# List of submissions to the 68th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

This is a list of submissions to the 68th 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 68th Academy Awards, forty-one films were submitted in the category Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The submission deadline was set on November 1, 1995. Bolivia and Tunisia submitted films for the first time. The Philippines returned to the competition after a nine-year absence. Iran unsuccessfully tried to withdraw the film from contention, but the Academy refused to accept the withdrawal. The five nominated films came from Algeria, Brazil, Italy, the Netherlands and Sweden.
Netherlands won for the second time with Antonia's Line by Marleen Gorris.

## Submissions

| Submitting country | Film title used in nomination | Original title | Language(s) | Director(s) | Result |
| Algeria | Dust of Life | Poussières de vie | French, Vietnamese | Rachid Bouchareb | Nominated |
| Argentina | Wild Horses | Caballos salvajes | Spanish | Marcelo Piñeyro | Not nominated |
| Austria | Ant Street | Die Ameisenstraße | German | Michael Glawogger | Not nominated |
| Belgium | Mannekin Pis | Mannekin Pis | Dutch | Frank Van Passel | Not nominated |
| Bolivia | Jonah and the Pink Whale | Jonás y la ballena rosada | Spanish | Juan Carlos Valdivia | Not nominated |
| Brazil | O Quatrilho | O Quatrilho | Brazilian Portuguese, Italian | Fábio Barreto | Nominated |
| Canada | Le Confessionnal | Le Confessionnal | French | Robert Lepage | Not nominated |
| China | Red Cherry | 红樱桃 | Mandarin, Russian, German | Daying Ye | Not nominated |
| Croatia | Washed Out | Isprani | Croatian | Zrinko Ogresta | Not nominated |
| Czech Republic | Thanks for Every New Morning | Díky za kazdé nové ráno | Czech, Hebrew, Ukrainian | Milan Šteindler | Not nominated |
| Dominican Republic | Nueba Yol | Nueba Yol | Spanish | Ángel Muñiz | Not nominated |
| Finland | The Last Wedding | Kivenpyörittäjän kylä | Finnish | Markku Pölönen | Not nominated |
| France | French Twist | Gazon maudit | French | Josiane Balasko | Not nominated |
| Germany | Brother of Sleep | Schlafes Bruder | German | Joseph Vilsmaier | Not nominated |
| Greece | Ulysses' Gaze | Το Βλέμμα του Οδυσσέα | Greek, English, Bulgarian, Albanian, Serbian, Romanian, Kurdish, Macedonian, German | Theo Angelopoulos | Not nominated |
| Hong Kong | Summer Snow | 女人，四十 | Cantonese | Ann Hui | Not nominated |
| Hungary | The Outpost | A részleg | Hungarian | Péter Gothár | Not nominated |
| Iceland | Tears of Stone | Tár úr steini | Icelandic, German | Hilmar Oddsson | Not nominated |
| India | Kuruthipunal | குருதிபுனல் | Tamil, Telugu | P. C. Sreeram | Not nominated |
| Iran | The White Balloon | بادکنک سفید- | Persian | Jafar Panahi | Not nominated |
| Israel | Lovesick on Nana Street | חולה אהבה בשיכון גימל | Hebrew | Savi Gabizon | Not nominated |
| Italy | The Star Maker | L'uomo delle stelle | Italian | Giuseppe Tornatore | Nominated |
| Japan | Deep River | 深い川 | Japanese | Kei Kumai | Not nominated |
| Mexico | Midaq Alley | El callejón de los milagros | Spanish | Jorge Fons | Not nominated |
| Netherlands | Antonia's Line | Antonia | Dutch | Marleen Gorris | Won Academy Award |
| Norway | Kristin Lavransdatter | Kristin Lavransdatter | Norwegian | Liv Ullmann | Not nominated |
| Philippines | Harvest Home | Inagaw mo ang lahat sa akin | Filipino | Carlos Siguion-Reyna | Not nominated |
| Poland | Crows | Wrony | Polish | Dorota Kędzierzawska | Not nominated |
| Portugal | God's Comedy | A Comédia de Deus | Portuguese | João César Monteiro | Not nominated |
| Russia | A Moslem | Мусульманин | Russian | Vladimir Khotinenko | Not nominated |
| Yugoslavia | Underground | Подземље | Serbian, German | Emir Kusturica | Not nominated |
| Slovakia | The Garden | Záhrada | Slovak | Martin Šulík | Not nominated |
| South Korea | 301, 302 | 삼공일, 삼공이 | Korean | Park Chul-soo | Not nominated |
| Spain | The Flower of My Secret | La flor de mi secreto | Spanish | Pedro Almodóvar | Not nominated |
| Sweden | All Things Fair | Lust och fägring stor | Swedish | Bo Widerberg | Nominated |
| Switzerland | Adultery: A User's Guide | Adultère, mode d'emploi | French | Christine Pascal | Not nominated |
| Taiwan | Super Citizen Ko | 超級大國民 | Taiwanese Hokkien | Wan Jen | Not nominated |
| Thailand | Once Upon a Time...This Morning | กาลครั้งหนึ่ง เมื่อเช้านี้ | Thai | Bhandit Rittakol | Not nominated |
| Tunisia | Le magique | السحر | French, Arabic | Azdine Melliti | Not nominated |
| United Kingdom | Branwen | Branwen | Welsh, English, Irish | Ceri Sherlock | Not nominated |
| Venezuela | Sicario | Sicario | Spanish | José Ramón Novoa | Not nominated |