The Finnish hit movie Fallen Leaves by veteran director Aki Kaurismäki is one of 15 films on a shortlist for the Academy Awards' best international feature.
Those 15 films will then be pared down to five ahead of the Oscars gala in March. The final nominees will be announced on 23 January.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced its Oscar Award shortlists in 10 categories on Thursday.
International Feature shortlist:
- Armenia, Amerikatsi
- Bhutan, The Monk and the Gun
- Denmark, The Promised Land
- Finland, Fallen Leaves
- France, The Taste of Things
- Germany, The Teachers' Lounge
- Iceland, Godland
- Italy, Io Capitano
- Japan, Perfect Days
- Mexico, Totem
- Morocco, The Mother of All Lies
- Spain, Society of the Snow
- Tunisia, Four Daughters
- Ukraine, 20 Days in Mariupol
- United Kingdom, The Zone of Interest
Fallen Leaves has seen a great deal of success and accolades since its release. Among other awards, it won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, and was nominated in five categories at the European Film Awards, but did not manage to secure an award.
Time magazine named Fallen Leaves as the best movie of the year.
The film also received two Golden Globe nominations, one for best non-English language film and the other for the movie's co-star, Alma Pöysti, who was nominated for best female actor in a musical or comedy motion picture.
The movie also was this year's most-watched in Finnish cinemas.
The only other Finnish feature film that has previously been nominated for an Academy Award was also directed by Kaurismäki. It was for his 2002 feature The Man Without a Past.
Meanwhile, the roughly seven-minute film Do I Have to Take Care of Everything? by Selma Vilhunen and Kirsikka Saari was nominated for a best live action short Oscar in 2014.
The 2021 movie Compartment Number 6 by director Juho Kuosmanen was shortlisted for best international feature film at the 94th Academy Awards, but ultimately was not nominated.
The Oscar nomination period runs from 11-16 January, and the official nominees are named on 23 January.
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