The academy determines the nine films that make the Foreign-Language Feature shortlist in a two-stage process. First, the several hundred members who serve on the screening committee have been divided into groups to watch the 81 submissions over two months beginning in mid October. They are rating them from 6 to 10 with their top six vote getters make it to the next round. We've already profiled the 10 films that we think likeliest to appeal to them. The other three films on the shortlist will be decided on by the 20 members of the executive committee in mid December. Below, we consider five contenders that could be added at this stage. (The five Oscar nominees will be determined by select committee members in both Gotham and Hollywood who will screen the nine semi-finalists in early January.) -Break- Subscribe to Gold Derby Breaking News Alerts & Experts’ Latest Oscar Predictions 1. “A War” (Denmark) Many of ou.