Bardos, donkeys, and Belgian heartbreakers mark a fascinating and wildly diverse 2022 slate.

it can seem as if almost no category is safe from Academy whims.

So who qualifies in 2022?

Saint Omer, Bardo, Decision to Leave

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(And also the only one that gives you approximately five perfect minutes ofIsabelle Huppert.)(Nov.

(In fact the originalAll Quietdid win Best Picture, nearly a century ago.)

13, 2023, with a limited qualifying release in December.)

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A24

Decision to Leave

Park Chan-wook’s ‘Decision to Leave’.Mubi

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Janus Films

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‘Argentina, 1985’.Courtesy of TIFF

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