For the 97th Oscar® competition on 2 March 2025 in the category "Best International Film", German Films received a total of thirteen film submissions that are eligible for were able to qualify for the competition:

THE INVESTIGATION by RP Kahl (Film Mischwaren)
THE GLORY OF LIFE (THE GLORY OF LIFE) by Georg Maas, Judith Kaufmann (Tempest Filmproduktion)
THE INDOMITABLE 2 - GOOD MORNING, BEAUTIFUL ONES! (FEMOCRACY II) by Torsten Körner (Broadview TV)
LEADER AND SEDUCER (GOEBBELS AND THE LEADER) by Joachim A. Lang (Zeitsprung Pictures)
HOLLYWOODGATE by Ibrahim Nash'at (Rolling Narratives)
IN THE BLIND SPOT  (IN THE BLIND SPOT)  by Ayse Polat (mîtos film)
WITH LOVE, YOUR HILDE (FROM HILDE, WITH LOVE) by Andreas Dresen (PANDORA FILM Produktion)
SAD JOKES by Fabian Stumm (Postofilm)
STELLA. A LIFE (STELLA. A LIFE) by Kilian Riedhof (Letterbox Filmproduktion)
DIE (DYING) by Matthias Glasner (Port au Prince Film & Kultur Produktion)
SILENCE (STILLNESS) by Erik Borner (Bluescreen Entertainment)
THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG by Mohammad Rasoulof (Run Way Pictures)
TWO TO ONE (TWO TO ONE) by Natja Brunckhorst (zischlermann filmproduktion)

The final selection of the German entry will take place on 21 and 22 August 2024 in Munich by an independent jury of experts.

All further information is available here.
Source: German Films