Talents Alumni in International Feature Race at Oscars 2023

With 77 Berlinale Talents alumni involved in 43 official submissions to the International Feature section at the 2023 Oscars, the race is going to be more exciting than ever. The shortlist will be announced on Wednesday, 21 December, and then it's a waiting game until the awards ceremony on 12 March, 2023.
You can find the complete list of alumni who have worked on the submitted films below.

ALBANIA: “A Cup of Coffee and New Shoes On” by Gentian Koçi – director & screenwriter Gentian Koçi (BT 2011), co-producer Konstantina Stavrianou (BT 2014)

ARMENIA: “Aurora’s Sunrise” by Inna Sahakyan– music Christine Aufderhaar (BT 2007)

AUSTRALIA: “You Won’t Be Alone” by Goran Stolevski – director/screenwriter Goran Stolevski (BT 2017), producer Kristina Ceyton (BT 2011), actor Sara Klimoska (BT 2019), Kamka Tocinovski (BT 2008)

AUSTRIA: “Corsage” by Marie Kreutzer – actor Jeanne Werner (BT 2018), co-producers Bernard Michaux (BT 2007), Jean-Christophe Reymond (BT 2004/2005), editor Ulrike Kofler (BT 2014)

BELGIUM: “Close” by Lukas Dhont – screenwriter Angelo Tijssens ( BT 2021)

BOLIVIA: “Utama” by director/ screenwriter Alejandro Loayza Grisi (BT 2022)

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: “A Ballad” by Aida Begić – producer Adis Djapo (BT 2008)

BRAZIL: "Mars One" by Gabriel Martins – sound designer Tiago Bello (BT 2013)

COLUMBIA: “The Kings of the World” by Laura Mora Ortega – co-producer Elisa Fernanda Pirir (BT 2019), producer Pilar Peredo (BT 2020), art department Diego Garcia (BT 2021), editors Gustavo Vasco (BT 2022) & Sebastián Hernández (BT 2016)

COSTA RICA: “Domingo and the Mist” by director/screenwriter/producer Ariel Escalante (BT 2017), music Alberto Torres (BT 2022), producer/cinematographer Nicolás Wong Díaz, film editing Lorenzo Mora (BT 2016)

DENMARK: “Holy Spider” by Ali Abbasi – producer Jacob Jarek (BT 2007), Sol Bondy (BT 2016), actor Arash Ashtiani (BT 2015), Sara Fazilat (BT 2017

ECUADOR: “Lo Invisible” by director Javier Andrade (BT 2014), screenwriter/actor Anahi Hoeneisen (BT 2009)

ESTONIA: “Kalev” by Ove Musting – production design Tiiu-Ann Pello (BT 2012)

FINLAND: “Girl Picture” by Alli Haapasalo – producer Elina Pohjola (BT 2012)

GEORGIA: “A Long Break” by Davit Pirtskhalava – art department Guram Navrozashvili (BT 2006)

GUATEMALA: “The Silence of the Mole” by director/screenwriter, producer Anaïs Taracena (BT 2019)

ICELAND: “Beautiful Beings” by Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson – producer Anton Máni Svansson (BT 2012)

INDIA: “Last Film Show” by Pan Nalin – producer Dheer Momaya (BT 2019)

IRAN: “World War III” by Houman Seyyedi – screenwriting Arian Vazirdaftari (BT 2021)

ISRAEL: “Cinema Sabaya” by Orit Fouks Rotem – producers Gal Greenspan (BT 2011) & Maya Fischer (BT 2018), cinematography Itay Marom (BT 20079

JAPAN: “Plan 75” by Chie Hayakawa – co-producer Alemberg Ang (BT 2021), producer Eiko Mizuno Gray (BT 2019)

JORDAN: “Farha” by Darin J. Sallam – director/writer Darin Sallam (BT 2021), cinematography Rachel Aoun (BT 2008)

KAZAKHSTAN: “Life” by writer & director, cinematographer & editor Emir Baigazin (BT 2008)

KENYA: “Tera Storm” by Andrew Kaggia – actor Sarah Muhoho (BT 2012)

KOSOVO: “Looking for Venera” by Norika Sefa – actor Tristan Halilaj (BT 2013)

LEBANON: “Memory Box” by Joana Hadjithomas, Khalil Joreige –producer Christian Eid (BT 2013)

MALTA: “Carmen” by Valerie Buhagiar – producer Coral Aiken (BT 2015), executive producer Daniel Bekerman (BT 2013)

MOROCCO: “The Blue Caftan” by Maryam Touzani – producer Katrin Pors (BT 2008)

NEPAL: “Butterfly on the Window Pane” by Sujit Bidari – editor Kiran Shrestha (BT 2019)

NETHERLANDS: “Narcosis” by Martijn de Jong – production designer Romke Faber (BT 2013)

NORTH MACEDONIA: “The Happiest Man in the World” by director & writer Teona Strugar Mitevska (BT 2004), producer Adis Djapo (BT 2008)

PANAMA: “Birthday Boy” by Arturo Montenegro (Panama) – sound designer Pablo Borghi (BT 2011)

PARAGUAY: “Eami” by Paz Encina (Paraguay) – co-producer Xénia Maingot (BT 2015)

PORTUGAL: “Alma Viva” by Cristèle Alves Meira– art director Rafael Mathé (BT 2018)

ROMANIA: “Immaculate” by Monica Stan, George Chiper – director & writer Monia Stans (BT 2011 and 2014)   

SERBIA: “Darkling” by Dusan Milic – co-producer Konstantina Stavrianou (BT 2014)

SINGAPORE: “Ajoomma” by He Shuming–producer Anthony Chen (BT 2006)

SPAIN: “Alcarràs” by Carla Simón – director & writer Carla Simón (BT 2015), co-producer/producer Giovanni Pompili (BT 2014), producer Maria Zamora (BT 2006), delegate producer Carla Sospedra (BT 2020), editor Ana pfaff (BT 2018), cinematography by Daniela Cajías (BT 2018)

SWEDEN: “Boy From Heaven” by Tarik Saleh (Sweden) – actor Sherwan Haji (BT 2020)

TANZANIA: “Tug of war” by Amil Shivji – director & writer Amil Shivji (BT 2014), writer Jennas Cato Bass (BT 2008), co-producer/producer Tamsin Ranger (BT 2019), editor Matthew Swanepoel (BT 2020)

TURKEY: “Kerr” by Tayfun Pirselimoğlu – editor Ali Aga (BT 2017)

UKRAINE: “Klondike” by writer & director, editor & co-producer Maryna Er Gorbach  (BT 2006)

URGUAY: “The Employer and the Employee” by Manolo Nieto (Uruguay) – co-producers Julia Alves de Oliveira (BT 2019), Georgina Baisch (BT 2019), Cecilia Salim (BT 2015-2016), Michael Wahrmann (BT 2014)

VENEZUELA: “The Box” by Lorenzo Vigas (Venezuela) – film editor Pablo Barbieri (BT 2003)