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List of submissions to the 63rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

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Ceremony poster for the 63rd Academy Awards

This is a list of submissions to the 63rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film was created in 1956 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honour non-English-speaking films produced outside the United States.[1] The award is handed out annually, and is accepted by the winning film's director, although it is considered an award for the submitting country as a whole.[2] Countries are invited by the Academy to submit their best films for competition according to strict rules, with only one film being accepted from each country.[2]

For the 63rd Academy Awards, thirty-seven films were submitted in the category Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.[3] The five nominated films came from China, France, Germany, Italy and the eventual winner, Journey of Hope from Switzerland.[3] Chile and Germany submitted films for the first time. Germany had previously submitted as East Germany and West Germany.

Submissions

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Submitting country Film title used in nomination Original title Language(s) Director(s) Result
 Argentina I, the Worst of All Yo, la peor de todas Spanish María Luisa Bemberg Not nominated
 Austria Requiem for Dominic Requiem für Dominik German Robert Dornhelm Not nominated
 Bulgaria Margarit and Margarita Маргарит и Маргарита Bulgarian Nikolai Volev Not nominated
 Canada An Imaginary Tale Une histoire inventée French André Forcier Not nominated
 Chile The Moon in the Mirror La Luna en el espejo Spanish Silvio Caiozzi Not nominated
 China Ju Dou 菊豆 Mandarin Zhang Yimou, Yang Fengliang Nominated
 Cuba The Beauty of the Alhambra La bella del Alhambra Spanish Enrique Pineda Barnet Not nominated
 Czechoslovakia Vojtech, Called the Orphan Vojtěch, řečený sirotek Czech Zdeněk Tyc Not nominated
 Denmark Dance of the Polar Bears Lad isbjørnene danse Danish Birger Larsen Not nominated
 Egypt Alexandria Again and Forever إسكندرية كمان وكمان Egyptian Arabic Youssef Chahine Not nominated
 Finland The Winter War Talvisota Finnish Pekka Parikka Not nominated
 France Cyrano de Bergerac French Jean-Paul Rappeneau Nominated
 Germany The Nasty Girl Das schreckliche Mädchen German Michael Verhoeven Nominated
 Greece Love Under the Date-Tree Έρωτας στη χουρμαδιά Greek Stavros Tsiolis Not nominated
 Hong Kong Eight Taels of Gold 八兩金 Cantonese Mabel Cheung Not nominated
 Hungary Little but Tough Kicsi, de nagyon erös Hungarian Ferenc Grunwalsky Not nominated
 Iceland The Adventures of Paper Peter Ævintýri Pappírs Pésa Icelandic Ari Kristinsson Not nominated
 India Anjali அஞ்சலி Tamil Mani Ratnam Not nominated
 Indonesia My Sky, My Home Langitku rumahku Indonesian Slamet Rahardjo Not nominated
 Israel The Lookout שורו Hebrew Savi Gabizon Not nominated
 Italy Open Doors Porte aperte Italian Gianni Amelio Nominated
 Japan The Sting of Death 死の棘 Japanese Kōhei Oguri Not nominated
 Mexico Cabeza de Vaca Spanish Nicolás Echevarría Not nominated
 Netherlands Evenings De Avonden Dutch Rudolf van den Berg Not nominated
 Norway Herman Norwegian Erik Gustavson Not nominated
 Peru Fallen from Heaven Caídos del cielo Spanish Francisco José Lombardi Not nominated
 Poland Korczak Polish Andrzej Wajda Not nominated
 Portugal The King's Trial O Processo do Rei Portuguese João Mário Grilo Not nominated
 Romania Carnival Scenes De ce trag clopotele, Mitica? Romanian Lucian Pintilie Not nominated
 South Korea Mayumi 마유미 Korean Shin Sang-ok Not nominated
 Soviet Union Taxi Blues Такси-блюз Russian Pavel Lungin Not nominated
 Spain ¡Ay Carmela! Spanish Carlos Saura Not nominated
 Sweden Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg God afton, Herr Wallenberg Swedish Kjell Grede Not nominated
 Switzerland Journey of Hope Reise der Hoffnung, Umuda Yolculuk Turkish, Swiss German, Italian Xavier Koller Won Academy Award
 Taiwan Song of the Exile 客途秋恨 Cantonese, Japanese, Mandarin, English Ann Hui Not nominated
 Thailand Song for Chao Phraya น้องเมีย Thai Chatrichalerm Yukol Not nominated
 Yugoslavia Time of Miracles Време чуда Serbo-Croatian Goran Paskaljević Not nominated

Notes

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  • China Ju Dou became the first Chinese film to be nominated for an Oscar, despite China's flip-flop over whether it even wanted the film in the competition. The film was officially selected by China's national film board, which later unsuccessfully tried to persuade the Academy to withdraw the film.
  • Romania The 1981 Romanian film Carnival Scenes had been banned in Romania and was not released in local theatres. Since the film had never been released, the Academy initially accepted it as a new film. However, while the film was listed on AMPAS' Fall 1991 press release, it was not listed in a 2007 updated list. It is unknown whether the film actually screened or was disqualified.

References

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General
  • Montagut, Albert (15 January 1991). "¡Ay, Carmela!, de Saura, competirá con otras 36 películas para alcanzar el Oscar". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 August 2008.
Specific
  1. ^ "History of the Academy Awards 2 - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences". 22 June 2008. Archived from the original on 22 June 2008. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Rule 14 | 81st Academy Awards Rules | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences". 9 August 2008. Archived from the original on 9 August 2008. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  3. ^ a b "The 63rd Academy Awards (1991) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
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