This is a list of submissions to the 71st 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 71st Academy Awards, the Academy invited 73 countries to submit films for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.[3] The submission deadline was set on November 1, 1998. Forty-five countries submitted films to the Academy.[4] The five nominated films came from Argentina, Brazil, Iran, Spain and the eventual winner, Life Is Beautiful, from Italy.[5] Kyrgyzstan submitted a film for the first time, meanwhile, Lebanon and Morocco both returned to the competition after a 20-year absence.

Submissions

Submitting country Film title used in nomination Original title Language(s) Director(s) Result
 Argentina Tango Tango, no me dejes nunca Spanish Carlos Saura Nominated
 Austria The Inheritors Die Siebtelbauern German Stefan Ruzowitzky Not nominated
 Belgium Rosie Dutch Patrice Toye Not nominated
 Brazil Central Station Central do Brasil Brazilian Portuguese Walter Salles Nominated
 Canada August 32nd on Earth Un 32 Août sur Terre French, English Denis Villeneuve Not nominated
 China Genghis Khan 一代天骄成吉思汗 Mandarin, Mongolian Sai Fu & Lisi Mai Not nominated
 Colombia La vendedora de rosas Spanish Víctor Gaviria Not nominated
 Croatia Transatlantic Transatlantik Croatian Mladen Juran Not nominated
 Czech Republic Sekal Has to Die Je třeba zabít Sekala Czech Vladimír Michálek Not nominated
 Denmark The Celebration Festen Danish, English Thomas Vinterberg Not nominated
 Finland A Summer by the River Kuningasjätkä Finnish Markku Pölönen Not nominated
 France The Dreamlife of Angels La vie rêvée des anges French Erick Zonca Not nominated
 Germany Run Lola Run Lola rennt German Tom Tykwer Not nominated
 Greece Eternity and a Day Μια αιωνιότητα και μια μέρα Greek Theo Angelopoulos Not nominated
 Hong Kong Made in Hong Kong 香港製造 Cantonese Fruit Chan Not nominated
 Hungary Gypsy Lore Romani kris - Cigánytörvény Hungarian, German Bence Gyöngyössy Not nominated
 Iceland Count Me Out Stikkfrí Icelandic Ari Kristinsson Not nominated
 India Jeans ஜீன்ஸ் Tamil S. Shankar Not nominated
 Indonesia Leaf on a Pillow Daun di atas bantal Indonesian Garin Nugroho Not nominated
 Iran Children of Heaven بچه هاي آسمان Persian Majid Majidi Nominated
 Israel Circus Palestine קרקס פלשתינה Hebrew, Arabic, Russian Eyal Halfon Not nominated
 Italy Life Is Beautiful La vita è bella Italian Roberto Benigni Won Academy Award
 Japan Begging for Love 愛を乞う人 Japanese Hideyuki Hirayama Not nominated
 Kyrgyzstan Beshkempir Бешкемпир Kyrgyz Aktan Abdykalykov Not nominated
 Lebanon West Beyrouth غرب بيروت Arabic Ziad Doueiri Not nominated
 Luxembourg Back in Trouble Luxembourgish, German Andy Bausch Not nominated
North Macedonia Macedonia Goodbye, 20th Century! Збогум на дваесеттиот век! Macedonian Darko Mitrevski & Aleksandar Popovski Not nominated
 Mexico Un embrujo Un embrujo Spanish Carlos Carrera Not nominated
 Morocco Mektoub مكتوب Arabic Nabil Ayouch Not nominated
 Netherlands The Polish Bride De Poolse bruid Dutch, Polish Karim Traidia Not nominated
 Norway Only Clouds Move the Stars Bare skyer beveger stjernene Norwegian Torun Lian Not nominated
 Philippines In the Navel of the Sea Sa Pusod ng Dagat Tagalog, Filipino Marilou Diaz-Abaya Not nominated
 Portugal Anxiety Inquietude Portuguese Manoel de Oliveira Not nominated
 Puerto Rico Heroes from Another Country Heroes de otra patria Spanish Iván Dariel Ortíz Not nominated
 Romania Terminus Paradise Terminus Paradis Romanian Lucian Pintilie Not nominated
 Russia The Barber of Siberia Сибирский цирюльник Russian, English Nikita Mikhalkov Disqualified
 Serbia The Powder Keg Буре барута Serbian Goran Paskaljević Not nominated
 Slovakia Rivers of Babylon Slovak Vlado Balco Not nominated
 Spain The Grandfather El Abuelo Spanish José Luis Garci Nominated
 Sweden Show Me Love Fucking Åmål Swedish Lukas Moodysson Not nominated
 Switzerland War in the Highlands La Guerre dans le Haut Pays French Francis Reusser Not nominated
 Taiwan Flowers of Shanghai 海上花 Mandarin Hou Hsiao-hsien Not nominated
 Thailand Who Is Running? ท้าฟ้าลิขิต Thai Oxide Pang Chun Not nominated
 United Kingdom Chameleon Cameleon Welsh Ceri Sherlock Not nominated
 Venezuela Loop Rizo Spanish Julio Sosa Pietri Not nominated

Notes

References

  1. ^ "History of the Academy Awards 2 - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences". 22 June 2008. Archived from the original on 22 June 2008. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Rule 14 | 81st Academy Awards Rules | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences". 9 August 2008. Archived from the original on 9 August 2008. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  3. ^ Hernandez, Eugene (12 August 2008). "Academy Seeking Foreign Language Oscar Submissions". indieWire. Archived from the original on 28 February 2007. Retrieved 25 August 2008.
  4. ^ "45 Countries Submit Films for Oscar Consideration". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 19 November 1998. Archived from the original on 19 February 1999. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  5. ^ "The 71st Academy Awards (1999) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
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