Switzerland chose QueensA Peruvian family drama directed by Swiss-Peruvian filmmaker Klaudia Reynicke is nominated for the 2025 Oscar in the Best International Feature Film category.
Set during a summer in Lima in 1992, the film follows a father trying to reconnect with his two daughters amid the turbulent political backdrop of a country in crisis.
Gonzalo Molina plays the father, Carlos, a taxi driver and failed actor. Abril Gjurinovic and Luana Vega were his long-suffering daughters Lucia and Aurora. In the summer they know this may be their last together, Carlos works to rebuild family relationships while the country around them suffers from a sluggish economy, a victim of hyperinflation.
Queens The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and screened at the Berlin Film Festival, where it won the Best Film Award from the Generation Kplus international jury.
Switzerland received a total of five nominations for Best International Feature Film and won two Oscars. Peru has only received one Oscar nomination so far, that of Claudia Llosa sad milk 2009.
The shortlist for Best International Feature Film will be announced on December 17, and nominations will be announced on January 17, 2025.
