List of submissions to the 70th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

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1997 Best Foreign Language Film submissions
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Oscar winner Flag of the Netherlands.svg Character
Total submissions44
First-time submissions3
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This is a list of submissions to the 70th 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 70th Academy Awards, forty-four films were submitted in the category Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The submission deadline was set on November 1, 1997. [3] The highlighted titles were the five nominated films, which came from Brazil, Germany, Russia and Spain, and the eventual winner, Character , from the Netherlands. [4] The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Luxembourg and Ukraine submitted a film for the first time. South Africa sent its first film since the end of apartheid.

Submissions

Submitting countryFilm title used in nominationOriginal titleLanguage(s)Director(s)Result
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Ashes of Paradise Cenizas del paraíso Spanish Marcelo Piñeyro Not nominated
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria The Unfish Der Unfisch German Robert Dornhelm Not nominated
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium My Life in Pink Ma Vie en Rose French Alain Berliner Not nominated
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Four Days in September O que é isso, companheiro? Brazilian Portuguese Bruno Barreto Nominated
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Cosmos French Jennifer Alleyn, Manon Briand, Marie-Julie Dallaire, Arto Paragamian, André Turpin & Denis Villeneuve Not nominated
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia The Debt La deudaSpanishManuel José Álvarez & Nicolás BuenaventuraNot nominated
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Lapitch the Little Shoemaker Čudnovate zgode šegrta Hlapića Croatian, English, German Milan Blažeković Not nominated
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba Vertical Love Amor verticalSpanishArturo Sotto DíazNot nominated
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic A Forgotten Light Zapomenuté světlo Czech Vladimír Michálek Not nominated
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1997-2003).svg Democratic Republic of the Congo Macadam Tribu French Zeka Laplaine Not nominated
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Barbara Danish Nils Malmros Not nominated
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Destiny المصير Egyptian Arabic, French, Spanish Youssef Chahine Not nominated
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland The Collector Neitoperho Finnish Auli Mantila Not nominated
Flag of France.svg  France Western French Manuel Poirier Not nominated
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Beyond Silence Jenseits der StilleGerman, German Sign Language Caroline Link Nominated
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Slaughter of the Cock Η Σφαγή του Κόκορα Greek Andreas PantzisNot nominated
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary The Witman Boys Witman fiúk Hungarian János Szász Not nominated
Flag of India.svg  India Guru ഗുരു Malayalam Rajeev Anchal Not nominated
Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland Blossi/810551 Icelandic Júlíus Kemp Not nominated
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Gabbeh گبه Persian Mohsen Makhmalbaf Not nominated
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Pick a Card עפולה אקספרס Hebrew Julie ShlesNot nominated
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy The Best Man Il testimone dello sposo Italian Pupi Avati Not nominated
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan Princess Mononoke もののけ姫 Japanese Hayao Miyazaki Not nominated
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg Women EllesFrenchLuís Galvão TelesNot nominated
Flag of North Macedonia.svg Macedonia Gypsy Magic Џипси меџик Macedonian Stole Popov Not nominated
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Deep Crimson Profundo CarmesíSpanish Arturo Ripstein Not nominated
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Character Karakter Dutch Mike van Diem Won Academy Award
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Junk Mail Budbringeren Norwegian Pål Sletaune Not nominated
Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg  Philippines Milagros Tagalog, Filipino Marilou Diaz-Abaya Not nominated
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Love Stories Historie Miłosne Polish Jerzy Stuhr Not nominated
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Journey to the Beginning of the World Voyage au début du monde, Viagem ao Princípio do MundoFrench, Portuguese Manoel de Oliveira Not nominated
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia The Thief Вор Russian Pavel Chukhray Nominated
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Orbis Pictus Slovak Martin Šulík Not nominated
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Outsider Avtsajder Slovene Andrej KošakNot nominated
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Paljas Afrikaans Katinka Heyns Not nominated
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Secrets of the Heart Secretos del corazónSpanish Montxo Armendáriz Nominated
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Tic Tac Swedish Daniel Alfredson Not nominated
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland For Ever Mozart French Jean-Luc Godard Not nominated
Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan Yours and Mine 我的神经病 Mandarin Shaudi Wang Not nominated
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand Daughter 2 เสียดาย 2 Thai Chatrichalerm Yukol Not nominated
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey The Bandit Eşkıya Turkish Yavuz Turgul Not nominated
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine A Friend of the Deceased Приятель покойника /Приятель небіжчикаRussian, Ukrainian Vyacheslav KrishtofovichNot nominated
Flag of Venezuela (1930-1954).svg  Venezuela One Life and Two Trails Una vida y dos mandadosSpanishAlberto ArveloNot nominated
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg  Yugoslavia Three Summer Days Три летња дана Serbian Mirjana Vukomanović Not nominated

References

  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. 1 2 "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. "44 Countries Hoping for Oscar Nominations". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 24 November 1997. Archived from the original on 13 February 1998. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  4. "The 70th Academy Awards (1998) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 13 October 2015.