# List of submissions to the 92nd Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film

This is a list of submissions to the 92nd Academy Awards for the Best International Feature Film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) has invited the film industries of various countries to submit their best film for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film every year since the award was created in 1956. The award is presented annually by the Academy to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non-English dialogue. The International Feature Film Award Committee oversees the process and reviews all the submitted films. The category was previously called the Best Foreign Language Film, but this was changed in April 2019 to Best International Feature Film, after the Academy deemed the word "Foreign" to be outdated.
For the 92nd Academy Awards, the submitted motion pictures must be first released theatrically in their respective countries between 1 October 2018 and 30 September 2019. The deadline for submissions was 1 October 2019, with the Academy announcing a list of eligible films on 7 October 2019. A total of 94 countries submitted a film, with a record number of 93 being accepted. Three countries submitted a film for the first time. Ghana sent Azali, Nigeria sent Lionheart, and Uzbekistan sent Hot Bread. However, on 4 November 2019, the Academy disqualified Nigeria's entry, as the majority of the film's dialogue is in English. From the longlist, ten finalists were shortlisted, with those ten films announced on 16 December 2019, with the final five nominees announced on 13 January 2020.
South Korea won the award for the first time with Parasite by Bong Joon Ho, which also won the award for Best Picture, becoming the first non-English language film to do so, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay.

## Submissions

| Submitting Country | Film Title used in nomination | Original Title | Language(s) | Director(s) | Result |
| Afghanistan | Hava, Maryam, Ayesha | حوا، مریم، عایشه | Persian, Dari | Sahraa Karimi | Disqualified |
| Albania | The Delegation | Delegacioni | Albanian, French | Bujar Alimani [el] | Not nominated |
| Algeria | Papicha | بابيشة | Arabic, French | Mounia Meddour | Not nominated |
| Argentina | Heroic Losers | La odisea de los giles | Spanish | Sebastián Borensztein | Not nominated |
| Armenia | Lengthy Night | Էրկեն Կիշեր | Armenian | Edgar Baghdasaryan [hy] | Not nominated |
| Australia | Buoyancy | Buoyancy | Khmer, Thai, Isan | Rodd Rathjen | Not nominated |
| Austria | Joy | Joy | English, German, Nigerian Pidgin, Edo | Sudabeh Mortezai | Disqualified |
| Bangladesh | Alpha | আলফা | Bengali | Nasiruddin Yousuff | Not nominated |
| Belarus | Debut | Дебют | Russian | Anastasiya Miroshnichenko | Not nominated |
| Belgium | Our Mothers | Nuestras madres | Spanish | César Díaz | Not nominated |
| Bolivia | I Miss You | Tu me manques | Spanish, English | Rodrigo Bellot [es] | Not nominated |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | The Son | Sin | Bosnian | Ines Tanović [bs] | Not nominated |
| Brazil | Invisible Life | A Vida Invisível de Eurídice Gusmão | Brazilian Portuguese | Karim Aïnouz | Not nominated |
| Bulgaria | Ága | Ага | Yakut | Milko Lazarov [fr] | Not nominated |
| Cambodia | In the Life of Music | តន្រ្តីជីវិត | Khmer, English | Caylee So and Sok Visal | Not nominated |
| Canada | Antigone | Antigone | French, English, Arabic | Sophie Deraspe | Not nominated |
| Chile | Spider | Araña | Spanish, German, Haitian Creole | Andrés Wood | Not nominated |
| China | Ne Zha | 哪吒之魔童降世 | Mandarin | Jiaozi | Not nominated |
| Colombia | Monos | Monos | Spanish, English | Alejandro Landes | Not nominated |
| Costa Rica | The Awakening of the Ants | El despertar de las hormigas | Spanish | Antonella Sudasassi [de] | Not nominated |
| Croatia | Mali | Mali | Croatian | Antonio Nuić | Not nominated |
| Cuba | A Translator | Un Traductor | Spanish, Russian | Rodrigo Barriuso and Sebastián Barriuso | Not nominated |
| Czech Republic | The Painted Bird | Nabarvené ptáče | Interslavic, Czech, Russian, German | Václav Marhoul | Made shortlist |
| Denmark | Queen of Hearts | Dronningen | Danish, Swedish | May el-Toukhy | Not nominated |
| Dominican Republic | The Projectionist | El proyeccionista | Spanish | José María Cabral | Not nominated |
| Ecuador | The Longest Night | La mala noche | Spanish | Gabriela Calvache [es] | Not nominated |
| Egypt | Poisonous Roses | ورد مسموم | Arabic | Fawzi Saleh | Not nominated |
| Estonia | Truth and Justice | Tõde ja õigus | Estonian | Tanel Toom | Made shortlist |
| Ethiopia | Running Against the Wind | የንፋሱ ፍልሚያ | Amharic | Jan Philipp Weyl | Not nominated |
| Finland | Stupid Young Heart | Hölmö nuori sydän | Finnish, Somali | Selma Vilhunen | Not nominated |
| France | Les Misérables | Les Misérables | French | Ladj Ly | Nominated |
| Georgia | Shindisi | შინდისი | Georgian, Russian | Dito Tsintsadze | Not nominated |
| Germany | System Crasher | Systemsprenger | German | Nora Fingscheidt | Not nominated |
| Ghana | Azali | Azali | Dagbani, Akan | Kwabena Gyansah | Not nominated |
| Greece | When Tomatoes Met Wagner | Όταν ο Βάγκνερ Συνάντησε τις Ντομάτες | Greek | Marianna Economou [fr] | Not nominated |
| Honduras | Blood, Passion and Coffee | Café con Sabor a mi Tierra | Spanish | Carlos Membreño | Not nominated |
| Hong Kong | The White Storm 2: Drug Lords | 掃毒2天地對決 | Cantonese | Herman Yau | Not nominated |
| Hungary | Those Who Remained | Akik maradtak | Hungarian | Barnabás Tóth [hu] | Made shortlist |
| Iceland | A White, White Day | Hvítur, Hvítur Dagur | Icelandic | Hlynur Pálmason | Not nominated |
| India | Gully Boy | गली बॉय | Hindi | Zoya Akhtar | Not nominated |
| Indonesia | Memories of My Body | Kucumbu Tubuh Indahku | Javanese | Garin Nugroho | Not nominated |
| Iran | Finding Farideh | در جستجوی فریده | Persian, Dutch, English | Kourosh Ataee and Azadeh Moussavi | Not nominated |
| Ireland | Gaza | غزة | Arabic | Garry Keane and Andrew McConnell | Not nominated |
| Israel | Incitement | ימים נוראים | Hebrew | Yaron Zilberman | Not nominated |
| Italy | The Traitor | Il traditore | Italian, Sicilian, Portuguese | Marco Bellocchio | Not nominated |
| Japan | Weathering with You | 天気の子 | Japanese | Makoto Shinkai | Not nominated |
| Kazakhstan | Kazakh Khanate – Golden Throne | Қазақ Xандығының – Aлтын Tесігі | Kazakh, Russian | Rustem Abdrashev [kk] | Not nominated |
| Kenya | Subira | Subira | Swahili, English | Ravneet Chadha | Not nominated |
| Kosovo | Zana | Zana | Albanian | Antoneta Kastrati | Not nominated |
| Kyrgyzstan | Aurora | Аврора | Kyrgyz, Russian | Bekzat Pirmatov | Not nominated |
| Latvia | The Mover | Tēvs Nakts | Latvian, Russian, German, Yiddish | Dāvis Sīmanis Jr. [lv] | Not nominated |
| Lebanon | 1982 | 1982 | Arabic, English, French | Oualid Mouaness | Not nominated |
| Lithuania | Bridges of Time | Laiko tiltai | Lithuanian, Latvian, Estonian, Russian, Hebrew | Kristine Briede and Audrius Stonys | Not nominated |
| Luxembourg | Tel Aviv on Fire | תל אביב על האש | Hebrew, Arabic | Sameh Zoabi | Not nominated |
| Malaysia | M for Malaysia | M for Malaysia | Malay, English | Dian Lee and Ineza Roussille | Not nominated |
| Mexico | The Chambermaid | La camarista | Spanish, French | Lila Avilés | Not nominated |
| Mongolia | The Steed | Хийморь | Mongolian, Kazakh, Mandarin, Russian | Erdenebileg Ganbold | Not nominated |
| Montenegro | Neverending Past | Između dana i noći | Serbian | Andro Martinovic | Not nominated |
| Morocco | Adam | آدم | Arabic | Maryam Touzani | Not nominated |
| Nepal | Bulbul | बुलबुल | Nepali | Binod Paudel | Not nominated |
| Netherlands | Instinct | Instinct | Dutch | Halina Reijn | Not nominated |
| Nigeria | Lionheart | Lionheart | English, Igbo, Hausa | Genevieve Nnaji | Disqualified |
| North Macedonia | Honeyland | Медена земја | Balkan Gagauz Turkish, Macedonian, Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian | Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov | Nominated |
| Norway | Out Stealing Horses | Ut og stjæle hester | Norwegian, Swedish | Hans Petter Moland | Not nominated |
| Pakistan | Laal Kabootar | لال کبوتر | Urdu | Kamal Khan | Not nominated |
| Palestine | It Must Be Heaven | It Must Be Heaven | Arabic, French, English, Spanish, Hebrew, Japanese | Elia Suleiman | Not nominated |
| Panama | Everybody Changes | Todos Cambiamos | Spanish | Arturo Montenegro | Not nominated |
| Peru | Retablo | Retablo | Ayacucho Quechua, Spanish | Alvaro Delgado-Aparicio | Not nominated |
| Philippines | Verdict | Verdict | Tagalog, Filipino, English | Raymund Ribay Gutierrez | Not nominated |
| Poland | Corpus Christi | Boże Ciało | Polish | Jan Komasa | Nominated |
| Portugal | The Domain | A Herdade | Portuguese | Tiago Guedes | Not nominated |
| Romania | The Whistlers | La Gomera | Romanian, English, Silbo Gomero, Spanish | Corneliu Porumboiu | Not nominated |
| Russia | Beanpole | Дылда | Russian | Kantemir Balagov | Made shortlist |
| Saudi Arabia | The Perfect Candidate | المرشح المثالي | Arabic | Haifaa al-Mansour | Not nominated |
| Senegal | Atlantics | Atlantique | Wolof, French, English | Mati Diop | Made shortlist |
| Serbia | King Petar of Serbia | Краљ Петар Први | Serbian | Petar Ristovski | Not nominated |
| Singapore | A Land Imagined | 幻土 | Mandarin, English, Bengali | Yeo Siew Hua | Not nominated |
| Slovakia | Let There Be Light | Nech je svetlo | Slovak, German | Marko Škop | Not nominated |
| Slovenia | History of Love | Zgodovina ljubezni | Slovene, English | Sonja Prosenc | Not nominated |
| South Africa | Knuckle City | Knuckle City | Xhosa | Jahmil X.T. Qubeka | Not nominated |
| South Korea | Parasite | 기생충 | Korean | Bong Joon-ho | Won Academy Award |
| Spain | Pain and Glory | Dolor y gloria | Spanish | Pedro Almodóvar | Nominated |
| Sweden | And Then We Danced | და ჩვენ ვიცეკვეთ | Georgian | Levan Akin | Not nominated |
| Switzerland | The Awakening of Motti Wolkenbruch | Wolkenbruchs wunderliche Reise in die Arme einer Schickse | German, Yiddish, Hebrew, Swiss German | Michael Steiner [de] | Not nominated |
| Taiwan | Dear Ex | 誰先愛上他的 | Mandarin | Mag Hsu and Hsu Chih-yen | Not nominated |
| Thailand | Krasue: Inhuman Kiss | แสงกระสือ | Thai | Sitisiri Mongkolsiri | Not nominated |
| Tunisia | Dear Son | ولدي | Arabic | Mohamed Ben Attia | Not nominated |
| Turkey | Commitment | Bağlılık Aslı | Turkish | Semih Kaplanoğlu | Not nominated |
| Ukraine | Homeward | Evge / Додому | Crimean Tatar, Ukrainian | Nariman Aliev | Not nominated |
| United Kingdom | The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind | The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind | Chewa, English | Chiwetel Ejiofor | Not nominated |
| Uruguay | The Moneychanger | Así habló el cambista | Spanish | Federico Veiroj | Not nominated |
| Uzbekistan | Hot Bread | Issiq non | Uzbek | Umid Khamdamov | Not nominated |
| Venezuela | Being Impossible | Yo, imposible | Spanish | Patricia Ortega | Not nominated |
| Vietnam | Furie | Hai Phượng | Vietnamese | Lê Văn Kiệt | Not nominated |