List of submissions to the 60th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

The following 30 films, all from different countries, were submitted for the 60th Academy Awards in the category Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The bolded titles were the five nominated films, which came from France, Italy, Norway, Spain and the eventual winner, Babette's Feast, from Denmark.^[1] The critically acclaimed Wings of Desire, by Wim Wenders, submitted by West Germany wasn't nominated, despite being one of the favourites.

Indonesia submitted a film for the first time and Cuba submitted a film for the first time in a decade. The Soviet Union submitted a film in Georgian (which was produced in 1984, but banned until 1987), India chose a film in Tamil, and Norway selected the first-ever film made in Northern Sami.

Submissions

Submitting country	Film title used in nomination	Language(s)	Original title	Director(s)	Result
Argentina	Man Facing Southeast	Spanish	Hombre mirando al sudeste	Eliseo Subiela	Not Nominated
Austria	Welcome in Vienna	German	Wohin und zurück - Welcome in Vienna	Axel Corti	Not Nominated
Belgium	The Cruel Embrace	French	Les Noces Barbares	Marion Hänsel	Not Nominated
Brazil	Subway to the Stars	Portuguese	Um Trem para as Estrelas	Carlos Diegues	Not Nominated
Canada	Night Zoo	French	Un zoo la nuit	Jean-Claude Lauzon	Not Nominated
China	Hibiscus Town	Chinese	芙蓉镇	Xie Jin	Not Nominated
Cuba	A Successful Man	Spanish	Un hombre de éxito	Humberto Solás	Not Nominated
Czechoslovakia	Forbidden Dreams	Czech	Smrt krásných srnců	Karel Kachyňa	Not Nominated
Denmark	Babette's Feast	Danish, French	Babettes gæstebud	Gabriel Axel	Won Academy Award
Finland	The Snow Queen	Finnish	Lumikuningatar	Päivi Hartzell	Not Nominated
France	Au revoir les enfants	French	Au revoir les enfants	Louis Malle	Nominated
West Germany	Wings of Desire	German	Der Himmel über Berlin	Wim Wenders	Not Nominated
Greece	Theofilos	Greek	Θεόφιλος	Lakis Papastathis	Not Nominated
Hungary	Diary for My Lovers	Hungarian	Napló szerelmeimnek	Márta Mészáros	Not Nominated
Iceland	White Whales	Icelandic	Skytturnar	Friðrik Þór Friðriksson	Not Nominated
India	Nayagan	Tamil	நாயகன்	Mani Ratnam	Not Nominated
Indonesia	Nagabonar	Indonesian	Nagabonar	M.T. Risyaf	Not Nominated
Israel	I Don't Give a Damn	Hebrew	לא שם זין	Shmuel Imberman	Not Nominated
Italy	The Family	Italian	La Famiglia	Ettore Scola	Nominated
Japan	Zegen	Japanese	女衒	Shohei Imamura	Not Nominated
Mexico	Living Is What Matters	Spanish	Lo Que Importa es Vivir	Luis Alcoriza	Not Nominated
Netherlands	Count Your Blessings	Dutch	Van geluk gesproken	Pieter Verhoeff	Not Nominated
Norway	Pathfinder	Sami	Ofelaš (Veiviseren)	Nils Gaup	Nominated
Poland	Hero of the Year	Polish	Bohater roku	Feliks Falk	Not Nominated
Spain	Course Completed	Spanish	Asignatura aprobada	José Luis Garci	Nominated
Sweden	Hip Hip Hurrah!	Swedish	Hip Hip Hurra!	Kjell Grede	Not Nominated
Switzerland	If the Sun Never Returns	French	Si le soleil ne revenait pas	Claude Goretta	Not Nominated
Taiwan	Osmanthus Alley	Chinese	桂花巷	Chen Kunhou	Not Nominated
Soviet Union	Repentance	Georgian	მონანიება (Покаяние)	Tengiz Abuladze	Not Nominated
Yugoslavia	Reflections	Serbo-Croatian	Već viđeno	Goran Marković	Not Nominated

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