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List of submissions to the 81st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

Summary

This is a list of submissions to the 81st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. 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 81st Academy Awards, the Academy invited 96 countries to submit films for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.[3] Only one film was accepted from each country, and the deadline by which copies of all submitted films must be sent to the Academy was October 1, 2008.[2] The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences released its official list of submissions on October 17, 2008.[4] Submission of a film does not mean automatic qualification for competition: the Academy has the final word on eligibility and has in the past disqualified several submissions. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that a "record 67-strong" list of films were submitted for the competition.[5] The Middle Eastern kingdom of Jordan submitted a film for the first time[6] and Latvia returned to the competition after a 15-year absence.[7]

The Oscar Foreign Film Committee began screening the foreign film entries on October 17, 2008. A shortlist of nine semi-finalists was announced January 13, 2009.[8] Due to a new rule, only six films on the shortlist were decided based on the votes of the at-large committee. The other three were selected by the Academy's foreign film executive committee.[8][9] The official nominees were announced on January 22, 2009.[10] The winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film was Japan's Departures.[11]

Submissions edit

The following is based upon the official list by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.[4][8]

Submitting country Film title used in nomination Original title Language(s) Director(s) Result
  Afghanistan Opium War جنگ تریاک Dari, English Siddiq Barmak Not nominated
  Albania The Sorrow of Mrs. Schneider Trishtimi i zonjës Shnajder Albanian, Czech Eno Milkani and Piro Milkani Not nominated
  Algeria Masquerades مسخرة Algerian Arabic, French Lyes Salem Not nominated
  Argentina Lion's Den Leonera Spanish Pablo Trapero Not nominated
  Austria Revanche German, Russian Götz Spielmann Nominated
  Azerbaijan Fortress Qala Azeri Shamil Nacafzade Not nominated
  Bangladesh Aha! আহা! Bengali Enamul Karim Nirjhar Not nominated
  Belgium Eldorado French Bouli Lanners Not nominated
  Bosnia and Herzegovina Snow Snijeg Bosnian Aida Begić Not nominated
  Brazil Last Stop 174 Última Parada 174 Brazilian Portuguese Bruno Barreto Not nominated
  Bulgaria Zift Дзифт Bulgarian Javor Gardev Not nominated
  Canada The Necessities of Life Ce qu'il faut pour vivre, Inuujjutiksaq French, Inuktitut Benoît Pilon Made shortlist
  Chile Tony Manero Spanish Pablo Larraín Not nominated
  China Dream Weavers: Beijing 2008 筑梦 Mandarin Yun Gu Not nominated
  Colombia Dog Eat Dog Perro come Perro Spanish Carlos Moreno Not nominated
  Croatia No One's Son Ničiji Sin Croatian Arsen Anton Ostojić Not nominated
  Czech Republic The Karamazovs Karamazovi Czech, Polish Petr Zelenka Not nominated
  Denmark Worlds Apart To verdener Danish Niels Arden Oplev Not nominated
  Egypt The Island الجزيرة Egyptian Arabic Sherif Arafa Not nominated
  Estonia I Was Here Mina olin siin. Esimene arest Estonian René Vilbre Not nominated
  Finland The Home of Dark Butterflies Tummien perhosten koti Finnish Dome Karukoski Not nominated
  France The Class Entre les murs French Laurent Cantet Nominated
  Georgia Mediator მედიატორი German, Russian, English Dito Tsintsadze Not nominated
  Germany The Baader Meinhof Complex Der Baader Meinhof Komplex German Uli Edel Nominated
  Greece Correction Διόρθωση Greek Thanos Anastopoulos Not nominated
  Hong Kong Painted Skin 畫皮 Mandarin Gordon Chan Not nominated
  Hungary Iska's Journey Iszka utazása Hungarian, Romanian Csaba Bollók Not nominated
  Iceland White Night Wedding Brúðguminn Icelandic Baltasar Kormákur Not nominated
  India Like Stars on Earth तारे ज़मीन पर Hindi Aamir Khan Not nominated
  Iran The Song of Sparrows آواز گنجشکها Persian, Azeri Majid Majidi Not nominated
  Israel Waltz with Bashir ואלס עם באשיר Hebrew Ari Folman Nominated
  Italy Gomorrah Gomorra Neapolitan, Italian Matteo Garrone Not nominated
  Japan Departures おくりびと Japanese Yōjirō Takita Won Academy Award
  Jordan Captain Abu Raed كابتن أبو رائد Jordanian Arabic Amin Matalqa Not nominated
  Kazakhstan Tulpan Тюльпан Kazakh, Russian Sergey Dvortsevoy Not nominated
  Kyrgyzstan Heaven's Blue Тенгри Kyrgyz, Russian Marie-Jaoul de Ponchville Not nominated
  Latvia Defenders of Riga Rīgas sargi Latvian, German, Russian Aigars Grauba Not nominated
  Lebanon Under the Bombs تحت القصف Lebanese Arabic, French Philippe Aractingi Not nominated
  Lithuania Loss Nereikalingi žmonės Lithuanian Māris Martinsons Not nominated
  Luxembourg Nuits d'Arabie French, Luxembourgish, Arabic Paul Kieffer Not nominated
  Macedonia I'm From Titov Veles Јас сум од Титов Велес Macedonian Teona Strugar Mitevska Not nominated
  Mexico Tear This Heart Out Arráncame la vida Spanish Roberto Sneider Made shortlist
  Morocco Goodbye Mothers وداعا أمهات French, Moroccan Arabic Mohamed Ismail Not nominated
  Netherlands Dunya and Desi Dunya en Desi in Marokko Dutch, Moroccan Arabic Dana Nechushtan Not nominated
  Norway O' Horten Norwegian Bent Hamer Not nominated
  Palestine Salt of this Sea ملح هذا البحر Palestinian Arabic Annemarie Jacir Not nominated
  Philippines Ploning Cuyonon, Filipino, Tagalog, Taiwanese Dante Nico Garcia Not nominated
  Poland Tricks Sztuczki Polish Andrzej Jakimowski Not nominated
  Portugal Our Beloved Month of August Aquele Querido Mês de Agosto Portuguese Miguel Gomes Not nominated
  Romania The Rest is Silence Restul e tăcere Romanian Nae Caranfil Not nominated
  Russia Mermaid Русалка Russian Anna Melikyan Not nominated
  Serbia The Tour Турнеја Serbian Goran Marković Not nominated
  Singapore My Magic மை மேஜிக் Tamil Eric Khoo Not nominated
  Slovakia Blind Loves Slepé lásky Slovak Juraj Lehotsky Not nominated
  Slovenia Rooster's Breakfast Petelinji zajtrk Slovene Marko Naberšnik Not nominated
  South Africa Jerusalema Afrikaans, English, Zulu, Xhosa, Setswana Ralph Ziman Not nominated
  South Korea Crossing 크로싱 Korean Kim Tae-kyun Not nominated
  Spain The Blind Sunflowers Los girasoles ciegos Spanish José Luis Cuerda Not nominated
  Sweden Everlasting Moments Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick Swedish, Finnish Jan Troell Made shortlist
  Switzerland The Friend Der Freund Swiss German Micha Lewinsky Not nominated
  Taiwan Cape No. 7 海角七號 Taiwanese Hokkien, Japanese, Mandarin Wei Te-sheng Not nominated
  Thailand Love of Siam รักแห่งสยาม Thai Chookiat Sakveerakul Not nominated
  Turkey Three Monkeys Üç Maymun Turkish Nuri Bilge Ceylan Made shortlist
  Ukraine The Illusion of Fear Ілюзія страху Ukrainian, Russian Aleksandr Kirienko Not nominated
  United Kingdom Hope Eternal Bemba, Swahili, Afrikaans, Welsh, French, German, English Karl Francis Not nominated
  Uruguay Kill Them All [es] Matar a Todos Spanish Esteban Schroeder Not nominated
  Venezuela The Color of Fame El tinte de la fama Alejandro Bellame Not nominated

Notes edit

  •   In addition, the South Korean submission Crossing was initially in question when it was accused of plagiarism by a rival writer. The Korean Film Council said it would select another submission if Crossing was found guilty, but the case was ultimately dismissed and the film was retained.[12]
  •   Vietnam's Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism launched an open call for films to represent the country, but only received one entry - Vuong Duc's Rừng đen (Black Forest). On September 29, the Ministry decided not to send any film since Forest did not meet Oscar requirements to have run one consecutive week in a commercial cinema.[13]
  • Bolivia[14] and Puerto Rico,[15] formally announced at the end of September that they would not be participating in this year's competition.

References edit

General
  • "67 Countries Vying for 2008 Foreign Language Film Oscar". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 2007-10-17. Archived from the original on 2014-09-05. Retrieved 2008-10-17.
  • Giles, Jeff (January 13, 2009). "Academy Names Nine Foreign Film Finalists". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2009-01-13.
Specific
  1. ^ a b "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. ^ a b c "Special Rules for the Best Foreign Language Film Award". 81st Academy Awards Rules for Distinguished Achievements in 2008. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on September 15, 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
  3. ^ "96 Countries to Receive Entry Forms for 2008 Foreign Language Film Oscar" (Press release). Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 2008-06-24. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
  4. ^ a b "67 Countries Vying for 2008 Foreign Language Film Oscar". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 2007-10-17. Archived from the original on 2014-09-05. Retrieved 2008-10-17.
  5. ^ "Record 67 films enter Oscars foreign film race". AFP. 2008-10-17. Archived from the original on 2008-10-22. Retrieved 2008-10-17.
  6. ^ "Jordan has first film to compete for Oscar". Xinhua News Agency. 2008-09-05. Archived from the original on September 8, 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-27.
  7. ^ "Latvija in brief - 2008-10-15". The Baltic Times. 2008-10-15. Retrieved 2008-10-16.
  8. ^ a b c "9 Foreign Language Films Advance in 2008 Oscar Race". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. January 13, 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-14.
  9. ^ "Wide-open foreign-film Oscar race begins". Los Angeles Times. 2008-10-16. Retrieved 2008-10-17.
  10. ^ "General Timetable of the 81st Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 2008-08-22. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
  11. ^ "2009 Oscar scorecard". Los Angeles Times. 2009-02-22. Retrieved 2009-02-22.
  12. ^ Sunhee, Han (2008-08-07). "S. Korea picks Crossing for Oscars". Variety. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
  13. ^ "Vietnam has no Oscar nominee". VietnamNet Bridge. Archived from the original on October 6, 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-01.
  14. ^ "Bolivia no presentará candidatura a Óscar porque filmes no cumplen requisitos". Yahoo Espanol. 2008-09-27. Retrieved 2008-09-30. [dead link]
  15. ^ "Puerto Rico no propondrá película para la edición de este año de los Óscar". Yahoo Argentina. 2008-09-29. Archived from the original on 2012-07-08. Retrieved 2008-09-30.

External links edit

  • Official website of the Academy Awards

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