OSCARS 2026: Best International Feature Submissions
UPDATED SEPT 19: Rolling list of submissions for the Best International Feature category of the Oscars from Asia, Africa and the Middle East (or from filmmakers originating from these regions but selected by other countries). Sales agents are in brackets after each title, where known.
CAMBODIA: Tenement, dir: Inrasothythep Neth & Sokyou Chea (Reel Suspects)
FRANCE: It Was Just An Accident, dir: Jafar Panahi (MK2 Films)
INDONESIA: Sore: Wife From Future, dir: Yandy Laurens (Cerita Films)
IRAN: Cause Of Death: Unknown, dir: Ali Zarnegar
IRAQ: The President’s Cake, dir: Hasan Hadi (Films Boutique)
ISRAEL: The Sea, dir: Shai Carmeli-Pollak
JAPAN: Kokuho, dir: Lee Sang-il (Pyramide International)
JORDAN: All That’s Left Of You, dir: Cherien Dabis (The Match Factory)
MOROCCO: Calle Malaga, dir: Maryam Touzani (Films Boutique)
NEPAL: Anjila, dir: Milan Chams
PALESTINE: Palestine 36, dir: Annemarie Jacir (MK2 Films, Lucky Number)
PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Papa Buka, dir: Bijukumar Damodaran
PHILIPPINES: Magellan, dir: Lav Diaz (Luxbox)
SOUTH KOREA: No Other Choice, dir: Park Chan-wook (CJ ENM)
SWEDEN: Eagles Of The Republic, dir: Tarik Saleh (Playtime)
TAIWAN: Left-Handed Girl, dir: Tsou Shih-Ching (Le Pacte)
THAILAND: A Useful Ghost, dir: Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke (Best Friend Forever)
TUNISIA: The Voice Of Hind Rajab, dir: Kaouther Ben Hania (The Party Film Sales)
TURKEY: One Of Those Days When Hemme Dies, dir: Murat Fıratoğlu (Luxbox)
