Mexican director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s “Biutiful,” which earned Javier Bardem a best-actor prize at the Cannes Film Festival, is among the contenders for foreign-language honors at the Academy Awards.
Also among Oscar submissions from 65 countries that were announced Wednesday is Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s “Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives,” which won the top Cannes award, the Palme d’Or, last May.
The second-place winner at Cannes, Xavier Beauvois’ “Of Gods and Men,” is France’s Oscar entry, while Semih Kaplanoglu’s “Honey”, which won the top honor at February’s Berlin film festival, is Turkey’s submission.
The Oscar list also includes the first-ever entries from Ethiopia (Davey Frankel and Rasselas Lakew’s “The Athlete”) and Greenland (Otto Rosing and Torben Bech’s “Nuummioq”).
Inarritu previously competed at the Oscars with 2006’s “Babel,” whose seven nominations included best picture and director.
Nominations are due out Jan. 25, with the 83rd Oscar ceremony following on Feb. 27.
Here are the 65 foreign-language contenders for the 83rd Academy Awards, along with the names of directors and countries of origin:
Albania, “East, West, East,” Gjergj Xhuvani.
Algeria, “Outside the Law,” Rachid Bouchareb.
Argentina, “Carancho,” Pablo Trapero.
Austria, “La Pivellina,” Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel.
Azerbaijan, “The Precinct,” Ilgar Safat.
Bangladesh, “Third Person Singular Number,” Mostofa Sarwar Farooki.
Belgium, “Illegal,” Olivier Masset-Depasse.
Bosnia and Herzegovina, “Circus Columbia,” Danis Tanovic.
Brazil, “Lula, the Son of Brazil,” Fabio Barreto.
Bulgaria, “Eastern Plays,” Kamen Kalev.
Canada, “Incendies,” Denis Villeneuve.
Chile, “The Life of Fish,” Matias Bize.
China, “Aftershock,” Feng Xiaogang.
Colombia, “Crab Trap,” Oscar Ruiz Navia.
Costa Rica, “Of Love and Other Demons,” Hilda Hidalgo.
Croatia, “The Blacks,” Goran Devic and Zvonimir Juric.
Czech Republic, “Kawasaki’s Rose,” Jan Hrebejk.
Denmark, “In a Better World,” Susanne Bier.
Egypt, “Messages from the Sea,” Daoud Abdel Sayed.
Estonia, “The Temptation of St. Tony,” Veiko Ounpuu.
Ethiopia, “The Athlete,” Davey Frankel and Rasselas Lakew.
Finland, “Steam of Life,” Joonas Berghall and Mika Hotakainen.
France, “Of Gods and Men,” Xavier Beauvois.
Georgia, “Street Days,” Levan Koguashvili.
Germany, “When We Leave,” Feo Aladag.
Greece, “Dogtooth,” Yorgos Lanthimos.
Greenland, “Nuummioq,” Otto Rosing and Torben Bech.
Hong Kong, “Echoes of the Rainbow,” Alex Law.
Hungary, “Bibliotheque Pascal,” Szabolcs Hajdu.
Iceland, “Mamma Gogo,” Fridrik Thor Fridriksson.
India, “Peepli (Live),” Anusha Rizvi.
Indonesia, “How Funny (Our Country Is),” Deddy Mizwar.
Iran, “Farewell Baghdad,” Mehdi Naderi.
Iraq, “Son of Babylon,” Mohamed Al-Daradji.
Israel, “The Human Resources Manager,” Eran Riklis.
Italy, “The First Beautiful Thing,” Paolo Virzi.
Japan, “Confessions,” Tetsuya Nakashima.
Kazakhstan, “Strayed,” Akan Satayev.
Korea, “A Barefoot Dream,” Tae-kyun Kim.
Kyrgyzstan, “The Light Thief,” Aktan Arym Kubat.
Latvia, “Hong Kong Confidential,” Maris Martinsons.
Macedonia, “Mothers,” Milcho Manchevski.
Mexico, “Biutiful,” Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu.
Netherlands, “Tirza,” Rudolf van den Berg.
Nicaragua, “La Yuma,” Florence Jaugey.
Norway, “The Angel,” Margreth Olin.
Peru, “Undertow,” Javier Fuentes-Leon.
Philippines, “Noy,” Dondon S. Santos and Rodel Nacianceno.
Poland, “All That I Love,” Jacek Borcuch.
Portugal, “To Die Like a Man,” Joao Pedro Rodrigues.
Puerto Rico, “Lie,” Rafael Mercado.
Romania, “If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle,” Florin Serban.
Russia, “The Edge,” Alexey Uchitel.
Serbia, “Besa,” Srdjan Karanovic.
Slovakia, “The Border,” Jaroslav Vojtek.
Slovenia, “9:06,” Igor Sterk.
South Africa, “Life, above All,” Oliver Schmitz.
Spain, “Even the Rain,” Iciar Bollain.
Sweden, “Simple Simon,” Andreas Ohman.
Switzerland, “La Petite Chambre,” Stephanie Chuat and Veronique Reymond.
Taiwan, “Monga,” Chen-zer Niu.
Thailand, “Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives,” Apichatpong Weerasethakul.
Turkey, “Honey,” Semih Kaplanoglu.
Uruguay, “La Vida Util,” Federico Veiroj.
Venezuela, “Hermano,” Marcel Rasquin.
