The 98th Academy Awards® will take place on March 15, 2026, and for Italy, the time is approaching to choose which film to submit for the International Feature Film Award category.
On September 23, the selection committee, established at ANICA at the request of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, will announce the Italian film that will represent Italy at the 2026 Oscars. However, we will only find out on December 16 whether Italy will actually make it into the shortlist of five nominees competing for the Best International Feature Film statuette, when the Academy officially announces the shortlist.
The list of contenders submitted by national producers to the selection committee includes 24 films, whose first theatrical release in Italy or another country (excluding the United States) took place between October 1, 2024, and September 30, 2025.
The list includes:
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Berlinguer, la grande ambizione by Andrea Segre
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Diamanti by Ferzan Özpetek
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Diva Futura by Giulia Louise Steigerwalt
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Duse by Pietro Marcello
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Elisa by Leonardo Di Costanzo
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Eterno visionario by Michele Placido
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Familia by Francesco Costabile
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Follemente by Paolo Genovese
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Fuori by Mario Martone
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Hey Joe by Claudio Giovannesi
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Il monaco che vinse l’apocalisse by Jordan River
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Il Nibbio by Alessandro Tonda
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Il ragazzo dai pantaloni rosa by Margherita Ferri
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Il treno dei bambini by Cristina Comencini
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L’amore che ho by Paolo Licata
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L’orto americano by Pupi Avati
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La vita da grandi by Greta Scarano
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Le assaggiatrici by Silvio Soldini
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Le città di pianura by Francesco Sossai
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Le déluge – gli ultimi giorni di Maria Antonietta by Gianluca Jodice
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Napoli – New York by Gabriele Salvatores
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Sotto le nuvole by Gianfranco Rosi
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Trifole – Le radici dimenticate by Gabriele Fabbro
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Vittoria by Alessandro Cassigoli and Casey Kauffman
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