List of submissions to the 76th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

Canadian director Denys Arcand won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film for The Barbarian Invasions.

The following 56 films, all from different countries, were submitted for the 76th Academy Awards in the category Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film which took place in 2004. The bolded titles were the five nominated films.

Films were submitted by Mongolia, Palestine and Sri Lanka for the first time. Palestine had tried to submit a film the year before, but was prevented from doing so by the Academy which said that Palestine was not a country and had no recognized Film Board. The Academy subsequently changed its mind saying that although Palestine was not a recognized country, they would make "an exception" in the interests of inclusiveness.[1]

The Film Federation of India announced that their selection committee had been unable to find a suitable film to send to the Oscars and so declined to send an entry. This left India out of the race for the first time in over a decade.[2] Also notable by their first absence in over ten years was Switzerland (though they were disqualified in 1994). Canadian director Denys Arcand won the award for The Barbarian Invasions.[3]

Submissions

Submitting countryFilm title used in nominationOriginal titleLanguage(s)Director(s)Result
 AfghanistanOsamaأسامةDariSiddiq BarmakNot Nominated
 ArgentinaValentínValentínSpanishAlejandro AgrestiNot Nominated
 ArmeniaVodka Lemon[4]Vodka LemonKurdish, Russian,
Armenian		Hiner SaleemNot Nominated
 AustriaFree RadicalsBöse ZellenGermanBarbara AlbertNot Nominated
 BelgiumSea of SilenceVerder dan de maanDutchStijn ConinxNot Nominated
 BoliviaSexual DependencyDependencia SexualSpanish, EnglishRodrigo BellottNot Nominated
 Bosnia and HerzegovinaFuseGori vatraSerbo-CroatianPjer ŽalicaNot Nominated
 BrazilCarandiruCarandiruPortugueseHéctor BabencoNot Nominated
 BulgariaJourney to JerusalemПътуване към ЙерусалимBulgarianIvan NitchevNot Nominated
 CanadaThe Barbarian InvasionsLes Invasions barbaresFrenchDenys ArcandWon Academy Award[3]
 ChileLos DebutantesLos DebutantesSpanishAndrés WaissbluthNot Nominated
 ChinaWarriors of Heaven and Earth天地英雄MandarinHe PingNot Nominated
 ColombiaThe First NightLa Primera NocheSpanishLuis Alberto RestrepoNot Nominated
 CroatiaWitnessesSvjedociSerbo-CroatianVinko BrešanNot Nominated
 CubaSuite HabanaSuite HabanaNo dialogueFernando PérezNot Nominated
 Czech RepublicŽelaryŽelaryCzechOndřej TrojanNominated[5]
 DenmarkReconstructionReconstructionDanishChristoffer BoeNot Nominated
 EgyptSleepless Nightsسهر الليالىArabicHany KhalifaNot Nominated
 FinlandElina: As If I Wasn't ThereElina - Som om jag inte fanns (Swedish)
Näkymätön Elina (Finnish)		Swedish, FinnishKlaus HäröNot Nominated
 FranceBon VoyageBon VoyageFrenchJean-Paul RappeneauNot Nominated
 GermanyGood Bye, Lenin!Good Bye, Lenin!GermanWolfgang BeckerNot Nominated
 GreeceThink It OverΘα το ΜετανιώσειςGreekKaterina EvangelakouNot Nominated
 Hong KongInfernal Affairs無間道CantoneseAndrew Lau and Alan MakNot Nominated
 HungaryForestRengetegHungarianBenedek FliegaufNot Nominated
 IcelandNoi the AlbinoNói AlbínóiIcelandicDagur KáriNot Nominated
 IndonesiaThe Stringless ViolinBiola tak berdawaiIndonesianSekar Ayu AsmaraNot Nominated
 IranDeep Breathنفس عمیقPersianKambuzia PartoviNot Nominated
 IsraelNina's Tragediesהאסונות של נינהHebrewSavi GabizonNot Nominated
 ItalyI'm Not ScaredIo non ho pauraItalianGabriele SalvatoresNot Nominated
 JapanThe Twilight Samuraiたそがれ清兵衛JapaneseYoji YamadaNominated[5]
 South KoreaSpring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring봄, 여름, 가을, 겨울 그리고 봄KoreanKim Ki-dukNot Nominated
 LebanonThe KiteLe Cerf-Volant (French)
طيّارة من ورق (Arabic)		ArabicRanda ChahalNot Nominated
 LuxembourgI Always Wanted To Be a SaintJ'ai toujours voulu être une sainteFrenchGeneviève MerschNot Nominated
 MexicoAro TolbukhinAro Tolbukhin. En la mente del asesinoSpanishIsaac Pierre Racine, Lydia Zimmermann
and Agustí Villaronga		Not Nominated
 MongoliaThe Story of the Weeping CamelИнгэний нулимсMongolianByambasuren Davaa and Luigi FalorniNot Nominated
   NepalMuna MadanमुनामदनNepalGyanendra Bahadur DeujaNot Nominated
 NetherlandsTwin SistersDe TweelingDutch, GermanBen SombogaartNominated[5]
 NorwayKitchen StoriesSalmer fra kjøkkenetNorwegian, SwedishBent HamerNot Nominated
 PalestineDivine Interventionيد إلهيةArabic, HebrewElia SuleimanNot Nominated
 PeruPaper DovePaloma de PapelSpanishFabrizio AguilarNot Nominated
 PhilippinesDekada '70Dekada '70FilipinoChito S. RoñoNot Nominated
 PolandPornographyPornografiaPolishJan Jakub KolskiNot Nominated
 PortugalA Talking PictureUm Filme FaladoPortuguese, French, Italian,
Greek, English		Manoel De OliveiraNot Nominated
 RussiaThe ReturnВозвращениеRussianAndrei ZvyagintsevNot Nominated
 Serbia and MontenegroThe ProfessionalПрофесионалацSerbianDušan KovačevićNot Nominated
 SlovakiaKing of ThievesKönig der DiebeGerman, RussianIvan FílaNot Nominated
 SloveniaSpare PartsRezervni deliSloveneDamjan KozoleNot Nominated
 Sri LankaMansion by the LakeWekande WalauwaSinhalaLester James PeriesNot Nominated
 Spain Soldados de SalaminaSoldados de SalaminaSpanishDavid TruebaNot Nominated
 SwedenEvilOndskanSwedishMikael HåfströmNominated[5]
 TaiwanGoodbye, Dragon Inn不散Mandarin, TaiwaneseTsai Ming-LiangNot Nominated
 ThailandLast Life in the Universeเรื่องรัก น้อยนิด มหาศาลThai, JapanesePen-ek RatanaruangNot Nominated
 TurkeyDistantUzakTurkishNuri Bilge CeylanNot Nominated
 UkraineMamayМамайUkrainianOles SaninNot Nominated
 UruguaySeawards JourneyEl Viaje hacia el marSpanishGuillermo CasanovaNot Nominated
 VenezuelaSangradorSangradorSpanishLeonardo HenríquezNot Nominated

Notes

  1. ↑ "Palestinian film joins Oscar race". BBC News. 2003-10-21. Retrieved 2010-05-08.
  2. ↑ http://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/sep/26oscar.htm
  3. 1 2 Associated Press (3 January 2004). "'Invasions' takes foreign-language Oscar". Today. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  4. ↑ Vodka Lemon was not originally accepted by the Academy who said that Armenia had not proven that they had creative control over the film. The film was later accepted and screened alongside all the other films.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Hernandez, Eugene (27 January 2004). "Nominations Announced for 76th Academy Awards". IndieWire. Retrieved 27 February 2017.

References

  • "Record-Breaking 56 Countries in Competition for Oscar" (Press release). Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 2003-10-20. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
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