List of submissions to the 70th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
The following 44 films, all from different countries, were submitted for the 70th Academy Awards in the category Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (release at the country of origin November 1, 1996 - October 31, 1997, ceremony March 1998).[1] The highlighted titles were the five nominated films, which came from Brazil, Germany, Russia and Spain, and the eventual winner, Character, from the Netherlands.[2]
Congo (Kinshasa), Luxembourg and Ukraine submitted a film for the first time. South Africa sent its first film since the end of apartheid.
Submissions
| Submitting country | Film title used in nomination | Language(s) | Original title | Director(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Ashes of Paradise | Spanish | Cenizas del paraíso | Marcelo Piñeyro | Not Nominated |
 | The Unfish | German | Der Unfisch | Robert Dornhelm | Not Nominated |
.svg.png){kind=small} | My Life in Pink | French | Ma Vie en Rose | Alain Berliner | Not Nominated |
 | Four Days in September | Portuguese | O que é isso, companheiro? | Bruno Barreto | Nominated |
 | Cosmos | French | Cosmos | Jennifer Alleyn, Manon Briand, Marie-Julie Dallaire, Arto Paragamian, André Turpin & Denis Villeneuve | Not Nominated |
 | The Debt | Spanish | La Deuda | Manuel José Álvarez & Nicolás Buenaventura | Not Nominated |
.svg.png){kind=small} | Macadam Tribu | French | Macadam Tribu | Zeka Laplaine | Not Nominated |
 | Lapitch the Little Shoemaker | Croatian | Čudnovate zgode šegrta Hlapića | Milan Blažeković | Not Nominated |
 | Vertical Love | Spanish | Amor Vertical | Arturo Sotto Díaz | Not Nominated |
 | A Forgotten Light | Czech | Zapomenuté světlo | Vladimír Michálek | Not Nominated |
 | Barbara | Danish | Barbara | Nils Malmros | Not Nominated |
 | Destiny | Arabic | المصير | Youssef Chahine | Not Nominated |
 | The Collector | Finnish | Neitoperho | Auli Mantila | Not Nominated |
 | Western | French | Western | Manuel Poirier | Not Nominated |
 | Beyond Silence | German | Jenseits der Stille | Caroline Link | Nominated |
 | Slaughter of the Cock | Greek | Η Σφαγή του Κόκορα | Andreas Pantzis | Not Nominated |
 | The Witman Boys | Hungarian | Witman fiúk | János Szász | Not Nominated |
 | Blossi/810551 | Icelandic | Blossi/810551 | Júlíus Kemp | Not Nominated |
 | Guru | Malayalam | Guru | Rajiv Anchal | Not Nominated |
 | Gabbeh | Persian | گبه | Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Not Nominated |
 | Pick a Card | Hebrew | עפולה אקספרס | Julie Shles | Not Nominated |
 | The Best Man | Italian | Il Testimone dello sposo | Pupi Avati | Not Nominated |
.svg.png){kind=small} | Princess Mononoke | Japanese | もののけ姫, | Hayao Miyazaki | Not Nominated |
 | Women | French | Elles | Luís Galvão Teles | Not Nominated |
 | Gypsy Magic | Macedonian | Gypsy Magic | Stole Popov | Not Nominated |
 | Deep Crimson | Spanish | Profundo Carmesí | Arturo Ripstein | Not Nominated |
 | Character | Dutch | Karakter | Mike van Diem | Won Academy Award |
 | Junk Mail | Norwegian | Budbringeren | Pål Sletaune | Not Nominated |
.svg.png){kind=small} | Milagros | Tagalog | Milagros | Marilou Diaz-Abaya | Not Nominated |
 | Love Stories | Polish | Historie Miłosne | Jerzy Stuhr | Not Nominated |
 | Journey to the Beginning of the World | Portuguese | Viagem ao princípio do Mundo | Manoel de Oliveira | Not Nominated |
 | The Thief | Russian | Вор | Pavel Chukhray | Nominated |
.svg.png){kind=small} | Three Summer Days | Serbian | Tri letnja dana | Mirjana Vukomanović | Not Nominated |
 | Orbis Pictus | Slovak | Orbis Pictus | Martin Šulík | Not Nominated |
 | Outsider | Slovene | Avtsajder | Andrej Košak | Not Nominated |
 | Paljas | Afrikaans | Paljas | Katinka Heyns | Not Nominated |
 | Secrets of the Heart | Spanish | Secretos del corazón | Montxo Armendáriz | Nominated |
 | Tic Tac | Swedish | Tic Tac | Daniel Alfredson | Not Nominated |
 | For Ever Mozart | French | For Ever Mozart | Jean-Luc Godard | Not Nominated |
 | Yours and Mine | Chinese | 我的神经病 | Shaudi Wang | Not Nominated |
 | Daughter 2 | Thai | เสียดาย 2 | Chatrichalerm Yukol | Not Nominated |
 | The Bandit | Turkish | Eşkıya | Yavuz Turgul | Not Nominated |
 | A Friend of the Deceased | Russian | Приятель покойника | Vyacheslav Krishtofovich | Not Nominated |
.svg.png){kind=small} | One Life and Two Trails | Spanish | Una vida y dos mandados | Alberto Arvelo | Not Nominated |
References
- ↑ "44 Countries Hoping for Oscar Nominations". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 24 November 1997. Archived from the original on 13 February 1998. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
- ↑ "The 70th Academy Awards (1998) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
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