List of submissions to the 81st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
Submissions
The following is based upon the official list by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

List of submissions to the 81st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

Section Title: Submissions
Table Section Text: The following is based upon the official list by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

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

Afghanistan	Opium War	Opium War	Dari, English	Siddiq Barmak	Not Nominated

Albania	The Sorrow of Mrs. Schneider	Trishtimi i zonjës Shnajder	Albanian, Czech	Eno Milkani and Piro Milkani	Not Nominated

Algeria	Masquerades	Mascarades	Algerian Arabic, French	Lyes Salem	Not Nominated

Argentina	Lion's Den	Leonera	Spanish	Pablo Trapero	Not Nominated

Austria	Revanche	Revanche	German	Götz Spielmann	Nominated

Azerbaijan	Fortress	Qala	Azeri	Shamil Nacafzade	Not Nominated

Bangladesh	Aha!	আহা!	Bengali	Enamul Karim Nirjhar	Not Nominated

Belgium	Eldorado	Eldorado	French	Bouli Lanners	Not Nominated

Bosnia and Herzegovina	Snow	Snijeg	Bosnian	Aida Begić	Not Nominated

Brazil	Last Stop 174	Última Parada 174	Portuguese	Bruno Barreto	Not Nominated

Bulgaria	Zift	Дзифт	Bulgarian	Javor Gardev	Not Nominated

Canada	The Necessities of Life	Ce qu'il faut pour vivre Inuujjutiksaq	French, Inuktitut	Benoît Pilon	Made January Shortlist

Chile	Tony Manero	Tony Manero	Spanish	Pablo Larraín	Not Nominated

China	Dream Weavers: Beijing 2008	筑梦	Mandarin	Yun Gu	Not Nominated

Colombia	Dog Eat Dog	Perro come Perro	Spanish	Carlos Moreno	Not Nominated

Croatia	No One's Son	Ničiji Sin	Croatian	Arsen Anton Ostojić	Not Nominated

Czech Republic	The Karamazovs	Karamazovi	Czech, Polish	Petr Zelenka	Not Nominated

Denmark	Worlds Apart	To verdener	Danish	Niels Arden Oplev	Not Nominated

Egypt	The Island	الجزيرة	Egyptian Arabic	Sherif Arafa	Not Nominated

Estonia	I Was Here	Mina olin siin. Esimene arest	Estonian	René Vilbre	Not Nominated

Finland	The Home of Dark Butterflies	Tummien perhosten koti	Finnish	Dome Karukoski	Not Nominated

France	The Class	Entre les murs	French	Laurent Cantet	Nominated

Georgia	Mediator	Mediator	German, Russian, English	Dito Tsintsadze	Not Nominated

Germany	The Baader Meinhof Complex	Der Baader Meinhof Komplex	German	Uli Edel	Nominated

Greece	Correction	Διόρθωση	Greek	Thanos Anastopoulos	Not Nominated

Hong Kong	Painted Skin	畫皮	Mandarin	Gordon Chan	Not Nominated

Hungary	Iska's Journey	Iszka utazása	Hungarian	Csaba Bollók	Not Nominated

Iceland	White Night Wedding	Brúðguminn	Icelandic	Baltasar Kormákur	Not Nominated

India	Like Stars on Earth	Taare Zameen Par तारे ज़मीन पर	Hindi	Aamir Khan	Not Nominated

Iran	The Song of Sparrows	آواز گنجشکها	Persian	Majid Majidi	Not Nominated

Israel	Waltz with Bashir	ואלס עם באשיר	Hebrew	Ari Folman	Nominated

Italy	Gomorra	Gomorra	Neapolitan	Matteo Garrone	Not Nominated

Japan	Departures	おくりびと	Japanese	Yōjirō Takita	Won Academy Award

Jordan	Captain Abu Raed	كابتن أبو رائد	Jordanian Arabic	Amin Matalqa	Not Nominated

Kazakhstan	Tulpan	Тюльпан	Kazakh	Sergey Dvortsevoy	Not Nominated

Kyrgyzstan	Heaven's Blue	Тенгри	Kyrgyz	Marie-Jaoul de Ponchville	Not Nominated

Latvia	Defenders of Riga	Rīgas sargi	Latvian	Aigars Grauba	Not Nominated

Lebanon	Under the Bombs	Sous les Bombes تحت القصف	Lebanese Arabic, French	Philippe Aractingi	Not Nominated

Lithuania	Loss	Nereikalingi žmonės	Lithuanian	Māris Martinsons	Not Nominated

Luxembourg	Nuits d'Arabie	Nuits d'Arabie	French, Letzebuergesch	Paul Kieffer	Not Nominated

North Macedonia	I'm From Titov Veles	Јас сум од Титов Велес	Macedonian	Teona Strugar-Mitevska	Not Nominated

Mexico	Tear This Heart Out	Arráncame la vida	Spanish	Roberto Sneider	Made January Shortlist

Morocco	Goodbye Mothers	Adieu Mères	French, Moroccan Arabic	Mohamed Ismail	Not Nominated

Netherlands	Dunya and Desi	Dunya en Desi in Marokko	Dutch, Moroccan Arabic	Dana Nechushtan	Not Nominated

Norway	O' Horten	O' Horten	Norwegian	Bent Hamer	Not Nominated

Palestine	Salt of this Sea	ملح هذا البحر	Palestinian Arabic	Annemarie Jacir	Not Nominated

Philippines	Ploning	Ploning	Cuyonon, Filipino, Tagalog, Taiwanese	Dante Nico Garcia	Not Nominated

Poland	Tricks	Sztuczki	Polish	Andrzej Jakimowski	Not Nominated

Portugal	Our Beloved Month of August	Aquele Querido Mês de Agosto	Portuguese	Miguel Gomes	Not Nominated

Romania	The Rest is Silence	Restul e tăcere	Romanian	Nae Caranfil	Not Nominated

Russia	Mermaid	Русалка	Russian	Anna Melikyan	Not Nominated

Serbia	The Tour	Turneja	Serbian	Goran Marković	Not Nominated

Singapore	My Magic	My Magic	Tamil	Eric Khoo	Not Nominated

Slovakia	Blind Loves	Slepé lásky	Slovak	Juraj Lehotsky	Not Nominated

Slovenia	Rooster's Breakfast	Petelinji zajtrk	Slovene	Marko Naberšnik	Not Nominated

South Africa	Jerusalema	Jerusalema	Afrikaans, English, Zulu, Xhosa	Ralph Ziman	Not Nominated

South Korea	Crossing	크로싱	Korean	Kim Tae-kyun	Not Nominated

Spain	The Blind Sunflowers	Los girasoles ciegos	Spanish	José Luis Cuerda	Not Nominated

Sweden	Everlasting Moments	Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick	Swedish	Jan Troell	Made January Shortlist

Switzerland	The Friend	Der Freund	Swiss German	Micha Lewinsky	Not Nominated

Taiwan	Cape No. 7	海角七號	Taiwanese, Japanese, Mandarin	Wei Te-sheng	Not Nominated

Thailand	Love of Siam	รักแห่งสยาม	Thai	Chookiat Sakveerakul	Not Nominated

Turkey	Three Monkeys	Üç Maymun	Turkish	Nuri Bilge Ceylan	Made January Shortlist

Ukraine	The Illusion of Fear	Ілюзія страху	Ukrainian	Aleksandr Kirienko	Not Nominated

United Kingdom	Hope Eternal	Hope Eternal	Welsh, Bemba, Swahili, French, German, English	Karl Francis	Not Nominated

Uruguay	Kill Them All	Matar a Todos	Spanish	Esteban Schroeder	Not Nominated

Venezuela	The Color of Fame	El tinte de la fama	Spanish	Alejandro Bellame	Not Nominated

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Taare Zameen Par was entered into the 2009 Academy Awards for Best Foreign Film.

final_sentence: Taare Zameen Par was entered into the 2009 Academy Awards for Best Foreign Film.