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Only a few countries left to announce their submissions at their point. Up to date additions below Albania - "Daybreak" (Gentian Koçi) - A young mother living in poverty takes on a caregiver role for a very old, ill woman, and finds that her own survival depends on that of her ward's Alger...

Go for it.

Will edit this post with my longlists and precursor predictions.

Of course there are still some big names - China, Russia, South Africa, Italy, India et al - to submit, but as it stands now here's the countries I'd predict for a shortlist. Putting 12 films down here to cover my bases: Chile - A Fantastic Woman France - BPM (Beats per Minute) Germany - In the Fade...

Submissions are coming through at a clip now, so here's the list so far: Albania - "Daybreak" (Gentian Koçi) - A young mother living in poverty takes on a caregiver role for a very old, ill woman, and finds that her own survival depends on that of her ward's Algeria - "Road to Istanbu...

Honestly, I'm more confused after these festivals than I was before! Here's my predictions in the main categories - throwing some wildcards in (and out of) there. I'll post elaborated ones later: Best Picture "Call Me by Your Name" "Downsizing" * "Dunkirk" "Get Out...

I've also been wondering about Lucky today. It will be released in 10 days, would definitely benefit from a savvy screener strategy and has both the posthumous angle and that which would have meant Stanton would have been the oldest actor ever nominated for an Oscar (IIRC). Stanton received career-b...

Has The Wife been picked up with a release plan for this year? Someone earlier in the thread said it had been sent to next year a la Away from Her, but I couldn't find anything backing that claim up. I'm sorry, that was me. I heard it on another message board I frequent and took it at face value wi...

Has The Wife been picked up with a release plan for this year? Someone earlier in the thread said it had been sent to next year a la Away from Her, but I couldn't find anything backing that claim up.

What is Gerwig's film as an actress this year that you're referring to?

I've seen articles about The Children Act's A24 pickup, but where did you see the information about The Wife? On the other forums I lurk people seem to still be waiting for it to be bought.

The awards have been handed out: Golden Lion - THE SHAPE OF WATER (Guillermo del Toro) Grand Jury Prize - FOXTROT (Samuel Maoz) Special Jury Prize - SWEET COUNTRY (Warwick Thornton) Best Director - Xavier Legrand (CUSTODY) Best Actor - Kamel El Basha (THE INSULT) Best Actress - Charlotte Rampling (H...

Have updated the body post below (or on the next page by this point) with short synopses of all films submitted so far.

I'm really not sure what to do with Mother!, Downsizing, Mudbound and The Leisure Seeker honestly. Critical reviews have either been ecstatic or poor, and with audiences the divide is even bigger. And, of course, release strategies etcetera. I expect these to be confusing properties up until their t...

Thanks for your rundowns Precious. Have continued updating my post below with short synopses. From the submissions so far, I'm prepared to eat my words on In the Fade being a committee selection possibility - of the rest, I think the most likely to make the shortlist are: Hungary - On Body and Soul ...

I think Weerasethakul is the only director with enough critical clout and name recognition to get nominated for a film with Weerasethakulist stylings.