Golden Globes: ‘The Farewell,’ ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’ among eligible Foreign Language Film contenders
This year, 80 Foreign Language Films from 49 countries are eligible for Golden Globes consideration
Each year the Hollywood Foreign Press Association bestows the Golden Globe Award in the Foreign Language category. To qualify a film must be a motion picture drama, musical or comedy with at least 51% of the dialogue spoken in a non English language. Documentaries are not eligible. Animated films – including foreign language ones – are considered in the Animation category. Conversely, foreign language films are not eligible in the Best Drama Film or Best Comedy/Musical Film category.
To qualify, a foreign language film must have been released in their country of origin during the prior 15-month period, from October 1st to December 31st before the awards. Each film must have been screened for active HFPA members. Differently than the Academy Awards rules, the HFPA does not limit submissions to one per country, multiple submissions from any country are allowed as long as the films follow the qualification requirements and are screened for the membership as verified by the Foreign Film Committee.
The nominations for the 77th Golden Globe Awards will be announced December 9th. Here are the eligible films:
| TITLE | COUNTRY | DIRECTOR |
|---|---|---|
| Adam | Morocco | Maryam Touzani |
| The Anarchist Banker | Italy | Giulio Base |
| And Then We Danced | Sweden, Georgia, France | Levan Akin |
| Antigone | Canada | Sophie Deraspe |
| Atlantics | Senegal, France, Belgium | Mati Diop |
| Aurora | Kyrgyzstan | Bekzat Pirmatov |
| Baba | India | Raj Gupta |
| Beanpole | Russia | Kantemir Balagov |
| The Best Years of a Life | France | Claude Lelouch |
| The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind | Malawi, United Kingdom | Chiwetel Ejiofor |
| The Bull | Russia | Boris Akopov |
| Buoyancy | Australia | Rodd Rathjen |
| The Burial of Kojo | Ghana | Sam Blitz Bazawule |
| By The Grace of God | France | François Ozon |
| Commitment – Baglilik-Asli (Commitment) | Turkey | Semih Kaplanoglu |
| Corpus Christi | Poland | Jan Komasa |
| Cyrano, My Love | France | Alexis Michalik |
| The Dazzled | France | Sarah Suco |
| Dear Ex | Taiwan | Chi-Yen Hsu |
| The Delegation | Albania, France | Bujar Alimani |
| The Domain | Portugal | Tiago Guedes |
| Eight Out Of Ten | Mexico | Sergio Umansky |
| Everybody Changes | Panama | Arturo Montenegro |
| The Farewell | USA | Lulu Wang |
| Genèse (Genesis) | Canada | Philippe Lesage |
| Gully Boy | India | Zoya Akhtar |
| The Halt | Philippines | Lav Diaz |
| Her Job | Greece | Nikos Labôt |
| Heroic Losers | Argentina, Spain | Sebastián Borensztein |
| Homeward | Ukraine | Nariman Aliev |
| Hot Bread | Uzbekistan | Umid Khamdamov |
| House of Hummingbird | South Korea | Bora Kim |
| I Am You | Afghanistan | Sonia Nassery Cole |
| I Killed My Husband | Spain | Francisco Lupini Basagoiti |
| In Paradox | Kuwait | Hamad Hassan AlSarraf |
| Incitement | Israel | Yaron Zilberman |
| Instinct | Netherlands | Halina Reijn |
| Invisible Life | Brazil | Karim Aïnouz |
| Irina | Bulgaria | Nadedjda Koseva |
| Joy | Austria | Sudabeh Mortezai |
| Kaddish | Belarus, Russia | Konstantin Fam |
| A Land Imagined | Singapore | Siew Hua Yeo |
| Les Misérables | France | Ladj Ly |
| Lionheart | Nigeria | Genevieve Nnaji |
| Meiduo | China | Xi Guan |
| The Money Changer | Uruguay, Argentina | Federico Veiroj |
| Monos | Colombia, Argentina, Uruguay | Alejandro Landes |
| Moon Hotel Kabul | Romania, France | Anca Damian |
| Morine | Lebanon | Tony Farjallah |
| Non-Fiction | France, Germany | Olivier Assayas |
| On A Magical Night | France | Christophe Honoré |
| One Last Deal | Finland | Klaus Härö |
| Our Mothers | Guatemala, Belgium | Cesar Diaz |
| Out Stealing Horses | Norway | Hans Petter Mokabd |
| Pain and Glory | Spain | Pedro Almodóvar |
| The Painted Bird | Czech Republic | Vaclav Marhoul |
| Papicha | Algeria | Mounia Meddour |
| Parasite | South Korea | Joon-ho Bong |
| The Perfect Candidate | Saudi Arabia | Haifaa Al-Mansour |
| Photograph | India | Ritesh Batra |
| Portrait of a Lady on Fire | France | Céline Sciamma |
| Queen of Hearts | Denmark | May el-Toukhy |
| Realm, The | Spain, France | Rodrigo Sorogoyen |
| Running Against The Wind | Ethiopia | Jan Philipp Weyl |
| Saving Leningrad | Russia | Aleksey Kozlov |
| The Secret of a Leader | Kazakhstan | Farkhat Sharipov |
| Shindisi | Georgia | Dito Tsintsadze |
| Shyrakshy (Guardian of the Light) | Kazakhstan | Ermek Tursunov |
| Sibel | Turkey | Guillaume Giovanetti, Çagla Zencirci |
| Silence of Smoke | China | Yojiro Takita |
| Single Slipper Size 7 | India | Radhakrishnan Parthiban |
| So Long, My Son | China | Xiaoshuai Wang |
| Someone, Somewhere | France | Cédric Klapisch |
| Spider | Chile | Andrés Wood |
| Strangers of Patience | Russia | Vladimir Alenikov |
| Stupid Young Heart | Finland | Selma Vilhunen |
| Synonyms | Israel, France, Germany | Nadav Lapid |
| System Crasher | Germany | Nora Fingscheidt |
| Tel Aviv On Fire | Luxembourg, Belgium, Israel, France | Sameh Zoabi |
| The Third Wife | Vietnam | Ash Mayfar |
| Those Who Remained | Hungary | Barnabás Tóth |
| To Let | India | Chezhiyan Ramalingan |
| Tomiris | Kazakhstan | Akan Satayev |
| The Traitor | Italy | Marco Bellochio |
| A Translator | Cuba | Rodrigo Barriuso, Sebastián Barriuso |
| Truth and Justice | Estonia | Tanel Toom |
| The Weasel’s Tale | Argentina, Spain | Juan José Campanella |
| The Whistlers | Romania | Corneliu Porumboiu |
| Wild League | Russia | Art Camacho |
| Wolkenbruch’s Wonderous Journey Into the Arms of a Shiksa | Switzerland, Germany | Michael Steiner |
| Young Ahmed | Belgium | Jean Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne |
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