63 countries vie for foreign language Oscar

Oct 17, 2007 by Ian Evans

A record 63 countries have submitted films to the Academy for consideration in the Foreign Language Film category. The field for the 80th Academy Awards® also includes new entrants Azerbaijan and Ireland.

The submissions for 2007 are:

  • Argentina, XXY, Lucia Puenzo, director;
  • Australia, The Home Song Stories, Tony Ayres, director;
  • Austria, The Counterfeiters, Stefan Ruzowitzky, director;
  • Azerbaijan, Caucasia, Farid Gumbatov, director;
  • Bangladesh, On the Wings of Dreams, Golam Rabbany Biplob, director;
  • Belgium, Ben X, Nic Balthazar, director;
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina, It’s Hard to Be Nice, Srdan Vuletic,director;
  • Brazil, The Year My Parents Went on Vacation, Cao Hamburger, director;
  • Bulgaria, Warden of the Dead, Ilian Simeonov, director;
  • Canada, Days of Darkness, Denys Arcand, director;
  • Chile, Padre Nuestro, Rodrigo Sepulveda, director;
  • China, The Knot, Yin Li, director;
  • Colombia, Satanas, Andi Baiz, director;
  • Croatia, Armin, Ognjen Svilicic, director;
  • Cuba, The Silly Age, Pavel Giroud, director;
  • Czech Republic, I Served the King of England, Jiri Menzel,director;
  • Denmark, The Art of Crying, Peter Schonau Fog, director;
  • Egypt, In the Heliopolis Flat, Mohamed Khan, director;
  • Estonia, The Class, Ilmar Raag, director;
  • Finland, A Man’s Job, Aleksi Salmenpera, director;
  • France, Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud, directors;
  • Georgia, The Russian Triangle, Aleko Tsabadze, director;
  • Germany, The Edge of Heaven, Fatih Akin, director;
  • Greece, Eduart, Angeliki Antoniou, director;
  • Hong Kong, Exiled, Johnnie To, director;
  • Hungary, Taxidermia, Gyorgy Palfi, director;
  • Iceland, Jar City, Baltasar Kormakur, director;
  • India, Eklavya — The Royal Guard, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, director;
  • Indonesia, Denias, Singing on the Cloud, John De Rantau, director;
  • Iran, M for Mother, Rasoul Mollagholipour, director;
  • Iraq, Jani Gal, Jamil Rostami, director;
  • Ireland, Kings, Tom Collins, director;
  • Israel, Beaufort, Joseph Cedar, director;
  • Italy, The Unknown, Giuseppe Tornatore, director;
  • Japan, I Just Didn’t Do It, Masayuki Suo, director;
  • Kazakhstan, Mongol, Sergei Bodrov, director;
  • Korea, Secret Sunshine, Chang-dong Lee, director;
  • Lebanon, Caramel, Nadine Labaki, director;
  • Luxembourg, Little Secrets, Pol Cruchten, director;
  • Macedonia, Shadows, Milcho Manchevski, director;
  • Mexico, Silent Light, Carlos Reygadas, director;
  • The Netherlands, Duska, Jos Stelling, director;
  • Norway, Gone with the Woman, Petter Naess, director;
  • Peru, Crossing a Shadow, Augusto Tamayo, director;
  • Philippines, Donsol, Adolfo Alix, Jr., director;
  • Poland, Katyn, Andrzej Wajda, director;
  • Portugal, Belle Toujours, Manoel de Oliveira, director;
  • Puerto Rico, Love Sickness, Carlitos Ruiz, Mariem Perez, directors;
  • Romania, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, Cristian Mungiu, director;
  • Russia, 12, Nikita Mikhalkov, director;
  • Serbia, The Trap, Srdan Golubovic, director;
  • Singapore, 881, Royston Tan, director;
  • Slovakia, Return of the Storks, Martin Repka, director;
  • Slovenia, Short Circuits, Janez Lapajne, director;
  • Spain, The Orphanage, J.A. Bayona, director;
  • Sweden, You, the Living, Roy Andersson, director;
  • Switzerland, Late Bloomers, Bettina Oberli, director;
  • Taiwan, Island Etude, Chen Huai-En, director;
  • Thailand, King of Fire, Chatrichalerm Yukol, director;
  • Turkey, A Man’s Fear of God, Ozer Kiziltan, director;
  • Uruguay, The Pope’s Toilet, Enrique Fernandez, Cesar Charlone, directors;
  • Venezuela, Postcards from Leningrad, Mariana Rondon, director;
  • Vietnam, The White Silk Dress, Luu Huynh, director.

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