Finally today, August 5, we have the first submission to #Oscars2017 and to my surprise came from Switzerland that for the first time announces its selection at the festival; which by-the-way makes sense as Locarno is one of the most famous festivals in the world and gets a lot more attention than the previous fest were the Swiss submission was announced. Great.Will not hide my approval as the Swiss film was premiered in Cannes and more interesting was written by one of my most favorite contemporary directors Céline Sciamma!
As most of you know been commenting about fresh news from several countries and the links are in my Pinterest, now most of the info will be in this post, but will continue to leave links at Pinterest. Yes, links take you to several languages news; my best suggestion is to use Chrome for auto-translation.
The deadline for submissions this year is October 3, 2016.
Switzerland: Ma Vie de Courgette (My Life as a Courgette), Claude Barras
Check submitted films posters here.
News
Brazil: Announcement on Monday, September 12 at 11:00am local time.
Canada: Will make a decision in September and announce the results by October 1st.
Chile: Deadline for inscriptions was yesterday, August 4. No news about announcement date.
Costa Rica: Registration deadline is September 9.
Germany: Eight (8) were submitted to be considered, so it's NOT a shortlist or pre-selection, but submissions made by the rights holders without any pre-selection. Still from those 8 will come the film that will represent Germany. Film will be announced on August 25. Check the films here.
Italy: Deadline is September 15.
Kosovo: Considering Home Sweet Home and Engjujt janë larg; expect one more by deadline on September 10.
Mexico: Announcement on September 14.
Montenegro: Application deadline September 15.
Pakistan: Deadline is August 22nd. Announcement on September 16.
Romania: Deadline is today, August 5th.
Serbia: Deadline is today, August 5th.
Slovenia: Deadline is August 31.
Spain: Will announce finalists on Friday, August 19 and selection on September 7th.