List of submissions to the 83rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
This is a list of submissions to the 83rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited the film industries of various countries to submit their best film for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film every year since the award was created in 1956.[1] The award is presented annually by the Academy to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non-English dialogue.[1][2] The Foreign Language Film Award Committee oversees the process and reviews all the submitted films.[2]
The deadline for all countries to send in their submissions was 1 October 2010. The submitted motion pictures must be first released theatrically in their respective countries between 1 October 2009, and 30 September 2010.[2] In total, 66 countries submitted films for consideration, including first-time submissions from Greenland and Ethiopia.[3]
A shortlist of nine semi-finalists was announced on 19 January 2011.[4] The final list of five nominees was announced on 25 January 2011, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Los Angeles.[2][5] The Danish entry, In a Better World, was announced as the winner at the 83rd Academy Awards on 27 February 2011.[6]
Submissions
Submitting country | Film title used in nomination | Original title | Language(s) | Director(s) | Result |
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Afghanistan | The Black Tulip[7] | The Black Tulip | Dari, Pashto, English | Sonia Nassery Cole | Not Nominated[8] |
Albania | East, West, East[9] | Lindje, Perëndim, Lindje | Albanian, Italian | Gjergj Xhuvani | Not Nominated |
Algeria | Hors la Loi[10] | Hors-la-loi | French, Arabic | Rachid Bouchareb | Nominated[5] |
Argentina | Carancho[11] | Carancho | Spanish | Pablo Trapero | Not Nominated |
Austria | La Pivellina[12] | La Pivellina | Italian | Tizza Covi & Rainer Frimmel | Not Nominated |
Azerbaijan | The Precinct[13] | Sahə | Azeri, Russian | Ilgar Safat | Not Nominated |
Bangladesh | Third Person Singular Number[14] | Third Person Singular Number | Bengali | Mostofa Sarwar Farooki | Not Nominated |
Belgium | Illegal[15] | Illègal | French, Russian, English | Olivier Masset-Depasse | Not Nominated |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Circus Columbia[16] | Cirkus Columbia | Bosnian | Danis Tanović | Not Nominated |
Brazil | Lula, the Son of Brazil[17] | Lula, o filho do Brasil | Portuguese | Fábio Barreto | Not Nominated |
Bulgaria | Eastern Plays[18] | Eastern Plays | Bulgarian, Turkish, English | Kamen Kalev | Not Nominated |
Canada | Incendies[3] | Incendies | French, Arabic | Denis Villeneuve | Nominated[5] |
Chile | The Life of Fish[19] | La vida de los peces | Spanish | Matías Bize | Not Nominated |
China | Aftershock[20] | 唐山大地震 | Mandarin Chinese | Feng Xiaogang | Not Nominated |
Colombia | Crab Trap[21] | El vuelco del cangrejo | Spanish | Oscar Ruíz Navia | Not Nominated |
Costa Rica | Of Love and Other Demons[22] | Del amor y otros demonios | Spanish | Hilda Hidalgo | Not Nominated |
Croatia | The Blacks[23] | Crnci | Croatian | Goran Devic & Zvonimir Juric | Not Nominated |
Czech Republic | Kawasaki's Rose[24] | Kawasakiho růže | Czech | Jan Hřebejk | Not Nominated |
Denmark | In a Better World[25] | Hævnen | Danish, English | Susanne Bier | Won Academy Award[6] |
Egypt | Messages from the Sea[26] | رسائل البحر | Arabic | Daoud Abdel Sayed | Not Nominated |
Estonia | The Temptation of St. Tony[27] | Püha Tõnu kiusamine | Estonian | Veiko Õunpuu | Not Nominated |
Ethiopia | The Athlete[3] | Atletu | English, Amharic | Davey Frankel, Rasselas Lakew | Not Nominated |
Finland | Steam of Life[28] | Miesten vuoro | Finnish | Joonas Berghäll, Mika Hotakainen | Not Nominated |
France | Of Gods and Men[3] | Des hommes et des dieux | French | Xavier Beauvois | Not Nominated |
Georgia | Street Days[29] | ქუჩის დღეები | Georgian | Levan Koguashvili | Not Nominated |
Germany | When We Leave[3] | Die Fremde | German, Turkish | Feo Aladag | Not Nominated |
Greece | Dogtooth[30] | Κυνόδοντας | Greek | Yorgos Lanthimos | Nominated[5] |
Greenland | Nuummioq[31] | Nuummioq | Greenlandic, Danish | Torben Bech, Otto Rosing | Not Nominated |
Hungary | Bibliothèque Pascal[32] | Bibliothèque Pascal | Romanian, Hungarian, English | Szabolcs Hajdu | Not Nominated |
Hong Kong | Echoes of the Rainbow[33] | 歲月神偷 | Cantonese | Alex Law | Not Nominated |
Iceland | Mamma Gogo[34] | Mamma Gógó | Icelandic | Friðrik Þór Friðriksson | Not Nominated |
India | Peepli [Live][35] | Peepli [Live] पीपली लाइव |
Hindi | Anusha Rizvi | Not Nominated |
Indonesia | How Funny (This Country Is)[36] | Alangkah Lucunya (Negeri Ini) | Indonesian | Deddy Mizwar | Not Nominated |
Iran | Farewell Baghdad[37] | بدرود بغداد | Arabic, English | Mehdi Naderi | Not Nominated |
Iraq | Son of Babylon[38] | ابن بابل | Arabic, Kurdish | Mohamed Al-Daradji | Not Nominated |
Israel | The Human Resources Manager[39] | שליחותו של הממונה על משאבי אנוש | Hebrew, Romanian | Eran Riklis | Not Nominated |
Italy | La Prima Cosa Bella[40] | La prima cosa bella | Italian | Paolo Virzì | Not Nominated |
Japan | Confessions[41] | 告白 | Japanese | Tetsuya Nakashima | Made Shortlist[4] |
Kazakhstan | Strayed[42] | Заблудившийся | Russian | Akan Satayev | Not Nominated |
Kyrgyzstan | The Light Thief[31] | Svet-Ake | Kyrgyz | Aktan Arym Kubat | Not Nominated |
Latvia | Hong Kong Confidential[43] | Amaya | Cantonese, English | Māris Martinsons | Not Nominated |
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia | Mothers[44] | Мајки | Macedonian | Milčo Mančevski | Not Nominated |
Mexico | Biutiful[45] | Biutiful | Spanish | Alejandro González Iñárritu | Nominated[5] |
Netherlands | Tirza[46] | Tirza | Dutch, English | Rudolf van den Berg | Not Nominated |
Nicaragua | La Yuma[47] | La Yuma | Spanish | Florence Jaugey | Not Nominated |
Norway | Angel[48] | Engelen | Norwegian | Margreth Olin | Not Nominated |
Peru | Undertow[49] | Contracorriente | Spanish | Javier Fuentes-León | Not Nominated |
Philippines | Noy[50] | Noy | Tagalog | Dondon Santos | Not Nominated |
Poland | All That I Love[51] | Wszystko, co kocham | Polish | Jacek Borcuch | Not Nominated |
Portugal | To Die Like a Man[52] | Morrer Como Um Homem | Portuguese | João Pedro Rodrigues | Not Nominated |
Puerto Rico | Miente[53] | Miente | Spanish | Rafi Mercado | Not Nominated |
Romania | If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle[54] | Eu cand vreau sa fluier, fluier | Romanian | Florin Serban | Not Nominated |
Russia | The Edge[55] | Край | Russian | Alexei Uchitel | Not Nominated |
Serbia | Besa[56] | Беса | Serbian, Albanian | Srđan Karanović | Not Nominated |
Slovakia | Hranica[57] | Hranica | Hungarian | Jaroslav Vojtek | Not Nominated |
Slovenia | 9:06[57] | 9:06 | Slovene | Igor Sterk | Not Nominated |
South Africa | Life, Above All[3] | Life, Above All | Northern Sotho | Oliver Schmitz | Made Shortlist[4] |
South Korea | A Barefoot Dream[3] | 맨발의 꿈 | Korean, Tetum | Kim Tae-kyun | Not Nominated |
Spain | Even the Rain[58] | También la lluvia | Spanish, Quechua | Icíar Bollaín | Made Shortlist[4] |
Sweden | Simple Simon[59] | I rymden finns inga känslor | Swedish | Andreas Öhman | Made Shortlist[4] |
Switzerland | La petite chambre[60] | La petite chambre | French | Stéphanie Chuat, Véronique Reymond | Not Nominated |
Taiwan | Monga[61] [A] | 艋舺 | Mandarin, Min Nan | Doze Niu | Not Nominated |
Thailand | Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives[62] | ลุงบุญมีระลึกชาติ | Thai | Apichatpong Weerasethakul | Not Nominated |
Turkey | Bal[62] | Bal | Turkish | Semih Kaplanoglu | Not Nominated |
Uruguay | A Useful Life[62] | La vida útil | Spanish | Federico Veiroj | Not Nominated |
Venezuela | Hermano[63] | Hermano | Spanish | Marcel Rasquin | Not Nominated |
Other countries
Cuba, Lithuania, and Luxembourg informed Variety before the deadline that they would not participate in this year's competition.[64]
Vietnam has submitted four films in the past five years. Their official nominating body, the Vietnam Cinema Administration's International Relations Department, has indicated an interest in participating and has said they have nine eligible films. However, as of 5 October 2010, they had made no official announcement.[65]
Notes
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