80th Golden Globes Non-English Language Film Submissions

Early on in this film, it becomes clear why the Brazilian writer-director Flávia Neves chose the title Fogaréu.

The world premiere of Home for Sale took place on October 10, 2022 at the 27th Busan International Film Festival in South Korea. This engrossing drama, set in the Kyrgyz Republic capital city of Bishkek, is the second feature film from acclaimed Kyrgyz director Taalaibek Kulmendeev.

The world of female bodybuilders is relatively undocumented. However, through the lens of writer-directors Anna Eszter Nemes and László Csuja, audiences are treated to a rare view of this underrated sport.

The story of Kantara (sacred forest) is set in the Indian state of Karnataka and is inspired by the relationship between forests and human beings, taking place over almost two centuries, encompassing a royal history that goes from the 1800s to the late 20th century. A progressive king promises to give his lands to the local communities in exchange for a stone wherein he finds solace and peace of mind.

Tomorrow is a social drama about the daily life of a human rights lawyer who, ten years after the Tunisian revolution, is still in search of social justice. After a bitter divorce, Habib and his 15-year-old son Ahmed are brought together by Habib’s worsening state of health.

Harvest Moon director and star Amarsaikhan Baljinnyam – one of the highest profile actors in Mongolia – is better known for tough guy roles in the Trapped Abroad action franchise and as the first Mongolian actor to breakthrough in Hollywood in the Netflix series Marco Polo, as Kublai Khan’s brother, Ariq Böke. In his directorial debut, Harvest Moon he takes on the biggest challenge of all, playing an everyday character, Tulgaa, who works as a mild-mannered chef in Ulaanbaatar when he faces a dilemma in his life.

In the Israeli film Cinema Sabaya, eight women – all Arab and Jewish – take part in a video workshop hosted by a young Tel Aviv film director, Rona (Dana Ivgy), who teaches them how to document their lives. With each raw homemade film shot by the women and shared with the others, the group dynamic forces them to challenge their views and beliefs as they get to know each other and themselves better.

Three incarcerated criminals – Alois, the brains behind the coup, Hans, a former butcher and pimp, and Abdullah, an Arab terrorist – stage a hostage crisis in a maximum-security prison. Alois is the leader.

On the modest outskirts of a prosperous city in the heart of Brazil, a working-class family deals with their day-to-day challenges. Mother and father work hard, the oldest daughter studies to become a lawyer, and the young boy could easily become a soccer star, but his heart is actually on another celestial body – Mars – and another path – being an astrophysicist and, one day, an astronaut.

The Ukrainian film Luxembourg, Luxembourg by Antonio Lukich premiered at this year’s Venice Film Festival in the Horizonti competition and is one of the few films from the country that doesn’t touch on the ongoing Russian invasion. Lukich’s sophomore film is a look at the complicated relationship between men within a family, but not without moments of levity and humor.