List of submissions to the 65th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

This is the list of the films submitted in 1992 to compete for the 65th 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]

1992 Best Foreign Language Film submissions
Highlights
Oscar winnerFrance Indochine
Total submissions33
First-time submissions6
← 1991 · List · 1993 →

For the 65th Academy Awards, thirty-three films were submitted in the category Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.[3] The titles in bold were the five nominated films, which came from Belgium, Germany, Russia, Uruguay (which was later disqualified) and the eventual winner, Indochina, from France.[4] For the first time films from the former USSR competed against each other in this category; Estonia, Kazakhstan, Latvia and the Russian Federation submitted their first-ever films. After being disqualified the previous year since the country was not yet internationally recognized, Croatia had a film accepted for the first time.

Submissions

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Submitting country Film title used in nomination Original title Language(s) Director(s) Result
  Argentina The Dark Side of the Heart El lado oscuro del corazón Spanish Eliseo Subiela Not nominated
  Austria Benny's Video German Michael Haneke Not nominated
  Belgium Daens Flemish, Dutch, French, Latin, Spanish Stijn Coninx Nominated
  Canada Léolo French Jean-Claude Lauzon Not nominated
  China The Story of Qiu Ju 秋菊打官司 Mandarin Zhang Yimou Not nominated
  Croatia Story from Croatia Priča iz Hrvatske Croatian Krsto Papić Not nominated
  Cuba Adorable Lies Adorables mentiras Spanish Gerardo Chijona Not nominated
  Denmark Sofie Danish Liv Ullmann Not nominated
  Estonia Those Old Love Letters Need vanad armastuskirjad Estonian Mati Põldre Not nominated
  France Indochina Indochine French, Vietnamese Régis Wargnier Won Academy Award
  Germany Schtonk! German Helmut Dietl Nominated
  Hungary Sweet Emma, Dear Böbe Édes Emma, drága Böbe - vázlatok, aktok Hungarian István Szabó Not nominated
  Iceland As in Heaven Svo á jörðu sem á himni Icelandic Kristín Jóhannesdóttir Not nominated
  India Thevar Magan தேவர் மகன் Tamil Bharathan Not nominated
  Indonesia Mer's Lips Bibir Mer Indonesian Arifin C. Noer Not nominated
  Israel Life According to Agfa החיים על פי אגפה Hebrew Assi Dayan Not nominated
  Italy The Stolen Children Il Ladro di Bambini Italian Gianni Amelio Not nominated
  Japan The Oil-Hell Murder 女殺し油地獄 Japanese Hideo Gosha Not nominated
  Kazakhstan The Fall of Otrar Гибел Отрара Kazakh, Mandarin, Mongolian Ardak Amirkulov Not nominated
  Latvia The Child of Man Cilvēka bērns Latvian Jānis Streičs Not nominated
  Mexico Like Water for Chocolate Como agua para chocolate Spanish, English Alfonso Arau Not nominated
  Netherlands The Northerners De Noorderlingen Dutch Alex van Warmerdam Not nominated
  Norway The Warrior's Heart Krigerens hjerte Norwegian Leidulv Risan Not nominated
  Poland All That Really Matters Wszystko, co najważniejsze Polish Robert Gliński Not nominated
  Portugal Day of Despair O dia do desespero Portuguese Manoel de Oliveira Not nominated
  Romania Luxury Hotel Hotel de Lux Romanian Dan Pița Not nominated
  Russia Close to Eden Урга Mongolian, Russian, Mandarin Nikita Mikhalkov Nominated
  Spain The Fencing Master El maestro de esgrima Spanish Pedro Olea Not nominated
  Sweden House of Angels Änglagård Swedish Colin Nutley Not nominated
  Switzerland Off Season Hors saison French Daniel Schmid Not nominated
  Taiwan Peach Blossom Land 暗戀桃花源 Mandarin Stan Lai Not nominated
  Turkey Piano Piano Kid Piano Piano Bacaksız Turkish Tunç Başaran Not nominated
  Uruguay A Place in the World Un lugar en el mundo Spanish Adolfo Aristarain Nominated and Disqualified

Notes

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  •   The film A Place in the World, which was submitted by Uruguay, was disqualified after the nominations were announced in early 1993, when it was discovered that the film was an overwhelmingly Argentine production with minimal input from Uruguayans. Argentina had selected another film to compete for the award, so director Adolfo Aristarain asked Uruguay (which had never entered the competition before) to submit it instead. The Argentine film did not get nominated. A Place in the World was removed from the ballot (leaving only four films in contention for the award), causing the director to sue the Academy.

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. ^ "Foreign Oscar entries submitted". Variety. 3 December 1992. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  4. ^ "The 65th Academy Awards (1993) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 19 September 2015.