# List of submissions to the 63rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

This is a list of submissions to the 63rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film was created in 1956 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honour non-English-speaking films produced outside the United States. The award is handed out annually, and is accepted by the winning film's director, although it is considered an award for the submitting country as a whole. Countries are invited by the Academy to submit their best films for competition according to strict rules, with only one film being accepted from each country.
For the 63rd Academy Awards, thirty-seven films were submitted in the category Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The five nominated films came from China, France, Germany, Italy and Switzerland. Chile submitted a film for the first time. While Germany submitted for the first time after its reunification, previously submitting as East Germany and West Germany.
Switzerland won for the second time with Journey of Hope by Xavier Koller.

## Submissions

| Submitting country | Film title used in nomination | Original title | Language(s) | Director(s) | Result |
| Argentina | I, the Worst of All | Yo, la peor de todas | Spanish | María Luisa Bemberg | Not nominated |
| Austria | Requiem for Dominic | Requiem für Dominik | German | Robert Dornhelm | Not nominated |
| Bulgaria | Margarit and Margarita | Маргарит и Маргарита | Bulgarian | Nikolai Volev | Not nominated |
| Canada | An Imaginary Tale | Une histoire inventée | French | André Forcier | Not nominated |
| Chile | The Moon in the Mirror | La Luna en el espejo | Spanish | Silvio Caiozzi | Not nominated |
| China | Ju Dou | 菊豆 | Mandarin | Zhang Yimou, Yang Fengliang | Nominated |
| Cuba | The Beauty of the Alhambra | La bella del Alhambra | Spanish | Enrique Pineda Barnet | Not nominated |
| Czechoslovakia | Vojtech, Called the Orphan | Vojtěch, řečený sirotek | Czech | Zdeněk Tyc | Not nominated |
| Denmark | Dance of the Polar Bears | Lad isbjørnene danse | Danish | Birger Larsen | Not nominated |
| Egypt | Alexandria Again and Forever | إسكندرية كمان وكمان | Egyptian Arabic | Youssef Chahine | Not nominated |
| Finland | The Winter War | Talvisota | Finnish | Pekka Parikka | Not nominated |
| France | Cyrano de Bergerac | Cyrano de Bergerac | French | Jean-Paul Rappeneau | Nominated |
| Germany | The Nasty Girl | Das schreckliche Mädchen | German | Michael Verhoeven | Nominated |
| Greece | Love Under the Date-Tree | Έρωτας στη χουρμαδιά | Greek | Stavros Tsiolis | Not nominated |
| Hong Kong | Eight Taels of Gold | 八兩金 | Cantonese | Mabel Cheung | Not nominated |
| Hungary | Little but Tough | Kicsi, de nagyon erös | Hungarian | Ferenc Grunwalsky | Not nominated |
| Iceland | The Adventures of Paper Peter | Ævintýri Pappírs Pésa | Icelandic | Ari Kristinsson | Not nominated |
| India | Anjali | அஞ்சலி | Tamil | Mani Ratnam | Not nominated |
| Indonesia | My Sky, My Home | Langitku rumahku | Indonesian | Slamet Rahardjo | Not nominated |
| Israel | The Lookout | שורו | Hebrew | Savi Gabizon | Not nominated |
| Italy | Open Doors | Porte aperte | Italian | Gianni Amelio | Nominated |
| Japan | The Sting of Death | 死の棘 | Japanese | Kōhei Oguri | Not nominated |
| Mexico | Cabeza de Vaca | Cabeza de Vaca | Spanish | Nicolás Echevarría | Not nominated |
| Netherlands | Evenings | De Avonden | Dutch | Rudolf van den Berg | Not nominated |
| Norway | Herman | Herman | Norwegian | Erik Gustavson | Not nominated |
| Peru | Fallen from Heaven | Caídos del cielo | Spanish | Francisco José Lombardi | Not nominated |
| Poland | Korczak | Korczak | Polish | Andrzej Wajda | Not nominated |
| Portugal | The King's Trial | O Processo do Rei | Portuguese | João Mário Grilo | Not nominated |
| Romania | Carnival Scenes | De ce trag clopotele, Mitica? | Romanian | Lucian Pintilie | Not nominated |
| South Korea | Mayumi | 마유미 | Korean | Shin Sang-ok | Not nominated |
| Soviet Union | Taxi Blues | Такси-блюз | Russian | Pavel Lungin | Not nominated |
| Spain | ¡Ay Carmela! | ¡Ay Carmela! | Spanish | Carlos Saura | Not nominated |
| Sweden | Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg | God afton, Herr Wallenberg | Swedish | Kjell Grede | Not nominated |
| Switzerland | Journey of Hope | Reise der Hoffnung, Umuda Yolculuk | Turkish, Swiss German, Italian | Xavier Koller | Won Academy Award |
| Taiwan | Song of the Exile | 客途秋恨 | Cantonese, Japanese, Mandarin, English | Ann Hui | Not nominated |
| Thailand | Song for Chao Phraya | น้องเมีย | Thai | Chatrichalerm Yukol | Not nominated |
| Yugoslavia | Time of Miracles | Време чуда | Serbo-Croatian | Goran Paskaljević | Not nominated |