List of submissions to the 82nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
Submissions

List of submissions to the 82nd 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

Albania	Alive!	Gjallë	Albanian	Artan Minarolli	Not Nominated

Algeria	London River	London River	French, English	Rachid Bouchareb	Disqualified

Argentina	The Secret in Their Eyes	El secreto de sus ojos	Spanish	Juan José Campanella	Won Academy Award

Armenia	Autumn of the Magician	Հրաշագործի աշունը	Armenian	Ruben Gevorkyants & Vahe Gevorkyants	Not Nominated

Australia	Samson & Delilah	Samson and Delilah	Walpiri, English	Warwick Thornton	Made January Shortlist

Austria	For a Moment, Freedom	Ein Augenblick Freiheit	English, Persian, Turkish	Arash T. Riahi	Not Nominated

Bangladesh	Beyond the Circle	Britter Bairey	Bengali	Golam Rabbani Biplob	Not Nominated

Belgium	The Misfortunates	De helaasheid der dingen	Dutch	Felix van Groeningen	Not Nominated

Bolivia	Southern Zone	Zona Sur	Spanish, Aymara	Juan Carlos Valdivia	Not Nominated

Bosnia and Herzegovina	Night Guards	Čuvari noći	Serbo-Croatian	Namik Kabil	Not Nominated

Brazil	Time of Fear	Salve Geral	Portuguese	Sergio Rezende	Not Nominated

Bulgaria	The World Is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the Corner	Светът е голям и спасение дебне отвсякъде	Bulgarian	Stephan Komandarev	Made January Shortlist

Canada	I Killed My Mother	J'ai tué ma mère	French	Xavier Dolan	Not Nominated

Chile	Dawson, Island 10	Dawson, Isla 10	Spanish	Miguel Littin	Not Nominated

China	Forever Enthralled	梅兰芳	Mandarin Chinese	Chen Kaige	Not Nominated

Colombia	The Wind Journeys	Los viajes del viento	Spanish	Ciro Guerra	Not Nominated

Croatia	Donkey	Kenjac	Croatian	Antonio Nuić	Not Nominated

Cuba	Fallen Gods	Los Dioses Rotos	Spanish	Ernesto Daranas	Not Nominated

Czech Republic	Protector	Protektor	Czech	Marek Najbrt	Not Nominated

Denmark	Terribly Happy	Frygtelig lykkelig	Danish	Henrik Ruben Genz	Not Nominated

Estonia	December Heat	Detsembrikuumus	Estonian	Asko Kase	Not Nominated

Finland	Letters to Father Jacob	Postia pappi Jaakobille	Finnish	Klaus Härö	Not Nominated

France	A Prophet	Un prophète	French	Jacques Audiard	Nominated

Georgia	The Other Bank	გაღმა ნაპირი	Georgian, Abkhaz, Russian	Giorgi Ovashvili	Not Nominated

Germany	The White Ribbon	Das weiße Band	German	Michael Haneke	Nominated

Greece	Slaves in their Bonds	Οι Σκλάβοι στα Δεσμά τους	Greek	Adonis Lykouresis	Not Nominated

Hong Kong	Prince of Tears	淚王子	Mandarin	Yonfan	Not Nominated

Hungary	Chameleon	Kaméleon	Hungarian	Krisztina Goda	Not Nominated

Iceland	Reykjavík-Rotterdam	Reykjavik-Rotterdam	Icelandic	Oskar Jonasson	Not Nominated

India	Harishchandrachi Factory	हरिश्चंद्राची फॅक्टरी	Marathi	Paresh Mokashi	Not Nominated

Indonesia	Jamila and the President	Jamila dan Sang Presiden	Indonesian	Ratna Sarumpaet	Not Nominated

Iran	About Elly	درباره الی	Persian	Asghar Farhadi	Not Nominated

Israel	Ajami	عجمي עג'מי	Israeli Arabic, Hebrew	Yaron Shani & Scandar Copti	Nominated

Italy	Baarìa	Baarìa	Sicilian	Giuseppe Tornatore	Not Nominated

Japan	Nobody to Watch Over Me	誰も守ってくれない	Japanese	Ryoichi Kimizuka	Not Nominated

Kazakhstan	Kelin	Келін	No dialogue	Ermek Tursunov	Made January Shortlist

Lithuania	Vortex	Duburys	Lithuanian, Russian	Gytis Luksas	Not Nominated

Luxembourg	Réfractaire	Réfractaire	French	Nicolas Steil	Not Nominated

North Macedonia	Wingless	Созерцание	Czech	Ivo Trajkov	Not Nominated

Mexico	Backyard	El Traspatio	Spanish	Carlos Carrera	Not Nominated

Mongolia	By the Will of Genghis Khan	Тайна Чингис Хаана	Yakut, Russian, others	Andrei Borissov	Disqualified

Morocco	Casanegra	Casanegra	Arabic	Nour-Eddine Lakhmari	Not Nominated

Netherlands	Winter in Wartime	Oorlogswinter	Dutch, German, English	Martin Koolhoven	Made January Shortlist

Norway	Max Manus	Max Manus	Norwegian, German	Joachim Rønning & Espen Sandberg	Not Nominated

Peru	The Milk of Sorrow	La teta asustada	Spanish, Quechua	Claudia Llosa	Nominated

Philippines	Grandpa Is Dead	Ded na si Lolo	Filipino	Soxie Topacio	Not Nominated

Poland	Reverse	Rewers	Polish	Borys Lankosz	Not Nominated

Portugal	Doomed Love	Um Amor de Perdição	Portuguese	Mário Barroso	Not Nominated

Puerto Rico	Kabo and Platon	Kabo Y Platon	Spanish	Edmundo H. Rodríguez	Not Nominated

Romania	Police, Adjective	Politist, adj.	Romanian	Corneliu Porumboiu	Not Nominated

Russia	Ward No. 6	Палата №6	Russian	Aleksandr Gornovsky & Karen Shakhnazarov	Not Nominated

Serbia	St. George Shoots the Dragon	Свети Георгије убива аждаху	Serbian	Srdjan Dragojevic	Not Nominated

Slovakia	Broken Promise	Nedodržaný sľub	Slovak	Jirí Chlumský	Not Nominated

Slovenia	Landscape No. 2	Pokrajina Št. 2	Slovene	Vinko Moderndorfer	Not Nominated

South Africa	White Wedding	White Wedding	Afrikaans, Xhosa, Zulu, English	Jann Turner	Not Nominated

South Korea	Mother	마더	Korean	Bong Joon-ho	Not Nominated

Spain	The Dancer and the Thief	El baile de la victoria	Spanish	Fernando Trueba	Not Nominated

Sri Lanka	The Road from Elephant Pass	Alimankada Sita	Sinhala	Chandran Rutnam	Not Nominated

Sweden	Involuntary	De ofrivilliga	Swedish	Ruben Östlund	Not Nominated

Switzerland	Home	Home	French	Ursula Meier	Not Nominated

Taiwan	No Puedo Vivir Sin Ti	不能沒有你	Hakka, Taiwanese, Mandarin	Leon Dai	Not Nominated

Thailand	Best of Times	ความจำสั้น..แต่รักฉันยาว	Thai	Youngyooth Thongkonthun	Not Nominated

Turkey	I Saw the Sun	Güneşi gördüm	Turkish	Mahsun Kırmızıgül	Not Nominated

United Kingdom	Afghan Star	Afghan Star	Dari, Pashto, English	Havana Marking	Not Nominated

Uruguay	Bad Day for Fishing	Mal día para pescar	Spanish	Álvaro Brechner	Not Nominated

Venezuela	Libertador Morales, El Justiciero	Libertador Morales, El Justiciero	Spanish	Efterpi Charalambidis	Not Nominated

Vietnam	Don't Burn It	Đừng đốt	Vietnamese	Đặng Nhật Minh	Not Nominated

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