LOS ANGELES, CA, November 22, 2024 — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the feature films eligible for consideration in the Animated Feature Film, Documentary Feature Film, and International Feature Film categories for the 97th Academy Awards.
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Thirty-one films are eligible for consideration in the Animated Feature Film category for the 97th Academy Awards.
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM
One hundred sixty-nine features are eligible for consideration in the Documentary Feature Film category for the 97th Academy Awards.
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
Eighty-five countries and regions have submitted films eligible for the International Feature Film category at the 97th Academy Awards.
An international feature film is a feature-length motion picture lasting more than 40 minutes that is produced outside the United States and has a predominantly non-English dialogue track, with more than 50% of the dialogue in languages other than English.
Academy members from all branches are invited to participate in the preliminary voting round. To be eligible to vote in this category, members must meet a minimum viewing requirement. The shortlist of 15 films will be announced on Tuesday, December 17, 2024.
Preliminary voting for the 97th Academy Awards will begin on Monday, December 9, 2024, and end on Friday, December 13, 2024.
Shortlists for the 97th Academy Awards will be announced on Tuesday, December 17, 2024.
Nominations for the 97th Academy Awards will be announced on Friday, January 17, 2025.
The 97th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 2, 2025, at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood and will be televised live on ABC and in more than 200 territories worldwide.
97TH ACADEMY AWARDS
FILMS ELIGIBLE FOR CONSIDERATION IN THE INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM CATEGORY
Listed in alphabetical order by country or region
Albania, “Waterdrop”
Algeria, “Algiers”
Argentina, “Kill the Jockey”
Armenia, “Yasha and Leonid Brezhnev”
Austria, “The Devil’s Bath”
Bangladesh, “The Wrestler”
Belgium, “Julie Keeps Quiet”
Bolivia, “Own Hand”
Bosnia and Herzegovina, “My Late Summer”
Brazil, “I’m Still Here”
Bulgaria, “Triumph”
Cambodia, “Meeting with Pol Pot”
Cameroon, “Kismet”
Canada, “Universal Language”
Chile, “In Her Place”
Colombia, “La Suprema”
Costa Rica, “Memories of a Burning Body”
Croatia, “Beautiful Evening, Beautiful Day”
Czech Republic, “Waves”
Denmark, “The Girl with the Needle”
Dominican Republic, “Aire Just Breathe”
Ecuador, “Behind the Mist”
Egypt, “Flight 404”
Estonia, “8 Views of Lake Biwa”
Finland, “Family Time”
France, “Emilia Pérez”
Georgia, “The Antique”
Germany, “The Seed of the Sacred Fig”
Greece, “Murderess”
Guatemala, “Rita”
Hong Kong, “Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In”
Hungary, “Semmelweis”
Iceland, “Touch”
India, “Lost Ladies”
Indonesia, “Women from Rote Island”
Iran, “In the Arms of the Tree”
Iraq, “Baghdad Messi”
Ireland, “Kneecap”
Israel, “Come Closer”
Italy, “Vermiglio”
Japan, “Cloud”
Kazakhstan, “Bauryna Salu”
Kenya, “Nawi”
Kyrgyzstan, “Paradise at Mother’s Feet”
Latvia, “Flow”
Lebanon, “Arzé”
Lithuania, “Drowning Dry”
Malaysia, “Abang Adik”
Malta, “Castillo”
Mexico, “Sujo”
Mongolia, “If Only I Could Hibernate”
Montenegro, “Supermarket”
Morocco, “Everybody Loves Touda”
Nepal, “Shambhala”
Netherlands, “Memory Lane”
Nigeria, “Mai Martaba”
Norway, “Armand”
Pakistan, “The Glassworker”
Palestine, “From Ground Zero”
Panama, “Wake Up Mom”
Paraguay, “The Last Ones”
Peru, “Yana-Wara”
Philippines, “And So It Begins”
Poland, “Under the Volcano”
Portugal, “Grand Tour”
Romania, “Three Kilometres to the End of the World”
Senegal, “Dahomey”
Serbia, “Russian Consul”
Singapore, “La Luna”
Slovakia, “The Hungarian Dressmaker”
Slovenia, “Family Therapy”
South Africa, “Old Righteous Blues”
South Korea, “12.12: The Day”
Spain, “Saturn Return”
Sweden, “The Last Journey”
Switzerland, “Queens”
Taiwan, “Old Fox”
Tajikistan, “Melody”
Thailand, “How to Make Millions before Grandma Dies”
Tunisia, “Take My Breath”
Turkey, “Life”
Ukraine, “La Palisiada”
United Kingdom, “Santosh”
Venezuela, “Back to Life”
Vietnam, “Peach Blossom, Pho and Piano”
Source: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Surender Hastir 