This is a list of submissions to the 30th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film was created in 1956 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honour non-English-speaking films produced outside the United States.[1] The award is handed out annually, and is accepted by the winning film's director, although it is considered an award for the submitting country as a whole.[2] Countries are invited by the Academy to submit their best films for competition according to strict rules, with only one film being accepted from each country.[2]

For the 30th Academy Awards, twelve films were submitted in the category Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Documentary Torero, which represented Mexico, failed to get an Oscar nomination in the Foreign Language Film category, but was nominated for the Best Documentary Feature Oscar.[3] Denmark's Annelise Hovmand became the first female director to have a film in the running at the submission stage. The titles highlighted in blue and yellow were the five nominated films, which came from France, India, Italy, Norway and West Germany. Italy won the award for Federico Fellini's Nights of Cabiria, a drama about a heartbroken, young prostitute.[3]

Submissions

Submitting country Film title used in nomination Original title Language(s) Director(s) Result
 Denmark No Time for Tenderness Ingen tid til kærtegn Danish Annelise Hovmand Not nominated
 France Gates of Paris Porte des Lilas French René Clair Nominated
 West Germany The Devil Strikes at Night Nachts, wenn der Teufel kam German Robert Siodmak Nominated
 Greece The Lagoon of Desire Η λίμνη των πόθων Greek Giorgos Zervos Not nominated
 India Mother India भारत माता Hindi Mehboob Khan Nominated
 Italy Nights of Cabiria Le notti di Cabiria Italian Federico Fellini Won Academy Award
 Japan Arakure あらくれ Japanese Mikio Naruse Not nominated
 Mexico Torero! ¡Torero! Spanish Carlos Velo Not nominated
 Norway Nine Lives Ni Liv Norwegian Arne Skouen Nominated
 Spain High Street Calle Mayor Spanish Juan Antonio Bardem Not nominated
 Sweden The Seventh Seal Det Sjunde inseglet Swedish, Latin Ingmar Bergman Not nominated
 Taiwan Amina 阿美娜 Mandarin Chinese Yuan Congmei Not nominated

References

  1. ^ "History of the Academy Awards 2 - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences". 2008-06-22. Archived from the original on 2008-06-22. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
  2. ^ a b "Rule 14 | 81st Academy Awards Rules | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences". 2008-08-09. Archived from the original on 2008-08-09. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
  3. ^ a b "The 30th Academy Awards (1958) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-10-25.

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