Oscar Entries 2017

Submissions to the 90th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

Robin Campillo's BPM (120 battements par minute) representing France

Switzerland announced today that The Divine Order (Die göttliche Ordnung) will be their submission to the 90th Academy Awards to compete for the Best Foreign Language Film Award.

The deadline is October 2, 2017. The Academy is scheduled to announce a list of eligible submissions in late October from which nine finalists will be shortlisted in December 2017. The final five nominees will be announced on January 23, 2018. The winner will be announced on March 4, 2018 at the Oscar ceremony held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

UPDATE:

Today, October the 5th, The Academy of Motion Pictures announced the 92 submissions. 

Here is the complete list followed by my rating:

• Afghanistan - A Letter to the President
• Albania - Daybreak
• Algeria - Road to Istanbul
• Argentina - Zama ★★★★
• Armenia - Yeva ★★★
• Australia - The Space Between
• Austria - Happy End ★★★★
• Azerbaijan - Pomegranate Orchard
• Bangladesh - The Cage
• Belgium - Racer and the Jailbird ★★★★
• Bolivia - Dark Skull
• Bosnia & Herzegovina - Men Don't Cry
• Brazil - Bingo: the King of the Mornings
• Bulgaria - Glory ★★★
• Cambodia - First They Killed My Father ★★
• Canada - Hochelaga, Land of Souls ★★★★
• Chile - A Fantastic Woman ★★★
• China - Wolf Warrior 2 ★★
• Colombia - Guilty Men
• Costa Rica - The Sound of Things
• Croatia - Quit Staring at My Plate
• Czech Republic - Ice Mother ★★★★
• Denmark - You Disappear ★★★
• Dominican Republic - Woodpeckers ★★★★
• Ecuador - Alba ★★★
• Egypt - Sheikh Jackson ★★★★
• Estonia - November ★★★
• Finland - Tom of Finland ★★★
• France - BPM (Beats Per Minute) ★★★★
• Georgia - Scary Mother ★★★
• Germany - In the Fade ★★★★
• Greece - Amerika Square ★★★
• Haiti - Ayiti Mon Amour ★★
• Honduras - Morazán
• Hong Kong - Mad World ★★★
• Hungary - On Body and Soul ★★★★
• Iceland - Under the Tree ★★★
• India - Newton ★★
• Indonesia - Leftovers (Turah) ★★
• Iraq -  The Dark Wind ★★★
• Iran - Breath ★★★★
• Ireland - Song of Granite ★★★
• Israel - Foxtrot ★★★★
• Italy - A Ciambra ★★★
• Japan - Her Love Boils Bathwater ★★★★
• Kazakhstan - Road to Mother
• Kenya - Kati Kati ★★
• Kosovo - Unwanted
• Kyrgyzstan - Centaur ★★★
• Laos - Dearest Sister ★
• Latvia - The Chronicles of Melanie ★★★
• Lebanon - The Insult ★★★★★
• Lithuania - Frost ★★★
• Luxembourg - Barrage
• Mexico - Tempestad ★★★★
• Mongolia - The Children of Genghis ★
• Morocco - Razzia
• Mozambique - The Train of Salt and Sugar ★★★
• Nepal - White Sun ★
• Netherlands - Layla M. ★★★
• New Zealand - One Thousand Ropes ★★
• Norway - Thelma ★★★★
• Pakistan - Saawan ★★
• Palestine - Wajib ★★★★
• Panama - Beyond Brotherhood ★★
• Paraguay - Los Buscadores
• Peru - Rosa Chumbe ★★★
• Philippines - Birdshot ★★
• Poland - Spoor ★★★★
• Portugal - Saint Jorge
• Romania - The Fixer ★★★
• Russia - Loveless ★★★★
• Senegal - Félicité ★★★
• Serbia - Requiem for Mrs. J
• Singapore - Pop Aye ★★★
• Slovakia - The Line ★★★
• Slovenia - The Miner
• South Africa - The Wound ★★★
• South Korea - A Taxi Driver ★★★★
• Spain - Summer 1993 ★★★
• Sweden - The Square ★★★★★
• Switzerland -  The Divine Order ★★★
• Syria - Little Gandhi ★★★
• Taiwan - Small Talk ★★★
• Thailand - By the Time It Gets Dark ★★
• Tunisia - The Last of Us
• Turkey - Ayla: The Daughter of War ★★★
• UK - My Pure Land
• Ukraine - Black Level ★★★
• Uruguay - Another Story of the World
• Venezuela - El Inca ★★★
• Vietnam - Father and Son ★★★