Oscar contenders at Film Fest Gent
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02 Oct 2026
Several films in the Film Fest Gent line-up have been submitted by their home countries for the upcoming Academy Awards in the Best International Feature Film category. Coward, the opening film of Film Fest Gent, will represent Belgium. Find out which films you can already catch in Ghent this month!
Around ninety films are submitted annually for Best International Feature Film. They are evaluated by more than 10,000 voting members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. A shortlist of 15 titles will be announced on 15 December. The official nominations will be announced on 21 January 2027. The Oscars themselves will be presented on the night of 14-15 March 2027.
You can already watch these films during Film Fest Gent:
- Belgium: Coward - Lukas Dhont
- Brazil: Gugu's World - Allan Deberton
- Bulgaria: Das geträumte Abenteuer - Valeska Grisebach
- Filippines: Everytime - Sandra Wollner
- France: Filipiñana - Rafael Manuel
- Germany: Minotaur - Andrey Zvyagintsev
- Japan: Soudain - Ryusuke Hamaguchi
- Kosovo: Dua - Blerta Basholli
- Lithuania: How to Divorce During the War - Andrius Blaževičius
- Morocco: Strawberries - Laïla Marrakchi
- Poland: Fatherland - Paweł Pawlikowski
- Romania: Fjord - Cristian Mungiu
- South-Africa: Variations on a Theme - Devon Delmar, Jason Jacobs
- Spain: La bola negra - Javier Calvo, Javier Ambrossi
- Thailand: 9 Temples to Heaven - Sompot Chidgasornpongse
