# List of submissions to the 75th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

This is a list of submissions to the 75th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited the film industries of various countries to submit their best film for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film every year since the award was created in 1956. The award is handed out annually by the Academy to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non-English dialogue. The Foreign Language Film Award Committee oversees the process and reviews all the submitted films.
For the 75th Academy Awards fifty-four films were submitted. Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Chad submitted films for the first time. The previous year's winner Bosnia & Herzegovina did not submit a film. The Brazilian submission, City of God was considered one of the favorites, but it was famously snubbed. When the film was released the following year in the US, it garnered nominations in four main categories including Best Screenplay and Best Director.
Germany won the award for the second time, marking the first win since its reunification, with Nowhere in Africa by Caroline Link.

## Submissions

| Submitting country | Film title used in nomination | Original title | Language(s) | Director(s) | Result |
| Afghanistan | FireDancer | FireDancer | Pashto, English | Jawed Wassel | Not nominated |
| Algeria | Rachida | Rachida | French, Arabic | Yamina Bachir-Chouikh | Not nominated |
| Argentina | Kamchatka | Kamchatka | Spanish | Marcelo Piñeyro | Not nominated |
| Austria | Gebürtig | Gebürtig | German | Robert Schindel and Lukas Stepanik | Not nominated |
| Bangladesh | The Clay Bird | মাটির ময়না | Bengali | Tareque Masud | Not nominated |
| Belgium | The Son | Le Fils | French | Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne | Not nominated |
| Brazil | City of God | Cidade de Deus | Brazilian Portuguese | Fernando Meirelles | Not nominated |
| Bulgaria | Warming Up Yesterday's Lunch | Подгряване на вчерашния обед | Bulgarian | Kostadin Bonev | Not nominated |
| Canada | Un crabe dans la tête | Un crabe dans la tête | French | André Turpin | Not nominated |
| Chad | Abouna | Abouna | Chadian Arabic, French | Mahamat Saleh Haroun | Not nominated |
| Chile | Ogú y Mampato en Rapa Nui | Ogú y Mampato en Rapa Nui | Spanish | Alejandro Rojas | Not nominated |
| China | Hero | 英雄 | Mandarin | Zhang Yimou | Nominated |
| Colombia | The Invisible Children | Los niños invisibles | Spanish | Lisandro Duque Naranjo | Not nominated |
| Croatia | Fine Dead Girls | Fine mrtve djevojke | Croatian | Dalibor Matanić | Not nominated |
| Cuba | Nothing More | Nada | Spanish | Juan Carlos Cremata Malberti | Not nominated |
| Czech Republic | The Wild Bees | Divoké vcely | Czech | Bohdan Sláma | Not nominated |
| Denmark | Open Hearts | Elsker dig for evigt | Danish | Susanne Bier | Not nominated |
| Egypt | A Girl's Secret | أسرار البنات | Arabic | Magdy Ahmed Aly | Not nominated |
| Finland | The Man Without a Past | Mies vailla menneisyyttä | Finnish | Aki Kaurismäki | Nominated |
| France | 8 Femmes | 8 Femmes | French | François Ozon | Not nominated |
| Germany | Nowhere in Africa | Nirgendwo in Afrika | German, English, Swahili | Caroline Link | Won Academy Award |
| Greece | The Only Journey of His Life | Το μόνον της ζωής του ταξείδιον | Greek | Lakis Papastathis | Not nominated |
| Hong Kong | The Touch | 天脈傳奇 | English, Mandarin | Peter Pau | Disqualified |
| Hungary | Hukkle | Hukkle | Hungarian, Czech | György Pálfi | Not nominated |
| Iceland | The Sea | Hafið | Icelandic, Norwegian, English | Baltasar Kormákur | Not nominated |
| India | Devdas | देवदास | Hindi | Sanjay Leela Bhansail | Not nominated |
| Indonesia | Ca-bau-kan | Ca-bau-kan | Indonesian | Nia diNata | Not nominated |
| Iran | I'm Taraneh, 15 | من ترانه ۱۵ سال دارم | Persian | Rasul Sadrameli | Not nominated |
| Israel | Broken Wings | כנפיים שבורות | Hebrew | Nir Bergman | Not nominated |
| Italy | Pinocchio | Pinocchio | Italian | Roberto Benigni | Not nominated |
| Japan | Out | Out | Japanese | Hideyuki Hirayama | Not nominated |
| South Korea | Oasis | 오아시스 | Korean | Lee Chang-dong | Not nominated |
| Lebanon | When Maryam Spoke Out | لمّا حكيت مريم | Arabic | Assad Fouladkar | Not nominated |
| Luxembourg | Dead Man's Hand | Petites misères | French | Laurent Brandenburger & Philippe Boon | Not nominated |
| Mexico | The Crime of Padre Amaro | El crimen del Padre Amaro | Spanish | Carlos Carrera | Nominated |
| Netherlands | Zus & Zo | Zus & Zo | Dutch | Paula van der Oest | Nominated |
| Norway | Hold My Heart | Tyven, tyven | Norwegian | Trygve Allister Diesen | Not nominated |
| Philippines | Small Voices | Mga Munting tinig | Tagalog, English | Gil M. Portes | Not nominated |
| Poland | Edi | Edi | Polish | Piotr Trzaskalski | Not nominated |
| Portugal | O Delfim | O Delfim | Portuguese | Fernando Lopes | Not nominated |
| Romania | Philanthropy | Filantropica | Romanian | Nae Caranfil | Not nominated |
| Russia | House of Fools | Дом дураков | Russian, Chechen | Andrei Konchalovsky | Not nominated |
| Yugoslavia | Labyrinth | Лавиринт | Serbian | Miroslav Lekic | Not nominated |
| Slovakia | Cruel Joys | Kruté radosti | Slovak, Czech | Juraj Nvota | Not nominated |
| Slovenia | Headnoise | Zvenenje v glavi | Slovene | Andrej Košak | Not nominated |
| Spain | Mondays in the Sun | Los lunes al sol | Spanish | Fernando Leon de Aranoa | Not nominated |
| Sweden | Lilja 4-ever | Lilja 4-ever | Swedish, Russian, English, Polish | Lukas Moodysson | Not nominated |
| Switzerland | Aime ton père | Aime ton père | French | Jacob Berger | Not nominated |
| Taiwan | The Best of Times | 美麗時光 | Taiwanese Hokkien, Mandarin, Hakka | Chang Tso-chi | Not nominated |
| Thailand | Monrak Transistor | มนต์รักทรานซิสเตอร์ | Thai | Pen-ek Ratanaruang | Not nominated |
| Tunisia | The Magic Box | La Boîte magique | French, Arabic | Ridha Behi | Not nominated |
| Turkey | 9 | Dokuz | Turkish | Ümit Ünal | Not nominated |
| United Kingdom | Eldra | Eldra | Welsh | Tim Lyn | Not nominated |
| Uruguay | Corazon de Fuego | El último tren | Spanish | Diego Arsuaga | Not nominated |
| Venezuela | The Archangel's Feather | La pluma del arcángel | Spanish | Luis Manzo | Not nominated |