Every year since its creation in 1956, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) invites the film industries of various countries to submit their best film for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. The category was previously called the Best Foreign Language Film, but this was changed in April 2019 to Best International Feature Film, after the Academy deemed the word “Foreign” to be outdated.
The award is presented annually by the Academy to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non-English dialogue. For the 96th Academy Awards, the submitted motion pictures must be first released theatrically in their respective countries between December 1, 2022, and October 31, 2023. The deadline for submissions to the Academy was October 2, 2023, and 92 countries submitted a film. The 15-film shortlist will be announced on December 21, 2023, followed by the official nominations on January 23, 2024.
Here are this edition's Asian Submissions for Best International Feature Film. There are some excellent movies in this bunch and we have seen and reviewed already some of them.
ARMENIA
“Amerikatsi” by Michael A. Goorjian
BANGLADESH
“No Ground Beneath the Feet” by Mohammad Rabby Mridha
BHUTAN
“The Monk and the Gun” by Pawo Choyning Dorji
CHINA
“The Wandering Earth II” by Frant Gwo
GEORGIA
“Citizen Saint” by Tinatin Kajrishvili
HONG KONG
“A Light Never Goes Out” by Anastasia Tsang
INDIA
“2018″ by Jude Anthany Joseph
INDONESIA
“Autobiography” by Makbul Mubarak
IRAN
“The Night Guardian” by Reza Mirkarimi
IRAQ
“Hanging Gardens[” by Ahmed Yassin Al Daradji
ISRAEL
“Seven Blessings” by Ayelet Menahemi
JAPAN
“Perfect Days” by Wim Wenders
JORDAN
“Inshallah a Boy” by Amjad Al-Rasheed
KYRGYSTAN
“This Is What I Remember” by Aktan Abdykalykov
MALAYSIA
“Tiger Stripes” by Amanda Nell Eu
MONGOLIA
“City of Wind” by Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir
NEPAL
“Halkara” by Bikram Sapkota
PAKISTAN
“In Flames” by Zarrar Kahn
PALESTINE
“Bye Bye Tiberias” by Lina Soualem
PHILIPPINES
“The Missing” by Carl Joseph Papa
SAUDI ARABIA
“Alhamour H.A.” by Abdulelah Alqurashi
SINGAPORE
“The Breaking Ice” by Anthony Chen
SOUTH KOREA
“Concrete Utopia” by Um Tae-hwa
TAIWAN
“Marry My Dead Body” by Cheng Wei-hao
TAJIKISTAN
“Melody” by Behrouz Sebt Rasoul
“Not Friends” by Atta Hemwadee
TURKEY
“About Dry Grasses” by Nuri Bilge Ceylan
VIETNAM
“Glorious Ashes” by Bùi Thạc Chuyên
