List of submissions to the 50th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
The following 24 films, all from different countries, were submitted for the 50th Academy Awards in the category Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Notable entries[]
The highlighted titles were the five nominated films. These films came from France, Greece, Israel, Italy and Spain. France won the award for Madame Rosa,[1] a drama by an Israeli director about Madame Rosa, a retired prostitute and Holocaust survivor in Paris.[2]
Iran, Morocco and Venezuela entered the competition for the first time.
Submissions[]
Submitting country | Film title used in nomination | Language(s) | Original title | Director(s) | Result |
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What Does Fall Mean? | Spanish | ¿Qué es el otoño? | Daniel Portela and David José Kohon | Not nominated |
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I Want to Live | German | Ich will leben | Jörg A. Eggers | Not nominated |
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Rubens | Dutch | Rubens, schilder en diplomaat | Roland Verhavert | Not nominated |
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Tent of Miracles | Portuguese | Tenda dos Milagres | Nelson Pereira dos Santos | Not nominated |
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J.A. Martin Photographer | French | J.A. Martin photographe | Jean Beaudin | Not nominated |
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Boys | Danish | Drenge | Nils Malmros | Not nominated |
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Madame Rosa | French | La Vie devant soi | Moshé Mizrahi | Won Academy Award |
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Mom, I Am Alive | German | Mama, ich lebe | Konrad Wolf | Not nominated |
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The American Friend | German | Der Amerikanische Freund | Wim Wenders | Not nominated |
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Iphigenia | Greek | Ἰφιγένεια | Michael Cacoyannis | Nominated |
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A Strange Role | Hungarian | Herkulesfürdöi emlék | Pál Sándor | Not nominated |
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Manthan | Hindi | मंथन | Shyam Benegal | Not nominated |
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The Cycle | Persian | دايره مينا | Dariush Mehrjui | Not nominated |
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Operation Thunderbolt[3] | Hebrew, English | מבצע יונתן | Menahem Golan | Nominated |
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A Special Day | Italian | Una Giornata particolare | Ettore Scola | Nominated |
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Mt. Hakkoda | Japanese | 八甲田山 | Shiro Moritani | Not nominated |
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Pafnucio Santo | Spanish | Pafnucio Santo | Rafael Corkidi | Not nominated |
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Blood Wedding | French | Noces de sang | Souheil Ben-Barka | Not nominated |
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Soldier of Orange | Dutch | Soldaat van Oranje | Paul Verhoeven | Not nominated |
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Camouflage | Polish | Barwy ochronne | Krzysztof Zanussi | Not nominated |
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The Ascent | Russian | Восхождение | Larisa Shepitko | Not nominated |
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That Obscure Object of Desire | French, Spanish | Ese oscuro objeto del deseo | Luis Buñuel | Nominated |
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The Man on the Roof | Swedish | Mannen på taket | Bo Widerberg | Not nominated |
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The Fish That Smokes | Spanish | El Pez que fuma | Román Chalbaud | Not nominated |
References[]
Sources[]
- Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Categories:
- Submissions for Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award (by year)