89 Films Enter International Race at 96th Academy Awards – Repeating Islands

Many thanks to Peter Jordens for bringing this item to our attention, and for gathering the titles and trailers for the Caribbean nominees (see below) for the 96th Academy Awards. Steve Pond, (The Wrap) writes:

Oscar voters in the Best International Feature Film category have received their group assignments for this year’s initial round of voting, with 89 films included on the seven lists that the Academy has sent to members.

The lists, which were obtained by TheWrap, include presumed favorites “The Zone of Interest” (United Kingdom), “The Taste of Things” (France), “The Promised Land” (Denmark) and “Perfect Days” (Japan), along with a number of documentaries, among them Estonia’s “Smoke Sauna Sisterhood,” Brazil’s “Pictures of Ghosts” and Ukraine’s “20 Days in Mariupol.”

The 89 films are four short of the record of 93 qualifying films in the category. The list of group assignments does not make up the Academy’s official list of eligible films; it’s possible that assigned films might still fail to qualify before first-round voting begins on Dec. 18. For the most part, though, films that are included in the group assignments do qualify in the category. [. . .]

For full article and full list, see https://www.thewrap.com/89-films-oscars-international-race

The Caribbean nominees are:

Colombia: Un Varón [A Male] by Fabián Hernández Alvarado
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfxCr_ddnZM

Costa Rica: Tengo sueños eléctricos [I Have Electric Dreams] by Valentina Maurel
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXp1DtrCVtE

Cuba: El mundo de Nelsito [Nelsito’s World] by Fernando Pérez
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6vqcbLX_gA

Dominican Republic: Cuarencena by David Maler
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDlO1_-rs-Y

Panama: Tito, Margot y yo [Tito, Margot & Me] by Mercedes Arias and Delfina Vidal
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6R9ULQgcXaA

Venezuela: La sombra del sol [The Shadow of the Sun] by Miguel Ángel Ferrer
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eD-MX-4UNt0