A record 92 countries have submitted films for consideration in the Foreign Language Film category for the 90th Academy Awards®. Haiti, Honduras, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Mozambique, Senegal and Syria are first-time entrants.
The 2017 submissions are:
- Afghanistan, “A Letter to the President,” Roya Sadat, director;
- Albania, “Daybreak,” Gentian Koรงi, director;
- Algeria, “Road to Istanbul,” Rachid Bouchareb, director;
- Argentina, “Zama,” Lucrecia Martel, director;
- Armenia, “Yeva,” Anahit Abad, director;
- Australia, “The Space Between,” Ruth Borgobello, director;
- Austria, “Happy End,” Michael Haneke, director;
- Azerbaijan, “Pomegranate Orchard,” Ilgar Najaf, director;
- Bangladesh, “The Cage,” Akram Khan, director;
- Belgium, “Racer and the Jailbird,” Michaรซl R. Roskam, director;
- Bolivia, “Dark Skull,” Kiro Russo, director;
- Bosnia and Herzegovina, “Men Don’t Cry,” Alen Drljeviฤ, director;
- Brazil, “Bingo – The King of the Mornings,” Daniel Rezende, director;
- Bulgaria, “Glory,” Petar Valchanov, Kristina Grozeva, directors;
- Cambodia, “First They Killed My Father,” Angelina Jolie, director;
- Canada, “Hochelaga, Land of Souls,” Franรงois Girard, director;
- Chile, “A Fantastic Woman,” Sebastiรกn Lelio, director;
- China, “Wolf Warrior 2,” Wu Jing, director;
- Colombia, “Guilty Men,” Ivรกn D. Gaona, director;
- Costa Rica, “The Sound of Things,” Ariel Escalante, director;
- Croatia, “Quit Staring at My Plate,” Hana Juลกiฤ, director;
- Czech Republic, “Ice Mother,” Bohdan Slรกma, director;
- Denmark, “You Disappear,” Peter Schรธnau Fog, director;
- Dominican Republic, “Woodpeckers,” Jose Maria Cabral, director;
- Ecuador, “Alba,” Ana Cristina Barragรกn, director;
- Egypt, “Sheikh Jackson,” Amr Salama, director;
- Estonia, “November,” Rainer Sarnet, director;
- Finland, “Tom of Finland,” Dome Karukoski, director;
- France, “BPM (Beats Per Minute),” Robin Campillo, director;
- Georgia, “Scary Mother,” Ana Urushadze, director;
- Germany, “In the Fade,” Fatih Akin, director;
- Greece, “Amerika Square,” Yannis Sakaridis, director;
- Haiti, “Ayiti Mon Amour,” Guetty Felin, director;
- Honduras, “Morazรกn,” Hispano Durรณn, director;
- Hong Kong, “Mad World,” Wong Chun, director;
- Hungary, “On Body and Soul,” Ildikรณ Enyedi, director;
- Iceland, “Under the Tree,” Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurรฐsson, director;
- India, “Newton,” Amit V Masurkar, director;
- Indonesia, “Turah,” Wicaksono Wisnu Legowo, director;
- Iran, “Breath,” Narges Abyar, director;
- Iraq, “Reseba – The Dark Wind,” Hussein Hassan, director;
- Ireland, “Song of Granite,” Pat Collins, director;
- Israel, “Foxtrot,” Samuel Maoz, director;
- Italy, “A Ciambra,” Jonas Carpignano, director;
- Japan, “Her Love Boils Bathwater,” Ryota Nakano, director;
- Kazakhstan, “The Road to Mother,” Akhan Satayev, director;
- Kenya, “Kati Kati,” Mbithi Masya, director;
- Kosovo, “Unwanted,” Edon Rizvanolli, director;
- Kyrgyzstan, “Centaur,” Aktan Arym Kubat, director;
- Lao People’s Democratic Republic, “Dearest Sister,” Mattie Do, director;
- Latvia, “The Chronicles of Melanie,” Viestur Kairish, director;
- Lebanon, “The Insult,” Ziad Doueiri, director;
- Lithuania, “Frost,” Sharunas Bartas, director;
- Luxembourg, “Barrage,” Laura Schroeder, director;
- Mexico, “Tempestad,” Tatiana Huezo, director;
- Mongolia, “The Children of Genghis,” Zolbayar Dorj, director;
- Morocco, “Razzia,” Nabil Ayouch, director;
- Mozambique, “The Train of Salt and Sugar,” Licinio Azevedo, director;
- Nepal, “White Sun,” Deepak Rauniyar, director;
- Netherlands, “Layla M.,” Mijke de Jong, director;
- New Zealand, “One Thousand Ropes,” Tusi Tamasese, director;
- Norway, “Thelma,” Joachim Trier, director;
- Pakistan, “Saawan,” Farhan Alam, director;
- Palestine, “Wajib,” Annemarie Jacir, director;
- Panama, “Beyond Brotherhood,” Arianne Benedetti, director;
- Paraguay, “Los Buscadores,” Juan Carlos Maneglia, Tana Schembori, directors;
- Peru, “Rosa Chumbe,” Jonatan Relayze, director;
- Philippines, “Birdshot,” Mikhail Red, director;
- Poland, “Spoor,” Agnieszka Holland, Kasia Adamik, directors;
- Portugal, “Saint George,” Marco Martins, director;
- Romania, “Fixeur,” Adrian Sitaru, director;
- Russia, “Loveless,” Andrey Zvyagintsev, director;
- Senegal, “Fรฉlicitรฉ,” Alain Gomis, director;
- Serbia, “Requiem for Mrs. J.,” Bojan Vuletic, director;
- Singapore, “Pop Aye,” Kirsten Tan, director;
- Slovakia, “The Line,” Peter Bebjak, director;
- Slovenia, “The Miner,” Hanna A. W. Slak, director;
- South Africa, “The Wound,” John Trengove, director;
- South Korea, “A Taxi Driver,” Jang Hoon, director;
- Spain, “Summer 1993,” Carla Simรณn, director;
- Sweden, “The Square,” Ruben รstlund, director;
- Switzerland, “The Divine Order,” Petra Volpe, director;
- Syria, “Little Gandhi,” Sam Kadi, director;
- Taiwan, “Small Talk,” Hui-Chen Huang, director;
- Thailand, “By the Time It Gets Dark,” Anocha Suwichakornpong, director;
- Tunisia, “The Last of Us,” Ala Eddine Slim, director;
- Turkey, “Ayla: The Daughter of War,” Can Ulkay, director;
- Ukraine, “Black Level,” Valentyn Vasyanovych, director;
- United Kingdom, “My Pure Land,” Sarmad Masud, director;
- Uruguay, “Another Story of the World,” Guillermo Casanova, director;
- Venezuela, “El Inca,” Ignacio Castillo Cottin, director;
- Vietnam, “Father and Son,” Luong Dinh Dung, director.
Nominations for the 90th Academy Awards will be announced on Tuesday, January 23, 2018.
The 90th Oscars® will be held on Sunday, March 4, 2018, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center® in Hollywood, and will be televised live on the ABC Television Network at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT. The Oscars also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.
