After having closed the submission period for the International Feature Film category (formerly known as Foreign Language Film) in October, the 92nd Academy Awards has selected ten films that will advance to the next round of voting in the category. A record of 93 films had been submitted to the Academy (see the news).

This year, the Old Continent is dominating the shortlist: submissions from nine European countries have been selected. Pedro Almodóvar's Pain and Glory [+lire aussi :
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Backing the veteran Spanish filmmaker, another eight European submissions have made the cut: Les Misérables [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] by North Macedonia's Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov (winner of the Grand Jury Prize in Sundance's World Cinema Documentary Competition back in January, and awarded in several festivals since), Corpus Christi [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] by Poland's Jan Komasa (winner of the Europa Cinemas Label at Venice's Giornate degli Autori, and awarded in several festivals since), and rather surprisingly, the three period films coming from Hungary (Telluride-premiered Those Who Remained [+lire aussi :
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Rounding off the selection is Russia's submission, the second feature by wunderkind Kantemir Balagov, Beanpole [+lire aussi :
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The Academy has also announced the shortlist for Best Documentary Feature, which, although dominated by US titles, includes European titles such as the aforementioned Honeyland, Waad Al Khateab and Edward Watts' For Sama [+lire aussi :
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Here are the main feature-film shortlists that have just been announced:

Best International Feature Film

Czech Republic: The Painted Bird [+lire aussi :
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Estonia: Truth and Justice [+lire aussi :
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France: Les Misérables [+lire aussi :
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interview : Ladj Ly
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Hungary: Those Who Remained [+lire aussi :
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North Macedonia: Honeyland [+lire aussi :
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Poland: Corpus Christi [+lire aussi :
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interview : Bartosz Bielenia
interview : Jan Komasa
fiche film] - Jan Komasa (Poland/France)
Russia: Beanpole [+lire aussi :
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Senegal: Atlantics [+lire aussi :
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interview : Mati Diop
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South Korea: Parasite - Bong Joon-ho (South Korea)
Spain: Pain and Glory [+lire aussi :
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Q&A : Pedro Almodóvar
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Best Documentary Feature

Advocate [+lire aussi :
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American Factory - Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert (USA)
The Apollo - Roger Ross Williams (USA)
Apollo 11 - Todd Douglas Miller (USA)
Aquarela [+lire aussi :
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The Biggest Little Farm - John Chester (USA)
The Cave [+lire aussi :
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The Edge of Democracy - Petra Costa (Brazil)
For Sama [+lire aussi :
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The Great Hack - Karim Amer, Jehane Noujaim (USA)
Honeyland - Tamara Kotevska, Ljubomir Stefanov
Knock Down the House - Rachel Lears (USA)
Maiden [+lire aussi :
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Midnight Family - Luke Lorentzen (Mexico)
One Child Nation - Nanfu Wang, Jialing Zhang (USA)

The final nominees for the Oscars will be revealed on 13 January 2020, and the awards ceremony will take place on 9 February in Los Angeles.