Indiewire hat mal die Länderauswahl zusammengefasst, die schon ihren Film für das Rennen um den Auslandsoscar bestimmt haben. Für Deutschland ist das "Zwei Leben" von Georg Maas und für Österreich "Die Wand" von Julian Polsler.
Noch bekannt könnte sein "The Broken Circle", der belgische Beitrag von Felix van Groeningen ("Die Beschissenheit der Dinge"), den ich auf jedenfall (persönlich) vor dem deutschen Beitrag sehe. Ausserdem natürlich, weniger überraschend ist "Das Mädchen Wadjda" der saudi-arabische Beitrag, welcher folgerichtig auch der erste Beitrag überhaupt von Saudi-Arabien in der Geschichte des Oscars ist.
Mir noch bekannt ist der chilenische "Gloria", den ich etwa so wie "Zwei Leben" von der Wertung her einschätzen würde, aber die stärkere Performance der weiblichen Hauptdarstellerin hat.
Den französischen "Renoir" hab ich leider verpasst. Cannes-Gewinner "Blue is the Warmest Color" hat da wohl irgendwelche Daten nicht einhalten können. Aber auch Japan hat sich gegen seinen "Like Father, Like Son" entschieden, der ebenfall in Cannes erfolgreich war.
Kennt sonst noch jemand was aus der Liste, außer noch Wong Kar-Wais "The Grandmaster"?
Australia - The Rocket, directed by Kim Mordaunt (Lao)
Austria - The Wall, directed by Julian Polsler (German)
Bangladesh - Television, directed by Mostofa Sarwar Farooki (Bengali)
Belgium - The Broken Circle Breakdown, directed by Felix van Groeningen (Flemish)
Brazil - Neighbouring Sounds, directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho (Portuguese, Mandarin)
Bulgaria - Colour of the Chameleon, directed by Emil Hristov (Bulgarian)
Chile - Gloria, directed by Sebastian Lelio (Spanish)
Colombia - La Playa DC, directed by Juan Andrés Arango (Spanish)
Croatia - Halima's Path, directed by Arsen Anton Ostojić (Bosnian)
Dominican Republic - Who's The Boss?, directed by Ronni Castillo (Spanish)
Finland - Disciple, directed by Ulrika Bengts (Finnish)
France - Renoir, directed by Gilles Bourdos (French)
Georgia - In Bloom, directed by Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Groß
Germany - Two Lives, directed by Georg Maas (German)
Greece - Boy Eating The Bird's Food, directed by Ektoras Lygizos (Greek)
Hong Kong - The Grandmaster, directed by Wong Kar-wai (Cantonese, Mandarin)
Hungary - The Notebook, directed by Janosz Szasz (Hungarian)
India - The Good Road, directed by Gyan Correa (Gujarati)
Japan - The Great Passage, directed by Yuya Ishii (Japanese)
Latvia - Mother I Love You, directed by Janis Nords (Latvian)
Luxembourg - Blind Spot, directed by Christophe Wagner (Luxembourgish, French)
Mexico - Heli, directed by Amat Escalante (Spanish)
Montenegro - Bad Destiny, directed by Draško Đurović (Serbo-Croatian)
Morocco - God's Horses, directed by Nabil Ayouch (Arabic)
Nepal - Soongava: Dance of the Orchids, directed by Subarna Thapa (Nepalese)
The Netherlands - Borgman, directed by Alex van Warmerdam (Dutch)
New Zealand - White Lies, directed by Dana Rotberg (Maori)
Norway - I Am Yours, directed by Iram Haq (Norwegian, Urdu)
Pakinstan - Zinda Bhaag, directed by Meenu Gaur and Farjad Nabi (Udu, Punjabi)
Philippines - Transit, directed by Hannah Espia (Filipino, Tagalog, Hebrew)
Poland - Walesa, directed by Andrzej Wajda (Polish)
Portugal - Lines of Wellington, directed by Valeria Sarmiento
Romania - Child's Pose, directed by Calin Peter Netzer (Romanian)
Russia - Stalingrad, directed by Fedor Bondarchuk (Russian)
Saudi Arabia - Wadjda, directed by Haifaa al-Mansour (Arabic)
Serbia - Circles, directed by Srdan Golubovic (Serbian)
Singapore - Ilo Ilo, directed by Anthony Chen (Mandarin, Hokkien, English, Tagalog)
Slovakia - My Dog Killer, directed by Mira Fornay (Slovak)
South Africa - Four Corners, directed by Ian Gabriel (Afrikaans, Tsotsitaal)
South Korea - Juvenile Offender, directed by Kang Yi-kwan (Korean)
Sweden - Eat Sleep Die, directed by Gabriela Pichler (Swedish, Croatian)
Switzerland - More Than Honey, directed by Markus Imhoof (German, Mandarin)
Taiwan - Soul, directed by Chung Mong-Hong (Mandarin)
Thailand - Countdown, directed by Nattawut Poonpiriya (Thai)
Turkey - The Butterfly's Dream, directed by Yılmaz Erdoğan (Turkish)
Ukraine - Paradjanov, directed by Serge Avedikian and Olena Fetisova (Russian)
United Kingdom - Metro Manila, directed by Sean Elllis (Filipino, Tagalog)
Venezuela - Breach in the Silence, directed by Luis Rodríguez and Andrés Rodríguez (Spanish)