Entries for the 2027 Oscar for best international feature are underway, and Screen is profiling each title on this page.
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The 99th Academy Awards ceremony is set to take place on March 14, 2027, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
An international feature film is defined as a feature-length motion picture (over 40 minutes) produced outside the US with a predominantly (more than 50%) non-English dialogue track and can include animated and documentary features.
Submitted films must have been released theatrically in their respective countries between October 1, 2025 and September 30, 2026. The deadline for submissions to the Academy is September 30, 2026.
In a change from previous years, films not in the English language that win a qualifying award at select international film festivals (Berlin, Busan, Cannes, Sundance, Toronto and Venice) are now also eligible.
A shortlist of 15 finalists is scheduled to be announced on December 15, 2026, with the final five nominees announced on January 21, 2027.
The 2026 awards saw 86 eligible submissions with the five nominated films comprising Sentimental Value (Norway), It Was Just An Accident (France), The Secret Agent (Brazil), Sirat (Spain) and The Voice Of Hind Rajab (Tunisia).
Screen will update the international feature submissions as they are announced.
Latest submissions
Taiwan: A Foggy Tale (Chen Yu-hsun)
This historical drama is set in the 1950s during Taiwan’s White Terror period of suppression and follows a young girl who travels alone to the north to reclaim the remains of her brother following his execution. The film premiered as the opening film of the 2025 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival and was the frontrunner of last year’s Golden Horse Awards with 11 nominations, winning four including best narrative feature. Director Chen is known for Berlinale 2014 title Zone Pro Site: The Moveable Feast and 2020’s My Missing Valentine, itself a winner of five Golden Horse Awards including best film and best director. Taiwan made the shortlist last year with Shih-Ching Tsou’s Left-Handed Girl but did not land a nomination. It was previously shortlisted with Chung Mong-Hong’s family drama A Sun in 2020 and Wei Te-sheng’s Warriors Of The Rainbow: Seediq Bale in 2012. The last to achieve a nomination was Ang Lee’s martial-arts epic Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, which went on to win the award and three further Oscars in 2001. International sales: Mandarin Vision
Latvia: Ulya (Viesturs Kairišs)
The country’s 18th submission first premiered in Un Certain Regard at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival before going on to screen at the Jerusalem Film Festival, where its star, Karlis Arnolds Avots, won best performance. Avtos, a male actor and 2025 European Film Promotion Shooting Star, plays Uljana Semjonova, the seven-foot Latvian woman who became an international basketball star and died in January this year. Avtos was also a co-writer on the film. It is produced by Latvia’s Ego Media in collaboration with Estonia’s Allfilm, Poland’s Staron Film and Lithuania’s Tremora. Latvia was nominated in 2024 for the animation Flow. International sales: B-Rated International
Dominican Republic: Melodrama (Andrés Farías)
This romance drama follows a Dominican widow who forms an unexpected, but disapproved of, romance with a Haitian construction worker. Cast includes Heroes star Jimmy Jean-Louis. Melodrama premiered at the Miami Film Festival earlier this year and is produced by Lantica Studios. The Dominican Republic has submitted 19 times and is yet to secure a nomination. International sales: TBC
Europe
Austria: Rose (Markus Schleinzer)
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Kosovo: Dua (Blerta Basholli)
Set in the late 1990s, this drama follows 13-year-old Dua as she faces pressure to grow up amid rising tensions in Kosovo. Produced by Valon Bajgora through Alva Films, it stars Pinea Matoshi, Vlera Bilalli and Kaona Matoshi. Dua won the SACD Award in the Critics’ Week sidebar at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival. It marks Kosovo’s 10th submission, having previously made the shortlist in 2021 with Hive, also directed by Basholli.
International sales: The Party Film Sales
Lithuania: How To Divorce During The War (Andrius Blaževičius)
This comedy-drama unfolds on the eve of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, when Marija chooses to tell her husband Vytas she wants a divorce. The film stars Marius Repšys, Žygimantė Elena Jakštaitė and Amelija Adomaityte, and is produced by M-Films. Blaževičius won the directing award in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Lithuania has submitted 18 films but has not yet been nominated.
International sales: New Europe Film Sales
Slovakia: Flood (Martin Gonda)
Set in communist Czechoslovakia in 1980, this debut feature focuses on Mara, a young woman determined to leave her village and become a pilot. Her widowed father refuses to let her go, and when the village faces destruction by a planned reservoir, the strain between the two intensifies. The film is produced by Silver Art Company and won the best screenplay award at the Mar del Plata International Film Festival in 2025. Since becoming an independent nation in 1993, Slovakia has submitted 30 films but has yet to secure a nomination.
International sales: TBC
Switzerland: Who Is Still Alive (Nicolas Wadimoff)
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Turkey: Like A Limbless Tree (Tunç Davut)
This Turkish drama is produced by Tekhne Film and stars Ali Ipin, Fayyaz Duman and Selen Kurtaran. It follows retired engineer Refik who is suddenly left to care for his Syrian caregiver’s son after she disappears while attempting to flee to Europe. It marks the country’s 33rd entry since its debut submission in 1964. While yet to receive a nomination, Turkey previously made the Oscar shortlist in 2008 with Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Three Monkeys.
International sales: Bir Film
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