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The Oscar International Feature Submissions of Film Year 2022 I’ve Seen, Ranked [Shortlist Completed]

This is my ongoing personal record, and ranking, of the 2022 international feature submissions to the Oscars I've seen so far, plus some submission, nomination, and win statistics.

October 3 was the official deadline for submissions. The Academy released the official eligibility list on December 6. Link to the official list here.

As of the last update, I have watched all the shortlisted titles.

My Other International Features Lists: [ 2024 ] [ 2023 ] [ 2022 ] [ 2021 ] [ 2020 ]

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1.2022

★★★★★

NOMINATED, 24 JANUARY 2023.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE OSCARS, 21 DECEMBER 2022.

Submission from Belgium. Seven [7] nominations and no wins. Submitting since 1967.

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Utama

2.2022

★★★★★

Submission from Bolivia. Never nominated. Submitting since 1995.

All Quiet on the Western Front

3.2022

★★★★★

WON THE OSCAR, 12 MARCH 2023.
NOMINATED, 24 JANUARY 2023.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE OSCARS, 21 DECEMBER 2022.

Submission from . Twenty [20] nominations and 3 wins. Submitting since 1956, one of the eight original submitting countries.

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The Quiet Girl

4.2022

★★★★½

NOMINATED, 24 JANUARY 2023.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE OSCARS, 21 DECEMBER 2022.

Submission from Ireland. Never nominated. Submitting since 2005 [sporadically].

The Blue Caftan

5.2022

★★★★½

SHORTLISTED FOR THE OSCARS, 21 DECEMBER 2022.

Submission from Morocco. Never nominated. Submitting since 1977.

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Saint Omer

6.2022

★★★★½

SHORTLISTED FOR THE OSCARS, 21 DECEMBER 2022.

Submission from . Three [3] honoraries, 37 nominations, and nine [9] wins. Submitting since 1956, one of the eight original submitting countries.

Joyland

7.2022

★★★★½

SHORTLISTED FOR THE OSCARS, 21 DECEMBER 2022.

Submission from Pakistan. Never nominated. Submitting since 1959.

On the Job: The Missing 8

8.2021

★★★★½

Submission from the Philippines. Never nominated. Submitting since 1956, one of the eight original submitting countries.

Cinema Sabaya

9.2021

★★★★½

Submission from Israel. Ten [10] nominations and no wins. Submitting since 1964.

EO

10.2022

★★★★

NOMINATED, 24 JANUARY 2023.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE OSCARS, 21 DECEMBER 2022.

Submission from Poland. Twelve [12] nominations and one [1] win. Submitting since 1963.

Decision to Leave

11.2022

★★★★

SHORTLISTED FOR THE OSCARS, 21 DECEMBER 2022.

Submission from South Korea. One [1] nomination and one [1] win. Submitting since 1962.

Girl Picture

12.2022

★★★★

Submission from Finland. One [1] nominated and no wins. Submitting since 1973.

Plan 75

13.2022

★★★★

Submission from Japan. Fourteen [14] nominations, two [2] wins, and three [3] honoraries. Submitting since 1956, one of the eight original submitting countries.

Mars One

14.2022

★★★★

Submission from Brazil. Four [4] nominations and no wins. Submitting since 1960.

Argentina 1985

15.2022

★★★★

NOMINATED, 24 JANUARY 2023.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE OSCARS, 21 DECEMBER 2022.

Submission from Argentina. Seven [7] nominations and two [2] wins. Submitting since 1961.

Nice View

16.2022

★★★★

Submission from China. Two [2] nominations and no wins. Submitting since 1979.

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Corsage

17.2022

★★★★

SHORTLISTED FOR THE OSCARS, 21 DECEMBER 2022.

Submission from Austria. Four [4] nominations and two [2] wins. Submitting since 1961.

Alcarràs

18.2022

★★★★

Submission from Spain. Nineteen [19] nominations and four [4] wins. Submitting since 1956, one of the eight original submitting countries.

Last Film Show

19.2021

★★★½

SHORTLISTED FOR THE OSCARS, 21 DECEMBER 2022.

Submission from India. Three [3] nominations and no wins. Submitting since 1957.

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Ajoomma

20.2022

★★★½

Submission from Singapore. Never nominated. Submitting intermittently 1since 1959.

Bantú Mama

21.2021

★★★½

Submission from Dominican Republic. Never nominated. Submitting since 1983.

Klondike

22.2022

★★★½

Submission from Ukraine. Never nominated. Submitting since 1997.

The Kings of the World

23.2022

★★★½

Submission from Colombia. One [1] nomination and no wins. Submitting since 1980.

Farha

24.2021

★★★

Submission from Jordan. One [1] nomination and no wins. Submitting since 2008.

BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths

25.2022

★★★

SHORTLISTED FOR THE OSCARS, 21 DECEMBER 2022.

Submission from Mexico. Eight [8] nominations and one [1] win. Submitting since 1957.

Return to Seoul

26.2022

★★★

SHORTLISTED FOR THE OSCARS, 21 DECEMBER 2022.

Submission from Cambodia. One [1] nomination and no wins. Submitting since 1994.

Carmen

27.2021

★★★

Submission from Malta. Never nominated. Submitting since 2014.

One for the Road

28.2021

★★★

Submission from Thailand. Never nominated. Submitting since 1984.

Memory Box

29.2021

★★★

Submission from Lebanon. Two [2] nominations and no wins. Submitting since 1978.

Eami

30.2022

★★★

Submission from Paraguay. Never nominated. Submitting since 2015.

Cairo Conspiracy

31.2022

★★½

SHORTLISTED FOR THE OSCARS, 21 DECEMBER 2022.

Submission from Sweden. Sixteen [16] nominations and three [3] wins. Submitting since 1956, one of the eight original submitting countries.

The Bohemian

32.2022

★★½

Submission from Czech Republic. Three [3] nominations and one [1] win. Submitting since 1994 as Czech Republic.

You Won't Be Alone

33.2022

★★

Submission from Australia. One [1] nomination and no wins. Submitting since 1996.

Holy Spider

34.2022

★★

SHORTLISTED FOR THE OSCARS, 21 DECEMBER 2022.

Submission from Denmark. Fourteen [14] nominations and four [4] wins. Submitting since 1956, one of the eight original submitting countries.

The Exam

35.2021

Queued. To watch and rank.

Submission from Iraq. Never nominated. Submitting since 2005.

Goddamned Asura

36.2021

Queued. To watch and rank.

Submission from Taiwan. Three [3] nominations and one [1] win. Submitting since 1957.

Hawa

37.2022

Queued. To watch and rank.

Submission from Bangladesh. Never nominated. Submitting since 2002.

Kalev

38.2022

Queued. To watch and rank.

Submission from Estonia. One [1] nomination and no wins. Submitting since 1992.

World War III

39.2022

Queued. To watch and rank.

Submission from Iran. Three [3] nominations and two [2] wins. Submitting since 1977.

A Cup of Coffee and New Shoes On

40.2022

TBA.

Submission from Albania. Never nominated. Submitting since 1996.

Our Brothers

41.2022

TBA.

Submission from Algeria. Five [5] nominations and one [1] win. Submitting since 1969.

Aurora's Sunrise

42.2022

TBA.

Submission from Armenia. Never nominated. Submitting since 2001.

Creators

43.2021

TBA.

Submission from Azerbaijan. Never nominated. Submitting intermittenly since 2007.

A Ballad

44.2022

TBA.

Submission from Bosnia & Herzegovina. Two [2] nominations and one [1] win. Submitting since 1994.

In the Heart of the Machine

45.2022

TBA.

Submission from Bulgaria. Never nominated. Submitting since 1971.

The Planters Plantation

46.2022

TBA.

Submission from Cameroon. Never nominated. Submitting intermittently since 1980.

Eternal Spring

47.2022

★★★½

TBA.

Submission from Canada. Seven [7] nominations and one [1] win. Submitting since 1971.

Blanquita

48.2022

TBA.

Submission from Chile. Two [2] nominations and one [1] win. Submitting since 1990.

Domingo and the Mist

49.2022

TBA.

Submission from Costa Rica. Never nominated. Submitting since 1978.

Safe Place

50.2022

TBA.

Submission from Croatia. Never nominated. Submitting since 1992.

Lo Invisible

51.2021

TBA.

Submission from Ecuador. Never nominated. Submitting since 2000.

A Long Break

52.2022

TBA.

Submission from Georgia. One [1] nomination and no wins. Submitting since 1996.

Magnetic Fields

53.2021

TBA.

Submission from Greece. Five [5] nominations and no wins. Submitting since 1957.

The Silence of the Mole

54.2021

TBA.

Submission from Guatemala. Never nominated. Submitting intermittently since 1994.

Where the Wind Blows

55.2022

TBA.

Submission from Hong Kong. Three [3] nominations and no wins. Submitting since 1959.

Blockade

56.2022

TBA.

Submission from Hungary. Ten [10] nominations and two [2] wins. Submitting since 1965.

Beautiful Beings

57.2022

TBA.

Submission from Iceland. One [1] nomination. Submitting since 1980.

Missing Home

58.2022

TBA.

Submission from Indonesia. Never nominated. Submitting since 1987.

Nostalgia

59.2022

TBA.

Submission from Italy. Twenty-eight [28] nominations and eleven [11] wins. Submitting since 1956, one of the eight original submitting countries.

Life

60.2022

TBA.

Submission from Kazakhstan. One [1] nomination and no wins. Submitting since 1992.

TeraStorm

61.2022

TBA.

Submission from Kenya. Never nominated. Submitting since 2012.

Looking for Venera

62.2021

TBA.

Submission from Kosovo. Never nominated. Submitting since 2014.

Home for Sale

63.2022

TBA.

Submission from Kyrgysztan. Never nominated. Submitting since 1998.

January

64.2022

TBA.

Submission from Latvia. Never nominated. Submitting since 1992.

Pilgrims

65.2021

TBA.

Submission from Lithuania. Never nominated. Submitting since 2006.

Icarus

66.2022

TBA.

Submission from Luxembourg. Never nominated. Submitting since 1997.

Carbon

67.2022

TBA.

Submission from Moldova. Never nominated. Submitting since 2013.

Harvest Moon

68.2022

TBA.

Submission from Mongolia. Never nominated. Submitting intermittently since 2003.

The Elegy of Laurel

69.2021

TBA.

Submission from Montenegro. Never nominated. Submitting since 2013.

Butterfly on the Windowpane

70.2020

TBA.

Submission from Nepal. One (1) nomination, and no wins. Submitting since 1999.

Narcosis

71.2022

TBA.

Submission from The Netherlands. Seven [7] nominations and three [3] wins. Submitting since 1959.

The Raid

72.2022

TBA.

Submission from New Zealand. Never nominated. Submitting since 2011.

The Happiest Man in the World

73.2022

TBA.

Submission from North Macedonia. Two [2] nominations and no wins. Submitting since 1994.

War Sailor

74.2022

TBA.

Submission from Norway. Six [6] nominations and no wins. Submitting since 1957.

Mediterranean Fever

75.2022

TBA.

Submission from Palestine. Two [2] nominations and no wins. Submitting since 2003.

Birthday Boy

76.2022

TBA.

Submission from Panama. Never nominated. Submitting since 2014.

Moon Heart

77.2021

TBA.

Submission from Peru. One [1] nomination and no wins. Submitting since 1967.

Alma Viva

78.2022

TBA.

Submission from Portugal. Never nominated. Submitting since 1966.

Immaculate

79.2021

TBA.

Submission from Romania. One [1] nomination and no wins. Submitting since 1966.

Raven Song

80.2022

TBA.

Submission from Saudi Arabia. Never nominated. Submitting since 2013.

Xalé

81.2022

TBA.

Submission from Senegal. Never nominated. Submitting since 2017.

Darkling

82.2022

TBA.

Submission from Serbia. Never nominated. Submitting since 1994.

Victim

83.2022

TBA.

Submission from Slovakia. Never nominated. Submitting since 1993.

Orchestra

84.2021

TBA.

Submission from Slovenia. Never nominated. Submitting since 1993.

A Piece of Sky

85.2022

TBA.

Submission from Switzerland. Five [5] nominations and two [2] wins. Submitting since 1961.

Tug of War

86.2021

TBA.

Submission from Tanzania. First submission! Submitting since 2022.

Under the Fig Trees

87.2021

TBA.

Submission from Tunisia. One [1] nomination and no wins. Submitting since 1995.

Kerr

88.2021

TBA.

Submission from Turkey. Never nominated. Submitting since 1964 [sporadically].

Tembele

89.2022

TBA.

Submission from Uganda. First submission! Submitting since 2022.

Winners

90.2022

TBA.

Submission from United Kingdom. Two [2] nominations and no wins. Submitting since 1991.

The Employer and the Employee

91.2021

TBA.

Submission from Uruguay. Never nominated. Submitting since 1992.

The Box

92.2021

TBA.

Submission from Venezuela. Never nominated. Submitting since 1978.

578: Magnum

93.2022

TBA.

Submission from Vietnam. One [1] nomination and no wins. Submitting since 1993.