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List of submissions to the 50th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

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1977 Best Foreign Language Film submissions
Highlights
Oscar winnerFrance Madame Rosa
Total submissions24
First-time submissions3
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This is a list of submissions to the 50th 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 50th Academy Awards, twenty-four films were submitted in the category Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Iran, Morocco and Venezuela entered the competition for the first time. The highlighted titles were the five nominated films. These films came from France, Greece, Israel, Italy and Spain. France won the award for Madame Rosa,[3] a drama by an Israeli director about Madame Rosa, a retired prostitute and Holocaust survivor in Paris.[4]

Submissions

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Submitting country Film title used in nomination Original title Language(s) Director(s) Result
 Argentina What Does Fall Mean? ¿Qué es el otoño? Spanish Daniel Portela and David José Kohon Not nominated
 Austria I Want to Live Ich will leben German Jörg A. Eggers Not nominated
 Belgium Rubens Rubens, schilder en diplomaat Dutch Roland Verhavert Not nominated
 Brazil Tent of Miracles Tenda dos Milagres Brazilian Portuguese Nelson Pereira dos Santos Not nominated
 Canada J.A. Martin Photographer J.A. Martin photographe French Jean Beaudin Not nominated
 Denmark Boys Drenge Danish Nils Malmros Not nominated
 France Madame Rosa La Vie devant soi French Moshé Mizrahi Won Academy Award
 East Germany Mom, I Am Alive Mama, ich lebe German Konrad Wolf Not nominated
 West Germany The American Friend Der Amerikanische Freund German, English, French Wim Wenders Not nominated
 Greece Iphigenia Ἰφιγένεια Greek Michael Cacoyannis Nominated
 Hungary A Strange Role Herkulesfürdöi emlék Hungarian Pál Sándor Not nominated
 India Manthan मंथन Hindi Shyam Benegal Not nominated
 Iran The Cycle دايره مينا Persian Dariush Mehrjui Not nominated
 Israel Operation Thunderbolt[5] מבצע יונתן Hebrew, English, Arabic, German, French, Spanish Menahem Golan Nominated
 Italy A Special Day Una giornata particolare Italian Ettore Scola Nominated
 Japan Mt. Hakkoda 八甲田山 Japanese Shiro Moritani Not nominated
 Mexico Pafnucio Santo Spanish Rafael Corkidi Not nominated
 Morocco Blood Wedding Noces de sang French Souheil Ben-Barka Not nominated
 Netherlands Soldier of Orange Soldaat van Oranje Dutch, English, German Paul Verhoeven Not nominated
 Poland Camouflage Barwy ochronne Polish Krzysztof Zanussi Not nominated
 Soviet Union The Ascent Восхождение Russian Larisa Shepitko Not nominated
 Spain That Obscure Object of Desire Cet obscur objet du désir, Ese oscuro objeto del deseo French, Spanish Luis Buñuel Nominated
 Sweden The Man on the Roof Mannen på taket Swedish Bo Widerberg Not nominated
 Venezuela The Fish That Smokes El pez que fuma Spanish Román Chalbaud Not nominated

References

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  1. ^ "History of the Academy Awards 2 - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences". 2008-06-22. Archived from the original on 2008-06-22. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
  2. ^ a b "Rule 14 | 81st Academy Awards Rules | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences". 2008-08-09. Archived from the original on 2008-08-09. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
  3. ^ "The 50th Academy Awards (1978) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
  4. ^ Madame Rosa (1977) – FilmAffinity
  5. ^ From the Archive: Israel's impressive losing record at the Oscars – Jewish Telegraphic Agency

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