AWARDS WATCH: 13 films submitted for consideration as Germany’s 2025 Oscar® entry

The selection of the German entry for the 97th Oscar® Competition in the category “Best International Feature Film” will take place with an independent jury of experts on August 21 and 22, 2024 in Munich.

The following thirteen German films were submitted to German Films by German producers and qualify for the final selection:

Dying (Sterben)
by Matthias Glasner
Port au Prince Film & Kultur Produktion

Hollywoodgate
by Ibrahim Nash’at
Rolling Narratives

In the Blind Spot (Im Totem Winkel)
by Ayse Polat
mîtos film

From Hilde With Love (In Liebe, Hilde)
by Andreas Dresen
Pandora Film Produktion

The Seed of the Sacred Fig
by Mohammad Rasoulof
Run Way Pictures

The Investigation (Die Ermittlung)
by RP Kahl
Film Mischwaren

The Glory of Life (Die Herrlichkeit des Lebens)
by Georg Maas, Judith Kaufmann
Tempest Filmproduktion

Femocracy II (Guten Morgen, Ihr Schonen!)
by Torsten Körner
Broadview TV

Sad Jokes
by Fabian Stumm
Postofilm

Goebbels and the Fuhrer (Fuhrer und Verfuhrer)
by Joachim A. Lang
Zeitsprung Pictures

Stella, A Life (Stella, Ein Leben)
by Kilian Riedhof
Letterbox Filmproduktion

Silence (Stille)
by Erik Borner
Bluescreen Entertainment

Two to one (Zwei Zu Eins)
by Natja Brunckhorst
zischlermann filmproduktion

The independent German Oscar® selection committee includes the following participants:
• Ingo Fliess (if… Productions)
• Prof. Uli Putz (Claussen+Putz Filmproduktion)
• Isabel Schneider (Sola Media)
• Katharina Günther (Plaion Pictures)
• Ulrich Jacobi (Domstadt Kino Merseburg)
• Thomas Abeltshauser
• Matthias Greving
• Ulrich Matthes
• Constantin Lieb

The 97th Academy Awards® ceremony will take place on March 2, 2025.