Golden Globes: ‘The Farewell,’ ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’ among eligible Foreign Language Film contenders

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Alfonso Cuarón at the 2019 Golden Globe Awards – Press Room at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 6, 2019 in Beverly Hills, CA (Joe Seer / Shutterstock.com)

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:

TITLECOUNTRYDIRECTOR
AdamMoroccoMaryam Touzani
The Anarchist BankerItalyGiulio Base
And Then We DancedSweden, Georgia, FranceLevan Akin
AntigoneCanadaSophie Deraspe
AtlanticsSenegal, France, BelgiumMati Diop
AuroraKyrgyzstanBekzat Pirmatov
BabaIndiaRaj Gupta
BeanpoleRussiaKantemir Balagov
The Best Years of a LifeFranceClaude Lelouch
The Boy Who Harnessed The WindMalawi, United KingdomChiwetel Ejiofor
The BullRussiaBoris Akopov
BuoyancyAustraliaRodd Rathjen
The Burial of KojoGhanaSam Blitz Bazawule
By The Grace of GodFranceFrançois Ozon
Commitment – Baglilik-Asli (Commitment)TurkeySemih Kaplanoglu
Corpus ChristiPolandJan Komasa
Cyrano, My LoveFranceAlexis Michalik
The DazzledFranceSarah Suco
Dear ExTaiwanChi-Yen Hsu
The DelegationAlbania, FranceBujar Alimani
The DomainPortugalTiago Guedes
Eight Out Of TenMexicoSergio Umansky
Everybody ChangesPanamaArturo Montenegro
The FarewellUSALulu Wang
Genèse (Genesis)CanadaPhilippe Lesage
Gully BoyIndiaZoya Akhtar
The HaltPhilippinesLav Diaz
Her JobGreeceNikos Labôt
Heroic LosersArgentina, SpainSebastián Borensztein
HomewardUkraineNariman Aliev
Hot BreadUzbekistanUmid Khamdamov
House of HummingbirdSouth KoreaBora Kim
I Am YouAfghanistanSonia Nassery Cole
I Killed My HusbandSpainFrancisco Lupini Basagoiti
In ParadoxKuwaitHamad Hassan AlSarraf
IncitementIsraelYaron Zilberman
InstinctNetherlandsHalina Reijn
Invisible LifeBrazilKarim Aïnouz
IrinaBulgariaNadedjda Koseva
JoyAustriaSudabeh Mortezai
KaddishBelarus, RussiaKonstantin Fam
A Land ImaginedSingaporeSiew Hua Yeo
Les MisérablesFranceLadj Ly
LionheartNigeriaGenevieve Nnaji
MeiduoChinaXi Guan
The Money ChangerUruguay, ArgentinaFederico Veiroj
MonosColombia, Argentina, UruguayAlejandro Landes
Moon Hotel KabulRomania, FranceAnca Damian
MorineLebanonTony Farjallah
Non-FictionFrance, GermanyOlivier Assayas
On A Magical NightFranceChristophe Honoré
One Last DealFinlandKlaus Härö
Our MothersGuatemala, BelgiumCesar Diaz
Out Stealing HorsesNorwayHans Petter Mokabd
Pain and GlorySpainPedro Almodóvar
The Painted BirdCzech RepublicVaclav Marhoul
PapichaAlgeriaMounia Meddour
ParasiteSouth KoreaJoon-ho Bong
The Perfect CandidateSaudi ArabiaHaifaa Al-Mansour
PhotographIndiaRitesh Batra
Portrait of a Lady on FireFranceCéline Sciamma
Queen of HeartsDenmarkMay el-Toukhy
Realm, TheSpain, FranceRodrigo Sorogoyen
Running Against The WindEthiopiaJan Philipp Weyl
Saving LeningradRussiaAleksey Kozlov
The Secret of a LeaderKazakhstanFarkhat Sharipov
ShindisiGeorgiaDito Tsintsadze
Shyrakshy (Guardian of the Light)KazakhstanErmek Tursunov
SibelTurkeyGuillaume Giovanetti, Çagla Zencirci
Silence of SmokeChinaYojiro Takita
Single Slipper Size 7IndiaRadhakrishnan Parthiban
So Long, My SonChinaXiaoshuai Wang
Someone, SomewhereFranceCédric Klapisch
SpiderChileAndrés Wood
Strangers of PatienceRussiaVladimir Alenikov
Stupid Young HeartFinlandSelma Vilhunen
SynonymsIsrael, France, GermanyNadav Lapid
System CrasherGermanyNora Fingscheidt
Tel Aviv On FireLuxembourg, Belgium, Israel, FranceSameh Zoabi
The Third WifeVietnamAsh Mayfar
Those Who RemainedHungaryBarnabás Tóth
To LetIndiaChezhiyan Ramalingan
TomirisKazakhstanAkan Satayev
The TraitorItalyMarco Bellochio
A TranslatorCubaRodrigo Barriuso, Sebastián Barriuso
Truth and JusticeEstoniaTanel Toom
The Weasel’s TaleArgentina, SpainJuan José Campanella
The WhistlersRomaniaCorneliu Porumboiu
Wild LeagueRussiaArt Camacho
Wolkenbruch’s Wonderous Journey Into the Arms of a ShiksaSwitzerland, GermanyMichael Steiner
Young AhmedBelgiumJean Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
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