61 countries vie for Foreign Language Oscar nominations

Oct 19, 2006 by Ian Evans

A record 61 countries, including new entrant Kazakhstan, have submitted films for consideration in the Foreign Language Film category for the 79th Academy Awards®.

The countries that submitted films are:

• Algeria, Days of Glory, Rachid Bouchareb, director;
• Argentina, Family Law, Daniel Burman, director;
• Australia, Ten Canoes, Rolf de Heer, director;
• Austria, You Bet Your Life, Antonin Svoboda, director;
• Bangladesh, Forever Flows, Abu Sayeed, director;
• Belgium, Someone Else’s Happiness, Fien Troch, director;
• Bolivia, American Visa, Juan Carlos Valdivia, director;
• Bosnia and Herzegovina, Grbavica, Jasmila Zbanic, director;
• Brazil, Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures, Marcelo Gomes, director;
• Bulgaria, Monkeys in Winter, Milena Andonova, director;
• Canada, Water, Deepa Mehta, director;
• Chile, En la Cama, Matiaz Bize, director;
• China, Curse of the Golden Flower, Zhang Yimou, director;
• Colombia, A Ton of Luck, Rodrigo Triana, director;
• Croatia, Libertas, Veljko Bulajic, director;
• Cuba, El Benny, Jorge Luis Sanchez, director;
• Czech Republic, Lunacy, Jan Svankmajer, director;
• Denmark, After the Wedding, Susanne Bier, director;
• Egypt, The Yacoubian Building, Marwan Hamed, director;
• France, Avenue Montaigne, Daniele Thompson, director;
• Germany, The Lives of Others, Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, director;
• Greece, Chariton’s Choir, Grigoris Karantinakis, director;
• Hong Kong, The Banquet, Feng Xiaogang, director;
• Hungary, White Palms, Szabolcs Hajdu, director;
• Iceland, Children, Ragnar Bragason, director;
• India, Rang De Basanti, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, director;
• Indonesia, Love for Share, Nia Dinata, director;
• Iran, Transit Cafe, Kambozia Partovi, director;
• Iraq, Dreams, Mohamed Al-Daradji, director;
• Israel, Sweet Mud, Dror Shaul, director;
• Italy, Golden Door, Emanuele Crialese, director;
• Japan, Hula Girls, Sang-il Lee, director;
• Kazakhstan, Nomad, Sergei Bodrov, Talgat Temenov, Ivan Passer, directors;
• Korea, King and the Clown, Lee Jun-ik, director;
• Kyrgyzstan, The Wedding Chest, Nurbek Egen, director;
• Lebanon, Bosta, Philippe Aractingi, director;
• Lithuania, Before Flying Back to Earth, Arunas Matelis, director;
• Macedonia, Kontakt, Sergei Stanojkovski, director;
• Mexico, Pan’s Labyrinth, Guillermo del Toro, director;
• Morocco, The Moroccan Symphony, Kamal Kamal, director;
• Nepal, Basain, Subash Prasad Gajurel, director;
• The Netherlands, Black Book, Paul Verhoeven, director;
• Norway, Reprise, Joachim Trier, director;
• Peru, Madeinusa, Claudia Llosa, director;
• Philippines, The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros, Auraeus Solito, director;
• Poland, Retrieval, Slawomir Fabicki, director;
• Portugal, Alice, Marco Martins, director;
• Puerto Rico, Thieves and Liars, Ricardo Mendez Matta, director;
• Romania, The Way I Spent the End of the World, Catalin Mitulescu, director;
• Russia, 9th Company, Fyodor Bondarchuk, director;
• Serbia, Tomorrow Morning, Oleg Novkovic, director;
• Slovenia, Gravehopping, Jan Cvitkovic, director;
• Spain, Volver, Pedro Almodovar, director;
• Sweden, Falkenberg Farewell, Jesper Ganslandt, director;
• Switzerland, Vitus, Fredi M. Murer, director;
• Taiwan, Blue Cha Cha, Cheng Wen-tang, director;
• Thailand, Ahimsa Stop to Run, Leo Kittikorn, director;
• Turkey, Ice Cream, I Scream, Yuksel Aksu, director;
• Ukraine, Aurora, Oxana Bayrak, director;
• Venezuela, Maroa, Solveig Hoogesteijn, director;
• Vietnam, Story of Pao, Ngo Quang Hai, director.

Nominations for the 79th Academy Awards will be announced on Tuesday, January 23, 2007, at 5:30 a.m. PST in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater. Stick with DigitalHit.com for all your Academy Awards coverage.