List of submissions to the 84th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
Submissions

List of submissions to the 84th 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	Amnesty	Amnistia	Albanian	Bujar Alimani	Not Nominated

Argentina	Aballay	Aballay, el hombre sin miedo	Spanish	Fernando Spiner	Not Nominated

Austria	Breathing	Atmen	German	Karl Markovics	Not Nominated

Belgium	Bullhead	Rundskop	Dutch, French, Limburgish	Michaël R. Roskam	Nominated

Bosnia and Herzegovina	Belvedere	Belvedere	Bosnian	Ahmed Imamović	Not Nominated

Brazil	Elite Squad: The Enemy Within	Tropa de Elite 2: O Inimigo Agora É Outro	Portuguese	José Padilha	Not Nominated

Bulgaria	Tilt	Тилт	Bulgarian	Viktor Chouchkov	Not Nominated

Canada	Monsieur Lazhar	Monsieur Lazhar	French	Philippe Falardeau	Nominated

Chile	Violeta Went to Heaven	Violeta se fue a los cielos	Spanish	Andrés Wood	Not Nominated

China	The Flowers of War	金陵十三釵	Mandarin, English	Zhang Yimou	Not Nominated

Colombia	The Colors of the Mountain	Los colores de la montaña	Spanish	Carlos César Arbeláez	Not Nominated

Croatia	72 Days	Sedamdeset i dva dana	Croatian	Danilo Šerbedžija	Not Nominated

Cuba	Havanastation	Habanastation	Spanish	Ian Padrón	Not Nominated

Czech Republic	Alois Nebel	Alois Nebel	Czech	Tomás Lunák	Not Nominated

Denmark	SuperClásico	SuperClásico	Danish, Spanish	Ole Christian Madsen	Made January Shortlist

Dominican Republic	Love Child	La hija natural	Spanish	Leticia Tonos	Not Nominated

Egypt	Lust	الشوق	Arabic	Khaled El Hagar	Not Nominated

Estonia	Letters to Angel	Kirjad Inglile	Estonian	Sulev Keedus	Not Nominated

Finland	Le Havre	Le Havre	French	Aki Kaurismaki	Not Nominated

France	Declaration of War	La guerre est déclarée	French	Valérie Donzelli	Not Nominated

Georgia	Chantrapas	შანტრაპა	French, Georgian	Otar Iosseliani	Not Nominated

Germany	Pina	Pina – Tanzt, tanzt sonst sind wir verloren	German	Wim Wenders	Made January Shortlist

Greece	Attenberg	Attenberg	Greek	Athina Rachel Tsangari	Not Nominated

Hong Kong	A Simple Life	桃姐	Cantonese	Ann Hui	Not Nominated

Hungary	The Turin Horse	A Torinói ló	Hungarian	Béla Tarr	Not Nominated

Iceland	Volcano	Eldfjall	Icelandic	Rúnar Rúnarsson	Not Nominated

India	Abu, Son of Adam	ആദാമിന്റെ മകൻ അബു	Malayalam	Salim Ahamed	Not Nominated

Indonesia	Under the Protection of Ka'Bah	Di Bawah Lindungan Ka'bah	Indonesian	Hanny Saputra	Not Nominated

Iran	A Separation	جدایی نادر از سیمین	Persian	Asghar Farhadi	Won Academy Award

Ireland	As If I Am Not There	As If I Am Not There	Serbo-Croatian	Juanita Wilson	Not Nominated

Israel	Footnote	הערת שוליים	Hebrew	Joseph Cedar	Nominated

Italy	Terraferma	Terraferma	Italian	Emanuele Crialese	Not Nominated

Japan	Postcard	一枚のハガキ	Japanese	Kaneto Shindō	Not Nominated

Kazakhstan	Returning to the 'A'	Возвращение в «А»	Russian	Egor Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky	Not Nominated

Lebanon	Where Do We Go Now?	وهلّأ لوين؟	Arabic	Nadine Labaki	Not Nominated

Lithuania	Back to Your Arms	Kai apkabinsiu tave	Lithuanian, Russian, German	Kristijonas Vildžiūnas	Not Nominated

North Macedonia	Punk is Not Dead	Панкот не е мртов	Macedonian, Albanian	Vladimir Blazevski	Not Nominated

Mexico	Miss Bala	Miss Bala	Spanish	Gerardo Naranjo	Not Nominated

Morocco	Omar Killed Me	Omar m'a tuer	French, Arabic	Roschdy Zem	Made January Shortlist

Netherlands	Sonny Boy	Sonny Boy	Dutch	Maria Peters	Not Nominated

New Zealand	The Orator	O Le Tulafale	Samoan	Tusi Tamasese	Not Nominated

Norway	Happy, Happy	Sykt lykkelig	Norwegian	Anne Sewitsky	Not Nominated

Peru	October	Octubre	Spanish	Daniel Vega Vidal	Not Nominated

Philippines	The Woman in the Septic Tank	Ang Babae Sa Septic Tank	Tagalog	Marlon Rivera	Not Nominated

Poland	In Darkness	W ciemności	Polish, German, Yiddish, Ukrainian	Agnieszka Holland	Nominated

Portugal	José and Pilar	José e Pilar	Portuguese	Miguel Gonçalves Mendes	Not Nominated

Puerto Rico	America	America	Spanish	Sonia Fritz	Disqualified

Romania	Morgen	Morgen	Romanian, Hungarian, Turkish	Marian Crisan	Not Nominated

Russia	Burnt by the Sun 2: The Citadel	Утомлённые солнцем 2: Цитадель	Russian	Nikita Mikhalkov	Not Nominated

Serbia	Montevideo, God Bless You!	Монтевидео, Бог те видео	Serbian	Dragan Bjelogrlić	Not Nominated

Singapore	Tatsumi	Tatsumi	Japanese	Eric Khoo	Not Nominated

Slovakia	Gypsy	Cigán	Slovak, Romany	Martin Šulík	Not Nominated

Slovenia	Silent Sonata	Circus Fantasticus	No dialogue	Janez Burger	Disqualified

South Africa	Beauty	Skoonheid	Afrikaans, English	Oliver Hermanus	Not Nominated

South Korea	The Front Line	고지전	Korean	Jang Hoon	Not Nominated

Spain	Black Bread	Pa negre	Catalan	Agustí Villaronga	Not Nominated

Sweden	Beyond	Svinalängorna	Swedish, Finnish	Pernilla August	Not Nominated

Switzerland	Summer Games	Giochi d'estate	Italian	Rolando Colla	Not Nominated

Taiwan	Seediq Bale	賽德克．巴萊 / Seediq Bale	Seediq, Japanese, Taiwanese, Mandarin	Wei Te-sheng	Made January Shortlist

Thailand	Kon Khon	คนโขน	Thai	Sarunyu Wongkrachang	Not Nominated

Turkey	Once Upon a Time in Anatolia	Bir zamanlar Anadolu'da	Turkish	Nuri Bilge Ceylan	Not Nominated

United Kingdom	Patagonia	Patagonia	Welsh, Spanish	Marc Evans	Not Nominated

Uruguay	The Silent House	La casa muda	Spanish	Gustavo Hernández	Not Nominated

Venezuela	The Rumble of the Stones	El rumor de las piedras	Spanish	Alejandro Bellame Palacios	Not Nominated

Vietnam	The Prince and the Pagoda Boy	Khát vọng Thăng Long	Vietnamese	Lưu Trọng Ninh	Not Nominated

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Footnote became the Israel's entry for the 84th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film.

final_sentence: Footnote became the Israel's entry for the 84th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film.