Sixty-five countries, including first-time entrants Ethiopia and Greenland, have submitted films for consideration in the Foreign Language Film category for the 83rd Academy Awards®.
The 2010 submissions are:
- Albania, “East, West, East,” Gjergj Xhuvani, director;
- Algeria, “Hors la Loi” (“Outside the Law”), Rachid Bouchareb, director;
- Argentina, “Carancho,” Pablo Trapero, director;
- Austria, “La Pivellina,” Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel, directors;
- Azerbaijan, “The Precinct,” Ilgar Safat, director;
- Bangladesh, “Third Person Singular Number,” Mostofa Sarwar Farooki, director;
- Belgium, “Illegal,” Olivier Masset-Depasse, director;
- Bosnia and Herzegovina, “Circus Columbia,” Danis Tanovic, director;
- Brazil, “Lula, the Son of Brazil,” Fabio Barreto, director;
- Bulgaria, “Eastern Plays,” Kamen Kalev, director;
- Canada, “Incendies,” Denis Villeneuve, director;
- Chile, “The Life of Fish,” Matias Bize, director;
- China, “Aftershock,” Feng Xiaogang, director;
- Colombia, “Crab Trap,” Oscar Ruiz Navia, director;
- Costa Rica, “Of Love and Other Demons,” Hilda Hidalgo, director;
- Croatia, “The Blacks,” Goran Devic and Zvonimir Juric, directors;
- Czech Republic, “Kawasaki’s Rose,” Jan Hrebejk, director;
- Denmark, “In a Better World,” Susanne Bier, director;
- Egypt, “Messages from the Sea,” Daoud Abdel Sayed, director;
- Estonia, “The Temptation of St. Tony,” Veiko Ounpuu, director;
- Ethiopia, “The Athlete,” Davey Frankel and Rasselas Lakew, directors;
- Finland, “Steam of Life,” Joonas Berghall and Mika Hotakainen, directors;
- France, “Of Gods and Men,” Xavier Beauvois, director;
- Georgia, “Street Days,” Levan Koguashvili, director;
- Germany, “When We Leave,” Feo Aladag, director;
- Greece, “Dogtooth,” Yorgos Lanthimos, director;
- Greenland, “Nuummioq,” Otto Rosing and Torben Bech, directors;
- Hong Kong, “Echoes of the Rainbow,” Alex Law, director;
- Hungary, “Bibliotheque Pascal,” Szabolcs Hajdu, director;
- Iceland, “Mamma Gogo,” Fridrik Thor Fridriksson, director;
- India, “Peepli [Live],” Anusha Rizvi, director;
- Indonesia, “How Funny (Our Country Is),” Deddy Mizwar, director;
- Iran, “Farewell Baghdad,” Mehdi Naderi, director;
- Iraq, “Son of Babylon,” Mohamed Al-Daradji, director;
- Israel, “The Human Resources Manager,” Eran Riklis, director;
- Italy, “La Prima Cosa Bella” (“The First Beautiful Thing”), Paolo Virzi, director;
- Japan, “Confessions,” Tetsuya Nakashima, director;
- Kazakhstan, “Strayed,” Akan Satayev, director;
- Korea, “A Barefoot Dream,” Tae-kyun Kim, director;
- Kyrgyzstan, “The Light Thief,” Aktan Arym Kubat, director;
- Latvia, “Hong Kong Confidential,” Maris Martinsons, director;
- Macedonia, “Mothers,” Milcho Manchevski, director;
- Mexico, “Biutiful,” Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, director;
- Netherlands, “Tirza,” Rudolf van den Berg, director;
- Nicaragua, “La Yuma,” Florence Jaugey, director;
- Norway, “The Angel,” Margreth Olin, director;
- Peru, “Undertow” (“Contracorriente”), Javier Fuentes-Leon, director;
- Philippines, “Noy,” Dondon S. Santos and Rodel Nacianceno, directors;
- Poland, “All That I Love,” Jacek Borcuch, director;
- Portugal, “To Die Like a Man,” Joao Pedro Rodrigues, director;
- Puerto Rico, “Miente” (“Lie”), Rafael Mercado, director;
- Romania, “If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle,” Florin Serban, director;
- Russia, “The Edge,” Alexey Uchitel, director;
- Serbia, “Besa,” Srdjan Karanovic, director;
- Slovakia, “Hranica” (“The Border”), Jaroslav Vojtek, director;
- Slovenia, “9:06,” Igor Sterk, director;
- South Africa, “Life, above All,” Oliver Schmitz, director;
- Spain, “Tambien la Lluvia” (“Even the Rain”), Iciar Bollain, director;
- Sweden, “Simple Simon,” Andreas Ohman, director;
- Switzerland, “La Petite Chambre,” Stephanie Chuat and Veronique Reymond, directors;
- Taiwan, “Monga,” Chen-zer Niu, director;
- Thailand, “Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives,” Apichatpong Weerasethakul, director;
- Turkey, “Bal” (“Honey”), Semih Kaplanoglu, director;
- Uruguay, “La Vida Util,” Federico Veiroj, director;
- Venezuela, “Hermano,” Marcel Rasquin, director.
The 83rd Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Tuesday, January 25, 2011, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.
Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2010 will be presented on Sunday, February 27, 2011, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 200 countries worldwide.