The selection of the national submissions for the competition for the OSCAR^® in the category International Feature Film are in most cases organized by the respective national film institutions. In Germany, German Films is responsible for the preparation, organization and implementation of the selection procedures. In this function, German Films' responsibilities are strictly of organizational nature. German Films itself is not represented in the selection committee.

The following thirteen German films were submitted to German Films by German producers and qualify for the final selection:

• DIE ERMITTLUNG (THE INVESTIGATION) by RP Kahl (Film Mischwaren)
• DIE HERRLICHKEIT DES LEBENS (THE GLORY OF LIFE) by Georg Maas, Judith Kaufmann (Tempest Filmproduktion)
• DIE UNBEUGSAMEN 2 – GUTEN MORGEN, IHR SCHÖNEN! (FEMOCRACY II) by Torsten Körner (Broadview TV)
• FÜHRER UND VERFÜHRER (GOEBBELS AND THE FÜHRER) by Joachim A. Lang (Zeitsprung Pictures)
• HOLLYWOODGATE by Ibrahim Nash’at (Rolling Narratives)
• IM TOTEN WINKEL  (IN THE BLIND SPOT)  by Ayse Polat (mîtos film)
• IN LIEBE, EURE HILDE (FROM HILDE, WITH LOVE) by Andreas Dresen (PANDORA FILM Produktion)
• SAD JOKES by Fabian Stumm (Postofilm)
• STELLA. EIN LEBEN (STELLA. A LIFE) by Kilian Riedhof (Letterbox Filmproduktion)
• STERBEN (DYING) by Matthias Glasner (Port au Prince Film & Kultur Produktion)
• STILLE (SILENCE) by Erik Borner (Bluescreen Entertainment)
• DIE SAAT DES HEILIGEN FEIGENBAUMS (THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG) by Mohammad Rasoulof (Run Way Pictures)
• ZWEI ZU EINS (TWO TO ONE) by Natja Brunckhorst (zischlermann filmproduktion)

The German selection committee for the 2025 OSCAR^® selection consisted of the following participants:

• Produzent*innenverband e.V.: Ingo Fliess (if... Productions)
• Allianz Deutscher Produzenten - Film & Fernsehen e.V. / Sektion Kino: Prof. Uli Putz (Claussen+Putz Filmproduktion)
• Verband Deutscher Filmexporteure e.V.: Isabel Schneider (Sola Media)
• AG Verleih – Verband Unabhängiger Filmverleiher: Katharina Günther (Plaion Pictures)
• HDF KINO e.V.: Ulrich Jacobi (Domstadt Kino Merseburg)
• Verband der Deutschen Filmkritik e.V.: Thomas Abeltshauser
• Bundesverband Regie e.V.: Matthias Greving
• Deutsche Filmakademie e.V.: Ulrich Matthes
• Deutsche Filmakademie e.V.: Constantin Lieb