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List of submissions to the 70th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

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1997 Best Foreign Language Film submissions
Highlights
Oscar winnerNetherlands Character
Total submissions44
First-time submissions3
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This is a list of submissions to the 70th 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 70th Academy Awards, forty-four films were submitted in the category Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The submission deadline was set on November 1, 1997.[3] The highlighted titles were the five nominated films, which came from Brazil, Germany, Russia and Spain, and the eventual winner, Character, from the Netherlands.[4] The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Luxembourg and Ukraine submitted a film for the first time. South Africa sent its first film since the end of apartheid.

Submissions

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Submitting country Film title used in nomination Original title Language(s) Director(s) Result
 Argentina Ashes of Paradise Cenizas del paraíso Spanish Marcelo Piñeyro Not nominated
 Austria The Unfish Der Unfisch German Robert Dornhelm Not nominated
 Belgium My Life in Pink Ma Vie en Rose French Alain Berliner Not nominated
 Brazil Four Days in September O que é isso, companheiro? Brazilian Portuguese Bruno Barreto Nominated
 Canada Cosmos French Jennifer Alleyn, Manon Briand, Marie-Julie Dallaire, Arto Paragamian, André Turpin & Denis Villeneuve Not nominated
 Colombia The Debt La deuda Spanish Manuel José Álvarez & Nicolás Buenaventura Not nominated
 Croatia Lapitch the Little Shoemaker Čudnovate zgode šegrta Hlapića Croatian, English, German Milan Blažeković Not nominated
 Cuba Vertical Love Amor vertical Spanish Arturo Sotto Díaz Not nominated
 Czech Republic A Forgotten Light Zapomenuté světlo Czech Vladimír Michálek Not nominated
Democratic Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo Macadam Tribu French Zeka Laplaine Not nominated
 Denmark Barbara Danish Nils Malmros Not nominated
 Egypt Destiny المصير Egyptian Arabic, French, Spanish Youssef Chahine Not nominated
 Finland The Collector Neitoperho Finnish Auli Mantila Not nominated
 France Western French Manuel Poirier Not nominated
 Germany Beyond Silence Jenseits der Stille German, German Sign Language Caroline Link Nominated
 Greece Slaughter of the Cock Η Σφαγή του Κόκορα Greek Andreas Pantzis Not nominated
 Hungary The Witman Boys Witman fiúk Hungarian János Szász Not nominated
 India Guru ഗുരു Malayalam Rajeev Anchal Not nominated
 Iceland Blossi/810551 Icelandic Júlíus Kemp Not nominated
 Iran Gabbeh گبه Persian Mohsen Makhmalbaf Not nominated
 Israel Pick a Card עפולה אקספרס Hebrew Julie Shles Not nominated
 Italy The Best Man Il testimone dello sposo Italian Pupi Avati Not nominated
 Japan Princess Mononoke もののけ姫 Japanese Hayao Miyazaki Not nominated
 Luxembourg Women Elles French Luís Galvão Teles Not nominated
North Macedonia Macedonia Gypsy Magic Џипси меџик Macedonian Stole Popov Not nominated
 Mexico Deep Crimson Profundo Carmesí Spanish Arturo Ripstein Not nominated
 Netherlands Character Karakter Dutch Mike van Diem Won Academy Award
 Norway Junk Mail Budbringeren Norwegian Pål Sletaune Not nominated
 Philippines Milagros Tagalog, Filipino Marilou Diaz-Abaya Not nominated
 Poland Love Stories Historie Miłosne Polish Jerzy Stuhr Not nominated
 Portugal Journey to the Beginning of the World Voyage au début du monde, Viagem ao Princípio do Mundo French, Portuguese Manoel de Oliveira Not nominated
 Russia The Thief Вор Russian Pavel Chukhray Nominated
 Slovakia Orbis Pictus Slovak Martin Šulík Not nominated
 Slovenia Outsider Avtsajder Slovene Andrej Košak Not nominated
 South Africa Paljas Afrikaans Katinka Heyns Not nominated
 Spain Secrets of the Heart Secretos del corazón Spanish Montxo Armendáriz Nominated
 Sweden Tic Tac Swedish Daniel Alfredson Not nominated
 Switzerland For Ever Mozart French Jean-Luc Godard Not nominated
 Taiwan Yours and Mine 我的神经病 Mandarin Shaudi Wang Not nominated
 Thailand Daughter 2 เสียดาย 2 Thai Chatrichalerm Yukol Not nominated
 Turkey The Bandit Eşkıya Turkish Yavuz Turgul Not nominated
 Ukraine A Friend of the Deceased Приятель покойника / Приятель небіжчика Russian, Ukrainian Vyacheslav Krishtofovich Not nominated
 Venezuela One Life and Two Trails Una vida y dos mandados Spanish Alberto Arvelo Not nominated
 Yugoslavia Three Summer Days Три летња дана Serbian Mirjana Vukomanović Not nominated

References

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  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. ^ "44 Countries Hoping for Oscar Nominations". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 24 November 1997. Archived from the original on 13 February 1998. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  4. ^ "The 70th Academy Awards (1998) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
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