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January 29, 2021
Academy announces Animated, Documentary, and International Feature Films eligible for 93rd Oscars.
Photo: Oscar nominee Rosana Sullivan arrives on the red carpet of The 92nd Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, CA, on Sunday, February 9, 2020. Image provided by & copyright © A.M.P.A.S./ Matt Petit. [File Photo]
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LOS ANGELES, CA, January 28, 2021 — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced feature films eligible for consideration in the Animated Feature Film, Documentary Feature, and International Feature Film categories for the 93rd Academy Awards.
• ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Twenty-seven features are eligible for consideration in the Animated Feature Film category for the 93rd Academy Awards. Some of the films have not yet had their required qualifying release and must fulfill that requirement and comply with all the category’s other qualifying rules to advance in the voting process.
• DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Two hundred thirty-eight features are eligible for consideration in the Documentary Feature category for the 93rd Academy Awards. Some of the films have not yet had their required qualifying release and must fulfill that requirement and comply with all the category’s other qualifying rules to advance in the voting process.
Documentary features that have won a qualifying award or have been programmed at qualifying film festivals or submitted in the International Feature Film category as their country’s official selection are also eligible in the class. Films submitted in the Documentary Feature category may also qualify for Academy Awards in other categories, including Best Picture. Members of the Documentary Branch vote to determine the shortlist and the nominees. A shortlist of 15 films will be announced on Tuesday, February 9, 2021.
• INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
Ninety-three countries have submitted films that are eligible for consideration in the International Feature Film category for the 93rd Academy Awards. An international feature film is a feature-length motion picture (more than 40 minutes) produced outside the United States with a predominantly (more than 50%) non-English dialogue track. Lesotho, Sudan, and Suriname are first-time entrants.
This year, the Academy’s Board of Governors voted to expand the shortlist from 10 to 15 films. Academy members from all branches can participate in the preliminary round of voting. They must meet a minimum viewing requirement to be eligible to vote in the category. The Academy would announce the shortlist of 15 films on Tuesday, February 9, 2021.
It would announce the Nominations for the 93rd Academy Awards on Monday, March 15, 2021.
The 93rd Oscars will be held on Sunday, April 25, 2021, and will be televised live on ABC and in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.
93RD ACADEMY AWARDS
• FEATURE FILMS ELIGIBLE FOR CONSIDERATION IN THE INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM CATEGORY
Listed in alphabetical order by country
- Albania, “Open Door”
- Argentina, “The Sleepwalkers”
- Armenia, “Songs of Solomon”
- Austria, “What We Wanted”
- Bangladesh, “Sincerely Yours, Dhaka”
- Belgium, “Working Girls”
- Bolivia, “Chaco”
- Bosnia and Herzegovina, “Quo Vadis, Aida?”
- Brazil, “Babenco - Tell Me When I Die”
- Bulgaria, “The Father”
- Cambodia, “Fathers”
- Cameroon, “The Fisherman’s Diary”
- Canada, “14 Days, 12 Nights”
- Chile, “The Mole Agent”
- China, “Leap”
- Colombia, “El Olvido Que Seremos (Memories of My Father)”
- Costa Rica, “Land of Ashes”
- Croatia, “Extracurricular”
- Cuba, “Buscando a Casal”
- Czech Republic, “Charlatan”
- Denmark, “Another Round”
- The Dominican Republic, “A State of Madness”
- Ecuador, “Emptiness”
- Egypt, “When We’re Born”
- Estonia, “The Last Ones”
- Finland, “Tove”
- France, “Two of Us”
- Georgia, “Beginning”
- Germany, “And Tomorrow the Entire World”
- Greece, “Apples”
- Guatemala, “La Llorona”
- Honduras, “Days of Light”
- Hong Kong, “Better Days”
- Hungary, “Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time”
- Iceland, “Agnes Joy”
- India, “Jallikattu”
- Indonesia, “Impetigore”
- Iran, “Sun Children”
- Ireland, “Arracht”
- Israel, “Asia”
- Italy, “Notturno”
- Ivory Coast, “Night of the Kings”
- Japan, “True Mothers”
- Jordan, “200 Meters”
- Kazakhstan, “The Crying Steppe”
- Kenya, “The Letter”
- Kosovo, “Exile”
- Kyrgyzstan, “Running to the Sky”
- Latvia, “Blizzard of Souls”
- Lebanon, “Broken Keys”
- Lesotho, “This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection”
- Lithuania, “Nova Lituania”
- Luxembourg, “River Tales”
- Malaysia, “Roh”
- Mexico, “I’m No Longer Here”
- Mongolia, “Veins of the World”
- Montenegro, “Breasts”
- Morocco, “The Unknown Saint”
- Netherlands, “Buladó”
- Nigeria, “The Milkmaid”
- North Macedonia, “Willow”
- Norway, “Hope”
- Pakistan, “Circus of Life”
- Palestine, “Gaza Mon Amour”
- Panama, “Operation Just Cause”
- Paraguay, “Killing the Dead”
- Peru, “Song Without a Name”
- Philippines, “Mindanao”
- Poland, “Never Gonna Snow Again”
- Portugal, “Vitalina Varela”
- Romania, “Collective”
- Russia, “Dear Comrades!”
- Saudi Arabia, “Scales”
- Senegal, “Nafi’s Father”
- Serbia, “Dara of Jasenovac”
- Singapore, “Wet Season”
- Slovakia, “The Auschwitz Report”
- Slovenia, “Stories from the Chestnut Woods”
- South Africa, “Toorbos”
- South Korea, “The Man Standing Next”
- Spain, “The Endless Trench”
- Sudan, “You Will Die at Twenty”
- Suriname, “Wiren”
- Sweden, “Charter”
- Switzerland, “My Little Sister”
- Taiwan, “A Sun”
- Thailand, “Happy Old Year”
- Tunisia, “The Man Who Sold His Skin”
- Turkey, “Miracle in Cell No. 7”
- Ukraine, “Atlantis”
- Uruguay, “Aleli”
- Venezuela, “Once upon a Time in Venezuela”
- Vietnam, “Dreamy Eyes”
Source: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
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