Denmark has selected May el-Toukhy's Venice Golden Lion-winning title Woman Unknown as its entry for the Best International Feature Film category at the 99th Oscars. The Denmark-set post-World War II psychological drama stars Mathilde Arcel as a young nanny and housemaid who is about to marry…

Italy has selected Paolo Strippoli's The Spiral (L'Estranea) as its candidate for the Best International Feature Film at the 99th Oscars. The drama, which world premiered in Competition at this year’s Venice Film Festival, stars Jasmine Trinca as a woman who arrives at her daughter's apartment…

The race for the Best International Feature Film Oscar at the 99th Academy Awards is heating up, with countries in full swing selecting their submissions for the 2027 campaign. Scroll down to see what countries have submitted so far, and keep checking back as we update our list. This year’s…

Egypt has selected Abu Bakr Shawky drama The Stories as its entry to the Best International Feature Film category of the 99th Academy Awards. Unfolding against the backdrop of Egypt's turbulent years from the late 1960s until the 1980s, British-Egyptian actor Amir El-Masry (Giant, MobLand) stars…

Jordan has chosen Zain Duraie's Sink as its entry for the International Feature Film category at the 99th Academy Awards. Clara Khoury (The Voice of Hind Rajab) stars as a mother in denial about her son's mental health struggles, preferring instead to interpret his emotional withdrawal and…

Fatherland, directed and co-written by Paweł Pawlikowski (Ida), has been selected by the Polish selection committee as its official submission for Best International Feature Film at the Academy Awards. The well-received Cannes Competition film, which will be released stateside by Mubi, scooped…

France has selected exiled Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev’s French-produced political thriller Minotaur as its entry for the Best International Feature Film category of the 99th Academy Awards. The submission was chosen from a shortlist also featuring Antonin Baudry's historical biopic De Ga…

Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi's breakout Cannes title La Bola Negra has been selected as Spain's entry for the Best International Feature Film category at the 99th Academy Awards. The Spanish Film Academy confirmed the selection this morning during a press conference. The film explores…

The Dreamed Adventure, German writer-director Valeska Grisebach’s gritty Bulgarian-set gangster drama that won the Jury Prize at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, has been selected to represent Bulgaria in the 2027 Oscar Best International Feature Film race. The film takes place in Svilengrad, a…

Antonin Baudry's political biopic De Gaulle and Andrey Zvyagintsev's Cannes Competition drama Minotaur are among the five titles that have been shortlisted to represent France in the Best International Oscar race at the 99th Academy Awards.   Announced Thursday afternoon by the CNC, France's…

Moshe Rosenthal’s Tell Me Everything is Israel’s official submission to the 2027 Oscar Best International Feature race by virtue of its winning the Best Picture prize Thursday’s at Israel’s Ophir Awards. Tell Me Everything won a total of 10 Ophir trophies tonight, including Best Director and…

Iraq has selected Norwegian-Kurdish director Halkawt Mustafa's drama No Paradise If You Are Killed By A Woman as its Best International Feature Film entry to the 99th Academy Awards. News of the choice came ahead of the film's world premiere Out of Competition at the Venice Film Festival early…