Golden Globes 2023 Non-English Language Film Submissions

It is 1990 and the USSR is on the verge of collapse and Estonia, along with other Baltic countries, to be liberated. At the same time, yearly basketball battles evolve into a fight between Estonia and Soviet and politics are played hard on a basketball field and outside of it.

Based on the tragic death of Zsolt Eross, played by Zsolt Trill, the most successful Hungarian high-altitude mountaineer (and the first Hungarian to climb Mount Everest), Heights and Depths follows the mountaineer’s final expedition, scaling Kangchenjunga in 2013. While he successfully reached the summit, he never survived the descent, leaving behind his wife and two children.

One of the biggest hits of 2022 in India, the Hindi-language Gangubai Kathiawadi, is credited for bringing moviegoers back to theaters and reviving the Indian box office after Covid. The film opened at the Berlin Film Festival in February, has grossed over $26 million worldwide, and is now available on Netflix – where it’s the most-watched Indian film globally.

Alicia (Ilse Sales) is a Mexican architect who had a "perfect life" until her 6-year-old son died in an accident. Affected by his death, she gets wrapped up in guilt and pain and dissociates herself from everything.

Goddamned Asura, the multifaceted psychological drama of Taiwanese director Yi-an Lou who also co-wrote the story with Singing Chen, was inspired by real events from newspaper reports on random killings.   The intriguing and violent film delves into the desperation of Taipei’s disenchanted youth as they struggle to reconcile their social status with the pressures of adulthood.

Victor (Alberto Ammann), a famous actor, will have to face his past when he returns to the old cabin that belonged to his father. The property is a place that brings him mixed feelings.

A small town, two brothers, Leo and Argel, facing the poverty of their family and a community forgotten by the authorities. Argel (Jorge A.

In Pink Moon everything starts with a family dinner at Jan's house, a man who is going to turn 75 in the next few days. The dinner goes smoothly for a little while, and everyone seems to be having a good time.

It's not very often that a first-time director presents her film in a big festival and walks away as the big winner of the night. That's exactly what happened to Valentina Maurel, who in August launched her career with I Have Electric Dreams in Locarno: she won as Best Director while also celebrating the triumphs of her casting choices, Daniela Marin Navarro as Best Actress and Reinaldo Amien as Best Actor.

An aviation coming-of-age drama, Brother in Every Inch follows Russian-born identical twins Mitya and Andrey (played by twins Sergey and Nikolav Zhuravlyov), who share a dream of becoming military pilots. Eventually, they become trainee airforce pilots.