Key Highlights
- As with every year in this fascinating and eye-opening category, there is compelling work across the board.
- Related Stories News Oscars 2026 International Feature Film Submissions By Country – A List Of 91 Declared Entries News The 2026 Oscars: Everything We Know About The Ceremony, Host, Date & More So Far Below, we take a closer look at the potential candidates for the early cull.
- They include prize winners from the major festivals, outliers and local box office hits.
- Deadline, through its various Contenders events as well as separate interviews, has spoken with filmmakers behind many of the entries while many of the titles on the main list below have been reviewed by Deadline’s critics.
- Here is our preview in alphabetical order by film title (and be sure to check out the Special Mentions): ‘2000 Meters to Andriivka’ PBS Distribution/Frontline/AP 2000 METERS TO ANDRIIVKA (Ukraine), dir: Mstyslav Chernov; U. S.
