# List of submissions to the 78th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

This is a list of submissions to the 78th 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 78th Academy Awards, sixty-two countries submitted films to the Academy, and fifty-eight of those films were accepted for review by the Academy. The submissions of Austria and Greece were rejected before the formal review process and the submissions of Uruguay and Venezuela did not appear in the final list; meanwhile, those from Bolivia, Netherlands, Singapore and Tajikistan were later disqualified by the Academy. Costa Rica, Iraq and Fiji submitted films for the first time.
South Africa won the award for the first time with Tsotsi by Gavin Hood.

## Submissions

| Submitting country | Film title used in nomination | Original title | Language(s) | Director(s) | Result |
| Argentina | El Aura | El Aura | Spanish | Fabián Bielinsky | Not nominated |
| Austria | Caché | Caché | French | Michael Haneke | Disqualified |
| Bangladesh | Shyamol Chhaya | শ্যামল ছায়া | Bengali | Humayun Ahmed | Not nominated |
| Belgium | The Child | L'Enfant | French | Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne | Not nominated |
| Bolivia | Say Good Morning to Dad | Di buen día a papá | Spanish | Fernando Vargas | Disqualified |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Totally Personal | Sasvim lično | Serbian, English, Bosnian | Nedžad Begović | Not nominated |
| Brazil | Two Sons of Francisco | Dois Filhos de Francisco | Brazilian Portuguese | Breno Silveira | Not nominated |
| Bulgaria | Stolen Eyes | Откраднати очи | Bulgarian, Turkish | Radoslav Spassov | Not nominated |
| Canada | C.R.A.Z.Y. | C.R.A.Z.Y. | French | Jean-Marc Vallée | Not nominated |
| Chile | Play | Play | Spanish | Alicia Scherson | Not nominated |
| China | The Promise | 无极 | Mandarin | Chen Kaige | Not nominated |
| Colombia | La Sombra del Caminante | La Sombra del Caminante | Spanish | Ciro Guerra | Not nominated |
| Costa Rica | Caribe | Caribe | Spanish | Esteban Ramírez | Not nominated |
| Croatia | A Wonderful Night in Split | Ta divna splitska noć | Croatian, Serbian, English | Arsen Anton Ostojić | Not nominated |
| Cuba | Viva Cuba | Viva Cuba | Spanish | Juan Carlos Cremata Malberti | Not nominated |
| Czech Republic | Something Like Happiness | Štěstí | Czech | Bohdan Sláma | Not nominated |
| Denmark | Adam's Apples | Adams Æbler | Danish | Anders Thomas Jensen | Not nominated |
| Estonia | Shop of Dreams | Stiilipidu | Estonian | Peeter Urbla | Not nominated |
| Fiji | The Land Has Eyes | Pear ta ma ʻon maf | Rotuman, English | Vilsoni Hereniko | Not nominated |
| Finland | Mother of Mine | Äideistä parhain / Den bästa av mödrar | Finnish, Swedish | Klaus Härö | Not nominated |
| France | Joyeux Noël | Joyeux Noël | French, German, English | Christian Carion | Nominated |
| Georgia | Tbilisi-Tbilisi | თბილისი-თბილისი | Georgian | Levan Zakareishvili | Not nominated |
| Germany | Sophie Scholl – The Final Days | Sophie Scholl – Die letzten Tage | German | Marc Rothemund | Nominated |
| Greece | Brides | Νύφες | Greek, English | Pantelis Voulgaris | Disqualified |
| Hong Kong | Perhaps Love | 如果·愛 | Cantonese, Mandarin | Peter Ho-Sun Chan | Not nominated |
| Hungary | Fateless | Sorstalanság | Hungarian, German, English | Lajos Koltai | Not nominated |
| Iceland | Ahead of Time | Í takt við tímann | Icelandic | Ágúst Guðmundsson | Not nominated |
| India | Paheli | पहेली | Hindi | Amol Palekar | Not nominated |
| Indonesia | Gie | Gie | Indonesian | Riri Riza | Not nominated |
| Iran | So Close, So Far | خیلی دور، خیلی نزدیک | Persian | Reza Mir Karimi | Not nominated |
| Iraq | Requiem of Snow | شیوەنی بەفر | Kurdish | Jamil Rostami | Not nominated |
| Israel | What a Wonderful Place | איזה מקום נפלא | Hebrew, Russian, Filipino, Tagalog, English | Eyal Halfon | Not nominated |
| Italy | Don't Tell | La bestia nel cuore | Italian, English | Cristina Comencini | Nominated |
| Japan | Blood and Bones | 血と骨 | Japanese, Korean | Yoichi Sai | Not nominated |
| South Korea | Welcome to Dongmakgol | 웰컴 투 동막골 | Korean | Park Kwang-hyun | Not nominated |
| Luxembourg | Renart the Fox | Le Roman de Renart | French | Thierry Schiel | Not nominated |
| Mexico | Al otro lado | Al otro lado | Spanish, Arabic | Gustavo Loza | Not nominated |
| Mongolia | The Cave of the Yellow Dog | Шар нохойн там | Mongolian | Byambasuren Davaa | Not nominated |
| Netherlands | Bluebird | Bluebird | Dutch | Mijke de Jong | Disqualified |
| Norway | Kissed by Winter | Vinterkyss | Norwegian, Swedish, English | Sara Johnsen | Not nominated |
| Palestine | Paradise Now | الجنّة الآن | Palestinian Arabic, English | Hany Abu-Assad | Nominated |
| Peru | Days of Santiago | Días de Santiago | Spanish | Josué Méndez | Not nominated |
| Poland | The Collector | Komornik | Polish | Feliks Falk | Not nominated |
| Portugal | Noite Escura | Noite Escura | Portuguese, Russian | João Canijo | Not nominated |
| Puerto Rico | Cayo | Cayo | Spanish | Vicente Juarbe | Not nominated |
| Romania | The Death of Mr. Lazarescu | Moartea domnului Lăzărescu | Romanian | Cristi Puiu | Not nominated |
| Russia | The Italian | Итальянец | Russian, Italian, English | Andrei Kravchuk | Not nominated |
| Serbia and Montenegro | Midwinter Night's Dream | Сан зимске ноћи | Serbian | Goran Paskaljević | Not nominated |
| Singapore | Be with Me | Be with Me | English, Hokkien, Mandarin, Cantonese | Eric Khoo | Disqualified |
| Slovakia | The City of the Sun | Slnečný štát | Slovak, Czech | Martin Šulík | Not nominated |
| Slovenia | Ruins | Ruševine | Slovene | Janez Burger | Not nominated |
| South Africa | Tsotsi | Tsotsi | Setswana, Zulu, Sesotho, Xhosa, Afrikaans, English | Gavin Hood | Won Academy Award |
| Spain | Obaba | Obaba | Spanish | Montxo Armendáriz | Not nominated |
| Sweden | Zozo | Zozo | Swedish, Arabic | Josef Fares | Not nominated |
| Switzerland | Tout un Hiver sans Feu | Tout un Hiver sans Feu | French, Albanian | Greg Zglinski | Not nominated |
| Taiwan | The Wayward Cloud | 天邊一朵雲 | Mandarin | Tsai Ming-liang | Not nominated |
| Tajikistan | Sex & Philosophy | Ҷинс ва фалсафа | Russian, Tajik | Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Disqualified |
| Thailand | The Tin Mine | มหา’ลัย เหมืองแร่ | Thai | Jira Maligool | Not nominated |
| Turkey | Lovelorn | Gönül Yarası | Turkish | Yavuz Turgul | Not nominated |
| Uruguay | Alma Mater | Alma Mater | Spanish | Álvaro Buela | Not on the final list |
| Venezuela | 1888: The Extraordinary Voyage of the Santa Isabel | 1888: El Extraordinario Viaje de la Santa Isabel | Spanish | Alfredo Anzola | Disqualified |
| Vietnam | The Buffalo Boy | Mùa len trâu | Vietnamese | Nguyen Vo Nghiem Minh | Not nominated |