetsk on the Ukraine-Russia border faces upheaval when flight MH17 crashes near them.<br \/>\nINTL. SALES: ArtHood Entertainment<\/p>\n<p>UNITED KINGDOM<br \/>\nWinners<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Hassan Nazer<br \/>\nLOGLINE: When 9-year-old Yahya and his friend find an Oscar statutette in a poor Iranian village, Yahya\u2019s boss helps them search for the origial owners.<br \/>\nPRODCO: Edge City Films<\/p>\n<p>URUGUAY<br \/>\nThe Employer and the Employee<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Manolo Nieto<br \/>\nLOGLINE: Relations between two young men at the same workplace are strained by an accident.<br \/>\nINTL. SALES: Latido Films<\/p>\n<p>VENEZUELA<br \/>\nThe Box<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Lorenzo Vigas<br \/>\nLOGLINE: Mystery revolves around fathers, sons and surrogates in Venice competition entry.<br \/>\nINTL. SALES: The Match Factory<\/p>\n<p>VIETNAM<br \/>\n578: Shot of the Madman<br \/>\nDIRECTOR: Luong \u0110\u00ecnh D\u0169ng<br \/>\nLOGLINE: Father hunts for his kidnapped daughter and the underground forces that have taken her.<br \/>\nU.S. DISTRIBUTOR: Letterboxd<\/p>\n<p>View this article at <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2022\/film\/awards\/oscar-international-film-race-complete-list-of-submissions-1235420586\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Variety<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oscar International Feature Film Race: Complete List of Submissions: The deadline to submit films in the international feature Oscar category was Oct. 3, but the Academy has not yet announced the full list of accepted titles, so it is a provisional report. 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