List of submissions to the 79th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
Submissions

List of submissions to the 79th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

Section Title: Submissions
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Submitting country	Film title used in nomination	Original title	Language(s)	Director(s)	Result

Algeria	Days of Glory	Indigènes	Arabic	Rachid Bouchareb	Nominated

Argentina	Family Law	Derecho de familia	Spanish	Daniel Burman	Not Nominated

Australia	Ten Canoes	Ten Canoes	Indigenous Australian languages, English	Rolf de Heer	Not Nominated

Austria	You Bet Your Life	Spiele Leben	German	Antonin Svoboda	Not Nominated

Bangladesh	Forever Flows	Nirontor	Bengali	Abu Sayeed	Not Nominated

Belgium	Someone Else's Happiness	Een ander zijn geluk	Dutch	Fien Troch	Not Nominated

Bolivia	American Visa	American Visa	Spanish	Juan Carlos Valdivia	Not Nominated

Bosnia and Herzegovina	Grbavica: Land of My Dreams	Grbavica	Bosnian	Jasmila Žbanić	Not Nominated

Brazil	Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures	Cinema, Aspirinas e Urubus	German, Portuguese	Marcelo Gomes	Not Nominated

Bulgaria	Monkeys in Winter	Maimuni prez zimata	Bulgarian	Milena Andonova	Not Nominated

Canada	Water	Water	Hindi	Deepa Mehta	Nominated

Chile	In Bed	En la cama	Spanish	Matías Bize	Not Nominated

China	Curse of the Golden Flower	Mǎnchéng Jìndài Huángjīnjiǎ (满城尽带黄金甲)	Mandarin	Zhang Yimou	Not Nominated

Colombia	A Ton of Luck	Soñar no cuesta nada	Spanish	Rodrigo Triana	Not Nominated

Croatia	Libertas	Libertas	Italian, Serbo-Croatian	Veljko Bulajić	Not Nominated

Cuba	El Benny	El Benny	Spanish	Jorge Luis Sánchez	Not Nominated

Czech Republic	Lunacy	Šílení	Czech	Jan Švankmajer	Not Nominated

Denmark	After the Wedding	Efter brylluppet	Danish, Hindi, Swedish	Susanne Bier	Nominated

Egypt	The Yacoubian Building	Omaret Yakobean (عمارة يعقوبيان)	Arabic	Marwan Hamed	Not Nominated

Finland	Lights in the Dusk	Laitakaupungin valot	Finnish, Russian	Aki Kaurismäki	Withdrawn

France	Avenue Montaigne	Fauteuils d'orchestre	French	Danièle Thompson	Made January Shortlist

Germany	The Lives of Others	Das Leben der Anderen	German	Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck	Won Academy Award

Greece	Chariton's Choir	I horodia tou haritona	Greek	Grigoris Karantinakis	Not Nominated

Hong Kong	The Banquet	Yè Yàn (夜宴)	Mandarin	Xiaogang Feng	Not Nominated

Hungary	White Palms	Fehér Tenyér	Hungarian, Russian	Szabolcs Hajdu	Not Nominated

Iceland	Children	Börn	Icelandic	Ragnar Bragason	Not Nominated

India	Rang De Basanti	Rang De Basanti (रंग दे बसंती)	Hindi	Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra	Not Nominated

Indonesia	Love for Share	Berbagi suami	Indonesian	Nia di Nata	Not Nominated

Iran	Transit Café	Café Transit	Greek, Persian, Turkish	Kambuzia Partovi	Not Nominated

Iraq	Dreams	Ahlaam (أحلام)	Arabic	Mohamed Al-Daradji	Not Nominated

Israel	Sweet Mud	Adama Meshuga'at (אדמה משוגעת)	French, Hebrew	Dror Shaul	Not Nominated

Italy	The Golden Door	Nuovomondo	Italian	Emanuele Crialese	Not Nominated

Japan	Hula Girls	Hura Gāru (フラガール)	Japanese	Lee Sang-il	Not Nominated

Kazakhstan	Nomad	Kôshpendiler (Көшпенділер)	Kazakh	Sergei Bodrov, Talgat Temenov, Ivan Passer	Not Nominated

Kyrgyzstan	The Wedding Chest	Sunduk predkov	French, Kyrgyz	Nurbek Egen	Not Nominated

Lebanon	Bosta	Bosta (بوسطة)	Arabic	Philippe Aractingi	Not Nominated

Lithuania	Before Flying Back to the Earth	Prieš parskrendant į žemę	Lithuanian, Russian	Arūnas Matelis	Not Nominated

Luxembourg	Your Name is Justine	Masz na imie Justine	German, Polish	Franco de Peña	Disqualified

Macedonia	Kontakt	Kontakt	German, Macedonian	Sergej Stanojkovski	Not Nominated

Mexico	Pan's Labyrinth	El laberinto del fauno	Spanish	Guillermo del Toro	Nominated

Morocco	The Moroccan Symphony	La symphonie marocaine	Arabic	Kamal Kamal	Not Nominated

Nepal	Basain	Basain	Nepali	Subash Gajurel	Not Nominated

Netherlands	Black Book	Zwartboek	Dutch, Hebrew, German	Paul Verhoeven	Made January Shortlist

Norway	Reprise	Reprise	Norwegian	Joachim Trier	Not Nominated

Peru	Madeinusa	Madeinusa	Spanish	Claudia Llosa	Not Nominated

Philippines	The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros	Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros	Filipino, Tagalog	Auraeus Solito	Not Nominated

Poland	Retrieval	Z odzysku	Polish, Russian	Slawomir Fabicki	Not Nominated

Portugal	Alice	Alice	Portuguese	Marco Martins	Not Nominated

Puerto Rico	Thieves and Liars	Ladrones y mentirosos	Spanish	Ricardo Méndez Matta	Not Nominated

Romania	The Way I Spent the End of the World	Cum mi-am petrecut sfârșitul lumii	Romanian	Catalin Mitulescu	Not Nominated

Russia	9th Company	9 rota (9 рота)	Russian	Fyodor Bondarchuk	Not Nominated

Serbia	Tomorrow Morning	Sutra ujutro	Serbo-Croatian	Oleg Novkovic	Not Nominated

Slovenia	Gravehopping	Odgrobadogroba	Slovene	Jan Cvitkovič	Not Nominated

South Korea	King and the Clown	Wang-ui namja (왕의 남자)	Korean	Lee Jun-ik	Not Nominated

Spain	Volver	Volver	Spanish	Pedro Almodóvar	Made January Shortlist

Sweden	Falkenberg Farewell	Farväl Falkenberg	Swedish	Jesper Ganslandt	Not Nominated

Switzerland	Vitus	Vitus	Swiss German	Fredi Murer	Made January Shortlist

Taiwan	Blue Cha Cha	Shen hai (深海)	Mandarin, Taiwanese	Chen Wen-Tang	Not Nominated

Thailand	Ahimsa: Stop to Run	Ahingsa-Jikko mee gam (อหิงสา จิ๊กโก๋ มีกรรม)	Thai	Kittikorn Liasirikun	Not Nominated

Turkey	Ice Cream, I Scream	Dondurmam Gaymak	Turkish	Yüksel Aksu	Not Nominated

Ukraine	Aurora	Avrora (Аврора)	Russian, Ukrainian	Oxana Bayrak	Not Nominated

Venezuela	Maroa	Maroa	Spanish	Solveig Hoogesteijn	Not Nominated

Vietnam	Story of Pao	Chuyen cua Pao	Vietnamese	Quang Hai Ngo	Not Nominated

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