List of submissions to the 62nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

The following 37 films, all from different countries, were submitted for the 62nd Academy Awards in the category Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film which took place in 1990. The bolded titles were the five nominated films, which came from Canada, Denmark, France, Puerto Rico and the eventual winner, Cinema Paradiso, from Italy.[1] Burkina Faso and South Africa submitted films for the first time and Puerto Rico was nominated for the first, and to date, only time.

Submissions

Submitting countryFilm title used in nominationLanguage(s)Original titleDirector(s)Result
 ArgentinaLa AmigaSpanish, GermanLa AmigaJeanine Meerapfel Not Nominated
 AustriaThe Seventh ContinentGermanDer Siebente KontinentMichael Haneke Not Nominated
 BelgiumThe SacramentDutchHet SacramentHugo Claus Not Nominated
 BrazilBetter Days AheadPortugueseDias Melhores VirãoCarlos Diegues Not Nominated
 BulgariaTime of ViolenceBulgarianВреме на насилиеLudmil Staikov Not Nominated
 Burkina FasoYaabaMoreYaaba[2]Idrissa Ouedraogo Not Nominated
 CanadaJesus of MontrealFrenchJésus de MontréalDenys Arcand Nominated
 ChinaThe Birth of New ChinaChinese开国大典Qiankuan Li Not Nominated
 CubaSupporting RolesSpanishPapeles secundariosOrlando Rojas Not Nominated
 CzechoslovakiaA Hoof Here, a Hoof ThereCzechKopytem sem, kopytem tamVěra Chytilová Not Nominated
 DenmarkMemories of a MarriageDanishDanser med RegitzeKaspar Rostrup Nominated
 FranceCamille ClaudelFrenchCamille Claudel[2]Bruno Nuytten Nominated
 West GermanySpider's WebGermanDas SpinnenetzBernhard Wicki Not Nominated
 GreeceLandscape in the MistGreekΤοπίο στην ομίχληTheo Angelopoulos Not Nominated
 Hong KongPainted FacesCantonese七小福Alex Law Not Nominated
 HungaryMy 20th CenturyHungarianAz Én XX. századomIldikó Enyedi Not Nominated
 IcelandUnder the GlacierIcelandicKristnihald undir jökliGuðný Halldórsdóttir Not Nominated
 IndiaParindaHindiपरिंदाVidhu Vinod Chopra Not Nominated
 IndonesiaTjoet Nja' DhienIndonesianTjoet Nja' DhienEros Djarot Not Nominated
 IsraelOne of UsHebrewאחד משלנוUri Barbash Not Nominated
 ItalyCinema ParadisoItalianNuovo Cinema ParadisoGiuseppe Tornatore Won Academy Award
 JapanRikyuJapanese利休Hiroshi Teshigahara Not Nominated
 NetherlandsPolonaiseDutchLeedvermaakFrans Weisz Not Nominated
 NorwayA Handful of TimeNorwegianEn håndfull tidMartin Asphaug Not Nominated
 PolandKornblumenblauPolishKornblumenblau[3]Leszek Wosiewicz Not Nominated
 PortugalThe CannibalsPortugueseOs CanibaisManoel de Oliveira Not Nominated
 Puerto RicoSantiago, the Story of his New LifeSpanishLo que le pasó a SantiagoJacobo Morales Nominated
 RomaniaThose Who Pay With Their LivesRomanianCei care plătesc cu viaţaȘerban Marinescu Not Nominated
 South AfricaMapantsulaZuluMapantsulaOliver Schmitz Not Nominated[4]
 SpainLove, Hate and DeathSpanishMontoyas y TarantosVicente Escrivá Not Nominated
 SwedenThe Women on the RoofSwedishKvinnor på taketCarl-Gustav Nykvist Not Nominated
  SwitzerlandMy Dear SubjectFrenchMon cher sujetAnne-Marie Miéville Not Nominated
 TaiwanA City of SadnessChinese, Cantonese, Mandarin, Shanghainese悲情城市Hou Hsiao-hsien Not Nominated
 ThailandThe Elephant KeeperThaiคนเลี้ยงช้างChatrichalerm Yukol Not Nominated
 TurkeyDon't Let Them Shoot the KiteTurkishUçurtmayi VurmasinlarTunç Başaran Not Nominated
 Soviet UnionZerogradRussianГород ЗероKaren Shakhnazarov Not Nominated
 YugoslaviaTime of the GypsiesRomany, SerbianDom za vešanjeEmir Kusturica Not Nominated

References

  1. ↑ "The 62nd Academy Awards (1990) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  2. 1 2 proper name
  3. ↑ Song name, relevant to plot
  4. ↑ The South African submission, Mapantsula, was on the 1989 official AMPAS press release, but not on the 2007 updated list. In 1997, the AMPAS press release announced that Paljas had been selected as South Africa's first-ever submission.
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