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

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1977 Best Foreign Language Film submissions
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Oscar winner Flag of France.svg Madame Rosa
Total submissions24
First-time submissions3
  1976  · List ·  1978  

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]

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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

Submitting countryFilm title used in nominationOriginal titleLanguage(s)Director(s)Result
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina What Does Fall Mean? ¿Qué es el otoño? Spanish Daniel Portela and David José Kohon Not nominated
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria I Want to Live Ich will leben German Jörg A. Eggers Not nominated
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Rubens Rubens, schilder en diplomaat Dutch Roland Verhavert Not nominated
Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil Tent of Miracles Tenda dos Milagres Brazilian Portuguese Nelson Pereira dos Santos Not nominated
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada J.A. Martin Photographer J.A. Martin photographe French Jean Beaudin Not nominated
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Boys Drenge Danish Nils Malmros Not nominated
Flag of France.svg  France Madame Rosa La Vie devant soiFrench Moshé Mizrahi Won Academy Award
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany Mom, I Am Alive Mama, ich lebeGerman Konrad Wolf Not nominated
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany The American Friend Der Amerikanische FreundGerman, English, French Wim Wenders Not nominated
Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg  Greece Iphigenia Ἰφιγένεια Greek Michael Cacoyannis Nominated
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary A Strange Role Herkulesfürdöi emlék Hungarian Pál Sándor Not nominated
Flag of India.svg  India Manthan मंथन Hindi Shyam Benegal Not nominated
State Flag of Iran (1964).svg  Iran The Cycle دايره مينا Persian Dariush Mehrjui Not nominated
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Operation Thunderbolt [5] מבצע יונתן Hebrew, English, Arabic, German, French, Spanish Menahem Golan Nominated
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy A Special Day Una giornata particolare Italian Ettore Scola Nominated
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan Mt. Hakkoda 八甲田山 Japanese Shiro Moritani Not nominated
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Pafnucio Santo Spanish Rafael Corkidi Not nominated
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco Blood Wedding Noces de sangFrench Souheil Ben-Barka Not nominated
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Soldier of Orange Soldaat van OranjeDutch, English, German Paul Verhoeven Not nominated
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland Camouflage Barwy ochronne Polish Krzysztof Zanussi Not nominated
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union The Ascent Восхождение Russian Larisa Shepitko Not nominated
Flag of Spain (1977-1981).svg  Spain That Obscure Object of Desire Cet obscur objet du désir, Ese oscuro objeto del deseoFrench, Spanish Luis Buñuel Nominated
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden The Man on the Roof Mannen på taket Swedish Bo Widerberg Not nominated
Flag of Venezuela (1930-1954).svg  Venezuela The Fish That Smokes El pez que fumaSpanish Román Chalbaud Not nominated

References

  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. 1 2 "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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