This year, of the 92 films submitted by candidate countries for the Best International Film Oscar – and in addition to The Taste of Things, which represents France – 25 are French productions or co-productions, of which five are majority-French co-productions.
The record set in 2017 (27 films with a French co-production share out of all those submitted to AMPAS for the Best International Film Oscar, including four with a majority share) has again not been beaten this year, but the presence of 25 French-produced or co-produced films, including five with a majority share (and excluding The Taste of Things) still bears witness to the excellent vitality of the country's international production companies, which are very involved in co-productions, some of which benefit from the CNC's Aide aux Cinémas du Monde fund dedicated to international co-productions.
The films competing for the statuette will be chosen in successive stages, with a first short-list (fifteen films) announced on December 21. The finalists will be announced on January 23. The award ceremony will take place on March 10.
All the French (co)-production films in the running for the 2024 Oscar for Best International Film
The Taste of Things, the film chosen to represent France, has not been mentioned de facto.
French production companies are listed for each film, as well as international sales companies when French.
Majority-French films are shown in bold.
- Belgium: Omen by Baloji Tshiani • (French prod. co.: Special Touch Studios)
- Bhutan: The Monk and the Gun by Pawo Choyning Dorji • (French prod. co.: Films Boutique Production)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina: Excursion by Una Gunjak (French prod. co. & intl. sales: Salaud Morisset)
- Burkina Faso: Sira by Apolline Traoré (French prod. co.: Araucania Films, intl.sales: Wide)
- Chile: The Settlers by Felipe Galvez • (French prod. co.: Ciné-Sud Promotion, intl. sales: mk2 films)
- Colombia: A Male by Fabian Hernandez • (French prod. co.: In Vivo Films)
- Costa Rica: I Have Electric Dreams, by Valentina Maurel (French prod. co.: Geko Films)
- Estonia: Smoke Sauna Sisterhood by Anna Hints • (French prod. co.: Kepler22 Productions)
- Georgia: Citizen Saint by Tinatin Kajrishvili • (French prod. co.: Mandra Films)
- Iceland: Godland by Hlynur Pálmason • (French prod. co.: Maneki Films)
- Indonesia: Autobiography by Makbul Mubarak • (French prod. co.: In Vivo Films, intl. sales: Alpha Violet)
- Italy: The Captain by Matteo Garrone • (French prod. co.: Pathé Films)
- Jordan: Inshallah a Boy by Amjad Al Rasheed • (French prod. co.: Georges Films, intl. sales: Pyramide International)
- Kyrgyzstan: This Is What I Remember by Aktan Arym Kubat (French prod. co.: Mandra Films)
- Malaysia: Tiger Stripes by Amanda Nell Eu (French prod. co.: Still Moving)
- Mexico: Tótem by Lila Avilés (French prod. co. & intl. sales: Alpha Violet)
- Mongolia: City of Wind by Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir • French prod. co.: Aurora Films, intl. sales: Best Friend Forever (BFF)
- Palestine: Bye bye TiberiasBye bye Tiberias by Lina Soualem • (French prod. co.: Beall Productions)
- Portugal: Bad Living by João Canijo • (French prod. co.: Les Films de l'Après-Midi)
- Romania: Do Not Expect Too Much of the End of the World by Radu Jude • (French prod. co.: Les Films d'Ici)
- Senegal: Banel & Adama by Ramata-Toulaye Sy • (French prod. co.: Take Shelter, La Chauve-Souris, intl. sales: Best Friend Forever (BFF))
- Sudan: Goodbye Julia by Mohamed Kordofani • (French prod. co.: Dolce Vita Films)
- Tunisia: Four Daughters by Kaouther Ben Hania • (French prod. co.: Tanit Films, intl. sales: The Party Film Sales)
- Turkey: About Dry Grasses by Nuri Bilge Ceylan • (French prod. co.: Memento Production, ARTE France, intl. sales: Playtime)
- Vietnam: Glorious Ashes by Bùi Thac Chuyen • (French prod. co.: MAT Productions)
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