The Independent Spirit Award for Best International Film is an award presented annually at the Independent Spirit Awards to recognize the best feature films produced outside United States. It was first presented in 1986, with Brazilian-American drama Kiss of the Spider Woman
Winners and nominees [ edit ] Year Film Original Title Director Country 1990 Sweetie Jane Campion Australia Black Rain 黒い雨 / Kuroi ame Shohei Imamura Japan A City of Sadness 悲情城市 / Bēiqíng chéngshì Hou Hsiao-hsien Taiwan The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover Peter Greenaway France , United Kingdom Freeze Die Come to Life Замри, умри, воскресни / Zamri, umri, voskresni! Vitali Kanevsky Soviet Union 1991 An Angel at My Table Jane Campion New Zealand , United Kingdom , Australia The Double Life of Véronique La double vie de Véronique Krzysztof Kieślowski France , Poland Life is Sweet Mike Leigh United Kingdom Requiem for Dominic Requiem für Dominik Robert Dornhelm Austria ,France , Romania Taxi Blues Такси-блюз / Taksi-Blyuz Pavel Lungin Soviet Union 1992 The Crying Game Neil Jordan United Kingdom Close to Eden Урга / Urga Nikita Mikhalkov Soviet Union Danzon Maria Novaro Mexico , Spain Howards End James Ivory United Kingdom Raise the Red Lantern 大红灯笼高高挂 / Dà Hóng Dēnglong Gāogāo Guà Zhang Yimou China , Hong Kong , Taiwan 1993 The Piano Jane Campion Australia Naked Mike Leigh United Kingdom Orlando Sally Potter Like Water for Chocolate Como agua para chocolate Alfonso Arau Mexico The Story of Qiu Ju 秋菊打官司 / Qiū Jú dǎ guānsi Zhang Yimou China ,Hong Kong 1994 Three Colors: Red Trois couleurs: Rouge Krzysztof Kieślowski France , Poland The Blue Kite 蓝风筝 / Lán fēngzheng Tian Zhuangzhuang China , Hong Kong Ladybird, Ladybird Ken Loach United Kingdom The Boys of St. Vincent John N. Smith Canada Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould François Girard 1995 Before the Rain Pred doždot Milcho Manchevski Macedonia , United Kingdom The City of Lost Children La cité des enfants perdus Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet France Exotica Atom Egoyan Canada I Am Cuba Soy Cuba Mikhail Kalatozov Cuba , Soviet Union Through the Olive Trees زیر درختان زیتون / Zīr-e Derakhtān-e Zeytūn Abbas Kiarostami Iran 1996 Secrets & Lies Mike Leigh United Kingdom Breaking the Waves Lars von Trier Denmark Chungking Express 重庆森林 / Chung Hing sam lam Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong Lamerica Gianni Amelio Italy Trainspotting Danny Boyle United Kingdom 1997 The Sweet Hereafter Atom Egoyan Canada Happy Together 春光乍泄 / Chun gwong cha sit Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong Mouth to Mouth Boca a boca Manuel Gómez Pereira Spain Nenette and Boni Nénette et Boni Claire Denis France Underground Podzemlje Emir Kusturica FR Yugoslavia , France , Germany 1998 The Celebration Festen Thomas Vinterberg Denmark Central Station Central do Brasil Walter Salles Brazil The Eel うなぎ / Unagi Shohei Imamura Japan The General John Boorman Ireland , United Kingdom Fireworks はなび / Hana-bi Takeshi Kitano Japan 1999 Run Lola Run Lola rennt Tom Tykwer Germany All About My Mother Todo sobre mi madre Pedro Almodóvar Spain My Son the Fanatic Udayan Prasad United Kingdom Topsy-Turvy Mike Leigh Rosetta Dardenne brothers Belgium , France
Year Film Original Title Director Country 2000 Dancer in the Dark Danser i mørket Lars von Trier Denmark In the Mood for Love 花样年华 / Fa yeung nin wa Wong Kar-wai France , Hong Kong Malli Santosh Sivan India A Time for Drunken Horses زمانی برای مستی اسبها / Zamani barayé masti asbha Bahman Ghobadi Iran The War Zone Tim Roth United Kingdom 2001 Amélie Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain Jean-Pierre Jeunet France Amores perros Alejandro González Iñárritu Mexico Lumumba Raoul Peck Belgium , France , Germany , Haiti Sexy Beast Jonathan Glazer United Kingdom , Spain Together Tillsammans Lukas Moodysson Sweden , Denmark , Italy 2002 Y Tu Mamá También Alfonso Cuarón Mexico Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner Atanarjuat Zacharias Kunuk Canada Time Out L'emploi du temps Laurent Cantet France The Piano Teacher La pianiste Michael Haneke Bloody Sunday Paul Greengrass Ireland , United Kingdom 2003 Whale Rider Niki Caro New Zealand , Germany City of God Cidade de Deus Fernando Meirelles Brazil Lilya 4-Ever Lilja 4-ever Lukas Moodysson Denmark The Magdalene Sisters Peter Mullan United Kingdom , Ireland The Triplets of Belleville Les triplettes de Belleville Sylvain Chomet France , Canada , Belgium 2004 The Sea Inside Mar Adentro Alejandro Amenabar Spain Oasis 오아시스 / Oasiseu Lee Chang-dong South Korea Bad Education La mala educación Pedro Almodóvar Spain Red Lights Feux rouges Cédric Kahn France Yesterday Darrell Roodt South Africa 2005 Paradise Now Hany Abu-Assad Palestine , Netherlands , Germany , France The Death of Mr. Lazarescu Moartea domnului Lazarescu Cristi Puiu Romania Duck Season Temporada de patos Fernando Eimbcke Mexico Head-On Gegen die Wand Fatih Akın Germany , Turkey Tony Takitani トニー滝谷 / Tony Takitani Jun Ichikawa Japan 2006 The Lives of Others Das Leben der Anderen Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck Germany 12:08 East of Bucharest A fost sau n-a fost? Corneliu Porumboiu Romania The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros Ang pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros Auraeus Solito Philippines Chronicle of an Escape Crónica de una fuga Israel Adrián Caetano Argentina Days of Glory Indigènes Rachid Bouchareb France , Morocco , Algeria , Belgium , Japan 2007 Once John Carney Ireland 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days 4 luni, 3 săptămâni şi 2 zile Cristian Mungiu Romania The Band's Visit ביקור התזמורת / Bikur Ha-Tizmoret Eran Kolirin France , Israel , United States Persepolis Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud France Lady Chatterley Pascale Ferran Belgium , France 2008 The Class Entre les murs Laurent Cantet France Gomorrah Gomorra Matteo Garrone Italy The Secret of the Grain La graine et le mulet Abdellatif Kechiche France Hunger Steve McQueen Ireland , United Kingdom Silent Light Stellet licht Carlos Reygadas France , Germany , Netherlands , Mexico 2009 An Education Lone Scherfig United Kingdom Everlasting Moments Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick Jan Troell Sweden The Maid La nana Sebastián Silva Chile Mother 마더 / Madeo Bong Joon-ho South Korea A Prophet Un prophète Jacques Audiard France
Year Film Original Title Director Country 2010 The King's Speech Tom Hooper United Kingdom Kisses Lance Daly Ireland Mademoiselle Chambon Stéphane Brizé France Of Gods and Men Des hommes et des dieux Xavier Beauvois Morocco ,France Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives ลุงบุญมีระลึกชาติ / Lung Bunmi Raluek Chat Apichatpong Weerasethakul Thailand 2011 A Separation جدایی نادر از سیمین / Jodaí-e Nadér az Simín Asghar Farhadi Iran The Kid with a Bike Le gamin au vélo Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne Belgium Shame Steve McQueen United Kingdom Tyrannosaur Paddy Considine Melancholia Lars von Trier Denmark 2012 Amour Michael Haneke Austria ,France , Germany Once Upon a Time in Anatolia Bir zamanlar Anadolu'da Nuri Bilge Ceylan Turkey , Bosnia and Herzegovina Rust and Bone De rouille et d'os Jacques Audiard France , Belgium War Witch Rebelle Kim Nguyen Canada Sister L'enfant d'en haut Ursula Meier France , Switzerland 2013 Blue Is the Warmest Colour La vie d'Adèle Abdellatif Kechiche France Gloria Sebastian Lelio Chile The Great Beauty La grande bellezza Paolo Sorrentino Italy The Hunt Jagten Thomas Vinterberg Denmark A Touch of Sin 天注定 / Tiān Zhùdìng Jia Zhangke China 2014 Ida Paweł Pawlikowski Poland Force Majeure Turist Ruben Östlund Sweden Leviathan Левиафан / Leviafan Andrey Zvyagintsev Russia Mommy Xavier Dolan Canada Norte, the End of History Norte, hangganan ng kasaysayan Lav Diaz Philippines Under the Skin Jonathan Glazer United Kingdom 2015 [ 1] Son of Saul Saul Fia László Nemes Hungary Embrace of the Serpent El abrazo de la serpiente Ciro Guerra Colombia Girlhood Bande de fillies Céline Sciamma France A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence En duva satt på en gren och funderade på tillvaron Roy Andersson Sweden Mustang Deniz Gamze Ergüven France , Turkey 2016 [ 2] Toni Erdmann Maren Ade Germany , Romania Aquarius Kleber Mendonça Filho Brazil Chevalier Athina Rachel Tsangari Greece My Golden Days Trois souvenirs de ma jeunesse Arnaud Desplechin France Under the Shadow زیر سایه / Zeer-e sāye Babak Anvari Iran , United Kingdom 2017 [ 3] A Fantastic Woman Una mujer fantástica Sebastián Lelio Chile 120 Beats Per Minute 120 battements par minute Robin Campillo France I Am Not a Witch Rungano Nyoni United Kingdom Lady Macbeth William Oldroyd Loveless Нелюбовь / Nelyubov Andrey Zvyagintsev Russia 2018 Roma Alfonso Cuarón Mexico Burning 버닝 / Beoning Lee Chang-dong South Korea Happy as Lazzaro Lazzaro felice Alice Rohrwacher Italy The Favourite Yorgos Lanthimos United Kingdom Shoplifters 万引き家族 / Manbiki Kazoku Hirokazu Kore-eda Japan 2019 Parasite 기생충 / Gisaengchung Bong Joon-ho South Korea The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão A Vida Invisível Karim Aïnouz Brazil Les Misérables Ladj Ly France Portrait of a Lady on Fire Portrait de la jeune fille en feu Céline Sciamma Retablo Alvaro Delgado-Aparicio Peru The Souvenir Joanna Hogg United Kingdom
Year Film Original Title Director Country 2020 [ 4] Quo Vadis, Aida? Jasmila Žbanić Bosnia and Herzegovina Bacurau Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles Brazil The Disciple Chaitanya Tamhane India Night of the Kings La Nuit des rois Philippe Lacôte Ivory Coast Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time Felkészülés meghatározatlan ideig tartó együttlétre Lili Horvát Hungary 2021 [ 5] Drive My Car ドライブ・マイ・カー / Doraibu mai kā Ryusuke Hamaguchi Japan Compartment No. 6 Hytti nro 6 / Купе номер шесть Juho Kuosmanen Finland and Russia Parallel Mothers Madres Paralelas Pedro Almodóvar Spain Pebbles கூழாங்கல் / Koozhangal P.S. Vinothraj India Petite Maman Céline Sciamma France Prayers for the Stolen Noche de fuego Tatiana Huezo Mexico 2022 [ 6] Joyland Saim Sadiq Pakistan , United States Corsage Marie Kreutzer Austria , Luxembourg , France , Italy , United Kingdom Leonor Will Never Die Martika Ramirez Escobar Philippines Return to Seoul Retour à Séoul Davy Chou South Korea , France , Belgium , Romania Saint Omer Alice Diop France 2023 [ 7] Anatomy of a Fall Anatomie d'une chute Justine Triet France Godland Volaða land / Vanskabte Land Hlynur Pálmason Denmark , Iceland Mami Wata C.J. Obasi Nigeria , France , United Kingdom Tótem Lila Avilés Mexico , Denmark , France The Zone of Interest Jonathan Glazer United Kingdom , Poland , United States
Current categories Retired categories Ceremonies (years are of film release; ceremonies are the following year)
