List of submissions to the 68th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

This is a list of submissions to the 68th 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 68th Academy Awards, forty-one films were submitted in the category Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The submission deadline was set on November 1, 1995.^[3] Bolivia and Tunisia submitted films for the first time. The Philippines returned to the competition after a nine-year absence. Iran unsuccessfully tried to withdraw the film from contention, but the Academy refused to accept the withdrawal.^[4] The bolded titles were the five nominated films, which came from Algeria, Brazil, Italy, the Netherlands and Sweden. The eventual winner was feminist comedy Antonia's Line from the Netherlands.^[5]

Submissions

Submitting country	Film title used in nomination	Original title	Language(s)	Director(s)	Result
Algeria	Dust of Life	Poussières de vie	French, Vietnamese	Rachid Bouchareb	Nominated
Argentina	Wild Horses	Caballos salvajes	Spanish	Marcelo Piñeyro	Not nominated
Austria	Ant Street	Die Ameisenstraße	German	Michael Glawogger	Not nominated
Belgium	Mannekin Pis	Mannekin Pis	Dutch	Frank Van Passel	Not nominated
Bolivia	Jonah and the Pink Whale	Jonás y la ballena rosada	Spanish	Juan Carlos Valdivia	Not nominated
Brazil	O Quatrilho		Brazilian Portuguese, Italian	Fábio Barreto	Nominated
Canada	Le Confessionnal		French	Robert Lepage	Not nominated
China	Red Cherry	红樱桃	Mandarin, Russian, German	Daying Ye	Not nominated
Croatia	Washed Out	Isprani	Croatian	Zrinko Ogresta	Not nominated
Czech Republic	Thanks for Every New Morning	Díky za kazdé nové ráno	Czech, Hebrew, Ukrainian	Milan Šteindler	Not nominated
Dominican Republic	Nueba Yol		Spanish	Ángel Muñiz	Not nominated
Finland	The Last Wedding	Kivenpyörittäjän kylä	Finnish	Markku Pölönen	Not nominated
France	French Twist	Gazon maudit	French	Josiane Balasko	Not nominated
Germany	Brother of Sleep	Schlafes Bruder	German	Joseph Vilsmaier	Not nominated
Greece	Ulysses' Gaze	Το Βλέμμα του Οδυσσέα	Greek, English, Bulgarian, Albanian, Serbian, Romanian, Kurdish, Macedonian, German	Theo Angelopoulos	Not nominated
Hong Kong	Summer Snow	女人，四十	Cantonese	Ann Hui	Not nominated
Hungary	The Outpost	A részleg	Hungarian	Péter Gothár	Not nominated
Iceland	Tears of Stone	Tár úr steini	Icelandic, German	Hilmar Oddsson	Not nominated
India	Kuruthipunal	குருதிபுனல்	Tamil, Telugu	P. C. Sreeram	Not nominated
Iran	The White Balloon	بادکنک سفید-	Persian	Jafar Panahi	Not nominated
Israel	Lovesick on Nana Street	חולה אהבה בשיכון גימל	Hebrew	Savi Gabizon	Not nominated
Italy	The Star Maker	L'uomo delle stelle	Italian	Giuseppe Tornatore	Nominated
Japan	Deep River	深い川	Japanese	Kei Kumai	Not nominated
Mexico	Midaq Alley	El callejón de los milagros	Spanish	Jorge Fons	Not nominated
Netherlands	Antonia's Line	Antonia	Dutch	Marleen Gorris	Won Academy Award
Norway	Kristin Lavransdatter	Kristin Lavransdatter	Norwegian	Liv Ullmann	Not nominated
Philippines	Harvest Home	Inagaw mo ang lahat sa akin	Filipino	Carlos Siguion-Reyna	Not nominated
Poland	Crows	Wrony	Polish	Dorota Kędzierzawska	Not nominated
Portugal	God's Comedy	A Comédia de Deus	Portuguese	João César Monteiro	Not nominated
Russia	A Moslem	Мусульманин	Russian	Vladimir Khotinenko	Not nominated
Yugoslavia	Underground	Подземље	Serbian, German	Emir Kusturica	Not nominated
Slovakia	The Garden	Záhrada	Slovak	Martin Šulík	Not nominated
South Korea	301, 302	삼공일, 삼공이	Korean	Park Chul-soo	Not nominated
Spain	The Flower of My Secret	La flor de mi secreto	Spanish	Pedro Almodóvar	Not nominated
Sweden	All Things Fair	Lust och fägring stor	Swedish	Bo Widerberg	Nominated
Switzerland	Adultery: A User's Guide	Adultère, mode d'emploi	French	Christine Pascal	Not nominated
Taiwan	Super Citizen Ko	超級大國民	Taiwanese Hokkien	Wan Jen	Not nominated
Thailand	Once Upon a Time...This Morning	กาลครั้งหนึ่ง เมื่อเช้านี้	Thai	Bhandit Rittakol	Not nominated
Tunisia	Le magique	السحر	French, Arabic	Azdine Melliti	Not nominated
United Kingdom	Branwen		Welsh, English, Irish	Ceri Sherlock	Not nominated
Venezuela	Sicario		Spanish	José Ramón Novoa	Not nominated

References

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. "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. "41 to Compete for Foreign Language Oscar Nominations". FilmFestivals.com. Archived from the original on 7 April 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
4. "Iran Requests Academy Not to Consider Its Film Entry". Highbeam. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
5. "The 68th Academy Awards (1996) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 4 October 2015.