List of submissions to the 92nd Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film


This is a list of submissions to the 92nd Academy Awards for the Best International Feature Film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited the film industries of various countries to submit their best film for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film every year since the award was created in 1956. The award is presented annually by the Academy to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non-English dialogue. The International Feature Film Award Committee oversees the process and reviews all the submitted films. The category was previously called the Best Foreign Language Film, but this was changed in April 2019 to Best International Feature Film, after the Academy deemed the word "Foreign" to be outdated.
The submitted motion pictures must be first released theatrically in their respective countries between 1 October 2018 and 30 September 2019. The deadline for submissions was 1 October 2019, with the Academy announcing a list of eligible films on 7 October 2019. A total of 94 countries submitted a film, with a record number of 93 being accepted. Three countries submitted a film for the first time. Ghana sent Azali, Nigeria sent Lionheart, and Uzbekistan sent Hot Bread. However, on 4 November 2019, the Academy disqualified Nigeria's entry, as the majority of the film's dialogue is in English.
From the longlist, ten finalists were shortlisted, with those ten films announced on 16 December 2019, with the final five nominees announced on 13 January 2020. Parasite by Bong Joon Ho won the award for South Korea, as well as the award for Best Picture, becoming the first non-English language film to do so.

Submissions

! Submitting country
! Film title used in nomination !! Original title !! Language !! Director !! Result