# List of submissions to the 77th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

This is a list of submissions to the 77th 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 77th Academy Awards, which were held on February 27, 2005, the Academy invited 89 countries to submit films for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Fifty-one countries submitted films to the Academy, including Malaysia, which submitted a film for the first time. The submissions from Colombia, Hong Kong and Ukraine were rejected before the formal review process, but Colombia submitted another film as a replacement. The Academy released a list of the five nominees for the award on January 25, 2005.
Spain won the award for the fourth time with The Sea Inside by Alejandro Amenabar.

## Submissions

| Submitting country | Film title used in nomination | Original title | Language(s) | Director(s) | Result |
| Afghanistan | Earth and Ashes | خاکستر و خاک | Dari, Pashto | Atiq Rahimi | Not nominated |
| Argentina | Lost Embrace | El abrazo partido | Spanish, Korean, Lithuanian, Yiddish | Daniel Burman | Not nominated |
| Austria | Antares | Antares | German, Croatian, English | Götz Spielmann | Not nominated |
| Belgium | The Alzheimer Case | De Zaak Alzheimer | Dutch, French, Flemish | Erik Van Looy | Not nominated |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Days and Hours | Kod amidze Idriza | Bosnian | Pjer Žalica | Not nominated |
| Brazil | Olga | Olga | Brazilian Portuguese | Jayme Monjardim | Not nominated |
| Bulgaria | Mila from Mars | Мила от Марс | Bulgarian | Zornitsa Sophia | Not nominated |
| Canada | Far Side of the Moon | La face cachée de la lune | French | Robert Lepage | Not nominated |
| Chile | Machuca | Machuca | Spanish | Andrés Wood | Not nominated |
| China | House of Flying Daggers | 十面埋伏 | Mandarin | Zhang Yimou | Not nominated |
| Colombia | El Rey | El Rey | Spanish | Jose Antonio Dorado | Not nominated |
| Croatia | Long Dark Night | Duga mračna noc | Croatian | Antun Vrdoljak | Not nominated |
| Czech Republic | Up and Down | Horem pádem | Czech | Jan Hřebejk | Not nominated |
| Denmark | The Five Obstructions | De Fem benspænd | Danish, English, French, Spanish | Jørgen Leth, Lars von Trier | Not nominated |
| Ecuador | Chronicles | Crónicas | Spanish, English | Sebastián Cordero | Not nominated |
| Egypt | I Love Cinema | بحب السيما | Egyptian Arabic | Osama Fawzy | Not nominated |
| Estonia | Revolution of Pigs | Sigade revolutsioon | Estonian | Jaak Kilmi, René Reinumägi | Not nominated |
| Finland | Producing Adults | Lapsia ja aikuisia – Kuinka niitä tehdään? | Finnish | Aleksi Salmenperä | Not nominated |
| France | The Chorus | Les Choristes | French | Christophe Barratier | Nominated |
| Germany | Downfall | Der Untergang | German | Oliver Hirschbiegel | Nominated |
| Greece | A Touch of Spice | Πολίτικη Κουζίνα | Greek, Turkish, English | Tassos Boulmetis | Not nominated |
| Hong Kong | Running on Karma | 大隻佬 | Cantonese | Wai Ka-Fai, Johnnie To | Disqualified |
| Hungary | Kontroll | Kontroll | Hungarian | Nimród Antal | Not nominated |
| Iceland | Cold Light | Kaldaljós | Icelandic | Hilmar Oddsson | Not nominated |
| India | Shwaas | श्वास | Marathi | Sandeep Sawant | Not nominated |
| Iran | Turtles Can Fly | کیسەڵەکانیش ەفڕن | Kurdish | Bahman Ghobadi | Not nominated |
| Israel | Campfire | מדורת השבט | Hebrew, English | Joseph Cedar | Not nominated |
| Italy | The Keys to the House | Le chiavi di casa | Italian | Gianni Amelio | Not nominated |
| Japan | Nobody Knows | 誰も知らない | Japanese | Hirokazu Koreeda | Not nominated |
| Macedonia | The Great Water | Golemata voda | Macedonian, English | Ivo Trajikov | Not nominated |
| Malaysia | The Princess of Mount Ledang | Puteri Gunung Ledang | Malay | Saw Teong Hin | Not nominated |
| Mexico | Innocent Voices | Voces inocentes | Spanish | Luis Mandoki | Not nominated |
| Netherlands | Simon | Simon | Dutch | Eddy Terstall | Not nominated |
| Norway | Hawaii, Oslo | Hawaii, Oslo | Norwegian | Erik Poppe | Not nominated |
| Palestine | The Olive Harvest | موسم الزيتون | Arabic | Hanna Elias | Not nominated |
| Philippines | Crying Ladies | Crying Ladies | Tagalog, English, Hokkien, Mandarin | Mark Meily | Not nominated |
| Poland | The Welts | Pręgi | Polish | Magdalena Piekorz | Not nominated |
| Portugal | The Miracle According to Salomé | O Milagre segundo Salomé | Portuguese | Mário Barroso | Not nominated |
| Romania | Orient Express | Orient Express | Romanian | Sergiu Nicolaescu | Not nominated |
| Russia | Night Watch | Ночной дозор | Russian | Timur Bekmambetov | Not nominated |
| Serbia and Montenegro | Goose Feather | Јесен стиже, дуњо моја | Serbian | Ljubiša Samardžić | Not nominated |
| Slovenia | Beneath Her Window | Pod njenim oknom | Slovenian | Metod Pevec | Not nominated |
| South Africa | Yesterday | Yesterday | Zulu | Darrell Roodt | Nominated |
| South Korea | Taegukgi | 태극기 휘날리며 | Korean | Kang Je-gyu | Not nominated |
| Spain | The Sea Inside | Mar adentro | Spanish, Galician, Catalan | Alejandro Amenabar | Won Academy Award |
| Sweden | As It Is in Heaven | Så som i himmelen | Swedish, English | Kay Pollak | Nominated |
| Switzerland | Mein Name Ist Bach | Mein Name Ist Bach | German | Dominique de Rivaz | Not nominated |
| Taiwan | 20 30 40 | 20 30 40 | Mandarin | Sylvia Chang | Not nominated |
| Thailand | The Overture | โหมโรง | Thai | Ittisoontorn Vichailak | Not nominated |
| Ukraine | A Driver for Vera | Водитель для Веры | Russian | Pavel Chukhrai | Disqualified |
| Uruguay | Whisky | Whisky | Spanish, Italian | Juan Pablo Rebella, Pablo Stoll | Not nominated |
| Venezuela | Punto y Raya | Punto y Raya | Spanish | Elia Schneider | Not nominated |