Sono ben 92 i film che cercheranno di entrare nella cinquina del miglior film straniero ai prossimi premi Oscar. Ecco l’elenco completo in lingua inglese dei paesi che parteciperanno, dei film che li rappresenteranno e del regista che li ha firmati:

Afghanistan, “A Letter to the President,†Roya Sadat, director;
Albania, “Daybreak,†Gentian Koçi, director;
Algeria, “Road to Istanbul,†Rachid Bouchareb, director;
Argentina, “Zama,†Lucrecia Martel, director;
Armenia, “Yeva,†Anahit Abad, director;
Australia, “The Space Between,†Ruth Borgobello, director;
Austria, “Happy End,†Michael Haneke, director;
Azerbaijan, “Pomegranate Orchard,†Ilgar Najaf, director;
Bangladesh, “The Cage,†Akram Khan, director;
Belgium, “Racer and the Jailbird,†Michaël R. Roskam, director;
Bolivia, “Dark Skull,†Kiro Russo, director;
Bosnia and Herzegovina, “Men Don’t Cry,†Alen Drljević, director;
Brazil, “Bingo – The King of the Mornings,†Daniel Rezende, director;
Bulgaria, “Glory,†Petar Valchanov, Kristina Grozeva, directors;
Cambodia, “First They Killed My Father,†Angelina Jolie, director;
Canada, “Hochelaga, Land of Souls,†François Girard, director;
Chile, “A Fantastic Woman,†Sebastián Lelio, director;
China, “Wolf Warrior 2,†Wu Jing, director;
Colombia, “Guilty Men,†Iván D. Gaona, director;
Costa Rica, “The Sound of Things,†Ariel Escalante, director;
Croatia, “Quit Staring at My Plate,†Hana Jušić, director;
Czech Republic, “Ice Mother,†Bohdan Sláma, director;
Denmark, “You Disappear,†Peter Schønau Fog, director;
Dominican Republic, “Woodpeckers,†Jose Maria Cabral, director;
Ecuador, “Alba,†Ana Cristina Barragán, director;
Egypt, “Sheikh Jackson,†Amr Salama, director;
Estonia, “November,†Rainer Sarnet, director;
Finland, “Tom of Finland,†Dome Karukoski, director;
France, “BPM (Beats Per Minute),†Robin Campillo, director;
Georgia, “Scary Mother,†Ana Urushadze, director;
Germany, “In the Fade,†Fatih Akin, director;
Greece, “Amerika Square,†Yannis Sakaridis, director;
Haiti, “Ayiti Mon Amour,†Guetty Felin, director;
Honduras, “Morazán,†Hispano Durón, director;
Hong Kong, “Mad World,†Wong Chun, director;
Hungary, “On Body and Soul,†Ildikó Enyedi, director;
Iceland, “Under the Tree,†Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson, director;
India, “Newton,†Amit V Masurkar, director;
Indonesia, “Turah,†Wicaksono Wisnu Legowo, director;
Iran, “Breath,†Narges Abyar, director;
Iraq, “Reseba – The Dark Wind,†Hussein Hassan, director;
Ireland, “Song of Granite,†Pat Collins, director;
Israel, “Foxtrot,†Samuel Maoz, director;
Italy, “A Ciambra,†Jonas Carpignano, director;
Japan, “Her Love Boils Bathwater,†Ryota Nakano, director;
Kazakhstan, “The Road to Mother,†Akhan Satayev, director;
Kenya, “Kati Kati,†Mbithi Masya, director;
Kosovo, “Unwanted,†Edon Rizvanolli, director;
Kyrgyzstan, “Centaur,†Aktan Arym Kubat, director;
Lao People’s Democratic Republic, “Dearest Sister,†Mattie Do, director;
Latvia, “The Chronicles of Melanie,†Viestur Kairish, director;
Lebanon, “The Insult,†Ziad Doueiri, director;
Lithuania, “Frost,†Sharunas Bartas, director;
Luxembourg, “Barrage,†Laura Schroeder, director;
Mexico, “Tempestad,†Tatiana Huezo, director;
Mongolia, “The Children of Genghis,†Zolbayar Dorj, director;
Morocco, “Razzia,†Nabil Ayouch, director;
Mozambique, “The Train of Salt and Sugar,†Licinio Azevedo, director;
Nepal, “White Sun,†Deepak Rauniyar, director;
Netherlands, “Layla M.,†Mijke de Jong, director;
New Zealand, “One Thousand Ropes,†Tusi Tamasese, director;
Norway, “Thelma,†Joachim Trier, director;
Pakistan, “Saawan,†Farhan Alam, director;
Palestine, “Wajib,†Annemarie Jacir, director;
Panama, “Beyond Brotherhood,†Arianne Benedetti, director;
Paraguay, “Los Buscadores,†Juan Carlos Maneglia, Tana Schembori, directors;
Peru, “Rosa Chumbe,†Jonatan Relayze, director;
Philippines, “Birdshot,†Mikhail Red, director;
Poland, “Spoor,†Agnieszka Holland, Kasia Adamik, directors;
Portugal, “Saint George,†Marco Martins, director;
Romania, “Fixeur,†Adrian Sitaru, director;
Russia, “Loveless,†Andrey Zvyagintsev, director;
Senegal, “Félicité,†Alain Gomis, director;
Serbia, “Requiem for Mrs. J.,†Bojan Vuletic, director;
Singapore, “Pop Aye,†Kirsten Tan, director;
Slovakia, “The Line,†Peter Bebjak, director;
Slovenia, “The Miner,†Hanna A. W. Slak, director;
South Africa, “The Wound,†John Trengove, director;
South Korea, “A Taxi Driver,†Jang Hoon, director;
Spain, “Summer 1993,†Carla Simón, director;
Sweden, “The Square,†Ruben Östlund, director;
Switzerland, “The Divine Order,†Petra Volpe, director;
Syria, “Little Gandhi,†Sam Kadi, director;
Taiwan, “Small Talk,†Hui-Chen Huang, director;
Thailand, “By the Time It Gets Dark,†Anocha Suwichakornpong, director;
Tunisia, “The Last of Us,†Ala Eddine Slim, director;
Turkey, “Ayla: The Daughter of War,†Can Ulkay, director;
Ukraine, “Black Level,†Valentyn Vasyanovych, director;
United Kingdom, “My Pure Land,†Sarmad Masud, director;
Uruguay, “Another Story of the World,†Guillermo Casanova, director;
Venezuela, “El Inca,†Ignacio Castillo Cottin, director;
Vietnam, “Father and Son,†Luong Dinh Dung, director.