List of submissions to the 88th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
Submissions

List of submissions to the 88th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

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Submitting country	Film title used in nomination	Original title	Language(s)	Director(s)	Result

Afghanistan	Utopia	آرمان شهر	Dari	Hassan Nazer	Disqualified

Albania	Bota	Bota	Albanian	Iris Elezi, Thomas Logoreci	Not nominated

Algeria	Twilight of Shadows	غروب الظلال	Arabic	Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina	Not nominated

Argentina	The Clan	El Clan	Spanish	Pablo Trapero	Not nominated

Australia	Arrows of the Thunder Dragon	Arrows of the Thunder Dragon	Dzongkha	Greg Sneddon	Not nominated

Austria	Goodnight Mommy	Ich seh, ich seh	German	Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz	Not nominated

Bangladesh	Jalal's Story	জালালের গল্প	Bangla	Abu Shahed Emon	Not nominated

Belgium	The Brand New Testament	Le Tout Nouveau Testament	French	Jaco Van Dormael	Made December shortlist

Bosnia and Herzegovina	Our Everyday Life	Naša svakodnevna priča	Bosnian	Ines Tanović	Not nominated

Brazil	The Second Mother	Que horas ela volta?	Portuguese	Anna Muylaert	Not nominated

Bulgaria	The Judgment	Съдилището	Bulgarian	Stephan Komandarev	Not nominated

Cambodia	The Last Reel	ដុំហ្វីលចុងក្រោយ	Khmer	Kulikar Sotho	Not nominated

Canada	Felix and Meira	Félix et Meira	French, Yiddish	Maxime Giroux	Not nominated

Chile	The Club	El Club	Spanish	Pablo Larraín	Not nominated

China	Go Away Mr. Tumor	滚蛋吧！肿瘤君	Mandarin	Han Yan	Not nominated

Colombia	Embrace of the Serpent	El abrazo de la serpiente	Cubeo, German, Huitoto, Spanish, Ticuna, Wanano, Catalan, Portuguese, Latin	Ciro Guerra	Nominated

Costa Rica	Presos	Presos	Spanish	Esteban Ramírez	Not nominated

Croatia	The High Sun	Zvizdan	Croatian	Dalibor Matanić	Not nominated

Czech Republic	Home Care	Domácí péče	Czech	Slávek Horák	Not nominated

Denmark	A War	Krigen	Danish	Tobias Lindholm	Nominated

Dominican Republic	Sand Dollars	Dólares de Arena	Spanish	Laura Amelia Guzmán, Israel Cárdenas	Not nominated

Estonia	1944	1944	Estonian, Russian	Elmo Nüganen	Not nominated

Ethiopia	Lamb	Lamb	Amharic	Yared Zeleke	Not nominated

Finland	The Fencer	Miekkailija	Estonian, Russian	Klaus Härö	Made December shortlist

France	Mustang	Mustang	Turkish	Deniz Gamze Ergüven	Nominated

Georgia	Moira	მოირა	Georgian	Levan Tutberidze	Not nominated

Germany	Labyrinth of Lies	Im Labyrinth des Schweigens	German	Giulio Ricciarelli	Made December shortlist

Greece	Xenia	Ξενία	Greek, Albanian	Panos H. Koutras	Not nominated

Guatemala	Ixcanul	Ixcanul	Kaqchikel, Spanish	Jayro Bustamante	Not nominated

Hong Kong	To the Fore	破風	Mandarin	Dante Lam	Not nominated

Hungary	Son of Saul	Saul fia	Hungarian, Yiddish, German	László Nemes	Won Academy Award

Iceland	Rams	Hrútar	Icelandic	Grímur Hákonarson	Not nominated

India	Court	Court	Marathi	Chaitanya Tamhane	Not nominated

Iran	Muhammad: The Messenger of God	محمد رسول‌الله	Persian	Majid Majidi	Not nominated

Iraq	Memories on Stone	Bîranînen li ser kevirî	Kurdish	Shawkat Amin Korki	Not nominated

Ireland	Viva	Viva	Spanish	Paddy Breathnach	Made December shortlist

Israel	Baba Joon	באבא ג'ון	Persian	Yuval Delshad	Not nominated

Italy	Don't Be Bad	Non essere cattivo	Italian	Claudio Caligari	Not nominated

Ivory Coast	Run	Run	French	Philippe Lacôte	Not nominated

Japan	100 Yen Love	百円の恋	Japanese	Masaharu Take	Not nominated

Jordan	Theeb	ذيب	Arabic	Naji Abu Nowar	Nominated

Kazakhstan	Stranger	Жат	Kazakh	Ermek Tursunov	Not nominated

Kosovo	Babai	Babai	Albanian	Visar Morina	Not nominated

Kyrgyzstan	Heavenly Nomadic	Сутак	Kyrgyz	Mirlan Abdykalykov	Not nominated

Latvia	Modris	Modris	Latvian	Juris Kursietis	Not nominated

Lebanon	Void	وينن	Arabic	Tarek Korkomaz, Zeina Makki, Jad Beyrouthy, Christelle Ighniades, Salim Habr, Maria Abdel Karim, Naji Bechara	Not nominated

Lithuania	The Summer of Sangailė	Sangailės vasara	Lithuanian	Alantė Kavaitė	Not nominated

Luxembourg	Baby(a)lone	Baby(A)lone	Luxembourgish	Donato Rotunno	Not nominated

Macedonia	Honey Night	Медена ноќ	Macedonian	Ivo Trajkov	Not nominated

Malaysia	Men Who Save the World	Lelaki Harapan Dunia	Malay	Liew Seng Tat	Not nominated

Mexico	600 Miles	600 Millas	Spanish	Gabriel Ripstein	Not nominated

Montenegro	You Carry Me	Ti mene nosiš	Croatian	Ivona Juka	Not nominated

Morocco	Aida	عايدة	Arabic	Driss Mrini	Not nominated

Nepal	Talakjung vs Tulke	टलकजंग भर्सेस टुल्के	Nepali	Nischal Basnet	Not nominated

Netherlands	The Paradise Suite	The Paradise Suite	Bulgarian, Swedish, French, Bosnian, Serbian, Dutch	Joost van Ginkel	Not nominated

Norway	The Wave	Bølgen	Norwegian, Danish	Roar Uthaug	Not nominated

Pakistan	Moor	ماں	Urdu, Pashto	Jami	Not nominated

Palestine	The Wanted 18	The Wanted 18	Arabic	Paul Cowan, Amer Shomali	Not nominated

Panama	Box 25	Caja 25	Spanish	Mercedes Arias, Delfina Vidal	Not on the final list

Paraguay	Cloudy Times	El tiempo nublado	Spanish	Arami Ullon	Not nominated

Peru	NN	NN	Spanish	Héctor Gálvez	Not nominated

Philippines	Heneral Luna	Heneral Luna	Filipino, English, Spanish, French, Kinaray-a, Hiligaynon	Jerrold Tarog	Not nominated

Poland	11 Minutes	11 Minut	Polish, English	Jerzy Skolimowski	Not nominated

Portugal	Arabian Nights: Volume 2 - The Desolate One	As Mil e Uma Noites: Volume 2, O Desolado	Portuguese	Miguel Gomes	Not nominated

Romania	Aferim!	Aferim!	Romanian, Romany	Radu Jude	Not nominated

Russia	Sunstroke	Солнечный удар	Russian	Nikita Mikhalkov	Not nominated

Serbia	Enclave	Енклава	Serbian, Albanian	Goran Radovanović	Not nominated

Singapore	7 Letters	7 Letters	Malay, Hokkien, Mandarin, Malayalam, English	Boo Junfeng, Eric Khoo, Jack Neo, K Rajagopal, Tan Pin Pin, Royston Tan, Kelvin Tong	Not nominated

Slovakia	Goat	Koza	Slovak, Czech	Ivan Ostrochovský	Not nominated

Slovenia	The Tree	Drevo	Slovene	Sonja Prosenc	Not nominated

South Africa	The Two of Us	Thina Sobabili	Zulu	Ernest Nkosi	Not nominated

South Korea	The Throne	사도	Korean	Lee Joon-ik	Not nominated

Spain	Flowers	Loreak	Basque	Jon Garaño, Jose Mari Goenaga	Not nominated

Sweden	A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence	En duva satt på en gren och funderade över tillvaron	Swedish	Roy Andersson	Not nominated

Switzerland	Iraqi Odyssey	Iraqi Odyssey	Arabic	Samir	Not nominated

Taiwan	The Assassin	刺客聶隱娘	Mandarin	Hou Hsiao-hsien	Not nominated

Thailand	How to Win at Checkers (Every Time)	พี่ชาย My Hero (Pi Chai My Hero)	Thai	Josh Kim	Not nominated

Turkey	Sivas	Sivas	Turkish	Kaan Müjdeci	Not nominated

United Kingdom	Under Milk Wood	Under Milk Wood	Welsh, English	Kevin Allen	Not nominated

Uruguay	A Moonless Night	Una noche sin luna	Spanish	Germán Tejeira	Not nominated

Venezuela	Gone with the River	Dauna. Lo que lleva el río	Warao	Mario Crespo	Not nominated

Vietnam	Jackpot	Trúng số	Vietnamese	Dustin Nguyen	Not nominated

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