The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the 10 films that have made it to the next stage of voting for the 2020 International Film Academy Award. As expected, Bong Joon Ho’s “Parasite,” Pedro Almodovar’s “Pain and Glory” and Ladj Ly’s “Les Miserables” made the list. They were joined by films such as Mati Diop’s “Atlantics” and Kantemir Balagov’s “Beanpole.”.
In a major surprise, Tamara Kotevska and Ljubo Stefanov’s “Honeyland” became a rare documentary film to make the International Film shortlist. “Atlantics” and Václav Marhoul’s excrutiating “The Painted Bird” were likely two of the three executive committee saves. The rest were most likely determined by popular vote.
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The following ten potential nominees are as follows:
Czech Republic, “The Painted Bird”
Estonia, “Truth and Justice”
France, “Les Misérables”
Hungary, “Those Who Remained”
North Macedonia, “Honeyland”
Poland, “Corpus Christi”
Russia, “Beanpole”
Senegal, “Atlantics”
South Korea, “Parasite”
Spain, “Pain and Glory”
For the first time, all members of the Acadmey can participate in phase two by watching the 10 nominated films via links. However, they must prove they have watched all 10 films for their votes to qualify. Voting will take place during the already set period of Jan 2 through Jan 7.
The nominees for the 2020 Academy Awards will be announed bright and early on Jan 13.