OSCARS: Best International Feature Submissions

Rolling list of submissions for the Best International Feature category of the Oscars from Asia, Africa and the Middle East.

The Seed Of The Sacred Fig

Rolling list of submissions for the Best International Feature category of the Oscars from Asia, Africa and the Middle East (regardless of whether the titles have been submitted by their country of origin).

ALGERIA: Algiers, dir: Chakib Taleb-Bendiab (Mad World)
BANGLADESH: The Wrestler, dir: Iqbal H Chowdhury
CAMBODIA: Meeting With Pol Pot, dir: Rithy Panh (Playtime)
CAMEROON: Kismet, dir: Ngang Romanus Ntseh
CHINA: The Sinking Of The Lisbon Maru, dir: Fang Li [RULED INELIGIBLE]
EGYPT: Flight 404, dir: Hani Khalifa
GERMANY: The Seed of the Sacred Fig, dir: Mohammad Rasoulof (Films Boutique)
HONG KONG: Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In, dir: Soi Cheang (Media Asia)
INDIA: Laapataa Ladies, dir: Kiran Rao (Jio Studios)
INDONESIA: Women From Rote Island, dir: Jeremias Nyangoen
IRAN: In The Arms Of the Tree, dir: Babak Lotfi Khajepasha
IRAQ: Baghdad Messi, dir: Sahim Omar Kalifa (Goodfellas)
ISRAEL: Come Closer, dir: Tom Nesher (Fandango)
JAPAN: Cloud, dir: Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Nikkatsu)
JORDAN: My Sweet Land, dir: Sareen Hairabedian [PULLED FROM SUBMISSION]
KAZAKHSTAN: Bauryna Salu, dir: Askhat Kuchinchirekov (Wide Management)
KENYA: Nawi, dir: Toby & Kevin Schmutzler, Vallentine Chelluget, Apuu Mourine
KYRGYZSTAN: Heaven Is Beneath Mother’s Feet, dir: Ruslan Akun
LEBANON: Arze, dir: Mira Shaib
MALAYSIA: Abang Adik, dir: Jin Ong (Applause Entertainment)
MONGOLIA: If Only I Could Hibernate, dir: Zoljargal Purevdash (Urban Sales)
MOROCCO: Everybody Loves Touda, dir: Nabil Ayouch (mk2 Films)
NEPAL: Shambhala, dir: Min Bahadur Bham (Best Friend Forever)
PAKISTAN: The Glassworker, dir: Usman Riaz (Charades)
PALESTINE: From Ground Zero, dir: Masharawi Fund (Coorigines)
PHILIPPINES: And So It Begins, dir: Ramona S. Diaz (Cinephil)
SENEGAL: Dahomey, dir: Mati Diop (Les Films du Losange)
SINGAPORE: La Luna, dir: M Raihan Halim (Clover Films)
SOUTH AFRICA: Old Righteous Blues, dir: Muneera Sallies (KykNet)
SOUTH KOREA: 12.12: The Day, dir: Kim Sung-soo (Plus M Entertainment)
TAIWAN: Old Fox, dir: Hsiao Ya-Chuan (Tomorrow Together Capital)
TAJIKISTAN: Melody, dir: Behrouz Sebt Rasoul (Dreamlab Films)
THAILAND: How To Make Millions Before Grandma Dies, dir: Pat Boonnitipat (WME Independent)
TUNISIA: Take My Breath, dir: Nada Mezni Hafaiedh (Mad Distribution)
TURKEY: Life, dir: Zeki Demirkubuz (Basak Emre Pundurs)
UNITED KINGDOM: Santosh, dir: Sandhya Suri (mk2 Films)
VIETNAM: Peach Blossom, Pho And Piano, dir: Phi Tien Son