Record number of foreign films submitted to Academy
Oct 20, 2003 by Ian Evans
A record-breaking 55 countries have submitted films to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for Academy Award® consideration in the Foreign Language Film Award category, Academy President Frank Pierson announced today.
It is the largest number of films ever entered in this category, besting last year’s record by one film.
The submissions for 2003 are:
- Afghanistan, Osama, Siddiq Barmak, director
- Argentina, Valentine, Alejandro Agresti, director
- Austria, Free Radicals, Barbara Albert, director
- Belgium, Sea of Silence, Stijn Coninx, director
- Bolivia, Dependencia Sexual, Rodrigo Bellott, director
- Bosnia and Herzegovina, Fuse, Pjer Zalica, director
- Brazil, Carandiru, Hector Babenco, director
- Bulgaria, Journey to Jerusalem, Ivan Nichev, director
- Canada, The Barbarian Invasions, Denys Arcand, director
- Chile, Los Debutantes, Andres Waissbluth, director
- China, Warriors of Heaven and Earth, He Ping, director
- Colombia, The First Night, Luis Alberto Restrepo, director
- Croatia, Witnesses, Vinko Bresan, director
- Cuba, Suite Habana, Fernando Perez, director
- Czech Republic, Zelary, Ondrej Trojan, director
- Denmark, Reconstruction, Christoffer Boe, director
- Egypt, Sleepless Nights, Hany Khalifa, director
- Finland, Elina, Klaus Haro, director
- France, Bon Voyage, Jean-Paul Rappeneau, director
- Germany, Good Bye, Lenin!, Wolfgang Becker, director
- Greece, Think It Over, Katerina Evangelakou, director
- Hong Kong, Infernal Affairs, Andrew Lau & Alan Mak, director
- Hungary, Forest, Benedek Fliegauf, director
- Iceland, Noi the Albino, Dagur Kari Petursson, director
- Indonesia, The Stringless Violin, Sekar Ayu Asmara, director
- Iran, Deep Breath, Parviz Shahbazi, director
- Israel, Nina’s Tragedies, Savi Gavison, director
- Italy, I’m Not Scared, Gabriele Salvatores, director
- Japan, The Twilight Samurai, Yoji Yamada, director
- Korea, Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter … and Spring, Kim Ki-duk, director
- Lebanon, The Kite, Randa Chahal Sabbag, director
- Luxembourg, I Always Wanted to Be a Saint, Genevieve Mersch, director
- Mexico, Aro Tolbukhin (In the Mind of a Killer), Agustín Villaronga, Lydia Zimmermann, Isaac P. Racine, director
- Mongolia, The Story of the Weeping Camel, Byambasuren Davaa and Luigi Falorni, director
- Nepal, Muna Madan, Gyanendra Bahadur Deuja, director
- Netherlands, Twin Sisters, Ben Sombogaart, director
- Norway, Kitchen Stories, Bent Hamer, director
- Palestine, Divine Intervention, Elia Suleiman, director
- Peru, Paper Dove, Fabrizio Aguilar, director
- Philippines, Dekada ’70, Chito S. Rono, director
- Poland, Pornografia, Jan Jakub Kolski, director
- Portugal, Um Filme Falado, Manoel De Oliveira, director
- Russia, The Return, Andrei Zvyagintsev, director
- Serbia and Montenegro, The Professional, Dusan Kovacevic, director
- Slovakia, King of Thieves, Ivan Fíla, director
- Slovenia, Spare Parts, Damjan Kozole, director
- Spain, Soldados de Salamina, David Trueba, director
- Sri Lanka, Mansion by the Lake, Lester James Peries, director
- Sweden, Evil, Mikael Hafstrom, director
- Taiwan, Goodbye, Dragon Inn, Tsai Ming-Liang, director
- Thailand, Last Life in the Universe, Pen-ek Ratanaruang, director
- Turkey, Distant, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, director
- Ukraine, Mamay, Oles Sanin, director
- Uruguay, Seawards Journey, Guillermo Casanova, director
- Venezuela, Sangrador, Leonardo Henriquez, director