List of submissions for the 80th Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

Austrian director Stefan Ruzowitzky won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film for his film, The Counterfeiters

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 handed out 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]

For the 80th Academy Awards, which were held on February 24, 2008, the Academy invited 95 countries to submit films for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.^[3] Sixty-three countries submitted films to the Academy, the highest number of submissions in the history of the award, including Azerbaijan and Ireland, which submitted films for the first time.^[4][5] Several of the submissions were subject to controversy. The Academy determined that initial submissions from Israel and Taiwan did not meet Academy requirements,^[6][7] and both countries submitted new films as replacements.^[8][9] The British Academy of Film and Television Arts was subject to criticism for not submitting the Scottish Gaelic Seachd: The Inaccessible Pinnacle or the Welsh Calon Gaeth.^[10] Bolivia's official submission, Los Andes no creen en Dios, did not appear on the Academy's list of accepted submissions.^[11]

Due to a change in the rules made for the 79th Academy Awards,^[12] the Academy published a shortlist of nine films on January 15, 2008, prior to the selection of the final five nominees.^[13] The Academy engendered controversy with its selections, notably the omission of Romania's 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, which had won the Palme d'Or at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, and France's Persepolis, the winner of the Jury Prize at the same Cannes Film Festival.^{[14][15][16][17][18]} After revealing the shortlist, the Academy released a list of nominees on January 22, 2008.^[19] The winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film was Austria's The Counterfeiters, which was directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky.^[20]

Submissions

Submitting country	Film title used in nomination	Original title	Language(s)	Director(s)	Result
Argentina	XXY	XXY	Spanish	Puenzo, LuciaLucia Puenzo	Not Nominated
Australia	The Home Song Stories	The Home Song Stories	Cantonese, English, Mandarin	Ayres, TonyTony Ayres	Not Nominated
Austria	The Counterfeiters	Die Fälscher	German	Ruzowitzky, StefanStefan Ruzowitzky	Academy Award Won Academy Award
Azerbaijan	Caucasia	Kavkaz (кавказ)	Azerbaijani, Russian	Gumbatov, FaridFarid Gumbatov	Not Nominated
Bangladesh	On the Wings of Dreams	Swopnodanay	Bengali	Biplob, Golam RabbanyGolam Rabbany Biplob	Not Nominated
Belgium	Ben X	Ben X	Dutch	Balthazar, NicNic Balthazar	Not Nominated
Bolivia	Los Andes no creen en Dios[A]	Los Andes no creen en Dios	Spanish	Eguino, AntonioAntonio Eguino	Not Nominated
Bosnia and Herzegovina	It’s Hard to be Nice	Teško je biti fin	Serbo-Croatian	Vuletic, SrdanSrdan Vuletic	Not Nominated
Brazil	The Year My Parents Went On Vacation	O Ano em que Meus Pais Saíram de Férias	Portuguese	Hamburger, CaoCao Hamburger	Nor Made January Shortlist
Bulgaria	Warden of the Dead	Pazachyt na myrtvite (Пазачът на мъртвите)	Bulgarian	Simeonov, IlianIlian Simeonov	Not Nominated
Canada	Days of Darkness	L’Âge des ténèbres	French	Arcand, DenysDenys Arcand	Nor Made January Shortlist
Chile	Padre Nuestro	Padre nuestro	Spanish	Sepulveda, RodrigoRodrigo Sepulveda	Not Nominated
China	The Knot	Yun shui yao (云水谣)	Mandarin	Li, YinYin Li	Not Nominated
Colombia	Satanás	Satanás	Spanish	Baiz, AndiAndi Baiz	Not Nominated
Croatia	Armin	Armin	Serbo-Croatian	Svilicic, OgnjenOgnjen Svilicic	Not Nominated
Cuba	The Silly Age	La Edad de la peseta	Spanish	Giroud, PavelPavel Giroud	Not Nominated
Czech Republic	I Served the King of England	Obsluhoval jsem anglického krále	Czech	Menzel, JiriJiri Menzel	Not Nominated
Denmark	The Art of Crying	Kunsten at græde i kor	Danish	Fog, Peter SchonauPeter Schonau Fog	Not Nominated
Egypt	In the Heliopolis Flat	Fi shaket masr el Gedeeda (في شقة مصر الجديدة)	Arabic	Khan, MohamedMohamed Khan	Not Nominated
Estonia	The Class	Klass	Estonian	Raag, IlmarIlmar Raag	Not Nominated
Finland	A Man's Job	Miehen työ	Finnish	Salmenpera, AleksiAleksi Salmenpera	Not Nominated
France	Persepolis	Persepolis	French	Paronnaud, VincentVincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi	Not Nominated
Georgia	The Russian Triangle	Rusuli samkudhedi (Русский треугольник)	Russian	Tsabadze, AlekoAleko Tsabadze	Not Nominated
Germany	The Edge of Heaven	Auf der anderen Seite	German, Turkish	Akin, FatihFatih Akin	Not Nominated
Greece	Eduart	Eduart	Albanian, German, Greek	Antoniou, AngelikiAngeliki Antoniou	Not Nominated
Hong Kong	Exiled	Fong juk (放逐)	Cantonese	To, JohnnieJohnnie To	Not Nominated
Hungary	Taxidermia	Taxidermia	Hungarian	Palfi, GyorgyGyorgy Palfi	Not Nominated
Iceland	Jar City	Mýrin	Icelandic	Kormakur, BaltasarBaltasar Kormakur	Not Nominated
India	Eklavya: The Royal Guard[B]	Eklavya: The Royal Guard	Hindi	Chopra, Vidhu VinodVidhu Vinod Chopra	Not Nominated
Indonesia	Denias, Singing on the Cloud	Denias Senandung Di Atas Awan	Indonesian	De Rantau, JohnJohn De Rantau	Not Nominated
Iran	M for Mother	Mim Mesle Madar (میم مثل مادر)	Persian	Mollagholipour, RasulRasul Mollagholipour	Not Nominated
Iraq	Jani Gal	Jani Gal	Kurdish	Rostami, JamilJamil Rostami	Not Nominated
Ireland	Kings	Kings	Irish	Collins, TomTom Collins	Not Nominated
Israel	Beaufort[C]	Beaufort (בופור)	Hebrew	Cedar, JosephJoseph Cedar	Nominee
Italy	La sconosciuta	La sconosciuta	Italian	Tornatore, GiuseppeGiuseppe Tornatore	Nor Made January Shortlist
Japan	I Just Didn't Do It	Soredemo boku ha yatte nai (それでもボクはやってない, Soredemo boku ha yatte nai?)	Japanese	Suo, MasayukiMasayuki Suo	Not Nominated
Kazakhstan	Mongol	Mongol (Монгол)	Mongolian	Bodrov, SergeiSergei Bodrov	Nominee
Lebanon	Caramel	Sukkar banat (سكر بنات)	Arabic, French	Labaki, NadineNadine Labaki	Not Nominated
Luxembourg	Little Secrets	Perl oder Pica	Luxembourgish	Cruchten, PolPol Cruchten	Not Nominated
Macedonia	Shadows	Senki (Сенки)	Macedonian	Mančevski, MilčoMilčo Mančevski	Not Nominated
Mexico	Silent Light	Stellet licht	Plautdietsch	Reygadas, CarlosCarlos Reygadas	Not Nominated
Netherlands	Duska	Duska	Dutch	Stelling, JosJos Stelling	Not Nominated
Norway	Gone with the Woman	Tatt av Kvinnen	Norwegian	Naess, PetterPetter Naess	Not Nominated
Peru	Crossing a Shadow	Una sombra al frente	Spanish	Tamayo, AugustoAugusto Tamayo	Not Nominated
Philippines	Donsol	Donsol	Bikol, Tagalog	Alix, Jr., AdolfoAdolfo Alix, Jr.	Not Nominated
Poland	Katyń	Katyń	Polish	Wajda, AndrzejAndrzej Wajda	Nominee
Portugal	Belle Toujours	Belle Toujours	French	de Oliveira, ManoelManoel de Oliveira	Not Nominated
Puerto Rico	Love Sickness	Maldeamores	Spanish	Perez, MariemMariem Perez, Carlitos Ruiz	Not Nominated
Romania	4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days	4 luni, 3 săptămâni şi 2 zile	Romanian	Mungiu, CristianCristian Mungiu	Not Nominated
Russia	12	12	Russian, Chechen	Mikhalkov, NikitaNikita Mikhalkov	Nominee
Serbia	The Trap	Klopka (Клопка)	Serbo-Croatian	Golubovic, SrdanSrdan Golubovic	Nor Made January Shortlist
Singapore	881	881	Mandarin, Hokkien	Tan, RoystonRoyston Tan	Not Nominated
Slovakia	Return of the Storks	Návrat bocianov	German, Slovak	Repka, MartinMartin Repka	Not Nominated
Slovenia	Short Circuits	Kratki stiki	Slovene	Lapajne, JanezJanez Lapajne	Not Nominated
South Korea	Secret Sunshine	Milyang (밀양)	Korean	Chang-dong, LeeLee Chang-dong	Not Nominated
Spain	The Orphanage	El orfanato	Spanish	Bayona, Juan AntonioJuan Antonio Bayona	Not Nominated
Sweden	You, the Living	Du levande	Swedish	Andersson, RoyRoy Andersson	Not Nominated
Switzerland	Late Bloomers	Die Herbstzeitlosen	Swiss German	Oberli, BettinaBettina Oberli	Not Nominated
Taiwan	Island Etude[D]	Lian xi qu (練習曲)	Mandarin, Taiwanese	Huai-En, ChenChen Huai-En	Not Nominated
Thailand	King of Fire	Tamnan Somdej Phra Naresuan (ตำนานสมเด็จพระนเรศวรมหาราช)	Thai	Yukol, ChatrichalermChatrichalerm Yukol	Not Nominated
Turkey	A Man's Fear of God	Takva	Turkish	Kiziltan, OzerOzer Kiziltan	Not Nominated
Uruguay	The Pope's Toilet	El Baño del Papa	Spanish	Charlone, CesarCesar Charlone, Enrique Fernandez	Not Nominated
Venezuela	Postcards from Leningrad	Postales de Leningrado	Spanish	Rondon, MarianaMariana Rondon	Not Nominated
Vietnam	The White Silk Dress	Áo lụa Hà Đông	Vietnamese	Huynh, LuuLuu Huynh	Not Nominated

See also

Film portal

• List of Academy Award winners and nominees for Best Foreign Language Film
• 80th Academy Awards nominees and winners
• List of Academy Award-winning foreign language films

Notes

• ^A  Bolivia submitted Los Andes no creen en Dios for review by the Academy, but it did not appear on the list of official submissions.^[11]
• ^B  The submission for India, Eklavya: The Royal Guard, was the target of a lawsuit alleging that India's selection committee was tied to the production staff of Eklavya; however, India retained the film as its submission.^[21]
• ^C  The Academy determined that Israel's first submission, The Band's Visit, contained too much English dialogue for the film to meet Academy requirements,^[6][7] and Israel submitted Beaufort as a replacement.^[9]
• ^D  The Academy determined that Taiwan's initial submission, Lust, Caution, had insufficient Taiwanese participation to be considered a valid entry under Academy rules, and Taiwan submitted Island Etude as a replacement.^[8]

References

General

• "63 Countries Seeking Foreign Language Film Oscar". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (2007-10-17). Retrieved on 2008-06-23.

Specific

External links

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