Homebound shortlisted for Best International Feature at Oscars 2026

Key facts

• Homebound became only the fifth Indian film to make it to the shortlist of the Best International Feature category at the Academy Awards.
• It competed with 86 films from around the globe to make it to the top 15 in the shortlist.
• Only three Indian films — Mother India (1957), Salaam Bombay! (1988), and Lagaan (2001) — previously reached the final five nominations in the same category.
• Pan Nalin’s 2021 Gujarati film Last Film Show is the only Indian entry that made the shortlist but did not advance to the final nominations.