2018 Foreign Language Film Submissions

With about three and a half months remaining until the announcements of the Oscar Nominees for this year, the Academy last week released the list of 87 films that have been submitted for consideration in the Best Foreign Language Film category.

You can view their full article but I have included the list below as well with links to as many trailers I could find available online at this time. If you find any I missed, please let me know and I will add them to the post.

Additionally, a few of the selections have already been previewed on this site. In those cases, I have included a link to the original preview post where appropriate.

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Afghanistan – Rona Azim’s Mother (dir. Jamshid Mahmoudi)
Algeria – Until the End of Time (dir. Yasmine Chouikh)
Argentina – El Ángel (dir. Luis Ortega)
Armenia – Spitak (dir. Alexander Kott)
Australia – Jirga (dir. Benjamin Gilmour)
Austria – The Waldheim Waltz (dir. Ruth Beckermann)
Bangladesh – No Bed of Roses (dir. Mostofa Sarwar Farooki)
Belarus – Crystal Swan (dir. Darya Zhuk)
Belgium – Girl (dir. Lukas Dhont)
Bolivia – The Goalkeeper (dir. Rodrigo "Gory" Patiño)
Bosnia and Herzegovina – Never Leave Me (dir. Aida Begić)
Brazil – The Great Mystical Circus (dir. Carlos Diegues)
Bulgaria – Omnipresent (dir. Ilian Djevelekov)
Cambodia – Graves without a Name (dir. Rithy Panh)
Canada – Family Ties (dir. Sophie Dupuis)
Chile – …And Suddenly the Dawn (dir. Silvio Caiozzi)
China – Hidden Man (dir. Jiang Wen)
Colombia – Birds of Passage (dir. Cristina Gallego & Ciro Guerra)
Costa Rica – Medea (dir. Alexandra Latishev)
Croatia – The Eighth Commissioner (dir. Ivan Salaj)
Czech Republic – Winter Flies (dir. Olmo Omerzu)
Denmark – The Guilty (dir. Gustav Möller)
Dominican Republic – Cocote (dir. Nelson Carlo De Los Santos Arias) Previewed in July 2018.
Ecuador – A Son of Man (dir. Jamaicanoproblem)
Egypt – Yomeddine (dir. A.B. Shawky)
Estonia – Take It or Leave It (dir. Liina Trishkina-Vanhatalo)
Finland – Euthanizer (dir. Teemu Nikki) Previewed in August 2018.
France – Memoir of War (dir. Emmanuel Finkiel) Previewed in August 2018.
Georgia – Namme (dir. Zaza Khalvashi)
Germany – Never Look Away (dir. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck)
Greece – Polyxeni (dir. Dora Masklavanou)
Hong Kong – Operation Red Sea (dir. Dante Lam)
Hungary – Sunset (dir. László Nemes)
Iceland – Woman at War (dir. Benedikt Erlingsson)
India – Village Rockstars (dir. Rima Das)
Indonesia – Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts (dir. Mouly Surya)
Iran – No Date, No Signature (dir. Vahid Jalilvand) Previewed in July 2018.
Iraq – The Journey Mohamed (dir. Jabarah Al-Daradji)
Israel – The Cakemaker (dir. Ofir Raul Graizer) Previewed in June 2018.
Italy – Dogman (dir. Matteo Garrone)
Japan – Shoplifters (dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda)
Kazakhstan – Ayka (dir. Sergey Dvortsevoy)
Kenya – Supa Modo (dir. Likarion Wainaina)
Kosovo – The Marriage (dir. Blerta Zeqiri)
Latvia – To Be Continued (dir. Ivars Seleckis)
Lebanon – Capernaum (dir. Nadine Labaki)
Lithuania – Wonderful Losers: A Different World (dir. Arunas Matelis)
Luxembourg – Gutland (dir. Govinda Van Maele)
Macedonia – Secret Ingredient (dir. Gjorce Stavreski)
Malawi – The Road to Sunrise (dir. Shemu Joyah)
Mexico – Roma (dir. Alfonso Cuarón) Coming to Netflix December 14th.
Montenegro – Iskra (dir. Gojko Berkuljan)
Morocco – Burnout (dir. Nour-Eddine Lakhmari)
Nepal – Panchayat (dir. Shivam Adhikari)
Netherlands – The Resistance Banker (dir. Joram Lürsen)
New Zealand – Yellow Is Forbidden (dir. Pietra Brettkelly)
Niger – The Wedding Ring (dir. Rahmatou Keïta)
Norway – What Will People Say (dir. Iram Haq) Previewed in July 2018.
Pakistan – Cake (dir. Asim Abbasi)
Palestine – Ghost Hunting (dir. Raed Andoni)
Panama – Ruben Blades Is Not My Name (dir. Abner Benaim)
Paraguay – The Heiresses (dir. Marcelo Martinessi)
Peru – Eternity (dir. Oscar Catacora)
Philippines – Signal Rock (dir. Chito S. Roño)
Poland – Cold War (dir. Pawel Pawlikowski)
Portugal – Pilgrimage (dir. João Botelho)
Romania – I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians (dir. Radu Jude)
Russia – Sobibor (dir. Konstantin Khabensky)
Serbia – Offenders (dir. Dejan Zecevic)
Singapore – Buffalo Boys (dir. Mike Wiluan)
Slovakia – The Interpreter (dir. Martin Šulík)
Slovenia – Ivan (dir. Janez Burger)
South Africa – Sew the Winter to My Skin (dir. Jahmil X.T. Qubeka)
South Korea – Burning (dir. Lee Chang-dong)
Spain – Champions (dir. Javier Fesser)
Sweden – Border (dir. Ali Abbasi)
Switzerland – Eldorado (dir. Markus Imhoof)
Taiwan – The Great Buddha+ (dir. Hsin-Yao Huang)
Thailand – Malila The Farewell Flower (dir. Anucha Boonyawatana)
Tunisia – Beauty and the Dogs (dir. Kaouther Ben Hania)
Turkey – The Wild Pear Tree (dir. Nuri Bilge Ceylan)
Ukraine – Donbass (dir. Sergei Loznitsa)
United Kingdom – I Am Not a Witch (dir. Rungano Nyoni) Previewed in September 2018.
Uruguay – Twelve-Year Night (dir. Álvaro Brechner)
Venezuela – The Family (dir. Gustavo Rondón Córdova) Previewed in August 2018.
Vietnam – The Tailor (dir. Buu Loc Tran & Kay Nguyen)
Yemen – 10 Days before the Wedding (dir. Amr Gamal)