Question: What was the film on this list submitted by Canada to the 56th Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film based on ?

text: List of Canadian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
Submissions
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 since 1956 . [ 4 ] The Foreign Language Film Award Committee oversees the process and reviews all the submitted films . Following this , they vote via secret ballot to determine the five nominees for the award . [ 3 ] Below is a list of the films that have been submitted by Canada for review by the Academy for the award by year and the respective Academy Awards ceremony . With two exceptions ( 2001 's Inuktitut Atanarjuat and 2005 's Hindi Water ) , all submissions were Québécois films . All of these were in French , except for A Bullet in the Head which was spoken entirely in an invented language . [ 10 ] Other French-language submissions have featured a substantial amount of Inuktitut ( The Necessities of Life ) , Lingala ( War Witch ) , Yiddish ( Felix and Meira ) , [ 11 ] and Mohawk and Algonquin ( Hochelaga , Land of Souls ) . [ 12 ]
Canada has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film[nb 1] since 1971. The award is handed out annually by the United States Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non-English dialogue. It was not created until the 1956 Academy Awards, in which a competitive Academy Award of Merit, known as the Best Foreign Language Film Award, was created for non-English speaking films, and has been given annually since. As of 2019[update], seven Canadian films have been nominated, including one winner, for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Of these films, three have been directed by Denys Arcand: Jesus of Montreal, nominated at the 62nd Academy Awards; The Decline of the American Empire, nominated at the 59th Academy Awards; and its sequel, The Barbarian Invasions, which was the winner at the 76th Academy Awards. Arcand's Days of Darkness was shortlisted for the Oscar, but was not nominated. The other four Canadian directors to have their films nominated are Deepa Mehta for Water at the 79th Academy Awards, Denis Villeneuve for Incendies at the 83rd Academy Awards, Philippe Falardeau for Monsieur Lazhar at the 84th Academy Awards, and Kim Nguyen for War Witch at the 85th Academy Awards. Of the 45 films selected to date as Canada's submission to the Academy Awards, 18 of them have also won the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Motion Picture.
Year ( Ceremony ) Film title used in nomination Original title Director Result
1971 ( 44th ) Mon oncle Antoine Mon oncle Antoine Claude Jutra Not Nominated
1972 ( 45th ) The True Nature of Bernadette La Vraie nature de Bernadette Gilles Carle Not Nominated
1975 ( 48th ) Orders Les Ordres Michel Brault Not Nominated
1977 ( 50th ) J.A . Martin Photographer J.A . Martin photographe Jean Beaudin Not Nominated
1979 ( 52nd ) A Scream from Silence Mourir à tue-tête Anne Claire Poirier Not Nominated
1980 ( 53rd ) Good Riddance Les Bons débarras Francis Mankiewicz Not Nominated
1981 ( 54th ) The Plouffe Family Les Plouffe Gilles Carle Not Nominated
1982 ( 55th ) Wild Flowers Les Fleurs savages Jean Pierre Lefebvre Not Nominated
1983 ( 56th ) The Tin Flute Bonheur d'occasion Claude Fournier Not Nominated
1984 ( 57th ) Sonatine Sonatine Micheline Lanctôt Not Nominated
1985 ( 58th ) Jacques and November Jacques et novembre François Bouvier Not Nominated
1986 ( 59th ) The Decline of the American Empire Le Déclin de l'empire américain Denys Arcand Nominated
1987 ( 60th ) Night Zoo Un Zoo la Nuit Jean-Claude Lauzon Not Nominated
1988 ( 61st ) The Revolving Doors Les portes tournantes Francis Mankiewicz Not Nominated
1989 ( 62nd ) Jesus of Montreal Jésus de Montréal Denys Arcand Nominated
1990 ( 63rd ) An Imaginary Tale Une histoire inventée André Forcier Not Nominated
1991 ( 64th ) A Bullet in the Head A Bullet in the Head Attila Bertalan Not Nominated
1992 ( 65th ) Léolo Léolo Jean-Claude Lauzon Not Nominated
1993 ( 66th ) The Sex of the Stars Le Sexe des étoiles Paule Baillargeon Not Nominated
1994 ( 67th ) My Friend Max Mon amie Max Michel Brault Not Nominated