List of submissions to the 57th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
This is a list of submissions to the 57th 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 57th Academy Awards, thirty-two films were submitted in the category Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Thailand submitted a film for the first time. The titles highlighted in blue and yellow were the five nominated films, which came from Argentina, Israel, Spain, the USSR and the eventual winner, Dangerous Moves, from Switzerland.[3]
Submissions
Submitting country | Film title used in nomination | Original title | Language(s) | Director(s) | Result |
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Argentina | Camila | Camila | Spanish | María Luisa Bemberg | Nominated |
Austria | Just Behind the Door | Dicht hinter der Tür | German | Mansur Madavi | Not nominated |
Brazil | Memoirs of Prison | Memórias do Cárcere | Portuguese | Nelson Pereira dos Santos | Not nominated |
Canada | Sonatine | Sonatine | French | Micheline Lanctôt | Not nominated |
China | Life | 人生 (Ren Sheng) | Chinese | Wu Tianming | Not nominated |
Colombia | A Man of Principle | Cóndores no entierran todos los días | Spanish | Francisco Norden | Not nominated |
Czechoslovakia | The Millennial Bee | Tisícročná včela | Slovak, Czech | Juraj Jakubisko | Not nominated |
Denmark | Tukuma | Tukuma | Danish | Palle Kjærulff-Schmidt | Not nominated |
Finland | Pessi and Illusia | Pessi ja Illusia | Finnish | Heikki Partanen | Not nominated |
France | So Long, Stooge | Tchao Pantin | French | Claude Berri | Not nominated |
West Germany | Man Under Suspicion | Morgen in Alabama | German | Norbert Kückelmann | Not nominated |
Hong Kong | Homecoming | 似水流年 (Ci seoi lau nin) | Cantonese, Mandarin | Yim Ho | Not nominated |
Hungary | Yerma | Yerma | Hungarian | Imre Gyöngyössy and Barna Kabay | Not nominated |
Iceland | When the Raven Flies | Hrafninn flýgur | Icelandic | Hrafn Gunnlaugsson | Not nominated |
India | The Gist | सारांश (Saaransh) | Hindi | Mahesh Bhatt | Not nominated |
Israel | Beyond the Walls | מאחורי הסורגים (MeAhorei HaSoragim) | Hebrew | Uri Barbash | Nominated |
Italy | Where's Picone? | Mi manda Picone | Italian | Nanni Loy | Not nominated |
Japan | MacArthur's Children | 瀬戸内少年野球団 (Setouchi Shōnen Yakyū-dan) | Japanese | Masahiro Shinoda | Not nominated |
South Korea | Mulleya Mulleya | 여인잔혹사 물레야 물레야 (Yeo-in Janhoksa Mulle-ya Mulle-ya) | Korean | Lee Doo-yong | Not nominated |
Netherlands | Army Brats | Schatjes! | Dutch | Ruud van Hemert | Not nominated |
Norway | The Chieftain | Høvdingen | Norwegian | Terje Kristiansen | Not nominated |
Philippines | Of the Flesh | Karnal | Tagalog, Filipino, English | Marilou Diaz-Abaya | Not nominated |
Portugal | Dead Man's Seat | O Lugar do Morto | Portuguese | António-Pedro Vasconcelos | Not nominated |
Romania | Glissando | Glissando | Romanian | Mircea Daneliuc | Not nominated |
Soviet Union | Wartime Romance | Военно-полевой роман (Voenno-polevoy roman) | Russian | Pyotr Todorovsky | Nominated |
Spain | Double Feature | Sesión continua | Spanish | José Luis Garci | Nominated |
Sweden | Åke and His World | Åke och hans värld | Swedish | Allan Edwall | Not nominated |
Switzerland | Dangerous Moves | La Diagonale du fou | French | Richard Dembo | Won Academy Award |
Taiwan | Old Mao's Second Spring | 老莫的第二个春天 (Lǎo Mò de dì èr ge chūntiān) | Chinese | You-ning Lee | Not nominated |
Thailand | The Story of Nampoo | น้ำพุ (Nam Pu) | Thai | Euthana Mukdasanit | Not nominated |
Venezuela | The House of Water | La casa de agua | Spanish | Jacobo Penzo | Not nominated |
Yugoslavia | The End of the War | Kraj Rata | Serbo-Croatian | Dragan Kresoja | Not nominated |
References
- ^ "History of the Academy Awards 2 - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences". web.archive.org. 22 June 2008. Archived from the original on 22 June 2008. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
- ^ a b "Rule 14 | 81st Academy Awards Rules | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences". web.archive.org. 9 August 2008. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
- ^ "The 57th Academy Awards (1985) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 30 October 2013.