Alumni in Oscar International Feature 2025

With 62 Berlinale Talents alumni involved in 35 official submissions to the International Feature section at the 2025 Oscars, the race is going to be more exciting than ever. The shortlist will be announced on Thursday, 17 December, and then it's a waiting game until the awards ceremony on 3 March, 2025. You can find the complete list of alumni who have worked on the submitted films below.

ALBANIA: "Pikë uji" (Waterdrop) – foley artist/sound designer Marian Balan (BT 2023)

ARGENTINA: "El jockey" (Kill the Jockey) – producer Benjamín Doménech (BT 2010), co-producer Katrin Pors (BT 2008), technical audio supervisor Gerardo Kalmar (BT 2017), post production supervisor Iair Michel Attias (BT 2020)

BOLIVIA: "Mano Propia" (Own Hand) – cinematographer Pablo Paniagua (BT 2017)

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: "Nakon ljeta" (My Late Summer) – actor Marija Skaricic (BT 2007), cinematographer Milos Jacimovic (BT 2008), foley artist/sound designer Marian Balan (BT 2023)

BULGARIA: "Triumf" (Triumph) – writer/executive producer Decho Taralezhkov (BT 2021), actor Nikolay Todorov (BT 2008/2010), assistant development producer Petra Rut Oplatkova (BT 2014), producer Konstantina Stavrianou (BT 2014)

CANADA: "Une langue universelle" (Universal Language) – director/writer/actor/executive producer Matthew Rankin (BT 2011), actor Annie St-Pierre (BT 2023), producer Rosalie Chicoine Perreault (BT 2024), executive producer Aaron Graham (BT 2009), editor Xi Feng (BT 2020)

EGYPT: "404 الرحلة" (Flight 404) – sound designer Sara Kaddouri (BT 2019)

ESTONIA: "8 View of Lake Biwa" - producer Dora Nedeczky (BT2013

FINLAND: "Mummola" (Family Time) – producer Jussi Rantamäki (BT 2009)

GERMANY: "The Seed Of The Sacred Fig" – sound Hassan Shabankareh (BT 2012)

HUNGARY: "Semmelweis" – composer Attila Pacsay (BT 2011)

INDIA: "Laapataa Ladies" (Lost Ladies) – co-producer Tanaji Dasgupta (BT 2021)

IRELAND: "Kneecap" – producer Jack Tarling (BT 2021), exec. producer Manon Ardisson (BT 2018)

ITALY: "Vermiglio" – writer/director/producer Maura Delpero (BT 2015), producer Leonardo Guerra Seràgnoli (BT 2015)

KAZAKHSTAN: "Bauryna Salu" – producer Elizabeth Woodward (BT 2021)

LATVIA: "Straume" (Flow) – producer Ron Dyens (BT 2003)

LEBANON: "Arzé" – editor Hisham Saqr (BT 2011)

MALAYSIA: "Abang Adik" – editor Soo Mun Thye (BT 2022)

MEXICO: "Sujo" – directors Astrid Rondero (BT 2014) & Fernanda Valadez (BT 2013), cinematography Ximena Amann (BT 2006)

MONGOLIA: "If Only I Could Hibernate" – writer, director, producer Zoljargal Purevdash (BT 2023)

MOROCCO: "Everybody Loves Touda" – co-producer Katrin Pors (BT 2008)

NEPAL: "Shambhala" – director, co-writer & producer Min Bahadur Bham (BT 2013), co-writer Abinash Bikram Shah (BT 2010), production design Ram Lal Khadka (BT 2024), co-editor Kiran Shrestha (BT 2019), co-producer Shuk Fong Chong (BT 2022), associate producer Rajesh Prasad Khatri (BT 2020), associate producer Jeremy Chua (BT 2017)

NORWAY: "Armand" – co-producer Derk-Jan Warrink (BT 2011), cinematographer Pål Ulvik Rokseth (BT 2015)

PARAGUAY: "Los últimos" (The Last Ones) – producer Marcelo Martinessi (BT 2013)

SENEGAL: "Dahomey" – editor Gabriel Gonzalez (BT 2018)

SLOVAKIA: "Ema a smrtihlav" (The Hungarian Dressmaker) – co-producer Sára László (BT 2012)

SLOVENIA: "Odrešitev za začetnike" (Family Therapy) – director/producer Sonja Prosenc (BT 2009), script editor Despina Ladi (BT 2019)

SWITZERLAND: "Reinas" – director Klaudia Reynicke (BT 2011), sound design Federico Disandro (BT 2020), co-producer Valérie Delpierre (BT 2016)

TAJIKISTAN: "Melody" – cinematography Ali Mohammad Ghasemi (BT 2003)

UKRAINE: La Palisiada – producer Valeria Sochyvets (BT 2023), editor Nikon Romanchenko (BT 2019)

UNITED KINGDOM: "Santosh" – sound design/supervising sound editor Nikola Medic (BT 2017)