List of submissions to the 72nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

The following 47 films, all from different countries, were submitted for the 72nd Academy Awards in the category Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (release at the country of origin November 1, 1998 - October 31, 1999, ceremony March 2000). The bolded titles were the five nominated films, which came from France, Nepal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

Bhutan, Nepal and Tajikistan submitted films for the first time.

Country	English name	Language	Original name	Director	IMDB
Argentina	Manuelita	Template:Es icon	Manuelita	Manuel García Ferré	[1]
Austria	Northern Skirts	Template:De icon	Nordrand	Barbara Albert	[2]
Belgium	Rosetta	Template:Fr icon	Rosetta	Luc Dardenne & Jean-Pierre Dardenne	[3]
Bhutan	The Cup	Template:Bo icon	?	Khyentse Norbu	[4]
Brazil	Orfeu	Template:Pt icon	Orfeu	Carlos Diegues	[5]
Canada	Set Me Free	Template:Fr icon	Emporte-moi	Lea Pool	[6]
China	Lover's Grief over the Yellow River	Template:Zh icon / Template:En icon	黄河绝恋	Feng Xiao Ning	[7]
Colombia	Time Out	Template:Es icon	Golpe de Estadio	Sergio Cabrera	[8]
Croatia	Red Dust	Template:Hr icon	Crvena prašina	Zrinko Ogresta	[9]
Czech Republic	Return of the Idiot	Template:Cs icon	Navrát idiota	Saša Gedeon	[10]
Denmark	Mifune	Template:Da icon	Mifunes sidste sang	Søren Kragh-Jacobsen	[11]
Finland	The Tough Ones	Template:Fi icon	Häjyt	Aleksi Mäkelä	[12]
France	East-West	Template:Fr icon / Template:Ru icon	Est-Ouest	Régis Wargnier	[13]
Georgia	Here Comes the Dawn	Template:Ka icon	?	Zaza Urushadze	[14]
Germany	Aimée & Jaguar	Template:De icon	Aimée & Jaguar	Max Färberböck	[15]
Greece	From the Edge of the City	Template:El icon	Από την άκρη της πόλης	Constantinos Giannaris	[16]
Hong Kong	Ordinary Heroes	Template:Zh icon (Cantonese)	千言萬語	Ann Hui	[17]
Hungary	The Lord's Lantern in Budapest	Template:Hu icon	Nekem lámpást adott kezembe az Úr, Pesten	Miklós Jancsó	[18]
Iceland	The Honour of the House	Template:Is icon	Ungfrúin góða og húsið	Guðný Halldórsdóttir	[19]
India	Earth	Template:Hi icon Template:En icon Template:Pa icon Template:Ur icon	?	Deepa Mehta	[20]
Indonesia	Sri	Template:Id icon	Sri	Marselli Sumarno	[21]
Iran	The Color of Paradise	Template:Fa icon	رنگ خدا	Majid Majidi	[22]
Israel	Yana's Friends	Template:He icon / Template:Ru icon	החברים של יאנה	Arik Kaplun	[23]
Italy	Not of this World	Template:It icon	Fuori dal mondo	Giuseppe Piccioni	[24]
Japan	Poppoya	Template:Ja icon	鉄道員	Yasuo Furuhata	[25]
Lebanon	Around the Pink House	Template:Fr icon / Template:Ar icon	Autour de la maison rose ?	Khalil Joreige & Joana Hadjithomas	[26]
Mexico	Nobody writes to the colonel	Template:Es icon	El coronel no tiene quien le escriba	Arturo Ripstein	[27]
Nepal	Caravan	Template:Bo icon	हिमालय	Eric Valli	[28]
Netherlands	Scratches in the Table	Template:Nl icon	Madelief: Krassen in het tafelblad	Ineke Houtman	[29]
Norway	The Prompter	Template:No icon	Suffløsen	Hilde Heier	[30]
Peru	Captain Pantoja and the Special Services	Template:Es icon	Pantaleón y las visitadoras	Francisco J. Lombardi	[31]
Philippines	The Kite	Template:Tl icon	Saranggola	Gil M. Portes	[32]
Poland	Pan Tadeusz	Template:Pl icon	Pan Tadeusz	Andrzej Wajda	[33]
Portugal	The Mutants	Template:Pt icon	Os Mutantes	Teresa Villaverde	[34]
Romania	The Famous Paparazzo	Template:Ro icon	Faimosul paparazzo	Nicolae Mărgineanu	[35]
Russia	Moloch	Template:De icon	Молох	Alexander Sokurov	[36]
Slovakia	All My Loved Ones	Template:Cs icon	Všichni moji blízcí	Matej Mináč	[37]
Spain	All About My Mother (WINNER)	Template:Es icon	Todo Sobre mi Madre	Pedro Almodóvar	[38]
Sweden	Under the Sun	Template:Sv icon	Under solen	Colin Nutley	[39]
Switzerland	Beresina	Template:De icon	Beresina oder Die letzten Tage der Schweiz	Daniel Schmid	[40]
Taiwan	March of Happiness	Template:Zh icon	天馬茶房	Lin Cheng-sheng	[41]
Tajikistan	Luna Papa	Template:Ru icon	Лунный Папа	Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov	[42]
Turkey	Mrs. Salkım's Diamonds	Template:Tr icon	Salkım Hanımın Taneleri	Tomris Giritlioğlu	[43]
United Kingdom	Solomon & Gaenor	Template:Cy icon	Solomon & Gaenor	Paul Morrison	[44]
Venezuela	Huelepega	Template:Es icon	Huelepega: Ley de la Calle	Elia Schneider	[45]
Vietnam	Three Seasons	Template:Vi icon	Ba Mùa	Tony Bui	[46]
Yugoslavia	The White Suit	Template:Sr icon	Belo Odelo	Lazar Ristovski	[47]

References

• "Record 47 Countries In Oscar Contention" (Press release). Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 1999-11-22. Retrieved 2008-08-22. {{cite press release}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)