71 countries vie for Foreign Language Oscar

Oct 08, 2012 by Ian Evans

A record Seventy-one countries, including first-time entrant Kenya, have submitted films for consideration in the Foreign Language Film category for the 85th Academy Awards®.

The 2012 submissions are:

  • Afghanistan, The Patience Stone, Atiq Rahimi, director;
  • Albania, Pharmakon, Joni Shanaj, director;
  • Algeria, Zabana!, Said Ould Khelifa, director;
  • Argentina, Clandestine Childhood, Benjamín Ávila, director;
  • Armenia, If Only Everyone, Natalia Belyauskene, director;
  • Australia, Lore, Cate Shortland, director;
  • Austria, Amour, Michael Haneke, director;
  • Azerbaijan, Buta, Ilgar Najaf, director;
  • Bangladesh, Pleasure Boy Komola, Humayun Ahmed, director;
  • Belgium, Our Children, Joachim Lafosse, director;
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina, Children of Sarajevo, Aida Begic, director;
  • Brazil, The Clown, Selton Mello, director;
  • Bulgaria, Sneakers, Valeri Yordanov and Ivan Vladimirov, directors;
  • Cambodia, Lost Loves, Chhay Bora, director;
  • Canada, War Witch, Kim Nguyen, director;
  • Chile, No, Pablo Larraín, director;
  • China, Caught in the Web, Chen Kaige, director;
  • Colombia, The Snitch Cartel, Carlos Moreno, director;
  • Croatia, Vegetarian Cannibal, Branko Schmidt, director;
  • Czech Republic, In the Shadow, David Ondrícek, director;
  • Denmark, A Royal Affair, Nikolaj Arcel, director;
  • Dominican Republic, Jaque Mate, José María Cabral, director;
  • Estonia, Mushrooming, Toomas Hussar, director;
  • Finland, Purge, Antti J. Jokinen, director;
  • France, The Intouchables, Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano, directors;
  • Georgia, Keep Smiling, Rusudan Chkonia, director;
  • Germany, Barbara, Christian Petzold, director;
  • Greece, Unfair World, Filippos Tsitos, director;
  • Greenland, Inuk, Mike Magidson, director;
  • Hong Kong, Life without Principle, Johnnie To, director;
  • Hungary, Just the Wind, Bence Fliegauf, director;
  • Iceland, The Deep, Baltasar Kormákur, director;
  • India, Barfi!, Anurag Basu, director;
  • Indonesia, The Dancer, Ifa Isfansyah, director;
  • Israel, Fill the Void, Rama Burshtein, director;
  • Italy, Caesar Must Die, Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani, directors;
  • Japan, Our Homeland, Yang Yonghi, director;
  • Kazakhstan, Myn Bala: Warriors of the Steppe, Akan Satayev, director;
  • Kenya, Nairobi Half Life, David ‘Tosh’ Gitonga, director;
  • Kyrgyzstan, The Empty Home, Nurbek Egen, director;
  • Latvia, Gulf Stream under the Iceberg, Yevgeny Pashkevich, director;
  • Lithuania, Ramin, Audrius Stonys, director;
  • Macedonia, The Third Half, Darko Mitrevski, director;
  • Malaysia, Bunohan, Dain Iskandar Said, director;
  • Mexico, After Lucia, Michel Franco, director;
  • Morocco, Death for Sale, Faouzi Bensaïdi, director;
  • Netherlands, Kauwboy, Boudewijn Koole, director;
  • Norway, Kon-Tiki, Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg, directors;
  • Palestine, When I Saw You, Annemarie Jacir, director;
  • Peru, The Bad Intentions, Rosario García-Montero, director;
  • Philippines, Bwakaw, Jun Robles Lana, director;
  • Poland, 80 Million, Waldemar Krzystek, director;
  • Portugal, Blood of My Blood, João Canijo, director;
  • Romania, Beyond the Hills, Cristian Mungiu, director;
  • Russia, White Tiger, Karen Shakhnazarov, director;
  • Serbia, When Day Breaks, Goran Paskaljevic, director;
  • Singapore, Already Famous, Michelle Chong, director;
  • Slovak Republic, Made in Ash, Iveta Grófová, director;
  • Slovenia, A Trip, Nejc Gazvoda, director;
  • South Africa, Little One, Darrell James Roodt, director;
  • South Korea, Pieta, Kim Ki-duk, director;
  • Spain, Blancanieves, Pablo Berger, director;
  • Sweden, The Hypnotist, Lasse Hallström, director;
  • Switzerland, Sister, Ursula Meier, director;
  • Taiwan, Touch of the Light, Chang Jung-Chi, director;
  • Thailand, Headshot, Pen-ek Ratanaruang, director;
  • Turkey, Where the Fire Burns, Ismail Gunes, director;
  • Ukraine, The Firecrosser, Mykhailo Illienko, director;
  • Uruguay, The Delay, Rodrigo Plá, director;
  • Venezuela, Rock, Paper, Scissors, Hernán Jabes, director;
  • Vietnam, The Scent of Burning Grass, Nguyen Huu Muoi, director.

Nominations for the 85th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Thursday, January 10, 2013, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater while the ceremony will be presented on Sunday, February 24, 2013, at The Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center, and televised live on the ABC Television Network.

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