# List of submissions to the 97th Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film

This is a list of submissions for the 97th 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this was changed in April 2019 to Best International Feature Film, after the Academy deemed the word "Foreign" to be outdated.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 97th Academy Awards, the submitted motion pictures must have first been released theatrically in their respective countries between November 1, 2023, and September 30, 2024. The deadline for submissions to the Academy was October 2, 2024. 89 countries submitted films, and 85 were found to be eligible by AMPAS and screened for voters. For the first time two films nominated for International Feature were also nominated for Best Picture, I'm Still Here (Brazil) and Emilia Pérez (France).
Brazil won the award for the first time with I'm Still Here by Walter Salles.

## Submissions

| Submitting country | Film title used in nomination | Original title | Language(s) | Director(s) | Result |
| Albania | Waterdrop | Pikë uji | Albanian, Italian | Robert Budina | Not nominated |
| Algeria | Algiers | 196 مترا/الجزائر | Arabic, French | Chakib Taleb-Bendiab | Not nominated |
| Argentina | Kill the Jockey | El jockey | Spanish | Luis Ortega | Not nominated |
| Armenia | Yasha and Leonid Brezhnev | Յաշան և Լեոնիդ Բրեժնևը | Armenian, Russian | Edgar Baghdasaryan [hy] | Not nominated |
| Austria | The Devil's Bath | Des Teufels Bad | German | Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala | Not nominated |
| Bangladesh | The Wrestler | বলী | Bengali | Iqbal Hossain Chowdhury | Not nominated |
| Belgium | Julie Keeps Quiet | Julie zwijgt | Dutch, French | Leonardo Van Dijl [nl] | Not nominated |
| Bolivia | Own Hand | Mano propia | Spanish | Gory Patiño [es] | Not nominated |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | My Late Summer | Nakon ljeta | Croatian, Bosnian | Danis Tanović | Not nominated |
| Brazil | I'm Still Here | Ainda Estou Aqui | Portuguese | Walter Salles | Won Academy Award |
| Bulgaria | Triumph | Триумф | Bulgarian | Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov | Not nominated |
| Cambodia | Meeting with Pol Pot | Rendez-vous avec Pol Pot | French, Khmer | Rithy Panh | Not nominated |
| Cameroon | Kismet | Kismet | Cameroonian Pidgin English | Ngang Romanus Ntseh | Not nominated |
| Canada | Universal Language | Une langue universelle | French, Persian | Matthew Rankin | Made shortlist |
| Chile | In Her Place | El lugar de la otra | Spanish | Maite Alberdi | Not nominated |
| China | The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru | 里斯本丸沉没 | English, Mandarin | Fang Li | Disqualified |
| Colombia | La Suprema | La Suprema | Spanish | Felipe Holguin | Not nominated |
| Costa Rica | Memories of a Burning Body | Memorias de un cuerpo que arde | Spanish | Antonella Sudasassi [de] | Not nominated |
| Croatia | Beautiful Evening, Beautiful Day | Lijepa večer, lijep dan | Croatian | Ivona Juka | Not nominated |
| Czech Republic | Waves | Vlny | Czech | Jiří Mádl | Made shortlist |
| Denmark | The Girl with the Needle | Pigen med nålen | Danish | Magnus von Horn | Nominated |
| Dominican Republic | Aire: Just Breathe | Aire | Spanish | Leticia Tonos | Not nominated |
| Ecuador | Behind the Mist | Al otro lado de la niebla | Spanish, English, Nepali | Sebastián Cordero | Not nominated |
| Egypt | Flight 404 | 404 الرحلة | Arabic | Hani Khalifa [ar] | Not nominated |
| Estonia | 8 Views of Lake Biwa | Biwa järve 8 nägu | Estonian | Marko Raat | Not nominated |
| Finland | Family Time | Mummola | Finnish | Tia Kouvo [fi] | Not nominated |
| France | Emilia Pérez | Emilia Pérez | Spanish | Jacques Audiard | Nominated |
| Georgia | The Antique | ანტიკვარიატი | Georgian, Russian | Rusudan Glurjidze | Not nominated |
| Germany | The Seed of the Sacred Fig | دانه‌ی انجیر معابد | Persian | Mohammad Rasoulof | Nominated |
| Greece | Murderess [el] | Φόνισσα | Greek | Eva Nathena | Not nominated |
| Guatemala | Rita | Rita | Spanish | Jayro Bustamante | Not nominated |
| Haiti | Kidnapping Inc. | Kidnapping Inc. | French, Haitian Creole | Bruno Mourral [ht] | Not on the final list |
| Hong Kong | Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In | 九龍城寨之圍城 | Cantonese, Teochew Min | Soi Cheang | Not nominated |
| Hungary | Semmelweis [hu] | Semmelweis [hu] | Hungarian | Lajos Koltai | Not nominated |
| Iceland | Touch | Snerting | English, Japanese, Icelandic | Baltasar Kormákur | Made shortlist |
| India | Lost Ladies | लापता लेडीज़ | Hindi | Kiran Rao | Not nominated |
| Indonesia | Women from Rote Island | Perempuan Berkelamin Darah | Rote | Jeremias Nyangoen [id] | Not nominated |
| Iran | In the Arms of the Tree | در آغوش درخت | Persian | Babak Lotfi Khajepasha | Not nominated |
| Iraq | Baghdad Messi | ميسي بغداد | Arabic, Kurdish | Sahim Omar Kalifa | Not nominated |
| Ireland | Kneecap | Kneecap | Irish, English | Rich Peppiatt | Made shortlist |
| Israel | Come Closer | קרוב אלי | Hebrew | Tom Nesher [he] | Not nominated |
| Italy | Vermiglio | Vermiglio | Ladin, Italian | Maura Delpero | Made shortlist |
| Japan | Cloud | クラウド | Japanese | Kurosawa Kiyoshi | Not nominated |
| Jordan | My Sweet Land | حلوة يا أرضي | Armenian | Sareen Hairabedian | Withdrawn |
| Kazakhstan | Bauryna Salu | Баурына салу | Kazakh | Askhat Kuchencherekov | Not nominated |
| Kenya | Nawi | Nawi | Swahili, English | Vallentine Chelluget, Apuu Mourine, Kevin Schmutzler and Toby Schmutzler | Not nominated |
| Kyrgyzstan | Paradise at Mother's Feet | Бейиш - эненин таманында | Kyrgyz | Ruslan Akun | Not nominated |
| Latvia | Flow | Straume | No dialogue | Gints Zilbalodis | Nominated |
| Lebanon | Arzé | أرزة | Arabic | Mira Shaib | Not nominated |
| Lithuania | Drowning Dry | Sesės | Lithuanian | Laurynas Bareiša | Not nominated |
| Malaysia | Abang Adik | 富都青年 | Mandarin, Cantonese, Malay | Jin Ong | Not nominated |
| Malta | Castillo | Castillo | Maltese | Abigail Mallia | Not nominated |
| Mexico | Sujo | Sujo | Spanish | Astrid Rondero and Fernanda Valadez [es] | Not nominated |
| Mongolia | If Only I Could Hibernate | Баавгай болохсон | Mongolian | Zoljargal Purevdash | Not nominated |
| Montenegro | Supermarket | Supermarket | Serbo-Croatian | Nemanja Bečanović | Not nominated |
| Morocco | Everybody Loves Touda | الجميع يحب تودة | Arabic | Nabil Ayouch | Not nominated |
| Nepal | Shambhala | शम्भाला | Tibetan, Nepali | Min Bahadur Bham | Not nominated |
| Netherlands | Memory Lane | De Terugreis | Dutch, French, English, Spanish | Jelle de Jonge [fr] | Not nominated |
| Nigeria | Mai Martaba | Mai Martaba | Hausa | Prince Aboki | Not nominated |
| Norway | Armand | Armand | Norwegian | Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel | Made shortlist |
| Pakistan | The Glassworker | شیشہ گر, | Urdu, English | Usman Riaz [zh] | Not nominated |
| Palestine | From Ground Zero | قصص غير محكية من غزة من المسافة صفر | Arabic | Aws Al-Banna, Ahmed Al-Danf, Basil Al-Maqousi, Mustafa Al-Nabih, Muhammad Alshareef, Ala Ayob, Bashar Al Balbisi, Alaa Damo, Awad Hana, Ahmad Hassunah, Mustafa Kallab, Satoum Kareem, Mahdi Karera, Rabab Khamees, Khamees Masharawi, Wissam Moussa, Tamer Najm, Abu Hasna Nidaa, Damo Nidal, Mahmoud Reema, Etimad Weshah and Islam Al Zrieai | Made shortlist |
| Panama | Wake Up Mom | Despierta mamá | Spanish | Arianne Benedetti | Not nominated |
| Paraguay | The Last Ones | Los últimos | Spanish, Guaraní | Sebastián Peña Escobar | Not nominated |
| Peru | Yana-Wara | Yana-Wara | Aymara | Óscar Catacora and Tito Catacora | Not nominated |
| Philippines | And So It Begins | And So It Begins | Filipino, English | Ramona S. Diaz | Not nominated |
| Poland | Under the Volcano | Pod wulkanem | Ukrainian, Spanish, English, Russian, German, Wolof | Damian Kocur | Not nominated |
| Portugal | Grand Tour | Grand Tour | Portuguese | Miguel Gomes | Not nominated |
| Romania | Three Kilometres to the End of the World | Trei kilometri pâna la capatul lumii | Romanian | Emanuel Pârvu | Not nominated |
| Senegal | Dahomey | Dahomey | French | Mati Diop | Made shortlist |
| Serbia | Russian Consul [sr] | Руски конзул | Serbian | Miroslav Lekić [sr] | Not nominated |
| Singapore | La Luna | La Luna | Malay | M. Raihan Halim | Not nominated |
| Slovakia | The Hungarian Dressmaker | Ema a smrtihlav | Slovak, German, Hungarian | Iveta Grófová | Not nominated |
| Slovenia | Family Therapy [de] | Odrešitev za začetnike | Slovene, English, French | Sonja Prosenc | Not nominated |
| South Africa | Old Righteous Blues | Old Righteous Blues | Afrikaans | Muneera Sallies | Not nominated |
| South Korea | 12.12: The Day | 서울의 봄 | Korean | Kim Sung-su | Not nominated |
| Spain | Saturn Return | Segundo premio | Spanish | Isaki Lacuesta and Pol Rodríguez | Not nominated |
| Sweden | The Last Journey | Den sista resan | Swedish, French | Filip Hammar and Fredrik Wikingsson | Not nominated |
| Switzerland | Queens | Reinas | Spanish | Klaudia Reynicke | Not nominated |
| Taiwan | Old Fox | 老狐狸 | Mandarin, Taiwanese Hokkien, Japanese | Hsiao Ya-chuan | Not nominated |
| Tajikistan | Melody | ملودی | Persian | Behrouz Sebt Rasoul | Not nominated |
| Thailand | How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies | หลานม่า | Thai, Teochew Min | Pat Boonnitipat | Made shortlist |
| Tunisia | Take My Breath | المباين | Arabic | Nada Mezni Hafaiedh | Not nominated |
| Turkey | Life | Hayat | Turkish | Zeki Demirkubuz | Not nominated |
| Ukraine | La Palisiada | Ля Палісіада | Ukrainian, Azerbaijani, Russian | Philip Sotnychenko | Not nominated |
| United Kingdom | Santosh | Santosh | Hindi | Sandhya Suri | Made shortlist |
| Uruguay | The Door Is There | Hay una puerta ahí | Spanish | Facundo Ponce de León [es] and Juan Ponce de León | Not on the final list |
| Venezuela | Back to Life | Vuelve a la vida | Spanish, English | Luis Carlos Hueck and Alfredo Hueck | Not nominated |
| Vietnam | Peach Blossom, Pho and Piano [vi] | Đào, phở và piano | Vietnamese | Phi Tiến Sơn [vi] | Not nominated |