Submissions to the 93rd Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film
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-The Oscar Selection Committees for Ghana, Malawi, Nepal and Uganda all asked filmmakers to make their submissions, but no films were sent.
-Portugal's submission Listen was disqualified for having more than half of its dialogue in English. Portugal's selection committee submitted a second film, Vitalina Varela. Also, Canada's submission Funny Boy was also disqualified for the same reason. Canada's selection committee submitted a second film, 14 Days, 12 Nights.
-In January 2021, the Belarusian submission, Persian Lessons, was disqualified by the Academy, after it was determined that Belarus did not exercise "creative control" over the film.
-Uzbekistan's submission 2000 Songs of Farida was disqualified, because Uzbekistan's Committee did not submit the film in the appropriate format required by AMPAS.
-The Algerian film Héliopolis was withdrawn by the director in consultation with the Algerian selection committee and AMPAS.
avg. score: 1 of 93 (1%)
required scores: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
