63 countries to vie for 2011 Foreign Language Film Oscar®

Oct 13, 2011 by Ian Evans

The full field under consideration in the Foreign Language Film category for the 84th Academy Awards has been announced and it features 63 countries, including first-time entrant New Zealand. The nominees will be announced on January 24th, 2012.

The 2011 submissions are:

• Albania, Amnesty, Bujar Alimani, director;
• Argentina, Aballay, Fernando Spiner, director;
• Austria, Breathing, Karl Markovics, director;
• Belgium, Bullhead, Michael R. Roskam, director;
• Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belvedere, Ahmed Imamovic, director;
• Brazil, Elite Squad: The Enemy Within, José Padilha, director;
• Bulgaria, Tilt, Viktor Chouchkov, Jr., director;
• Canada, Monsieur Lazhar, Philippe Falardeau, director;
• Chile, Violeta Went to Heaven, Andrés Wood, director;
• China, The Flowers of War, Zhang Yimou, director;
• Colombia, The Colors of the Mountain, Carlos César Arbeláez, director;
• Croatia, 72 Days, Danilo Serbedzija, director;
• Cuba, Havanastation, Ian Padrón, director;
• Czech Republic, Alois Nebel, Tomás Lunák, director;
• Denmark, Superclásico, Ole Christian Madsen, director;
• Dominican Republic, Love Child, Leticia Tonos, director;
• Egypt, Lust, Khaled el Hagar, director;
• Estonia, Letters to Angel, Sulev Keedus, director;
• Finland, Le Havre, Aki Kaurismäki, director;
• France, Declaration of War, Valérie Donzelli, director;
• Georgia, Chantrapas, Otar Iosseliani, director;
• Germany, Pina, Wim Wenders, director;
• Greece, Attenberg, Athina Rachel Tsangari, director;
• Hong Kong, A Simple Life, Ann Hui, director;
• Hungary, The Turin Horse, Béela Tarr, director;
• Iceland, Volcano, Rúnar Rúnarsson, director;
• India, Abu, Son of Adam, Salim Ahamed, director;
• Indonesia, Under the Protection of Ka’Bah, Hanny R. Saputra, director;
• Iran, A Separation, Asghar Farhadi, director;
• Ireland, As If I Am Not There, Juanita Wilson, director;
• Israel, Footnote, Joseph Cedar, director;
• Italy, Terraferma, Emanuele Crialese, director;
• Japan, Postcard, Kaneto Shindo, director;
• Kazakhstan, Returning to the ‘A,’ Egor Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky, director;
• Lebanon, Where Do We Go Now? Nadine Labaki, director;
• Lithuania, Back to Your Arms, Kristijonas Vildziunas, director;
• Macedonia, Punk Is Not Dead, Vladimir Blazevski, director;
• Mexico, Miss Bala, Gerardo Naranjo, director;
• Morocco, Omar Killed Me, Roschdy Zem, director;
• Netherlands, Sonny Boy, Maria Peters, director;
• New Zealand, The Orator, Tusi Tamasese, director;
• Norway, Happy, Happy, Anne Sewitsky, director;
• Peru, October, Diego Vega and Daniel Vega, directors;
• Philippines, The Woman in the Septic Tank, Marlon N. Rivera, director;
• Poland, In Darkness, Agnieszka Holland, director;
• Portugal, José and Pilar, Miguel Gonçalves Mendes, director;
• Romania, Morgen, Marian Crisan, director;
• Russia, Burnt by the Sun 2: The Citadel, Nikita Mikhalkov, director;
• Serbia, Montevideo: Taste of a Dream, Dragan Bjelogrlic’, director;
• Singapore, Tatsumi, Eric Khoo, director;
• Slovak Republic__,Gypsy__, Martin Sulík, director;
• South Africa__,Beauty__, Oliver Hermanus, director;
• South Korea__,The Front Line__, Jang Hun, director;
• Spain, Black Bread, Agusti Villaronga, director;
• Sweden, Beyond, Pernilla August, director;
• Switzerland, Summer Games, Rolando Colla, director;
• Taiwan, Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale, Wei Te-sheng, director;
• Thailand, Kon Khon, Sarunyu Wongkrachang, director;
• Turkey, Once upon a Time in Anatolia, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, director;
• United Kingdom__,Patagonia__, Marc Evans, director;
• Uruguay, The Silent House, Gustavo Hernández, director;
• Venezuela, Rumble of the Stones, Alejandro Bellame Palacios, director;
• Vietnam, The Prince and the Pagoda Boy, Luu Trong Ninh, director.

The Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2011 will be presented on Sunday, February 26, 2012, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center. Stick with DigitalHit.com for full coverage of the 84th Academy Awards.