A poster shows director Jean Jacques Annaud and a wolf.
It's been reported that China is going to submit the drama "Wolf Totem" for this year's Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Based on the semi-autobiographical novel by Jiang Rong, the film centers on a young man, who is sent to Inner Mongolia to teach shepherds and who becomes fascinated with local wolves.
The novel-turned-film is directed by French director Jean Jacques Annaud, who worked with animals in previous projects like 1998's "The Bear" and 2004's "Two Brothers", which focused on two tigers.
The China-France co-production was screened in China in February and grossed 110.5 million US dollars.
It is set to be released in the US on September 11.
The official announcement of China's submission is expected to be made close to October 1
