2026 International Feature Film Oscar Submissions
The 98th Academy Awards • The 15 film Shortlist will be revealed on December 15, 2025 • Nominations will be announced January 22, 2026, at 8:30 AM EST • Ceremony on March 15, 2026, at 7:00 PM EST
The Scorecard
- 92 films submitted from 92 countries
- 85 films moved forward for voting
- 7 did not move forward (eligibility issues, withdrawals, or other reasons)
- Last year, there were 89 films submitted and 85 moved forward for voting
- First-time submitters: Madagascar and Papua New Guinea
- Papua New Guinea did not move forward.
- Only animated submission: Latvia
- Lativa follows last year’s breakout animated hit Flow.
Films submitted and moved forward for voting
Albania – Luna Park – Dir. Florenc Papas (MUBI)
Argentina – Belén – Dir. Dolores Fonzi (Amazon MGM Studios)
Armenia – My Armenian Phantoms – Dir. Tamara Stepanyan (Seeking U.S. Distribution)
Australia – The Wolves Always Come At Night – Dir. Gabrielle Brady (Seeking U.S. Distribution)
Austria – Peacock – Dir. Bernhard Wenger (Oscilloscope)
Azerbaijan – Taghiyev: Oil – Dir. Zaur Gasimli (Seeking U.S. Distribution)
Bangladesh – A House Named Shahana – Dir. Leesa Gaz (Seeking U.S. Distribution)
Belgium – Young Mothers – Dir. Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne (Music Box Films)
Bhutan – I, The Song – Dir. Dechen Roder (Seeking U.S. Distribution)
Bolivia – The Southern House – Dir. Carina Oroza and Ramiro Fierro (Seeking U.S. Distribution)
Bosnia & Herzegovina – Blum: Masters Of Their Own Destiny – Dir. Jasmila Žbanić (Icarus Films)
Brazil – The Secret Agent – Dir. Kleber Mendonça Filho (Neon)
Bulgaria – Tarika – Dir. Milko Lazarov (Seeking U.S. Distribution)
Canada – The Things You Kill – Dir. Alireza Khatami (Cineverse Entertainment)
Chile – The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo – Dir. Diego Céspedes (Altered Innocence)
China – Dead To Rights – Dir. Shen Ao (Omnijoi Media Corporation)
Colombia – A Poet – Dir. Simón Mesa Soto (1-2 Special)
Costa Rica – The Altar Boy, the Priest and the Gardener – Dir. Juan Manuel Fernández (Watermelon Pictures)
Croatia – Fiume o Morte! – Dir. Igor Bezinović (Icarus Films)
Czechia – I’m Not Everything I Want to Be – Dir. Klára Tasovská (Grasshopper Films)
Denmark – Mr. Nobody Against Putin – Dir. Pasha Talankin and David Borenstein (Seeking U.S. Distribution)
Dominican Republic – Pepe – Dir. Nelson Carlo de Los Santos Arias (Seeking U.S. Distribution)
Ecuador – Chuzalongo – Dir. Diego Ortuño (MUBI)
Egypt – Happy Birthday – Dir. Sarah Goher (Seeking U.S. Distribution)
Estonia – Rolling Papers – Dir. Meel Paliale (Seeking U.S. Distribution)
Finland – 100 Liters Of Gold – Dir. Teemu Nikki (Well Go USA Entertainment)
France – It Was Just An Accident – Dir. Jafar Panahi (Neon)
Georgia – Panopticon – Dir. George Sikharulidze (Seeking U.S. Distribution)
Germany – Sound Of Falling – Dir. Mascha Schilinski (MUBI)
Greece – Arcadia – Dir. Yorgos Zois (RLJE Films)
Greenland – Walls – Akinni Inuk – Dir. Sofie Rørdam Nina Paninnguaq Skydsbjerg (MUBI)
Haiti – Kidnapping Inc. – Dir. Bruno Mourral (Seeking U.S. Distribution)
Hong Kong – The Last Dance – Dir. Anselm Chan (Seeking U.S. Distribution)
Hungary – Orphan – Dir. László Nemes (Seeking U.S. Distribution)
Iceland – The Love That Remains – Dir. Hlynur Pálmason (Janus Films)
India – Homebound – Dir. Neeraj Ghaywan (Seeking U.S. Distribution)
Indonesia – Sore: Wife From The Future – Dir. Yandy Laurens (Seeking U.S. Distribution)
Iran – Cause of Death: Unknown – Dir. Ali Zarnegar (Seeking U.S. Distribution)
Iraq – The President’s Cake – Dir. Hasan Hadi (Sony Pictures Classics)
Ireland – Sanatorium – Dir. Gar O’Rourke (Seeking U.S. Distribution)
Israel – The Sea – Dir. Shai Carmeli-Pollak (Menemsha Films)
Italy – Familia – Dir. Francesco Gheghi (Seeking U.S. Distribution)
Japan – Kokuho – Dir. Sang-il Lee (Gkids)
Jordan – All That’s Left of You – Dir. Cherien Dabis (Watermelon Pictures/Visibility Films)
Latvia – Dog of God – Dir. Lauris Abele and Raitis Abele (Cartuna)
Lebanon – A Sad And Beautiful World – Dir. Cyril Aris (Sunnyland Film)
Lithuania – The Southern Chronicles – Dir. Ignas Miškinis (Seeking U.S. Distribution)
Luxembourg – Breathing Underwater – Dir. Eric Lamhène (Seeking U.S. Distribution)
Madagascar – Disco Afrika: A Malagasy Story – Dir. Luck Razanajaona (Seeking U.S. Distribution)
Malaysia – Pavane for an Infant – Dir. Chong Keat Aun (Janji Pictures Production)
Mexico – We Shall Not Be Moved – Dir. Pierre Saint-Martin (Pimienta Films)
Mongolia – Silent City Driver – Dir. Janchivdorj Sengedorj (Aurae Studios)
Montenegro – The Tower Of Strength – Dir. Nikola Vukčević (Seeking U.S. Distribution)
Morocco – Calle Malaga – Dir. Maryam Touzani (Strand Releasing)
Nepal – Anjila – Dir. Milan Chams (Seven Seas International Films)
Netherlands – Reedland – Dir. Sven Bresser (Outsider Pictures)
North Macedonia – The Tale of Silyan – Dir. Tamara Kotevska (National Geographic Documentary)
Norway – Sentimental Value – Dir. Joachim Trier (Neon)
Palestine – Palestine 36 – Dir. Annemarie Jacir (Watermelon Pictures)
Panama – Beloved Tropic – Dir. Ana Endara Mislov (Seeking U.S. Distribution)
Paraguay – Under The Flags, the Sun – Dir. Juanjo Pereira (Icarus Films)
Peru – Motherland – Dir. Marco Panatonic (Vertical Entertainment)
Philippines – Magellan – Dir. Lav Diaz (Janus Films)
Poland – Franz – Dir. Agnieszka Holland (Cohen Media Group)
Portugal – Banzo – Dir. Margarida Cardoso (MUBI)
Romania – Traffic – Dir. Theodora Mihai (Seeking U.S. Distribution)
Saudi Arabia – Hijra – Dir. Shahad Ameen (Seeking U.S. Distribution)
Serbia – Sun Never Again – Dir. David Jakovljević (MUBI)
Singapore – Stranger Eyes – Dir. Yeo Siew Hua (Film Movement)
Slovakia – Father – Dir. Tereza Nvotová (Seeking U.S. Distribution)
Slovenia – Little Trouble Girls – Dir. Urška Djukić (Kino Lorber)
South Africa – The Heart Is A Muscle – Dir. Imran Hamdulay (Seeking U.S. Distribution)
South Korea – No Other Choice – Dir. Park Chan-wook (Neon)
Spain – Sirât – Dir. Óliver Laxe (Neon)
Sweden – Eagles Of The Republic – Dir. Tarik Saleh (Seeking U.S. Distribution)
Switzerland – Late Shift – Dir. Petra Biondina Volpe (Music Box Films)
Taiwan – Left-Handed Girl – Dir. Shih-Ching Tsou (Netflix)
Tunisia – The Voice Of Hind Rajab – Dir. Kaouther Ben Hania (Watermelon Pictures)
Turkey – One Of The Days When Hemme Dies – Dir. Murat Firagtoğlu (Seeking U.S. Distribution)
Uganda – Kimote – Dir. Mageye Hassan (KimStim)
Ukraine – 2000 Meters to Andriivka – Dir. Mstyslav Chernov (PBS Distribution)
United Kingdom – My Father’s Shadow – Dir. Akinola Davies Jr. (MUBI)
Uruguay – Don’t You Let Me Go – Dir. Ana Guevara, Leticia Jorge (Seeking U.S. Distribution)
Venezuela – Alí Primera – Dir. Daniel Yegres (Seeking U.S. Distribution)
Vietnam – Red Rain – Dir. Dang Thai Huyen (United Artists)
Argentina – Belén – Dir. Dolores Fonzi (Amazon MGM Studios)
Armenia – My Armenian Phantoms – Dir. Tamara Stepanyan (Seeking U.S. Distribution)
Australia – The Wolves Always Come At Night – Dir. Gabrielle Brady (Seeking U.S. Distribution)
Austria – Peacock – Dir. Bernhard Wenger (Oscilloscope)
Azerbaijan – Taghiyev: Oil – Dir. Zaur Gasimli (Seeking U.S. Distribution)
Bangladesh – A House Named Shahana – Dir. Leesa Gaz (Seeking U.S. Distribution)
Belgium – Young Mothers – Dir. Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne (Music Box Films)
Bhutan – I, The Song – Dir. Dechen Roder (Seeking U.S. Distribution)
Bolivia – The Southern House – Dir. Carina Oroza and Ramiro Fierro (Seeking U.S. Distribution)
Bosnia & Herzegovina – Blum: Masters Of Their Own Destiny – Dir. Jasmila Žbanić (Icarus Films)
Brazil – The Secret Agent – Dir. Kleber Mendonça Filho (Neon)
Bulgaria – Tarika – Dir. Milko Lazarov (Seeking U.S. Distribution)
Canada – The Things You Kill – Dir. Alireza Khatami (Cineverse Entertainment)
Chile – The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo – Dir. Diego Céspedes (Altered Innocence)
China – Dead To Rights – Dir. Shen Ao (Omnijoi Media Corporation)
Colombia – A Poet – Dir. Simón Mesa Soto (1-2 Special)
Costa Rica – The Altar Boy, the Priest and the Gardener – Dir. Juan Manuel Fernández (Watermelon Pictures)
Croatia – Fiume o Morte! – Dir. Igor Bezinović (Icarus Films)
Czechia – I’m Not Everything I Want to Be – Dir. Klára Tasovská (Grasshopper Films)
Denmark – Mr. Nobody Against Putin – Dir. Pasha Talankin and David Borenstein (Seeking U.S. Distribution)
Dominican Republic – Pepe – Dir. Nelson Carlo de Los Santos Arias (Seeking U.S. Distribution)
Ecuador – Chuzalongo – Dir. Diego Ortuño (MUBI)
Egypt – Happy Birthday – Dir. Sarah Goher (Seeking U.S. Distribution)
Estonia – Rolling Papers – Dir. Meel Paliale (Seeking U.S. Distribution)
Finland – 100 Liters Of Gold – Dir. Teemu Nikki (Well Go USA Entertainment)
France – It Was Just An Accident – Dir. Jafar Panahi (Neon)
Georgia – Panopticon – Dir. George Sikharulidze (Seeking U.S. Distribution)
Germany – Sound Of Falling – Dir. Mascha Schilinski (MUBI)
Greece – Arcadia – Dir. Yorgos Zois (RLJE Films)
Greenland – Walls – Akinni Inuk – Dir. Sofie Rørdam Nina Paninnguaq Skydsbjerg (MUBI)
Haiti – Kidnapping Inc. – Dir. Bruno Mourral (Seeking U.S. Distribution)
Hong Kong – The Last Dance – Dir. Anselm Chan (Seeking U.S. Distribution)
Hungary – Orphan – Dir. László Nemes (Seeking U.S. Distribution)
Iceland – The Love That Remains – Dir. Hlynur Pálmason (Janus Films)
India – Homebound – Dir. Neeraj Ghaywan (Seeking U.S. Distribution)
Indonesia – Sore: Wife From The Future – Dir. Yandy Laurens (Seeking U.S. Distribution)
Iran – Cause of Death: Unknown – Dir. Ali Zarnegar (Seeking U.S. Distribution)
Iraq – The President’s Cake – Dir. Hasan Hadi (Sony Pictures Classics)
Ireland – Sanatorium – Dir. Gar O’Rourke (Seeking U.S. Distribution)
Israel – The Sea – Dir. Shai Carmeli-Pollak (Menemsha Films)
Italy – Familia – Dir. Francesco Gheghi (Seeking U.S. Distribution)
Japan – Kokuho – Dir. Sang-il Lee (Gkids)
Jordan – All That’s Left of You – Dir. Cherien Dabis (Watermelon Pictures/Visibility Films)
Latvia – Dog of God – Dir. Lauris Abele and Raitis Abele (Cartuna)
Lebanon – A Sad And Beautiful World – Dir. Cyril Aris (Sunnyland Film)
Lithuania – The Southern Chronicles – Dir. Ignas Miškinis (Seeking U.S. Distribution)
Luxembourg – Breathing Underwater – Dir. Eric Lamhène (Seeking U.S. Distribution)
Madagascar – Disco Afrika: A Malagasy Story – Dir. Luck Razanajaona (Seeking U.S. Distribution)
Malaysia – Pavane for an Infant – Dir. Chong Keat Aun (Janji Pictures Production)
Mexico – We Shall Not Be Moved – Dir. Pierre Saint-Martin (Pimienta Films)
Mongolia – Silent City Driver – Dir. Janchivdorj Sengedorj (Aurae Studios)
Montenegro – The Tower Of Strength – Dir. Nikola Vukčević (Seeking U.S. Distribution)
Morocco – Calle Malaga – Dir. Maryam Touzani (Strand Releasing)
Nepal – Anjila – Dir. Milan Chams (Seven Seas International Films)
Netherlands – Reedland – Dir. Sven Bresser (Outsider Pictures)
North Macedonia – The Tale of Silyan – Dir. Tamara Kotevska (National Geographic Documentary)
Norway – Sentimental Value – Dir. Joachim Trier (Neon)
Palestine – Palestine 36 – Dir. Annemarie Jacir (Watermelon Pictures)
Panama – Beloved Tropic – Dir. Ana Endara Mislov (Seeking U.S. Distribution)
Paraguay – Under The Flags, the Sun – Dir. Juanjo Pereira (Icarus Films)
Peru – Motherland – Dir. Marco Panatonic (Vertical Entertainment)
Philippines – Magellan – Dir. Lav Diaz (Janus Films)
Poland – Franz – Dir. Agnieszka Holland (Cohen Media Group)
Portugal – Banzo – Dir. Margarida Cardoso (MUBI)
Romania – Traffic – Dir. Theodora Mihai (Seeking U.S. Distribution)
Saudi Arabia – Hijra – Dir. Shahad Ameen (Seeking U.S. Distribution)
Serbia – Sun Never Again – Dir. David Jakovljević (MUBI)
Singapore – Stranger Eyes – Dir. Yeo Siew Hua (Film Movement)
Slovakia – Father – Dir. Tereza Nvotová (Seeking U.S. Distribution)
Slovenia – Little Trouble Girls – Dir. Urška Djukić (Kino Lorber)
South Africa – The Heart Is A Muscle – Dir. Imran Hamdulay (Seeking U.S. Distribution)
South Korea – No Other Choice – Dir. Park Chan-wook (Neon)
Spain – Sirât – Dir. Óliver Laxe (Neon)
Sweden – Eagles Of The Republic – Dir. Tarik Saleh (Seeking U.S. Distribution)
Switzerland – Late Shift – Dir. Petra Biondina Volpe (Music Box Films)
Taiwan – Left-Handed Girl – Dir. Shih-Ching Tsou (Netflix)
Tunisia – The Voice Of Hind Rajab – Dir. Kaouther Ben Hania (Watermelon Pictures)
Turkey – One Of The Days When Hemme Dies – Dir. Murat Firagtoğlu (Seeking U.S. Distribution)
Uganda – Kimote – Dir. Mageye Hassan (KimStim)
Ukraine – 2000 Meters to Andriivka – Dir. Mstyslav Chernov (PBS Distribution)
United Kingdom – My Father’s Shadow – Dir. Akinola Davies Jr. (MUBI)
Uruguay – Don’t You Let Me Go – Dir. Ana Guevara, Leticia Jorge (Seeking U.S. Distribution)
Venezuela – Alí Primera – Dir. Daniel Yegres (Seeking U.S. Distribution)
Vietnam – Red Rain – Dir. Dang Thai Huyen (United Artists)
Submitted but not moved forward for voting
Cambodia – Tenement – Dir. Rithy Panh (Dark Sky Films)
Kazakhstan – Cadet – Dir. Adilkhan Yerzhanov (Seeking U.S. Distribution)
Kyrgyzstan – Black Red Yellow – Dir. Aktan Arym Kubat (Seeking U.S. Distribution)
Papua New Guinea – Papa Buka – Dir. Bijukumar Damodaran (Seeking U.S. Distribution)
Senegal – Demba – Dir. Mamadou Dia (Seeking U.S. Distribution)
Tajikistan – Black Rabbit, White Rabbit – Dir. Shahram Mokri (Seeking U.S. Distribution)
Thailand – A Useful Ghost – Dir. Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke (Cineverse Entertainment)
Kazakhstan – Cadet – Dir. Adilkhan Yerzhanov (Seeking U.S. Distribution)
Kyrgyzstan – Black Red Yellow – Dir. Aktan Arym Kubat (Seeking U.S. Distribution)
Papua New Guinea – Papa Buka – Dir. Bijukumar Damodaran (Seeking U.S. Distribution)
Senegal – Demba – Dir. Mamadou Dia (Seeking U.S. Distribution)
Tajikistan – Black Rabbit, White Rabbit – Dir. Shahram Mokri (Seeking U.S. Distribution)
Thailand – A Useful Ghost – Dir. Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke (Cineverse Entertainment)
