It has been many years in a row, and every year during the eleventh period, a global Oscar foreign language film player will be compiled. Before it was for the media, in recent years, only public accounts have been issued.
No matter how you evaluate the Oscars, you need to admit that this is indeed the most influential film award in the world. The annual Oscar foreign language film unit has also become a film competition in countries around the world. Each country will try to select its most satisfactory film to compete for the Oscar foreign language film, which also makes the Oscar foreign language film unit an annual global film festival.
Then, this issue will introduce you to this year's Oscars, the selection and delivery of foreign language films from all over the world. After watching this, you almost have a deeper understanding of the situation of this year's global best films. For the sake of clarity, I'll still divide them simply into categories. For example, the three major film festival units, the European unit, the Asian unit, and the potential unit are introduced separately. So that you can better find the type you want.
First of all, the annual Oscar foreign language film requires release after October last year to October this year, and those who do not have this release time frame will not be eligible to declare. Therefore, films released after eleven are not eligible to declare, or wait until next year.
【Three Major Film Festival Units】
The three major films refer to the important films that have won three major awards among the foreign language film players in this year's Oscars, which is also the most potential contestant of the year.
[Hungary] Son of Saul
Saul fia
Director: László Gilles
Starring: Géza Röhrig / Levente Molnár / Urs Rechn
Awards: Cannes International Film – Grand Prix of the Jury
Although it is a directorial debut, it is extremely well received, which is "Son of Thor". This film has a freshness rating of 96% on Rotten Tomatoes, 9 points. It will undoubtedly become the best film of the year for many people.
The film is set in Ossinwei in 1944, where Saul, a Jew from Hungary, works in a task force in a concentration camp. Prisoners serving in the contingent were responsible for the camp's day-to-day transport tasks, including gathering a new group of people to be sent into the gas chambers and disposing of the bodies before the next group arrived. (Douban)
[Romania] applause
I'm having an affair!
Director: Radu Jude
主演: Teodor Corban / Mihai Comanoiu/ Cuzin Toma / Alexandru Dabija
Awards: Berlin International Film Festival – Best Director Award
Romanian film selection, winner of the Director's Award in Berlin at the beginning of the year. It is a black-and-white Western film that takes place in the 19th century. Talk about history, but also echo the present. Ethnicity, creed and class, a unique Eastern European cinema experience.
[Chile] Priests Club
The club
Director: Pablo Laraine
Starring: Roberto Farias / Antonia Zeggs / Alfred Castro / Alejandro Goic / Alejandro Sieveking
Awards: Grand Jury Prize at the Berlin International Film Festival
Also in Berlin won the prize, from Chile. The film's director, Pablo Larrion, previously directed the political theme of "Chile Says No", which is also a very good film. In the film of black religion, the members of this club will reveal their dark past little by little
[Sweden] Cold branches and quiet
A pigeon sat on a branch and thought about existence
Director: Roy Anderson
主演: Holger Andersson / Nils Westblom / Charlotta Larsson / Viktor Gyllenberg / Lotti Törnros
Awards: Golden Lion for Best Film at the Venice Film Festival
Last year's Venice Golden Lion winner felt that the compulsive work, the strong sense of form and personal style, also made this kind of film in this commercial film world, appear precious.
This film is the final chapter of the director's "life trilogy" about human nature. The film has no linear narrative and consists of 39 scenes. The camera follows Sam and Jonathan, a pair of itinerant traders selling funny toys, and accompanies them door-to-door to sell goods, like a tour guide leading the audience through different places and different crowds. The film inherits the director's usual directing style, poetic, gloomy, black humor and full of philosophical speculation. (Douban)
[Argentina] a family of criminals
The Clan
Director: Pablo Chabiro
Starring: Gullermo Francella
Awards: Best Director Award at the Venice Film Festival
Just won best director in Venice. Argentine director Pablo Chabiro's new film, which won the Best Director Award, if you often pay attention to Cannes, you should be familiar with this name, because his previous works have appeared in Cannes many times, such as "The Lion Cage", "Cara Eagle", "White Elephant" and so on. The new film seems to be an ambitious gangster film about the Puccio Clan family, a gang of murderers and kidnappers in the 80s.
[Iceland] Ram
Rams
Directed by: Grímur Hákonarson
主演: Sigurður Sigurjónsson / Theódór Júlíusson / Charlotte Bøving / Jon Benonysson / Gunnar Jónsson
Awards: Cannes One Kind of Attention Unit one Kind of Attention Award
[Croatia] The sun is shining
Zvizdan
Directed by: Dalibor Matanic
Starring: Tihana Lazovic / Golan Markvich / Nives Ivankovic
Awards: Cannes A Kind of Attention Unit Jury Award
The Croatian film seems to be quite popular, telling three love stories that take place in the same place and are three different periods
[Guatemala] Life under a volcano
Ixcanul
Director: Jerro Bustamante
主演: María Mercedes Coroy / María Telón / Manuel Manuel Antún / Justo Lorenzo / Marvin Coroy
Awards: Berlin International Film Festival - Afrebauer Prize
A film from Guatemala, a low-level film from a third world country, is also a subject that Oscar likes very much.
[Mexico] six hundred miles
600 Miles
Directed by: Gabriel Ripstein
Starring: Tim Ross / Harrison Thomas / Monica del Carmen
Awards: Berlin Film Festival Debut Award
Starring Tim Ross, a young Mexican boy inadvertently kidnaps an American border policeman, and terrified, he makes a wrong decision: to take the other party across the U.S.-Mexico border...
【Asia Unit】
Focus on Asia, especially familiar places such as China, Japan, South Korea, mainland China, hong Kong, and so on.
【Chinese mainland】Wolf Totem
Director: Jean-Jacques Arnold
Starring: Feng Shaofeng / Dou Xiao / AngHanima / Bassen / Yin Zhusheng
Honors: Beijing International Film Festival Best Director
For two consecutive years, the mainland has chosen a Film by a French director to participate in the Oscars, of course, no matter which one is chosen, it is very difficult to enter the nomination list and even enter the top 9. The selection of this film, before and Jia Zhangke's "Mountains and Rivers Of the Past" also had some troubles, both films want to compete for the Oscar, in the end, it is still this one. Everyone has seen it, so I won't say more.
【Hong Kong】Breaking the Wind
Director: Lin Chaoxian
Writers: Lin Chaoxian / Lin Feng / Hou Yingjuan / Zheng Shanyu
Starring: Peng Yuyan / Dou Xiao / Cui Shiyuan / Wang Luodan / Chen Jiale
Hong Kong's film selection this year is also chaotic, but there is nothing to choose anyway. The problem with Breaking the Wind is that, regardless of the quality of the film. This kind of sport inspirational theme, such a mainstream commercial thing, Hollywood is all over the street, so it may be nominated for an Oscar. Therefore, sending it is also a free gift.
【Taiwan】Nie Yinniang
Director: Hou Xiaoxian
Writers: Ah Cheng / Zhu Tiantian / Xie Haimeng / Hou Xiaoxian
Starring: Shu Qi / Zhang Zhen / Zhou Yun / Wife Mu Cong / Ruan Jingtian
Genre: Drama / Martial Arts / Costume
Honours: Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival
Hou Xiaoxian's film is a variable, and among the three Chinese-language films sent for selection, it is the only one that hopes to be nominated. However, sometimes it is too stylized, and it may not be what Oscar likes. The favorite of Oscar foreign language films is that they are topical and styled, and the story itself is attractive enough. So, this filters out a lot of personality films.
【Japan】The love of 100 yuan
Love of 100 yen
Director: Wu Zhengqing
Writers: Adachi
Starring: Akira Ando / Hirofumi Arai / Miyoko Inagawa / Hayori / Shohei Uno
Honors: Top 10 of the year in Japan's "Movie Magazine"
I really like this film and have recommended it before, especially the excellent performance of the heroine Sakura Ando, which is very admirable. It's just that this kind of film, it is difficult to say whether it can get a nomination, although I very much hope that it will be nominated.
【Korea】Mourning
apostle
Director: Lee Lee Yee
Writers: Cho Hyun
Starring: Song Kang-ho / Yoo Ya-in / Moon Geun-young / Kim Hae-sook / Park Won-sang
Genre: Drama / Biography
Anyway, every year in South Korea, foreign language films are randomly selected, and they can't stop making a war blockbuster or something. This time, I chose a blockbuster with a costume theme, which is basically to join in the fun. Of course, the lineup is still very strong, Song Kanghao and Liu Yaren, the director's last one is "Suyuan", it is said that this one is also very tear-inducing? It tells the story of the prominent Shizi Simei in the history of North Korea, who was locked up in a rice cabinet by his father and starved to death.
【Thailand】 Board game
How to Win at Checkers (Every Time)
Director: Josh Kim
Starring: Tony / Ingkarat Damrongsakkul / Thira Chutikul
Genre: Drama / Same Sex / Family / Child
LGBT movies.
A survival story about love and sin; a masterpiece that profoundly depicts the life of Thailand's underprivileged people. Dependent on his brother, Iko will serve in the military, and the young Otter faces the fate of being orphaned. Iko tries to change the future, running to a café to work to raise money, but he is caught up in a series of blackmail lies. Ott gradually learned that, like his favorite game of chess, there was an element of what seemed fair in life but was unfair. (Douban)
[India] Court
Court
Directed by: Chaitanya Tamhane
Starring: Vira Sathidar / Vivek Gomber / Geetanjali Kulkarni
Awards: Best Film in the Venice Horizon unit
The film won best film in last year's Venice Horizon unit, from India. A Mumbai sewer worker was found dead at his place of work, and the cause of death was a song? The 65-year-old folk singer and activist has been accused of instigating suicide with songs. As the case unfolded, the lives of the deceased and the defendants rose to the bottom, and even the private lives of lawyers and judges were judged. (Douban)
[Iraq] The stone will not be forgotten
Bîranînên lí der kevírî
Directed by: Shawkat Amin Korki
Starring: Hussein Hassan / Nazmi Kirik / Shima Molaei / Ala Riani
Genre: Drama
A film selected by Iraq about several people making films after the war. Due to the special environment of Iraq, this kind of film is more topical.
[Iran] Mohammed
Muhammad
Director: Majid Majidi
Starring: Siamak Adib / Mohammad Asgari / Ra'na Azadivar
Genre: Drama / Biography / History
Iranian director Majid has directed many popular films such as "Little Shoes" and "The Color of Heaven", and this time, it is Muhammad's story.
【European Unit】
A little introduction to the selection of films from several major European film countries, they are often Oscar hits.
[France] Mustang
Mustang
Directed By: Tinis Agwen
Starring: Ebelk Peckjan / Elit Iscan / Burak Yigit / Günes Senso
Honours: Label Europa Cinemas at the Cannes Film Festival
This year's French film selection is very interesting, and instead of choosing popular films such as cannes Palme d'Or "Wandering Dipan", this young director's "Mustang", which is also the female director's feature film debut, a story that takes place in Turkey. Known as Turkey's Virgin Suicide
[Italy] Do not be evil
Don't be bad
Director: Claudio Caligari
Writers: Claudio Caligari
Awards: A bunch of peripheral awards at the Venice Film Festival
This year's Italian choice is also unique. Since Paulo Sorrentino's "Young and Vigorous" and Matteo Galloni's "The Story of a Story" are both English films, they are ineligible to declare foreign language films. In the end, Italy chose this "Don't Be Evil", which appeared at the previous Venice Film Festival, which was screened in a non-competition, but won many peripheral awards. The film, known as a Pasolini-esque film, focuses on the suburbs of Rome, the stories of the 90s, the marginal culture of young people such as drugs, nightclubs and racing cars.
[Germany] The labyrinth of silence
In the labyrinth of silence
Director: Giulio Ricciarelli
Starring: Alexander Felling / Johannes Koschi / Friederike Becht
Honours: Nominated for several German Film Awards
This film has been downloaded for a long time, I don't know if you have seen it? German reflections on World War II films about how the Germans faced Auschwitz after the war.
[Russia] heat stroke
Sunstroke
Director: Nikita Mikhalkov
Starring: Martinsh Kalita / Viktoriya Solovyeva / Kseniya Popovich / Aleksandr Adabashyan
Honors: Best Cinematography in Shanghai International Film
The new work of the great Russian director Nikita Mikhalkov, which was shortlisted for the Shanghai International Film Festival, lasted for nearly 3 hours, about the experience of a tsarist in the last days of the tsar in 1907 and 1920.
[Spain] flowers
Loreak
Directed by: Jon Garaño / Jose Mari Goenaga
Starring: Itziar Aizpuru / Nagore Aranburu / Jossin Benguetei
Honours: Nominated for the Goya Prize, St. Bastian's SIGNIS Award
This year's Spanish selection is also very low-key, but it seems to be a very interesting story. Anna inexplicably receives a bouquet of flowers every weekend. Each time the flowers were delivered to her home on time and quietly. This completely changed Anna's life. (Douban)
Poland: 11 minutes
11 minutes
Director: Jez Skolimovsky
Starring: Agata Bouzek / Richard Domer / Angeliel Chala / Beyata Tiskiwitz
Type: Thriller
The new film of veteran Polish director Jez Skolimovsky was selected for the main competition section of the Venice Film Festival. Stories about people of different classes, ages, genders, 11 minutes of stories, and finally come together.
【Potential Unit】
Let's introduce some films that I think can also be followed.
[Belgium] Hyper-New Testament
The Brand New Testament
Director: Jacques van Domer
Starring: Catherine Deneuve / Benot Polwald / Yolanda Monroe
Honours: Shortlisted for the Cannes Directors Biwealth
The new film by Director Jacques van Domel of Little Hero Toto seems to be an interesting setting. The story sets God living in Brussels and using a computer to control everything. And his rebellious daughter sent everyone the death date of everyone, so the world was chaotic.
[Slovakia] The sheep of fierce battle
Cocoon
Directed by: Ivan Ostrochovský
主演: Peter Baláž / Zvonko Lakčevič / Ján Franek / Stanislava Bongilajová
Honours: Nominated for debut at the Berlin Film Festival
The way of the pseudo-record, about a former Olympic champion boxer, is now sloppy
Estonia 1944
Directed by: Elmo Nüganen
主演: Märt Pius / Maiken Schmidt / Kristjan Oneküla
Genre: Drama / War
The same has been downloaded, and many people have seen, the war theme during World War II, because of the special historical situation in Estonia, but also make this more meaningful, this film is now Douban score 8.0.
[Colombia] The embrace of the snake
The Embrace of the Serpent
Director: Hiro Gellar
Starring: Jan Bevert / Brionne Davis / Luigi Sciamanna
Honours received: Cannes Director Bi-Week
The Colombian film won the highest award for director's biweek in Cannes this year, and several friends who have seen it are five stars, which is said to be very good.
In 1909, a German scientist led a wizard in search of a lost civilization in the Amazon jungle; in 1941, an American botanist went deep into the Amazon jungle to meet the wizard and asked the wizard to take him to find a mysterious plant recorded by German scientists. The two adventures, 30 years apart, witnessed the invasion of the Amazon jungle by European civilization and the destruction of the local faith by the Catholic Church. (Douban)
[Lithuania] Sangari Summer
The Summer of Sangaile
Directed by: Alanté Kavaïté
Starring: Julija Steponaityte
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Honors: Best Director in the World Drama Section at the Sundance International Film Festival, Best Film at the Lithuanian Film Awards
The story of a pair of young girls, won an award in Sundance, as if the photography was also beautiful
[Brazil] the second mother
The Second Mother
Directed by: Anna Muylaert
Starring: Regina Casé / Antonio Abujamra / Helena Albergaria
The film has won the Audience Choice Award in the Panorama Section of the Berlin International Film Festival and the Special Jury Prize in the Sundance World Film Section. IMDb 8.1, viewability should be very strong.
Val worked as a nanny for Fabinho, who lived in São Paulo, for 13 years. Despite her stable financial situation, she felt guilty that she had to leave her daughter Jessica. Jessica has been raised by relatives living in the northern Brazilian state of Pernambuco. As the college entrance exam approached, Jessica wanted to prepare for the exam in São Paulo. It was only when she arrived that she realized that cohabitation was not easy. Everyone has their own personality, and Jessica's frankness makes Val find himself in a dilemma.
[Portugal] 1001 nights
Director: Miguel Gomez
Starring: Joana de Verona / Maria Rueff / Carrito Cota / Adriano Luz / Rocchio Zamora
Portuguese director Miguel's ambitious trilogy, with nearly six hours of length, uses the story of "One Thousand and One Nights" as a metaphor for the contemporary era.
[Jordan] Heb
Melt
Directed by: Naji Abu Nowar
Starring: Jacir Eid / Hassan Mutlag / Hussein Salameh / Marji Audeh / Jacques Hosse
Genre: Drama / Adventure
Honors: Best Director in the Venice Horizon unit
[Serbia] Goodbye is still a friend
Enclave
Director: Goran Radovanovic
Starring: Nebojsa Glogovac / Anica Dobra
Type: War
The film won the Audience Choice Award at the Moscow Film Festival, and it was the war again
In a small part of the Kosovo region, where only ten-year-old Nenad and his father, grandfather, Orthodox priests and 30-year-old teachers lived, Nenad was the only student in the school, and every day he was transported from his father's farm to school by the vehicles of the peacekeeping forces, and Nenad was eager to have children of the same age play with him. One day, he saw two Albanian boys of the same age as him through the gap in the loading locomotive, among which the thirteen-year-old shepherd Bashkim had lost his father in the war, so he hated the Serbs... (Douban)
In addition, there are many countries that have selected and sent films, so they will not introduce them one by one
include
South Africa: Thina Sobabili
Philippines: Heneral Luna
Morocco: Aida
Israel: Baba Joon, Israel Academy Award for Best Picture, etc
Albania: "Bota" Karlovy Vary Film Festival FEDEORA Award
Czech Republic: Home Care after the Karlovy Vary Film Festival
Latvia: Modris
Cambodia: The Last Disc of Film
Lebanon: Waynon
Turkey: Special Jury Prize of the Venice Jury of Sivas
Nepal: AQ Turk
Macedonia: Honey Night
Ireland: Viva
Georgia: Moira
Slovenia: The Big Tree
Peru: NN
Pakistan: Moor
Kosovo: Best Director at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival, Pabai
The Netherlands: "The Paradise Suite"
Dominica: The Dollar of Sand
Bulgaria: The Trial
Venezuela: Dauna. Lo que lleva el río》
Paraguay: El tiempo nublado
Kazakhstan: The Stranger
Greece: "Xenia" was shortlisted for a kind of attention unit in Cannes
Finland: The Swordsman
Norway: Bølgen
Austria: "Goodnight Mommy" was shortlisted for the Venice Horizon unit
Palestine: The Wanted 18
Panama: Caja 25
Switzerland: The Iraqi Odyssey was shortlisted for the Panorama section in Berlin
Luxembourg: Lonely Baby
Bosnia and Herzegovina: "Our Daily Lives"
Denmark: "War" was shortlisted for the Venice Horizon unit
Bangladesh: "The Story of Jalal" was shortlisted for the Busan New Wave unit
Afghanistan: Utopia
Uruguay: Una noche sin luna
Malaysia: "Salvation Man" was shortlisted for film festivals such as Rotterdam and Locarno
Canada: Best Canadian Film at the Toronto International Film Festival, Felix and Mera
Kyrgyzstan: Sutak, Fedeora Award, Karlovy Vary Film Festival
Montenegro: "Ti mene nosiš"
Ukraine: "Brothers: The Last Confessions" Moscow International Film Festival, etc
Vietnam: "Winning"
Costa Rica: "Presos"
Among them, which one are you most optimistic about???