List of submissions to the 67th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

This is a list of submissions to the 67th 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]

1994 Best Foreign Language Film submissions
Highlights
Oscar winnerRussia Burnt by the Sun
Total submissions46
First-time submissions7
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For the 67th Academy Awards, forty-six films were submitted in the category Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The submission deadline was set on November 1, 1994. Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, Guatemala, Macedonia and Serbia submitted films to the competition for the first time. Also for the first time, films from both the Czech Republic and Slovakia competed against each other, although neither was nominated. Polish director Krzysztof Kieślowski originally had two films in the race when Poland and Switzerland entered two of his Three Colors trilogy. Switzerland's Red was disqualified,[3][4] however, Poland's White screened alongside the other films, but did not make the final five. It was also the first time that all five of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia all entered the race separately. The bolded titles were the five nominated films, which came from Belgium, Cuba, Macedonia, Taiwan and the eventual winner, Burnt by the Sun, from Russia.[5]

Submissions

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Submitting country Film title used in nomination Original title Language(s) Director(s) Result
  Algeria Autumn: October in Algiers Automne... Octobre à Alger French, Arabic Malik Lakhdar-Hamina Not nominated
  Argentina A Shadow You Soon Will Be Una sombra ya pronto serás Spanish Héctor Olivera Not nominated
  Austria I Promise Ich gelobe German Wolfgang Murnberger Not nominated
  Belarus Me Ivan, You Abraham Я — Іван, ты — Абрам Yiddish, Polish, Belarusian, Russian, Romani Yolande Zauberman Not nominated
  Belgium Farinelli Farinelli, Il Castrato Italian, French Gérard Corbiau Nominated
  Bosnia and Herzegovina The Awkward Age Magarece godine Bosnian, Serbo-Croatian Nenad Dizdarević Not nominated
  Cambodia Rice People អ្នកស្រែ Khmer Rithy Panh Not nominated
  Canada Mon Amie Max French Michel Brault Not nominated
  Chile Amnesia Spanish Gonzalo Justiniano Not nominated
  Colombia The Strategy of the Snail La estrategia del caracol Sergio Cabrera Not nominated
  Croatia Vukovar: The Way Home Vukovar se vraća kući Serbo-Croatian Branko Schmidt Not nominated
  Cuba Strawberry and Chocolate Fresa y chocolate Spanish Tomás Gutiérrez Alea & Juan Carlos Tabío Nominated
  Czech Republic Lesson Faust Lekce Faust Czech, Latin Jan Švankmajer Not nominated
  Denmark Carl, My Childhood Symphony Min fynske barndom Danish Erik Clausen Not nominated
  Egypt Land of Dreams أرض الأحلام Arabic Daoud Abdel Sayed Not nominated
  France Wild Reeds Les Roseaux sauvages French André Téchiné Not nominated
  Germany The Promise Das Versprechen German Margarethe von Trotta Not nominated
  Guatemala The Silence of Neto El Silencio de Neto Spanish Luis Argueta Not nominated
  Hong Kong The Day the Sun Turned Cold 天国逆子 Mandarin Yim Ho Not nominated
  Hungary Woyzeck Hungarian János Szász Not nominated
  Iceland Movie Days Bíódagar Icelandic Friðrik Þór Friðriksson Not nominated
  India Bandit Queen बैन्डिट क्वीन Hindi Shekhar Kapur Not nominated
  Iran Through the Olive Trees زیر درختان زیتون Persian Abbas Kiarostami Not nominated
  Israel Sh'Chur שחור Hebrew Shmuel Hasfari Not nominated
  Italy Lamerica Italian, Albanian Gianni Amelio Not nominated
  Japan The Raccoon War 平成狸合戦ぽんぽこ Japanese Isao Takahata Not nominated
  South Korea Life and Death of the Hollywood Kid 헐리우드 키드의 생애 Korean Chung Ji-young Not nominated
  Macedonia Before the Rain Пред дождот Macedonian, Albanian, English Milcho Manchevski Nominated
  Mexico The Beginning and the End Principio y fin Spanish Arturo Ripstein Not nominated
  Netherlands 06 Dutch Theo van Gogh Not nominated
  Norway Cross My Heart and Hope to Die Ti kniver i hjertet Norwegian Marius Holst Not nominated
  Peru Without Compassion Sin compasión Spanish Francisco José Lombardi Not nominated
  Poland Three Colors: White Trois couleurs: Blanc Polish, French Krzysztof Kieślowski Not nominated
  Portugal Three Palm Trees Três Palmeiras Portuguese João Botelho Not nominated
  Puerto Rico Linda Sara Spanish Jacobo Morales Not nominated
  Romania Pepe & Fifi Pepe și Fifi Romanian Dan Pița Not nominated
  Russia Burnt by the Sun Утомлённые солнцем Russian Nikita Mikhalkov Won Academy Award
  Slovakia Angel of Mercy Andel milosrdenství Czech, Slovak Miloslav Luther Not nominated
  Slovenia Morana Slovene Aleš Verbič Not nominated
  Spain Cradle Song Canción de cuna Spanish José Luis Garci Not nominated
  Sweden The Last Dance Sista Dansen Swedish Colin Nutley Not nominated
  Switzerland Three Colors: Red Trois Couleurs: Rouge French Krzysztof Kieślowski Disqualified
  Taiwan Eat Drink Man Woman 飲食男女 Mandarin Ang Lee Nominated
  Turkey Tarzan of Manisa Manisa Tarzanı Turkish Orhan Oğuz Not nominated
  Venezuela Knocks at My Door Golpes a mi puerta Spanish Alejandro Saderman Not nominated
  Yugoslavia Vukovar Poste Restante Вуковар, једна прича Serbo-Croatian Boro Drašković Not nominated

Notes

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  •   Switzerland's Red was disqualified in a controversial Academy ruling which determined that although Red was co-produced by the Swiss national film board and although it took place in Switzerland and featured a largely Swiss cast, it qualified as a majority French, and not Swiss, production.[3][4] Miramax Films appealed to the Academy to change its mind, but to no avail; Switzerland declined to send another film. However, it was eligible in other categories and received three nominations: Best Director; Best Cinematography and Best Original Screenplay.

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. ^ a b Corliss, Richard (5 December 1994). "CINEMA: When the Judge Is Guilty". Time. Archived from the original on 6 March 2008. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
  4. ^ a b "This year's foreign Oscar race reflects a growingly global medium". Hitfix. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  5. ^ "The 67th Academy Awards (1995) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 26 September 2015.