Latin America’s 13 International Feature Film Hopefuls
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Clockwise: Latin American Oscar films eligible Belén, The Secret Agent, Under the Flags, the Sun. We Shall Not Be Moved. Amazon MGM Studios, CinemaScópio-MK Productions, MaravillaCine-Sabaté Films, Pimienta Films We’re more than three months away from the 98th Academy Awards ceremony, but the race for the Best International Feature film has begun. The Academy has released the list of 86 eligible films for Oscar consideration and Latin America has many strong contenders in the mix. Brazil’s O Agente Secreto arrives with serious momentum after dominating Cannes 2025, where it picked up four major prizes, including Best Director for Kleber Mendonça Filho and Best Actor for Wagner Moura. The film could give Brazil back-to-back wins in the category following Walter Salles’ I’m Still Here, which won at the 2025 Oscars with its true story set during Brazil’s 1970s military dictatorship. Chile’s La misteriosa mirada del flamenco and Colombia’s Un Poeta also earned top honors in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard section. While many Latin American countries have received nominations over the decades, wins remain rare. In the last 15 years, only Argentina’s The Secret in Their Eyes (2010), Chile’s A Fantastic Woman (2018), and Mexico’s Roma (2019) have taken home the trophy. The 13 Latin American eligible entries span a wide range of storytelling, from hard-hitting dramas and documentaries tackling dictatorship and social justice to dark dramedies and folk horror. Many films explore themes that will resonate beyond their borders, addressing reproductive rights, political persecution and historical memory. The Academy will announce the shortlist of 15 films on December 16. Nominations will be announced January 22, 2026, ahead of the Oscar Awards ceremony on March 15, 2026. Here are the Latin American entries: ARGENTINA: Belén Directed by and starring Dolores Fonzi, this powerful legal drama follows lawyer Soledad Deza’s determined fight to…
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