Switzerland Picks Peruvian Drama Reinas for Oscar Race

Switzerland has picked Reinas, a Peruvian family drama from Swiss-Peruvian filmmaker Klaudia Reynicke, as its entry for the 2025 Oscars in the best international feature category.

The film is set during a summer in Lima in 1992 as a father tries to reconnect to his two daughters against the tumultuous political backdrop of a country in crisis.

Gonzalo Molina plays the father Carlos, a taxi driver and failed actor. Abril Gjurinovic and Luana Vega are his long-suffering daughters, Lucia and Aurora. During what they know might be their last summer together, Carlos struggles to rebuild family ties while around them, the country’s economy tanks, the victim of hyperinflation.

Reinas premiered in Sundance and screened at the Berlin Film Festival, where it won the Grand Prix for best film from the Generation Kplus international jury.

Switerzland has picked up a total of five best international feature nominations and has won the Oscar twice. Peru to date has a single Oscar nomination, namely for Claudia Llosa’s The Milk of Sorrow in 2009.

The shortlist for best international feature contenders will be announced on Dec. 17, with nominations announced on Jan. 17, 2025. The 2025 Academy Awards will be held on Sunday, March 2.