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Here is a list of the submissions that have been announced to date, with links to trailers when available. The clear front-runners in the first batch of entries are two films that won awards in Cannes, both of which have their sights set on landing Oscar nominations outside the international category: South Korea’s “Parasite,” a virtuosic black comedy which won the Palme d’Or and could make a serious run at Best Picture and Best Director for Bong Joon Ho and Spain’s “Pain and Glory,” a semi-autobiographical fantasia from Pedro Almodovar that found Antonio Banderas winning Cannes’ best-actor award for his quietly gripping performance as an Almodovar-like director. With 18 countries that submitted films last year or in 2017 yet to announce, the number of submissions this year is likely to be close to last year’s total of 87, and could conceivably approach the 2017 record of 92. Typically, a handful of films that weren’t announced by their home countries end up on the list, and often one or two that were announced are disqualified by the Academy. 1, and the Academy will announce the full list of qualifying films a few days after that deadline, after vetting all entries to make sure they qualify. Other films may have been submitted by their home countries without being publicly announced. More than 80 films have been submitted to the Oscar race for Best International Film, the new name for what until now has been known as the Best Foreign-Language Film category.

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