# List of submissions to the 58th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

This is a list of submissions to the 58th 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 58th Academy Awards, thirty films were submitted in the category Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The five nominated films came from France, Hungary, West Germany and Yugoslavia and Argentina.
Argentina won the award for the first time with The Official Story by Luis Puenzo, which was also nominated for Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen. Becoming the first Latin American film to win the award.

## Submissions

| Submitting country | Film title used in nomination | Original title | Language(s) | Director(s) | Result |
| Argentina | The Official Story | La historia oficial | Spanish | Luis Puenzo | Won Academy Award |
| Austria | Malambo | Malambo | German | Milan Dor | Not nominated |
| Belgium | Dust | Dust | French, English | Marion Hänsel | Not nominated |
| Canada | Jacques and November | Jacques et novembre | French | Jean Beaudry and François Bouvier | Not nominated |
| Czechoslovakia | Scalpel, Please | Skalpel, prosím | Czech | Jirí Svoboda | Not nominated |
| Denmark | Twist and Shout | Tro, håb og kærlighed | Danish | Bille August | Not nominated |
| France | Three Men and a Cradle | Trois hommes et un couffin | French | Coline Serreau | Nominated |
| West Germany | Angry Harvest | Bittere Ernte | German | Agnieszka Holland | Nominated |
| Hungary | Colonel Redl | Oberst Redl, Redl ezredes | German, Hungarian | István Szabó | Nominated |
| Iceland | Deep Winter | Skammdegi | Icelandic | Þráinn Bertelsson | Not nominated |
| India | Saagar | सागर | Hindi | Ramesh Sippy | Not nominated |
| Israel | When Night Falls | עד סוף הלילה | Hebrew | Eitan Green | Not nominated |
| Italy | Macaroni | Maccheroni | Italian | Ettore Scola | Not nominated |
| Japan | Gray Sunset | 花いちもんめ | Japanese | Shunya Ito | Not nominated |
| South Korea | Eoudong | 어우동 | Korean | Lee Jang-ho | Not nominated |
| Mexico | Frida Still Life | Frida, naturaleza viva | Spanish | Paul Leduc | Not nominated |
| Netherlands | The Dream | De Dream | Dutch, West Frisian | Pieter Verhoeff | Not nominated |
| Norway | Wives – Ten Years After | Hustruer - ti år etter | Norwegian | Anja Breien | Not nominated |
| Peru | The City and the Dogs | La ciudad y los perros | Spanish | Francisco José Lombardi | Not nominated |
| Philippines | This Is My Country | Bayan ko: Kapit sa patalim | Tagalog, Filipino | Lino Brocka | Not nominated |
| Poland | Yesterday | Yesterday | Polish | Radosław Piwowarski | Not nominated |
| Portugal | Ana | Ana | Portuguese | Margarida Cordeiro and António Reis | Not nominated |
| Romania | Ciuleandra | Ciuleandra | Romanian | Sergiu Nicolaescu | Not nominated |
| Soviet Union | Come and See | Иди и смотри, Ідзі і глядзі | Russian, Belarusian | Elem Klimov | Not nominated |
| Spain | The Witching Hour | La hora bruja | Spanish | Jaime de Armiñán | Not nominated |
| Sweden | Ronia the Robber's Daughter | Ronja Rövardotter | Swedish | Tage Danielsson | Not nominated |
| Switzerland | Alpine Fire | Höhenfeuer | Swiss German | Fredi M. Murer | Not nominated |
| Taiwan | Kuei-Mei, a Woman | 我這樣過了一生 | Mandarin | Chang Yi | Not nominated |
| Venezuela | Oriana | Oriana | Spanish | Fina Torres | Not nominated |
| Yugoslavia | When Father Was Away on Business | Otac na službenom putu | Serbo-Croatian | Emir Kusturica | Nominated |