List of submissions to the 80th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

Austrian director Stefan Ruzowitzky won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film for his film The Counterfeiters

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 every year since the award was created in 1956.[1] The award is handed out annually by the Academy to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non-English dialogue.[1][2] The Foreign Language Film Award Committee oversees the process and reviews all the submitted films.[2]

For the 80th Academy Awards, which were held on February 24, 2008, the Academy invited 95 countries to submit films for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.[3] Sixty-three countries submitted films to the Academy, the highest number of submissions in the history of the award, including Azerbaijan and Ireland, which submitted films for the first time.[4][5] Several of the submissions were subject to controversy. The Academy determined that initial submissions from Israel and Taiwan did not meet Academy requirements,[6][7] and both countries submitted new films as replacements.[8][9] The British Academy of Film and Television Arts was subject to criticism for not submitting the Scottish Gaelic Seachd: The Inaccessible Pinnacle or the Welsh Calon Gaeth.[10] Bolivia's official submission, Los Andes no creen en Dios, did not appear on the Academy's list of accepted submissions.[11]

Due to a change in the rules made for the 79th Academy Awards,[12] the Academy published a shortlist of nine films on January 15, 2008, prior to the selection of the final five nominees.[13] The Academy engendered controversy with its selections, notably the omission of Romania's 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, which had won the Palme d'Or at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, and France's Persepolis, the winner of the Jury Prize at the same Cannes Film Festival.[14][15][16][17][18] After revealing the shortlist, the Academy released a list of nominees on January 22, 2008.[19] The winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film was Austria's The Counterfeiters, which was directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky.[20]

Submissions

Submitting country Film title used in nomination Original title Language(s) Director(s) Result
 Argentina XXY XXY Spanish Puenzo, LucíaLucía Puenzo Not Nominated
 Australia The Home Song Stories The Home Song Stories Cantonese, English, Mandarin Ayres, TonyTony Ayres Not Nominated
 Austria The Counterfeiters Die Fälscher German Ruzowitzky, StefanStefan Ruzowitzky Won Academy Award
 Azerbaijan Caucasia Qafqaz Azerbaijani, Russian Gumbatov, FaridFarid Gumbatov Not Nominated
 Bangladesh On the Wings of Dreams স্বপ্নডানায় (Swopnodanay) Bengali Biplob, Golam RabbanyGolam Rabbany Biplob Not Nominated
 Belgium Ben X Ben X Dutch Balthazar, NicNic Balthazar Not Nominated
 Bolivia Los Andes no creen en Dios[A] Los Andes no creen en Dios Spanish Eguino, AntonioAntonio Eguino Disqualified
 Bosnia and Herzegovina It's Hard to be Nice Teško je biti fin Serbo-Croatian Vuletic, SrdanSrdan Vuletic Not Nominated
 Brazil The Year My Parents Went On Vacation O Ano em que Meus Pais Saíram de Férias Portuguese Hamburger, CaoCao Hamburger Made January Shortlist
 Bulgaria Warden of the Dead Пазачът на мъртвите (Pazachyt na myrtvite) Bulgarian Simeonov, IlianIlian Simeonov Not Nominated
 Canada Days of Darkness L’Âge des ténèbres French Arcand, DenysDenys Arcand Made January Shortlist
 Chile Padre Nuestro Padre nuestro Spanish Sepúlveda, RodrigoRodrigo Sepúlveda Not Nominated
 China The Knot 云水谣 (Yun shui yao) Mandarin Li, YinYin Li Not Nominated
 Colombia Satanás Satanás Spanish Baiz, AndiAndi Baiz Not Nominated
 Croatia Armin Armin Serbo-Croatian Sviličić, OgnjenOgnjen Sviličić Not Nominated
 Cuba The Silly Age La Edad de la peseta Spanish Giroud, PavelPavel Giroud Not Nominated
 Czech Republic I Served the King of England Obsluhoval jsem anglického krále Czech Menzel, JiriJiri Menzel Not Nominated
 Denmark The Art of Crying Kunsten at græde i kor Danish Fog, Peter SchønauPeter Schønau Fog Not Nominated
 Egypt In the Heliopolis Flat في شقة مصر الجديدة (Fi shaket masr el Gedeeda) Arabic Khan, MohamedMohamed Khan Not Nominated
 Estonia The Class Klass Estonian Raag, IlmarIlmar Raag Not Nominated
 Finland A Man's Job Miehen työ Finnish Salmenperä, AleksiAleksi Salmenperä Not Nominated
 France Persepolis Persepolis French Paronnaud, VincentVincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi Not Nominated
 Georgia The Russian Triangle რუსული სამკუთხედი (Rusuli samkudhedi) Russian Tsabadze, AlekoAleko Tsabadze Not Nominated
 Germany The Edge of Heaven Auf der anderen Seite German, Turkish Akin, FatihFatih Akin Not Nominated
 Greece Eduart Eduart Albanian, German, Greek Antoniou, AngelikiAngeliki Antoniou Not Nominated
 Hong Kong Exiled 放逐 (Fong juk) Cantonese To, JohnnieJohnnie To Not Nominated
 Hungary Taxidermia Taxidermia Hungarian Pálfi, GyörgyGyörgy Pálfi Not Nominated
 Iceland Jar City Mýrin Icelandic Kormakur, BaltasarBaltasar Kormakur Not Nominated
 India Eklavya: The Royal Guard[B] एकलव्य (Eklavya: The Royal Guard) Hindi Chopra, Vidhu VinodVidhu Vinod Chopra Not Nominated
 Indonesia Denias, Singing on the Cloud Denias Senandung Di Atas Awan Indonesian De Rantau, JohnJohn De Rantau Not Nominated
 Iran M for Mother میم مثل مادر (Mim Mesle Madar) Persian Mollagholipour, RasulRasul Mollagholipour Not Nominated
 Iraq Jani Gal Jani Gal Kurdish Rostami, JamilJamil Rostami Not Nominated
 Ireland Kings Kings Irish, English Collins, TommyTommy Collins Not Nominated
 Israel Beaufort[C] בופור (Beaufort) Hebrew Cedar, JosephJoseph Cedar Nominated
 Italy La sconosciuta La sconosciuta Italian Tornatore, GiuseppeGiuseppe Tornatore Made January Shortlist
 Japan I Just Didn't Do It それでもボクはやってない (Soredemo boku wa yatte nai) Japanese Suo, MasayukiMasayuki Suo Not Nominated
 Kazakhstan Mongol Монгол (Mongol) Mongolian Bodrov, SergeiSergei Bodrov Nominated
 Lebanon Caramel سكر بنات (Sukkar banat) Arabic, French Labaki, NadineNadine Labaki Not Nominated
 Luxembourg Little Secrets Perl oder Pica Luxembourgish Cruchten, PolPol Cruchten Not Nominated
 Macedonia Shadows Сенки (Senki) Macedonian Mančevski, MilčoMilčo Mančevski Not Nominated
 Mexico Silent Light Stellet licht Plautdietsch Reygadas, CarlosCarlos Reygadas Not Nominated
 Netherlands Duska Duska Dutch Stelling, JosJos Stelling Not Nominated
 Norway Gone with the Woman Tatt av Kvinnen Norwegian Naess, PetterPetter Naess Not Nominated
 Peru Crossing a Shadow Una sombra al frente Spanish Tamayo, AugustoAugusto Tamayo Not Nominated
 Philippines Donsol Donsol Bikol, Tagalog Alix, Jr., AdolfoAdolfo Alix, Jr. Not Nominated
 Poland Katyń Katyń Polish Wajda, AndrzejAndrzej Wajda Nominated
 Portugal Belle Toujours Belle Toujours French de Oliveira, ManoelManoel de Oliveira Not Nominated
 Puerto Rico Love Sickness Maldeamores Spanish Perez, MariemMariem Perez, Carlitos Ruiz Not Nominated
 Romania 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days 4 luni, 3 săptămâni şi 2 zile Romanian Mungiu, CristianCristian Mungiu Not Nominated
 Russia 12 12 Russian, Chechen Mikhalkov, NikitaNikita Mikhalkov Nominated
 Serbia The Trap Klopka (Клопка) Serbo-Croatian Golubović, SrdanSrdan Golubović Made January Shortlist
 Singapore 881 881 Mandarin, Hokkien Tan, RoystonRoyston Tan Not Nominated
 Slovakia Return of the Storks Návrat bocianov German, Slovak Repka, MartinMartin Repka Not Nominated
 Slovenia Short Circuits Kratki stiki Slovene Lapajne, JanezJanez Lapajne Not Nominated
 South Korea Secret Sunshine 밀양 (Milyang) Korean Chang-dong, LeeLee Chang-dong Not Nominated
 Spain The Orphanage El orfanato Spanish Bayona, Juan AntonioJuan Antonio Bayona Not Nominated
 Sweden You, the Living Du levande Swedish Andersson, RoyRoy Andersson Not Nominated
  Switzerland Late Bloomers Die Herbstzeitlosen Swiss German Oberli, BettinaBettina Oberli Not Nominated
 Taiwan Island Etude[D] 練習曲 (Liànxí Qǔ) Mandarin, Taiwanese Huai-En, ChenChen Huai-En Not Nominated
 Thailand King of Fire ตำนานสมเด็จพระนเรศวรมหาราช (Tamnan Somdej Phra Naresuan) Thai Yukol, ChatrichalermChatrichalerm Yukol Not Nominated
 Turkey A Man's Fear of God Takva Turkish Kızıltan, ÖzerÖzer Kızıltan Not Nominated
 Uruguay The Pope's Toilet El Baño del Papa Spanish Charlone, CesarCesar Charlone, Enrique Fernandez Not Nominated
 Venezuela Postcards from Leningrad Postales de Leningrado Spanish Rondon, MarianaMariana Rondon Not Nominated
 Vietnam The White Silk Dress Áo lụa Hà Đông Vietnamese Huynh, LuuLuu Huynh Not Nominated

See also

Notes

References

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  1. 1 2 "History of the Academy Awards - Page 2". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 2008-06-22. Retrieved 2008-06-23.
  2. 1 2 "Special Rules for the Best Foreign Language Film Award". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 2008-03-14. Retrieved 2008-06-23.
  3. ↑ "95 Countries to Receive Foreign Language Film Entry Forms for 2007 Oscar". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 2007-06-22. Archived from the original on October 10, 2007. Retrieved 2008-06-23.
  4. ↑ "A Record 63 Countries Vying For Best Foreign-Language Oscar Nod". Yahoo! Movies. 2007-10-17. Archived from the original on September 26, 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-23.
  5. ↑ Galloway, Steven (2007-11-12). "Oscar's Foreign Movie Rules Questioned". Backstage. Retrieved 2008-06-25.
  6. 1 2 Kershner, Isabel (2007-10-31). "The Band's Visit". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-06-23.
  7. 1 2 Jaafar, Ali (2007-10-12). "Oscar deems 'Band's Visit' ineligible". Variety. Retrieved 2008-06-23.
  8. 1 2 Lee, Min (2007-10-19). "Taiwan drops 'Lust, Caution' as Oscar entry". The China Post. Retrieved 2008-06-23.
  9. 1 2 Uni, Assaf (2008-01-22). "Israeli film Beaufort nominated for Oscar for Best Foreign Film". Haaretz. Retrieved 2008-06-23.
  10. ↑ Dawtrey, Adam (2007-10-04). "BAFTA attacked over Oscars". Variety. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
  11. 1 2 Orellana, Ruddy (2007-12-13). "110 mil personas vieron el último filme de Eguino" (in Spanish). Los Tiempos. Archived from the original on December 15, 2007. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
  12. ↑ "Rules Change for Foreign-Language Oscar". San Francisco Chronicle. 2006-07-01. Retrieved 2008-06-23.
  13. ↑ "Nine Foreign Language Films Advance in 2007 Oscar Race". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 2008-01-15. Archived from the original on 2008-04-30. Retrieved 2008-06-23.
  14. ↑ Gaydos, Steven; McCarthy, Libby (2008-01-15). "Oscar's foreign film race heats up". Variety. Retrieved 2008-06-23.
  15. ↑ "Oscar-snubbed '4 Months' rivets". The Washington Post. 2008-02-01. Retrieved 2008-06-23.
  16. ↑ Kenny, Glenn (2008-01-17). "4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days". Premiere. Retrieved 2008-06-23.
  17. ↑ Goodman, Dean (2008-01-22). "Acclaimed films miss out on foreign-Oscar bid". Reuters. Retrieved 2008-06-23.
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  20. ↑ Pearson, Ryan (2008-02-25). "Austria's 'Counterfeiters' Wins Oscar". Fox News. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
  21. ↑ "India Retains 'Eklavya: The Royal Guard' as Official Oscar Entry". Voice of America. 2007-10-18. Retrieved 2008-06-23.
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