# List of submissions to the 74th 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 presented 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 74th Academy Awards, which were held on March 24, 2002, the Academy invited 78 countries to submit films for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Fifty-one countries submitted films to the Academy, including Armenia and Tanzania, all of which submitted films for the first time. Uruguay, whose submission for the 65th Academy Awards was disqualified, submitted an eligible film for the first time. The Academy released a list of the five nominees for the award on February 12, 2002.
Bosnia and Herzegovina won the award for the first time with No Man's Land by Danis Tanović.

## Submissions

| Submitting country | Film title used in nomination | Original title | Language(s) | Director(s) | Result |
| Albania | Slogans | Parullat | Albanian | Gjergj Xhuvani | Not nominated |
| Algeria | Inch'Allah Dimanche | إن شاء الله الأحد | Algerian Arabic, French | Yamina Benguigui | Not nominated |
| Argentina | Son of the Bride | El hijo de la novia | Spanish | Juan José Campanella | Nominated |
| Armenia | Symphony of Silence | Լռության Սիմֆոնիա | Armenian | Vigen Chaldranyan | Not nominated |
| Australia | La Spagnola | La Spagnola | Spanish, English, Italian | Steve Jacobs | Not nominated |
| Austria | The Piano Teacher | La Pianiste | French, German | Michael Haneke | Not nominated |
| Belgium | Pauline and Paulette | Pauline & Paulette | Dutch, French | Lieven Debrauwer | Not nominated |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | No Man's Land | Ničija zemlja | Bosnian, Serbo-Croatian, English, French, German | Danis Tanović | Won Academy Award |
| Brazil | Behind the Sun | Abril Despedaçado | Brazilian Portuguese | Walter Salles | Not nominated |
| Bulgaria | Fate as a Rat | Съдбата като плъх | Bulgarian | Ivan Pavlov | Not nominated |
| Canada | Atanarjuat | Atanarjuat | Inuktitut | Zacharias Kunuk | Not nominated |
| Chile | A Cab for Three | Taxi para tres | Spanish | Orlando Lubbert | Not nominated |
| Colombia | Our Lady of the Assassins | La virgen de los sicarios | Spanish | Barbet Schroeder | Not nominated |
| Croatia | Queen of the Night | Kraljica noći | Croatian | Branko Schmidt | Not nominated |
| Czech Republic | Dark Blue World | Tmavomodrý svět | Czech, English, German, Slovak, Spanish | Jan Svěrák | Not nominated |
| Denmark | Italian for Beginners | Italiensk for begyndere | Danish, Italian, English | Lone Scherfig | Not nominated |
| Estonia | The Heart of the Bear | Karu süda | Estonian, Russian | Arvo Iho | Not nominated |
| Finland | The River | Joki | Finnish | Jarmo Lampela | Not nominated |
| France | Amélie | Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain | French | Jean-Pierre Jeunet | Nominated |
| Georgia | The Migration of the Angel | ანგელოზის გადაფრენა | Georgian | Nodar Managadze | Not nominated |
| Germany | The Experiment | Das Experiment | German | Oliver Hirschbiegel | Not nominated |
| Greece | In Good Company | Ένας κι ένας | Greek | Nikos Zapatinas | Not nominated |
| Hong Kong | Fulltime Killer | 全職殺手 | Cantonese, Mandarin, Japanese, English | Wai Ka-Fai, Johnnie To | Not nominated |
| Hungary | Abandoned | Torzók | Hungarian | Arpád Sopsits | Not nominated |
| Iceland | The Seagull's Laughter | Mávahlátur | Icelandic | Ágúst Guðmundsson | Not nominated |
| India | Lagaan | लगान | Hindi, Bhojpuri, English | Ashutosh Gowariker | Nominated |
| Iran | Baran | باران | Persian, Azeri | Majid Majidi | Not nominated |
| Israel | Late Marriage | חתונה מאוחרת | Georgian, Judaeo-Georgian, Hebrew | Dover Kosahvili | Not nominated |
| Italy | The Son's Room | La stanza del figlio | Italian | Nanni Moretti | Not nominated |
| Japan | Go | Go | Japanese | Isao Yukisada | Not nominated |
| Kyrgyzstan | The Chimp | Маймыл | Kyrgyz, Russian | Aktan Abdykalykov | Not nominated |
| Mexico | Perfume de violetas, nadie te oye | Perfume de violetas, nadie te oye | Spanish | Maryse Sistach | Not nominated |
| Netherlands | Nynke | Nynke | West Frisian, Dutch | Pieter Verhoeff | Not nominated |
| Norway | Elling | Elling | Norwegian | Petter Ness | Nominated |
| Philippines | In the Bosom of the Enemy | Gatas... Sa dibdib ng kaaway | Tagalog, English, Japanese | Gil Portes | Not nominated |
| Poland | Quo Vadis | Quo Vadis | Polish | Jerzy Kawalerowicz | Not nominated |
| Portugal | Camarate | Camarate | Portuguese | Luis Filipe Rocha | Not nominated |
| Puerto Rico | 12 Hours | 12 Horas | Spanish | Raúl Marchand-Sánchez | Not nominated |
| Russia | The Romanovs: An Imperial Family | Романовы - Венценосная семья | Russian | Gleb Panfilov | Not nominated |
| Slovenia | Bread and Milk | Kruh in mleko | Slovene | Jan Cvitkovič | Not nominated |
| Spain | Mad Love | Juana la Loca | Spanish | Vicente Aranda | Not nominated |
| Sweden | Jalla! Jalla! | Jalla! Jalla! | Swedish, Arabic | Josef Fares | Not nominated |
| Switzerland | In Praise of Love | Éloge de l'amour | French | Jean-Luc Godard | Not nominated |
| Taiwan | The Cabbie | 運轉手之戀 | Mandarin | Zhang Huakun, Chen Yiwen | Not nominated |
| Tanzania | Maangamizi: The Ancient One | Maangamizi: The Ancient One | Swahili, English | Martin Mhando, Ron Mulvihill | Not nominated |
| Thailand | The Moonhunter | 14 ตุลา สงครามประชาชน | Thai | Bhandit Rittakol | Not nominated |
| Turkey | Hejar | Büyük adam küçük ask | Turkish, Kurdish | Handan İpekçi | Not nominated |
| United Kingdom | Do Not Go Gentle | Oed Yr Addewid | Welsh | Emlyn Williams | Not nominated |
| Uruguay | In This Tricky Life | En la puta vida | Spanish | Beatriz Flores Silva | Not nominated |
| Venezuela | A House with a View of the Sea | Una casa con vista al mar | Spanish | Alberto Aruelo | Not nominated |
| Yugoslavia | War Live | Рат уживо | Serbian | Darko Bajić | Not nominated |