2021 Best International Feature Nominees

Next up in our series this week is the Best International Feature category. Previously known as Best Foreign Language Film, this category got a new name just last year in 2020 with Best Picture winner Parasite winning here as well.

This year, one of the international feature nominees is again nominated for Best Director (as was Bong Joon-ho last year) with Another Round's Thomas Vinterberg being recognized in that category.

As of this writing, I have not had a chance to watch any of these films, though they will be on my list as we approach the Academy Awards ceremony. As I am able to watch them, reviews will be posted on the site.

• Another Round (Druk) (Denmark) - Four friends, all high school teachers, test a theory that they will improve their lives by maintaining a constant level of alcohol in their blood. This is the thirteenth nomination for a film submitted from Denmark. Available on Hulu.
• Better Days (Hong Kong) - A bullied teenage girl forms an unlikely friendship with a mysterious young man who protects her from her assailants, all while she copes with the pressures of her final examinations. This is the third nomination for a film submitted from Hong Kong. Available on VOD.
• Collective (Colectiv) (Romania) - Director Alexander Nanau follows a crack team of investigators at the Romanian newspaper Gazeta Sporturilor as they try to uncover a vast health-care fraud that enriched moguls and politicians and led to the deaths of innocent citizens. This is the first nomination for a film submitted from Romania. Available on VOD.
• The Man Who Sold His Skin (Tunisia) - His own body turned into a living work of art and promptly exhibited in a museum, Sam, a Syrian refugee, will soon realize to have sold away more than just his skin. This is the first nomination for a film submitted from Tunisia.
• Quo Vadis, Aida? (Bosnia and Herzegovina) - Aida is a translator for the UN in the small town of Srebrenica. When the Serbian army takes over the town, her family is among the thousands of citizens looking for shelter in the UN camp.​  This is the second nomination for a film submitted from Bosnia and Herzegovina. Available on VOD.

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