# List of submissions to the 73rd 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 73rd Academy Awards, which were held on March 25, 2001, the Academy invited 75 countries to submit films for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Forty-six countries submitted films to the Academy, including Ecuador, which submitted a film for the first time. The Academy released a list of the five nominees for the award on February 13, 2001.
Taiwan won the award for the first time with Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon by Ang Lee, which also won Best Art Direction, Best Original Score, and Best Cinematography.

## Submissions

| Submitting country | Film title used in nomination | Original title | Language(s) | Director(s) | Result |
| Algeria | Little Senegal | Little Senegal | Wolof, English, French, Arabic | Rachid Bouchareb | Not nominated |
| Argentina | Felicidades | Felicidades | Spanish, Hebrew | Lucho Bender | Not nominated |
| Austria | The Stranger | Die Fremde | German | Götz Spielmann | Not nominated |
| Belgium | Everybody's Famous! | Iedereen beroemd! | Flemish, English, Spanish | Dominique Deruddere | Nominated |
| Brazil | Me You Them | Eu tu eles | Brazilian Portuguese | Andrucha Waddington | Not nominated |
| Bulgaria | Letter to America | Писмо до Америка | Bulgarian, English | Iglika Triffonova | Not nominated |
| Canada | Maelström | Maelström | French | Denis Villeneuve | Not nominated |
| Chile | Coronation | Coronación | Spanish | Silvio Caiozzi | Not nominated |
| China | Breaking the Silence | 漂亮媽媽 | Mandarin | Sun Zhou | Not nominated |
| Croatia | Marshal Tito's Spirit | Maršal | Serbo-Croatian | Vinko Brešan | Not nominated |
| Czech Republic | Divided We Fall | Musíme si pomáhat | Czech, German | Jan Hřebejk | Nominated |
| Denmark | A Place Nearby | Her i nærheden | Danish | Kaspar Rostrup | Not nominated |
| Ecuador | Dreams from the Middle of the World | Sueños en la mitad del mundo | Spanish | Carlos Naranjo Estrella | Not nominated |
| Finland | Seven Songs from the Tundra | Seitsemän laulua tundralta | Nenets, Russian | Anastasia Lapsui, Markku Lehmuskallio | Not nominated |
| France | The Taste of Others | Le Goût des Autres | French | Agnès Jaoui | Nominated |
| Georgia | 27 Missing Kisses | 27 დაკარგული კოცნა | Georgian, Russian, French, English | Nana Djordjadze | Not nominated |
| Germany | No Place to Go | Die Unberührbare | German | Oskar Roehler | Not nominated |
| Greece | Peppermint | Peppermint | Greek | Costas Kapakas | Not nominated |
| Hong Kong | In the Mood for Love | 花樣年華 | Cantonese, Shanghainese | Wong Kar-wai | Not nominated |
| Hungary | Glamour | Glamour | Hungarian | Frigyes Gödrös | Not nominated |
| Iceland | Angels of the Universe | Englar alheimsins | Icelandic | Friðrik Þór Friðriksson | Not nominated |
| India | Hey Ram | ஹே ராம் | Tamil, Hindi | Kamal Haasan | Not nominated |
| Iran | A Time for Drunken Horses | زمانی برای مستی اسب‌ها | Kurdish, Persian | Bahman Ghobadi | Not nominated |
| Israel | Time of Favor | ההסדר | Hebrew | Joseph Cedar | Not nominated |
| Italy | The Hundred Steps | I cento passi | Italian, Sicilian | Marco Tullio Giordana | Not nominated |
| Japan | After the Rain | 雨あがる | Japanese | Takashi Koizumi | Not nominated |
| Mexico | Amores perros | Amores perros | Spanish | Alejandro González Iñárritu | Nominated |
| Morocco | Ali Zaoua | علي زاوا | Arabic, French | Nabil Ayouch | Not nominated |
| Nepal | Mask of Desire | मुकुण्डो | Nepali | Tsering Rhitar Sherpa | Not nominated |
| Netherlands | Little Crumb | Kruimeltje | Dutch | Maria Peters | Not nominated |
| Norway | Odd Little Man | Da jeg traff Jesus... med sprettert | Norwegian | Stein Leikanger | Not nominated |
| Philippines | Anak | Anak | Filipino, Tagalog | Rory B. Quintos | Not nominated |
| Poland | Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease | Życie jako śmiertelna choroba przenoszona drogą płciową | Polish | Krzysztof Zanussi | Not nominated |
| Portugal | Too Late | Tarde Demais | Portuguese | José Nascimento | Not nominated |
| Russia | His Wife's Diary | Дневник его жены | Russian | Alexey Uchitel | Not nominated |
| Serbia | Sky Hook | Небеска удица | Serbian | Ljubiša Samardžić | Not nominated |
| Slovakia | Landscape | Krajinka | Slovak | Martin Šulík | Not nominated |
| South Korea | Chunhyang | 춘향뎐 | Korean | Im Kwon-taek | Not nominated |
| Spain | You're the One | Una historia de entonces | Spanish | José Luis Garci | Not nominated |
| Sweden | Songs from the Second Floor | Sånger från andra våningen | Swedish | Roy Andersson | Not nominated |
| Switzerland | Gripsholm | Gripsholm | German,Swedish | Xavier Koller | Not nominated |
| Taiwan | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | 臥虎藏龍 | Mandarin | Ang Lee | Won Academy Award |
| Thailand | 6ixtynin9 | เรื่องตลก | Thai | Pen-Ek Ratanaruang | Not nominated |
| Turkey | Run for Money | Kaç para kaç | Turkish | Reha Erdem | Not nominated |
| Venezuela | Oro Diablo | Oro Diablo | Spanish | José Ramón Novoa | Not nominated |
| Vietnam | The Vertical Ray of the Sun | Mùa hè chiều thẳng đứng | Vietnamese | Tran Anh Hung | Not nominated |