Poland, Romania, Georgia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as the Czech Republic, have announced their candidates for the 93rd Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences award in the best international feature film category. The 93rd Academy Awards ceremony is scheduled to take place on 25 April 2021.
CEE Countries Academy Awards Submissions:
POLAND:
Never Gonna Snow Again (Poland, Germany)
Directed by Malgorzata Szumowska, Michal Englert
Produced by Lava Films (PL)
Supported by the Polish Film Institute
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA:
Quo Vadis, Aida? (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria, Romania, the Netherlands, Germany, Poland, France, Norway)
Directed by Jasmila Žbanić
Produced by Deblokada (BA)
Coproduced by coop99 filmproduktion (AT), Digital Cube (RO), N279 (HOL), Razor Film (DE), Extreme Emotions (PL), Indie Prod, Torden Film (NO), TRT, ZDF arte, ORF (Film/Television-Agreement), BHRT (BA)
Supported by Eurimages, Vlada FBiH – Ministarstvo obrazovanja, the Romanian Film Centre, Fondacija za kinematografiju Sarajevo, the Austrian Film Institute, the Netherlands Film Fund, the Netherlands Film Incentive, the Polish Film Institute, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, ACM, CNC, IF, Filmfonds Wien, Sørfond, Creative Europe, Ministarstvo kulture i sporta Kantona Sarajevo, the Foundation Open Society Institute
CZECH REPUBLIC:
Charlatan (Czech Republic, Ireland, Poland, Slovakia)
Directed by Agnieszka Holland
Produced by Marlene Film Production (Czech Republic)
Coproduced by Film & Music Entertainment (Ireland), Madants (Poland), Furia Film (Slovakia), Czech Television (Czech Republic), RTVS (Slovakia), Barrandov Studio (Czech Republic)
GEORGIA:
Beginning (Georgia)
Directed by Déa Kulumbegashvili
Produced by First Picture / O.F.A.
Supported by the Georgian National Film Center
ROMANIA:
collective (Romania, Luxembourg)
Produced by Alexander Nanau Production
Coproduced by Luxembourg’s Samsa Film and HBO Europe
Supported by the Romanian Film Centre, the Luxembourg Film Fund and the Sundance Documentary Fund, and with the contribution of RTS Switzerland, RSI Switzerland, YES Docu and MDR Germany
