This year, out of the 93 films submitted by the candidate countries for the Oscar for Best International Feature – and in addition to Titane, which will represent France – 24 films are coproductions, among which at least three films are majority coproductions.
The 2017 record (27 films with a French coproduction share out of the 92 submitted to the AMPAS for the Best International Feature Oscar, including four with a majority share) was not beaten, but the presence of 24 French-produced or coproduced films, i.e., almost a quarter of the 93 films submitted by the candidate countries (nominations have been closed since November 1), still testifies to the great vitality of France's international production companies, which are very involved in coproductions, some of which benefit from the CNC's Aide aux Cinémas du Monde fund.
The designation of the competitors will be carried out in successive stages, with a first shortlist (fifteen films) revealed on December 21. The final list of the five titles that will compete for the statuette will be announced on February 8, 2022, and the ceremony will take place on March 27.
Titane, the film chosen to represent France, has not been mentioned de facto. French production companies are mentioned for each film.
French majority films appear in bold.
- Armemia: Should the Wind Drop by Nora Martirosyan (SISTER Productions)
- Azerbaijan : The Island Within, by Ru Hasanov (Arizona Productions)
- Bolivia: Le Grand Mouvement by Kiro Russo (Altamar Films)
- Cambodia: White Building by Kavich Neang (Apsara Films)
- Chad : Lingui - The Sacred Bonds, by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun (Pili Films)
- Chile: White on White by Théo Court (Pomme Hurlante Films)
- Colombia: Memoria by Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Anna Sanders Films)
- Costa Rica: Clara Sola by Nathalie Álvarez Mesén (Laïdak Films)
- Denmark: Flee by Jonas Poher Rasmussen (Vivement Lundi !)
- Greece: Digger by Georgis Grigorakis (Le Bureau Films)
- Haiti : Freda, by Gessica Geneus (SaNoSi Productions)
- Indonesia: Yuni by Kamila Andini (Manny Films)
- Iran: A Hero by Asghar Farhadi (Memento Production)
- Israel: Let It Be Morning by Eran Kolirin (Les Films du Poisson)
- Kazakhstan : Yellow Cat, by Adilkhan Yerzhanov (Arizona Productions)
- Lebanon: Costa Brava, Lebanon by Mounia Akl (Cinéma Defacto, Gaijin)
- North Macedonia: Sisterhood by Dina Duma (Arizona Productions)
- Morocco: Casablanca Beats by Nabil Ayouch (Unité)
- Montenegro: After the Winter by Ivan Bakrac (Arizona Productions)
- Norway: The Worst Person in the World by Joachim Trier (MK Productions, Arte France Cinéma)
- Poland: Leave no Traces by Jan Pawel Matuszynski (Arte France Cinéma, Les Contes Modernes)
- Serbia: Oasis by Ivan Ikic (Les Films d'Antoine)
- Somalia: The Gravedigger's Wife by Khadar Ayderus Ahmed (Pyramide Productions)
- Switzerland: Olga byElie Grappe (Cinéma Defacto)
Click here for the complete list of films submitted for the 2022 Best International Feature Oscar.
