Independent Spirit Award for Best International Film explained
The Independent Spirit Award for Best International Film is an award presented annually at the Independent Spirit Awards to recognize the best feature films produced outside United States. It was first presented in 1986, with Brazilian-American drama Kiss of the Spider Woman being the first recipient of the award.
Winners and nominees
1980s
1990s
| Year | Film | Original Title | Director | Country |
|---|
| 1990 | Sweetie | Jane Campion |  Australia |
| Black Rain | 黒い雨 / Kuroi ame | |  Japan |
| A City of Sadness | 悲情城市 / Bēiqíng chéngshì | | |
| The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover | |  France,  United Kingdom |
| Freeze Die Come to Life | Замри, умри, воскресни / Zamri, umri, voskresni! | | |
| 1991 | An Angel at My Table | Jane Campion |  New Zealand, United Kingdom, Australia |
| The Double Life of Véronique | La double vie de Véronique | | France,  Poland |
| Life is Sweet | | United Kingdom |
| Requiem for Dominic | Requiem für Dominik | |  Austria, France,  Romania |
| Taxi Blues | Такси-блюз / Taksi-Blyuz | | |
| 1992 | The Crying Game | Neil Jordan | United Kingdom |
| Close to Eden | Урга / Urga | | |
| Danzon | |  Mexico,  Spain |
| Howards End | | United Kingdom |
| Raise the Red Lantern | 大红灯笼高高挂 / Dà Hóng Dēnglong Gāogāo Guà | |  China,  Hong Kong, |
| 1993 | The Piano | Jane Campion | Australia |
| Naked | | United Kingdom |
| Orlando | Sally Potter |
| Like Water for Chocolate | Como agua para chocolate | | Mexico |
| The Story of Qiu Ju | 秋菊打官司 / Qiū Jú dǎ guānsi | | China, Hong Kong |
| 1994 | | Trois couleurs: Rouge | Krzysztof Kieślowski | France, Poland |
| The Blue Kite | 蓝风筝 / Lán fēngzheng | | China, Hong Kong |
| Ladybird, Ladybird | | United Kingdom |
| The Boys of St. Vincent | |  Canada |
| Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould | |
| 1995 | Before the Rain | Pred doždot | Milcho Manchevski | , United Kingdom |
| The City of Lost Children | La cité des enfants perdus | | France |
| Exotica | | Canada |
| I Am Cuba | Soy Cuba | |  Cuba, |
| Through the Olive Trees | زیر درختان زیتون / Zīr-e Derakhtān-e Zeytūn | | |
| 1996 | Secrets & Lies | Mike Leigh | United Kingdom |
| Breaking the Waves | |  Denmark |
| Chungking Express | 重庆森林 / Chung Hing sam lam | | Hong Kong |
| Lamerica | |  Italy |
| Trainspotting | | United Kingdom |
| 1997 | The Sweet Hereafter | Atom Egoyan | Canada |
| Happy Together | 春光乍泄 / Chun gwong cha sit | | Hong Kong |
| Mouth to Mouth | Boca a boca | | Spain |
| Nenette and Boni | Nénette et Boni | | France |
| Underground | Podzemlje | | , France,  Germany |
| 1998 | The Celebration | Festen | Thomas Vinterberg | Denmark |
| Central Station | Central do Brasil | |  Brazil |
| The Eel | うなぎ / Unagi | | Japan |
| The General | |  Ireland, United Kingdom |
| Fireworks | はなび / Hana-bi | | Japan |
| 1999 | Run Lola Run | Lola rennt | Tom Tykwer | Germany |
| All About My Mother | Todo sobre mi madre | | Spain |
| My Son the Fanatic | | United Kingdom |
| Topsy-Turvy | |
| Rosetta | |  Belgium, France |
|
2000s
| Year | Film | Original Title | Director | Country |
|---|
| 2000 | Dancer in the Dark | Danser i mørket | Lars von Trier | Denmark |
| In the Mood for Love | 花样年华 / Fa yeung nin wa | | France, Hong Kong |
| Malli | |  India |
| A Time for Drunken Horses | زمانی برای مستی اسبها / Zamani barayé masti asbha | | |
| The War Zone | | United Kingdom |
| 2001 | Amélie | Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain | Jean-Pierre Jeunet | France |
| Amores perros | | Mexico |
| Lumumba | | Belgium, France, Germany,  Haiti |
| Sexy Beast | | United Kingdom, Spain |
| Together | Tillsammans | |  Sweden, Denmark, Italy |
| Y Tu Mamá También | Alfonso Cuarón | Mexico |
| | Atanarjuat | | Canada |
| Time Out | L'emploi du temps | | France |
| The Piano Teacher | La pianiste | |
| Bloody Sunday | | Ireland, United Kingdom |
| Whale Rider | Niki Caro | New Zealand, Germany |
| City of God | Cidade de Deus | | Brazil |
| Lilya 4-Ever | Lilja 4-ever | | Denmark |
| The Magdalene Sisters | | United Kingdom, Ireland |
| The Triplets of Belleville | Les triplettes de Belleville | | France, Canada, Belgium |
| The Sea Inside | Mar Adentro | Alejandro Amenabar | Spain |
| Oasis | 오아시스 / Oasiseu | | |
| Bad Education | La mala educación | | Spain |
| Red Lights | Feux rouges | | France |
| Yesterday | |  South Africa |
| Paradise Now | Hany Abu-Assad | ,  Netherlands, Germany, France |
| The Death of Mr. Lazarescu | Moartea domnului Lazarescu | | Romania |
| Duck Season | Temporada de patos | | Mexico |
| Head-On | Gegen die Wand | | Germany,  Turkey |
| Tony Takitani | トニー滝谷 / Tony Takitani | | Japan |
| The Lives of Others | Das Leben der Anderen | Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck | Germany |
| | A fost sau n-a fost? | | Romania |
| The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros | Ang pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros | |  Philippines |
| Chronicle of an Escape | Crónica de una fuga | |  Argentina |
| Days of Glory | Indigènes | | France,  Morocco,  Algeria, Belgium, Japan |
| Once | John Carney | Ireland |
| 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days | 4 luni, 3 săptămâni şi 2 zile | | Romania |
| The Band's Visit | ביקור התזמורת / Bikur Ha-Tizmoret | | France,  Israel,  United States |
| Persepolis | | France |
| Lady Chatterley | | Belgium, France |
| The Class | Entre les murs | Laurent Cantet | France |
| Gomorrah | Gomorra | | Italy |
| The Secret of the Grain | La graine et le mulet | | France |
| Hunger | | Ireland, United Kingdom |
| Silent Light | Stellet licht | | France, Germany, Netherlands, Mexico |
| An Education | Lone Scherfig | United Kingdom |
| Everlasting Moments | Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick | | Sweden |
| The Maid | La nana | |  Chile |
| Mother | 마더 / Madeo | | |
| A Prophet | Un prophète | | France |
|
2010s
| Year | Film | Original Title | Director | Country |
|---|
| 2010 | The King's Speech | Tom Hooper | United Kingdom |
| Kisses | | Ireland |
| Mademoiselle Chambon | | France |
| Of Gods and Men | Des hommes et des dieux | | Morocco, France |
| Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives | ลุงบุญมีระลึกชาติ / Lung Bunmi Raluek Chat | |  Thailand |
| 2011 | A Separation | جدایی نادر از سیمین / Jodaí-e Nadér az Simín | Asghar Farhadi | |
| The Kid with a Bike | Le gamin au vélo | | Belgium |
| Shame | | United Kingdom |
| Tyrannosaur | |
| Melancholia | | Denmark |
| 2012 | Amour | Michael Haneke | Austria, France, Germany |
| Once Upon a Time in Anatolia | Bir zamanlar Anadolu'da | | Turkey,  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Rust and Bone | De rouille et d'os | | France, Belgium |
| War Witch | Rebelle | | Canada |
| Sister | L'enfant d'en haut | | France,  Switzerland |
| 2013 | Blue Is the Warmest Colour | La vie d'Adèle | Abdellatif Kechiche | France |
| Gloria | | Chile |
| The Great Beauty | La grande bellezza | | Italy |
| The Hunt | Jagten | | Denmark |
| A Touch of Sin | 天注定 / Tiān Zhùdìng | | China |
| 2014 | Ida | Paweł Pawlikowski | Poland |
| Force Majeure | Turist | | Sweden |
| Leviathan | Левиафан / Leviafan | | |
| Mommy | | Canada |
| Norte, the End of History | Norte, hangganan ng kasaysayan | | Philippines |
| Under the Skin | | United Kingdom |
| 2015[1] | Son of Saul | Saul Fia | László Nemes |  Hungary |
| Embrace of the Serpent | El abrazo de la serpiente | |  Colombia |
| Girlhood | Bande de fillies | | France |
| A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence | En duva satt på en gren och funderade på tillvaron | | Sweden |
| Mustang | | France, Turkey |
| 2016[2] | Toni Erdmann | Maren Ade | Germany, Romania |
| Aquarius | | Brazil |
| Chevalier | |  Greece |
| My Golden Days | Trois souvenirs de ma jeunesse | | France |
| Under the Shadow | زیر سایه / Zeer-e sāye | Babak Anvari | , United Kingdom |
| 2017[3] | A Fantastic Woman | Una mujer fantástica | Sebastián Lelio | Chile |
| 120 Beats Per Minute | 120 battements par minute | | France |
| I Am Not a Witch | Rungano Nyoni | United Kingdom |
| Lady Macbeth | William Oldroyd |
| Loveless | Нелюбовь / Nelyubov | | |
| 2018 | Roma | Alfonso Cuarón | Mexico |
| Burning | 버닝 / Beoning | Lee Chang-dong | |
| Happy as Lazzaro | Lazzaro felice | Alice Rohrwacher | Italy |
| The Favourite | Yorgos Lanthimos | United Kingdom |
| Shoplifters | 万引き家族 / Manbiki Kazoku | Hirokazu Kore-eda | Japan |
| 2019 | Parasite | 기생충 / Gisaengchung | Bong Joon-ho | |
| The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão | A Vida Invisível | Karim Aïnouz | Brazil |
| Les Misérables | Ladj Ly | France |
| Portrait of a Lady on Fire | Portrait de la jeune fille en feu | Céline Sciamma |
| Retablo | Alvaro Delgado-Aparicio |  Peru |
| The Souvenir | Joanna Hogg | United Kingdom |
|
2020s
| Year | Film | Original Title | Director | Country |
|---|
2020
[4] | Quo Vadis, Aida? | Jasmila Žbanić | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Bacurau | Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles | Brazil |
| The Disciple | Chaitanya Tamhane | India |
| Night of the Kings | La Nuit des rois | Philippe Lacôte | |
| Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time | Felkészülés meghatározatlan ideig tartó együttlétre | Lili Horvát | Hungary |
2021
[5] | Drive My Car | ドライブ・マイ・カー / Doraibu mai kā | Ryusuke Hamaguchi | Japan |
| Compartment No. 6 | Hytti nro 6 / Купе номер шесть | Juho Kuosmanen |  Finland and |
| Parallel Mothers | Madres Paralelas | Pedro Almodóvar | Spain |
| Pebbles | கூழாங்கல் / Koozhangal | P.S. Vinothraj | India |
| Petite Maman | Céline Sciamma | France |
| Prayers for the Stolen | Noche de fuego | Tatiana Huezo | Mexico |
2022
[6] | Joyland | Saim Sadiq | , |
| Corsage | Marie Kreutzer | ,,,, |
| Leonor Will Never Die | Martika Ramirez Escobar | |
| Return to Seoul | Retour à Séoul | Davy Chou | ,,, |
| Saint Omer | Alice Diop | |
2023
[7] | Anatomy of a Fall | Anatomie d'une chute | Justine Triet | |
| Godland | Volaða land / Vanskabte Land | Hlynur Pálmason | , |
| Mami Wata | C.J. Obasi | ,, |
| Tótem | Lila Avilés | Mexico,, |
| The Zone of Interest | Jonathan Glazer | ,, |
|
Notes and References
- Web site: 'Carol,' 'Spotlight,' 'Beasts of No Nation' Lead Spirit Awards Nominations. 2015-11-24. Film Independent. 2015-11-24.
- Web site: 2017 Film Independent Spirit Awards Nominations Announced!. Warren. Matt. November 22, 2016. Independent Spirit Awards. November 22, 2016.
- Web site: 2018 Independent Spirit Award Nominations: 'Get Out' and 'Call Me by Your Name' Dominate. Indiewire. 10 October 2017. 14 November 2017.
- https://www.indiewire.com/2021/04/2021-independent-spirit-awards-winners-list-1234630882/ 2021 Independent Spirit Awards Winner's List|IndieWire
- https://variety.com/2021/film/news/indie-spirit-awards-2022-nominations-full-list-1235132931/ Indie Spirit Awards 2022: Full List of Nominations - Variety
- Web site: November 22 . Emlyn Travis . EST . 2022 at 12:06 PM . 'Everything Everywhere All At Once,' 'Tár' lead 2023 Film Independent Spirit Award nominations . 2022-11-25 . EW.com . en.
- Web site: 2024-02-23 . Here are the Winners of the 2024 Film Independent Spirit Awards! . 2024-02-26 . Film Independent . en-US.
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