1. The country-selected film must be first released in the country of origin no earlier than  January 1, 2021, and no later than December 31, 2021, and be first publicly exhibited for at  least seven consecutive days in a commercial motion picture theater for the profit of the  producer and exhibitor. Submissions must be in 35mm or 70mm film, or in a 24- or 48-frame  progressive scan Digital Cinemaformat with a minimum projector resolution of 2048 by 1080 pixels, source image format conforming to ST 428-1:2006 D-Cinema Distribution Master – Image Characteristics; image compression (if used) conforming to ISO/IEC 15444-1 (JPEG  2000); and image and sound files packaged as Digital Cinema Packages (DCPs) in the  “SMPTE DCP” format. SMPTE DCP refers to SMPTE ST 429-2 andrelated specifications. (Blu-ray format does not meet Digital Cinema requirements.) 

The audio in a Digital Cinema Package (DCP) is typically 5.1 or 7.1 channels of discrete  audio. Theminimum for a non-mono configuration of the audio shall be three channels as  Left, Center, Right (aLeft/Right configuration is not acceptable in a theatrical environment). In addition to channel-based audio, object-based audio may also be present as an  immersive audio bitstream. 

The audio data shall be formatted in conformance with ST 428-2:2006 D-Cinema Distribution Master 

– Audio Characteristics and ST 428-12:2013 D-Cinema Distribution Master Common Audio Channelsand Soundfield Groups. Immersive audio, if present, shall be formatted in  conformance with ST 2098-2:2019 Immersive Audio Bitstream Specification. 

2. The film must be advertised and exploited during its qualifying theatrical release in a  manner considered normal and customary to theatrical feature distribution practices. The film need not havebeen released in the United States. 
3. Films that, in any version, receive a nontheatrical public exhibition or distribution before theirfirst qualifying theatrical release will not be eligible for Academy Awards  consideration. Nontheatrical public exhibition or distribution includes but is not limited to: 

∙ Broadcast and cable television 

∙ PPV/VOD 

∙ DVD distribution 

∙ Inflight airline distribution 

∙ Internet transmission 

4. The recording of the original dialogue track as well as the completed picture must be  predominantly (more than 50%) in a language or languages other than English. ACCURATE, LEGIBLE ENGLISH-LANGUAGE SUBTITLES ARE REQUIRED. Assets need burned-in subtitles.
5. The submitting country must confirm that creative control of the film was largely in the hands ofcitizens or residents of the submitting country. 
6. Should a selection committee not disclose up-to-date and/or accurate information related to  a submitted film’s citizenship, business-related affiliation or credit on a selected film,  designated credits,production details and release information, a film will be deemed  ineligible. 
7. The International Feature Film Executive Committee shall resolve all questions of eligibility  and rules. 

1. Each country shall be invited to submit its best film to the Academy. Selection of that film  shall be made by one approved organization, jury or committee that should include artists  and/or craftspeople from the field of motion pictures. A list of the selection committee  members must be submitted to the Academy no later than WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER  15, 2021, or by the submission deadline published by the Academy. Countries submitting for the first time, or which have not submitted for theprevious five years, must present a list  of selection committee members and application materials for Academy approval by December 31, 2021, for eligibility in the following (95th) Awards year. A country need not submit a film every year for Awards consideration. 
2. Only one film will be accepted from each country as the official selection. Films can besubmitted to the Academy as soon as they are selected. 
3. The Academy will provide online access to each country’s approved selection committee so that theproducer of the selected film can supply full production information. 
4. The following submission materials must be submitted to the Academy by 5 p.m. PT on MONDAY,NOVEMBER 1, 2021: 

∙ Completed online submission forms 

∙ ONE 35mm or 70mm film print or DCP with accurate, legible English-language  subtitles. The print or DCP submitted for Awards consideration must be identical in  content and length to theprint or DCP used in the film’s qualifying theatrical release. ∙ Digital media content 

∙ [FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY] A secure and password-protected link to the film OR 50  DVDs of the entry. This is required to test non-English dialogue. Link and DVD versions must be withouttrailers or other extraneous material, capable of playing on  Region 0/NTSC standard definition DVD players. DVDs must be in individual paper  sleeves and must include the film title, running time and country only. No artwork,  promotional material, contact information, company name orfilm logo is acceptable on the DVD labels or sleeves. 

∙ Full cast and credits list 

∙ Director’s biography and photograph 

∙ A designated key frame for streaming display artwork 

∙ A poster from the film’s theatrical release, for archival purposes 

∙ Proof of advertising for the film’s qualifying theatrical release 

5. Film prints, DCPs and DVDs submitted will be retained by the Academy throughout  the votingprocess and are not available for loan. By submitting a film, the filmmaker  agrees that the Academy has the right to make copies and distribute them for voting  purposes only. The Academy will retain for its archives one print of every motion picture  receiving a nomination for the InternationalFeature Film award. Additional prints and DCPs  of those films receiving nominations will be returnedto the sender at the Academy’s  expense.

1. International Feature Film nominations will be determined in two rounds of voting: 
2. The International Feature Film Preliminary Committee will view the eligible submissions in the category and vote by secret ballot to produce a shortlist of fifteen films. 
3. The International Feature Film Nominating Committee must view the fifteen shortlisted films and vote by secret ballot to determine the category’s five nominees. 
4. Final voting for the International Feature Film award shall be restricted to active and life Academy members who have viewed all five nominated films. 
5. The Academy statuette (Oscar) will be awarded to the film and accepted by the director on behalf of the film’s creative talents. For Academy Awards purposes, the country will be credited as the nominee. The director’s name will be listed on the statuette plaque after the country and film title. 

1. In addition to complying with the Awards Rules for the 94th Academy Awards, all participants in the Awards competition are also bound by the Academy Campaign Regulations concerning the promotion  of eligible films and are subject to the penalties provided therein, including the potential declaration of ineligibility by the Board of Governors for violation of those guidelines. The Regulationscan be found at Oscars.org/regulations. 

1. International Feature Film submissions may be submitted for consideration for the 94th Academy Awards in other categories, including Best Picture, provided they comply with the rules governing those categories. 
2. Films submitted for consideration in the International Feature Film category for the 94th Academy Awards are NOT eligible for consideration in other awards categories in the subsequent year, 95th Academy Awards (2022).