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Nominees for...

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM

Nominated for Best International Feature Film

ARGENTINA 1985

(ARGENTINA)

Ricardo Darín stars; enough said. With intensity and a steady hand, this Amazon film recounts the events that took place in Argentina in the 80s. It merits high praise and more besides.

Nominated for Best International Feature Film

Nominated for Best International Feature Film

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(BELGIUM)

Following his captivating debut film Girl, director Lukas Dhont has now delivered this tale of childhood friendship - a feature that won the Grand Prix at Cannes. Belgium remains a hotbed of quality cinema.

Nominated for Best International Feature Film

Nominated for Best International Feature Film

EO

(POLAND)

The central character may be a donkey, but this is a film of undoubted cinematic beauty. Its nomination is also a recognition of the career of its 84-year-old director, Jerzy Skolimowski.

Nominated for Best International Feature Film

Nominated for Best International Feature Film

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT

(GERMANY)

Also nominated for Best Picture, this is the film to beat. Germany hasn’t won Best International Feature since 2007, for the sublime The Lives of Others. This would be the fourth time the country has scooped the award.

Nominated for Best International Feature Film

Nominated for Best International Feature Film

THE QUIET GIRL

(IRELAND)

Ireland is popular at this year’s Oscars. From the cliffs of fictional Inisherin, we move to County Waterford and this painful drama about a girl in search of a home.

Nominated for Best International Feature Film

There are few doubts that the award will go to Germany, the Great War beating the Argentinian dictatorship to the statuette. For Netflix, it would be a repeat of the streaming giant’s Oscars success with Roma.

Nominated for Best International Feature Film