OSCAR SEASON
For the 98th Academy Awards, the submitted motion pictures must
have first been released theatrically in their respective countries
between October 1, 2024, and September 30, 2025.
The 15-title shortlist will be announced on December 16, 2025.
Official Oscar nominations will be announced on January 22, 2026.
Visit our co-sponsor ELMA’s website for more information on European submissions:
https://www.elma.org/oscars
And visit here for additional information on submissions from all countries.
SEEfest program and activities are supported, in part, by ELMA Foundation for European Movies in America; Romanian Cultural Institute, New York; UCLA Center for European and Russian Studies; Goethe-Institut Los Angeles; Blue Heron Foundation; Austrian-American Council West, Los Angeles Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture; by a grant from the Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles; Center for Slavic, Eurasian, and East European Studies, UNC-Chapel Hill, and Arts Project Grant from the City of West Hollywood's Arts Division.