List of submissions to the 79th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
Submissions
Table:
Submitting country
Film title used in nomination
Original title
Language(s)
Director(s)
Result

Algeria

Days of Glory

Indigènes

Arabic

Rachid Bouchareb

Nominated

Argentina

Family Law

Derecho de familia

Spanish

Daniel Burman

Not Nominated

Australia

Ten Canoes

Ten Canoes

Indigenous Australian languages, English

Rolf de Heer

Not Nominated

Austria

You Bet Your Life

Spiele Leben

German

Antonin Svoboda

Not Nominated

Bangladesh

Forever Flows

Nirontor

Bengali

Abu Sayeed

Not Nominated

Belgium

Someone Else's Happiness

Een ander zijn geluk

Dutch

Fien Troch

Not Nominated

Bolivia

American Visa

American Visa

Spanish

Juan Carlos Valdivia

Not Nominated

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Grbavica: Land of My Dreams

Grbavica

Bosnian

Jasmila Žbanić

Not Nominated

Brazil

Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures

Cinema, Aspirinas e Urubus

German, Portuguese

Marcelo Gomes

Not Nominated

Bulgaria

Monkeys in Winter

Maimuni prez zimata

Bulgarian

Milena Andonova

Not Nominated

Canada

Water

Water

Hindi

Deepa Mehta

Nominated

Chile

In Bed

En la cama

Spanish

Matías Bize

Not Nominated

China

Curse of the Golden Flower

Mǎnchéng Jìndài Huángjīnjiǎ (满城尽带黄金甲)

Mandarin

Zhang Yimou

Not Nominated

Colombia

A Ton of Luck

Soñar no cuesta nada

Spanish

Rodrigo Triana

Not Nominated

Croatia

Libertas

Libertas

Italian, Serbo-Croatian

Veljko Bulajić

Not Nominated

Cuba

El Benny

El Benny

Spanish

Jorge Luis Sánchez

Not Nominated

Czech Republic

Lunacy

Šílení

Czech

Jan Švankmajer

Not Nominated

Denmark

After the Wedding

Efter brylluppet

Danish, Hindi, Swedish

Susanne Bier

Nominated

Egypt

The Yacoubian Building

Omaret Yakobean (عمارة يعقوبيان)

Arabic

Marwan Hamed

Not Nominated

Finland

Lights in the Dusk

Laitakaupungin valot

Finnish, Russian

Aki Kaurismäki

Withdrawn[A]

France

Avenue Montaigne

Fauteuils d'orchestre

French

Danièle Thompson

Made January Shortlist

Germany

The Lives of Others

Das Leben der Anderen

German

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Won Academy Award

Greece

Chariton's Choir

I horodia tou haritona

Greek

Grigoris Karantinakis

Not Nominated

Hong Kong

The Banquet

Yè Yàn (夜宴)

Mandarin

Xiaogang Feng

Not Nominated

Hungary

White Palms

Fehér Tenyér

Hungarian, Russian

Szabolcs Hajdu

Not Nominated

Iceland

Children

Börn

Icelandic

Ragnar Bragason

Not Nominated

India

Rang De Basanti

Rang De Basanti (रंग दे बसंती)

Hindi

Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra

Not Nominated

Indonesia

Love for Share

Berbagi suami

Indonesian

Nia di Nata

Not Nominated

Iran

Transit Café

Café Transit

Greek, Persian, Turkish

Kambuzia Partovi

Not Nominated

Iraq

Dreams

Ahlaam (أحلام)

Arabic

Mohamed Al-Daradji

Not Nominated

Israel

Sweet Mud

Adama Meshuga'at (אדמה משוגעת)

French, Hebrew

Dror Shaul

Not Nominated

Italy

The Golden Door

Nuovomondo

Italian

Emanuele Crialese

Not Nominated

Japan

Hula Girls

Hura Gāru (フラガール)

Japanese

Lee Sang-il

Not Nominated

Kazakhstan

Nomad

Kôshpendiler (Көшпенділер)

Kazakh

Sergei Bodrov, Talgat Temenov, Ivan Passer

Not Nominated

Kyrgyzstan

The Wedding Chest

Sunduk predkov

French, Kyrgyz

Nurbek Egen

Not Nominated

Lebanon

Bosta

Bosta (بوسطة)

Arabic

Philippe Aractingi

Not Nominated

Lithuania

Before Flying Back to the Earth

Prieš parskrendant į žemę

Lithuanian, Russian

Arūnas Matelis

Not Nominated

Luxembourg

Your Name is Justine

Masz na imie Justine

German, Polish

Franco de Peña

Disqualified[B]

Macedonia

Kontakt

Kontakt

German, Macedonian

Sergej Stanojkovski

Not Nominated

Mexico

Pan's Labyrinth

El laberinto del fauno

Spanish

Guillermo del Toro

Nominated

Morocco

The Moroccan Symphony

La symphonie marocaine

Arabic

Kamal Kamal

Not Nominated

Nepal

Basain

Basain

Nepali

Subash Gajurel

Not Nominated

Netherlands

Black Book

Zwartboek

Dutch, Hebrew, German

Paul Verhoeven

Made January Shortlist

Norway

Reprise

Reprise

Norwegian

Joachim Trier

Not Nominated

Peru

Madeinusa

Madeinusa

Spanish

Claudia Llosa

Not Nominated

Philippines

The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros

Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros

Filipino, Tagalog

Auraeus Solito

Not Nominated

Poland

Retrieval

Z odzysku

Polish, Russian

Slawomir Fabicki

Not Nominated

Portugal

Alice

Alice

Portuguese

Marco Martins

Not Nominated

Puerto Rico

Thieves and Liars

Ladrones y mentirosos

Spanish

Ricardo Méndez Matta

Not Nominated

Romania

The Way I Spent the End of the World

Cum mi-am petrecut sfârșitul lumii

Romanian

Catalin Mitulescu

Not Nominated

Russia

9th Company

9 rota (9 рота)

Russian

Fyodor Bondarchuk

Not Nominated

Serbia

Tomorrow Morning

Sutra ujutro

Serbo-Croatian

Oleg Novkovic

Not Nominated

Slovenia

Gravehopping

Odgrobadogroba

Slovene

Jan Cvitkovič

Not Nominated

South Korea

King and the Clown

Wang-ui namja (왕의 남자)

Korean

Lee Jun-ik

Not Nominated

Spain

Volver

Volver

Spanish

Pedro Almodóvar

Made January Shortlist

Sweden

Falkenberg Farewell

Farväl Falkenberg

Swedish

Jesper Ganslandt

Not Nominated

Switzerland

Vitus

Vitus

Swiss German

Fredi Murer

Made January Shortlist

Taiwan

Blue Cha Cha

Shen hai (深海)

Mandarin, Taiwanese

Chen Wen-Tang

Not Nominated

Thailand

Ahimsa: Stop to Run

Ahingsa-Jikko mee gam (อหิงสา จิ๊กโก๋ มีกรรม)

Thai

Kittikorn Liasirikun

Not Nominated

Turkey

Ice Cream, I Scream

Dondurmam Gaymak

Turkish

Yüksel Aksu

Not Nominated

Ukraine

Aurora

Avrora (Аврора)

Russian, Ukrainian

Oxana Bayrak

Not Nominated

Venezuela

Maroa

Maroa

Spanish

Solveig Hoogesteijn

Not Nominated

Vietnam

Story of Pao

Chuyen cua Pao

Vietnamese

Quang Hai Ngo

Not Nominated

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