List of submissions to the 69th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

The following 39 films, all from different countries, were submitted for the 69th Academy Awards in the category Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (release at the country of origin November 1, 1995 - October 31, 1996, ceremony 1997).^[1] Albania and the former Soviet republic of Georgia submitted films for the first time, as did Australia which submitted the multi-lingual Floating Life in Cantonese, English and German. Finland's submission was withdrawn before screenings began, and did not compete.

The highlighted titles were the five nominated films, which came from the Czech Republic, France, Georgia, Norway and Russia. Czech Rupublic won the Oscar for its drama Kolya.^[2]

Submissions

Submitting country	Film title used in nomination	Language(s)	Original title	Director(s)	Result
Albania	Kolonel Bunker	Albanian	Kolonel Bunker	Kujtim Çashku	Not Nominated
Algeria	Hi Cousin!	French, Arabic	Salut cousin!	Merzak Allouache	Not Nominated
Argentina	Eva Peron	Spanish	Eva Perón	Juan Carlos Desanzo	Not Nominated
Australia	Floating Life	Cantonese, English and German	Floating Life	Clara Law	Not Nominated
Austria	Hannah	German	Hannah	Reinhard Schwabenitzky	Not Nominated
Belarus	From Hell to Hell	German, Russian and Yiddish	Из ада в ад	Dmitriy Astrakhan	Not Nominated
Belgium	The Eighth Day	French	Le huitième jour	Jaco Van Dormael	Not Nominated
Brazil	Tieta of Agreste	Portuguese	Tieta do Agreste	Carlos Diegues	Not Nominated
Canada	Not Me!	French	Sous-Sol	Pierre Gang	Not Nominated
Colombia	Oedipus Mayor	Spanish	Edipo Alcalde	Jorge Alí Triana	Not Nominated
Croatia	Nausikaya	Serbo-Croatian	Nausikaja	Vicko Ruić	Not Nominated
Cuba	Think of Me	Spanish	Pon tu pensamiento en mí	Arturo Sotto Díaz	Not Nominated
Czech Republic	Kolya	Czech	Kolja	Jan Svěrák	Won Academy Award
Denmark	Hamsun	Danish, German, Norwegian and Swedish	Hamsun	Jan Troell	Not Nominated
Finland	Drifting Clouds	Finnish	Kauas pilvet karkaavat	Aki Kaurismäki	Disqualified[3]
France	Ridicule	French	Ridicule	Patrice Leconte	Nominated
Georgia	A Chef in Love	French, Georgian, Russian	შეყვარებული კულინარის 1001 რეცეპტი	Nana Jorjadze	Nominated
Germany	Deathmaker	German	Der Totmacher	Romuald Karmakar	Not Nominated
Hong Kong	Hu-Du-Men	Cantonese	虎度門	Shu Kei	Not Nominated
Hungary	Vaska Easoff	Hungarian	Haggyállógva Vászka	Péter Gothár	Not Nominated
Iceland	Devil's Island	Icelandic	Djöflaeyjan	Friðrik Þór Friðriksson	Not Nominated
India	Indian	Tamil		S. Shankar	Not Nominated
Israel	Saint Clara	Hebrew/Russian	קלרה הקדושה	Ari Folman & Ori Sivan	Not Nominated
Italy	My Generation	Italian	Mia Generazione	Wilma Labate	Not Nominated
Japan	Gakko II	Japanese	学校II	Yoji Yamada	Not Nominated
Mexico	Between Pancho Villa and a Naked Woman	Spanish	Entre Pancho Villa y una mujer desnuda	Sabina Berman & Isabelle Tardans	Not Nominated
Netherlands	Long Live the Queen	Dutch	Lang leve de koningin	Esmé Lammers	Not Nominated
Norway	The Other Side of Sunday	Norwegian	Søndagsengler	Berit Nesheim	Nominated
Philippines	Dead Sure	Tagalog	Segurista	Tikoy Aguiluz	Not Nominated
Poland	At Full Gallop	Polish	Cwal	Krzysztof Zanussi	Not Nominated
Romania	State of Things	Romanian	Stare de Fapt	Stere Gulea	Not Nominated
Russia	Prisoner of the Mountains	Russian	Кавказский пленник	Sergei Bodrov	Nominated
Serbia	Pretty Village, Pretty Flame	Serbo-Croatian	Лепа села лепо горе	Srđan Dragojević	Not Nominated
Slovenia	Felix	Slovenian	Feliks	Božo Šprajc	Not Nominated
Spain	Bwana	Spanish	Bwana	Imanol Uribe	Not Nominated
Sweden	Jerusalem	Swedish	Jerusalem	Bille August	Not Nominated
Switzerland	Les Agneaux	French	Les Agneaux	Marcel Schüpbach	Not Nominated
Taiwan	Tonight Nobody Goes Home	Mandarin	今天不回家	Sylvia Chang	Not Nominated
Vietnam	Gone, Gone Forever Gone	Vietnamese	Gate, gate, paragate	Hồ Quang Minh	Not Nominated

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