Semih Kaplanoglu’s Commitment Hasan chosen as Turkey's official entry to Oscar's Best International Feature category

Semih Kaplanoglu’s Commitment Hasan has been selected as Turkey's official entry to the Best International Feature Oscar this year. 

The film follows a fruit farmer is resistant to an electrity pole being planted in the middle of his garden. 

Commitment Hasan had its premiere in Un Certain Regard at this year's Cannes Film Festival, and has been screened at Chicago, Sao Paulo, Karlovy Vary, Jerusalem and Antalya Golden Orange festivals, according to Variety. 

The film was also chosen to represent Turkey in Oscars 2019. Kaplanoglu's film Honey was selected in 2010. 

Entries from other countries include — Kiro Russo’s The Great Movement (Bolivia), Catarina Vasconcelos’ The Metamorphosis of Birds (Portugal), Precious is the Night (Singapore), Plaza Catedral (Panama), The Hand of God (Italy), The Worst Person in the World (Norway), Unclenching the Fists (Russia), Flee (Denmark), The Intruder (Argentina), When Pomegranates Howl (Australia), Rehana (Bangladesh), The Stranger (Palestine), Clara Sola (Costa Rica), Zero to Hero (Hong Kong), The Broken Glass Theory (Uruguay), Nothing But the Sun (Paraguay), A Hero (Iran), Prayers for the Stolen (Mexico), Titane (France), Lamb (Iceland), Private Desert (Brazil), Great Freedom (Austria), Drive My Car (Japan), Zatopek (Czech Republic), The Falls (Taiwan), Post Mortem (Hungary), The Gravedigger’s Wife (Somalia), Escape From Mogadishu (South Korea), The Good Boss (Spain), Drunken Birds (Canada), Powerful Chief (Peru), Shambala (Kyrgyzstan), Memoria (Colombia), Shelter (Ireland), I’m Your Man (Germany), Submersible (Ecuador). 

India has chosen Koozhangal (Pebbles), a rural drama backed by actor Nayanthara and Vignesh Sivan as its official entry to the Oscars. The film centres on the pursuit of an alcoholic father and his young son who left them to escape her husband's abuse. The relationship between the father and son is portrayed during this ordeal.

The Academy Awards will reveal the International Feature shortlist December 21. The final five nominees will be declared on February 8 next year.