83 countries vie for Foreign Language Oscar nominations

Oct 09, 2014 by Ian Evans

83 countries, a new record, have submitted films for consideration in the Foreign Language Film category for the 87th Academy Awards®. Kosovo, Malta, Mauritania and Panama are first-time entrants.

The 2014 submissions are:

  • Afghanistan, A Few Cubic Meters of Love, Jamshid Mahmoudi, director
  • Argentina, Wild Tales, Damián Szifrón, director
  • Australia, Charlie’s Country, Rolf de Heer, director
  • Austria, The Dark Valley, Andreas Prochaska, director
  • Azerbaijan, Nabat, Elchin Musaoglu, director
  • Bangladesh, Glow of the Firefly, Khalid Mahmood Mithu, director
  • Belgium, Two Days, One Night, Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne, directors
  • Bolivia, Forgotten, Carlos Bolado, director
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina, With Mom, Faruk Loncarevic, director
  • Brazil, The Way He Looks, Daniel Ribeiro, director
  • Bulgaria, Bulgarian Rhapsody, Ivan Nitchev, director
  • Canada, Mommy, Xavier Dolan, director
  • Chile, To Kill a Man, Alejandro Fernández Almendras, director
  • China, The Nightingale, Philippe Muyl, director
  • Colombia, Mateo, María Gamboa, director
  • Costa Rica, Red Princesses, Laura Astorga Carrera, director
  • Croatia, Cowboys, Tomislav Mršic, director
  • Cuba, Conducta, Ernesto Daranas Serrano, director
  • Czech Republic, Fair Play, Andrea Sedlácková, director
  • Denmark, Sorrow and Joy, Nils Malmros, director
  • Dominican Republic, Cristo Rey, Leticia Tonos, director
  • Ecuador, Silence in Dreamland, Tito Molina, director
  • Egypt, Factory Girl, Mohamed Khan, director
  • Estonia, Tangerines, Zaza Urushadze, director
  • Ethiopia, Difret, Zeresenay Berhane Mehari, director
  • Finland, Concrete Night, Pirjo Honkasalo, director
  • France, Saint Laurent, Bertrand Bonello, director
  • Georgia, Corn Island, George Ovashvili, director
  • Germany, Beloved Sisters, Dominik Graf, director
  • Greece, Little England, Pantelis Voulgaris, director
  • Hong Kong, The Golden Era, Ann Hui, director
  • Hungary, White God, Kornél Mundruczó, director
  • Iceland, Life in a Fishbowl, Baldvin Zophoníasson, director
  • India, Liar’s Dice, Geetu Mohandas, director
  • Indonesia, Soekarno, Hanung Bramantyo, director
  • Iran, Today, Reza Mirkarimi, director
  • Iraq, Mardan, Batin Ghobadi, director
  • Ireland, The Gift, Tom Collins, director
  • Israel, Gett, the Trial of Viviane Amsalem, Ronit Elkabetz and Shlomi Elkabetz, directors
  • Italy, Human Capital, Paolo Virzì, director
  • Japan, The Light Shines Only There, Mipo O, director
  • Kosovo, Three Windows and a Hanging, Isa Qosja, director
  • Kyrgyzstan, Kurmanjan Datka Queen of the Mountains, Sadyk Sher-Niyaz, director
  • Latvia, Rocks in My Pockets, Signe Baumane, director
  • Lebanon, Ghadi, Amin Dora, director
  • Lithuania, The Gambler, Ignas Jonynas, director
  • Luxembourg, Never Die Young, Pol Cruchten, director
  • Macedonia, To the Hilt, Stole Popov, director
  • Malta, Simshar, Rebecca Cremona, director
  • Mauritania, Timbuktu, Abderrahmane Sissako, director
  • Mexico, Cantinflas, Sebastián del Amo, director
  • Moldova, The Unsaved, Igor Cobileanski, director
  • Montenegro, The Kids from the Marx and Engels Street, Nikola Vukcevic, director
  • Morocco, The Red Moon, Hassan Benjelloun, director
  • Nepal, Jhola, Yadav Kumar Bhattarai, director
  • Netherlands, Accused, Paula van der Oest, director
  • New Zealand, The Dead Lands, Toa Fraser, director
  • Norway, 1001 Grams, Bent Hamer, director
  • Pakistan, Dukhtar, Afia Nathaniel, director
  • Palestine, Eyes of a Thief, Najwa Najjar, director
  • Panama, Invasion, Abner Benaim, director
  • Peru, The Gospel of the Flesh, Eduardo Mendoza, director
  • Philippines, Norte, the End of History, Lav Diaz, director
  • Poland, Ida, Pawel Pawlikowski, director
  • Portugal, What Now? Remind Me, Joaquim Pinto, director
  • Romania, The Japanese Dog, Tudor Cristian Jurgiu, director
  • Russia, Leviathan, Andrey Zvyagintsev, director
  • Serbia, See You in Montevideo, Dragan Bjelogrlic, director
  • Singapore, Sayang Disayang, Sanif Olek, director
  • Slovakia, A Step into the Dark, Miloslav Luther, director
  • Slovenia, Seduce Me, Marko Šantic, director
  • South Africa, Elelwani, Ntshavheni Wa Luruli, director
  • South Korea, Haemoo, Shim Sung-bo, director
  • Spain, Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed, David Trueba, director
  • Sweden, Force Majeure, Ruben Östlund, director
  • Switzerland, The Circle, Stefan Haupt, director
  • Taiwan, Ice Poison, Midi Z, director
  • Thailand, The Teacher’s Diary, Nithiwat Tharathorn, director
  • Turkey, Winter Sleep, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, director
  • Ukraine, The Guide, Oles Sanin, director
  • United Kingdom, Little Happiness, Nihat Seven, director
  • Uruguay, Mr. Kaplan, Álvaro Brechner, director
  • Venezuela, The Liberator, Alberto Arvelo, director

The 87th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Thursday, January 15, 2015, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater, while the 2015 Oscars ceremony will be held on Sunday, February 22, 2015, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center® in Hollywood.

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