Eighty-seven countries have submitted films for consideration in the Foreign Language Film category for the 91st Academy Awards®. Malawi and Niger are first-time entrants.
The 2018 submissions are:
- Afghanistan, “Rona Azim’s Mother,” Jamshid Mahmoudi, director;
- Algeria, “Until the End of Time,” Yasmine Chouikh, director;
- Argentina, “El Ángel,” Luis Ortega, director;
- Armenia, “Spitak,” Alexander Kott, director;
- Australia, “Jirga,” Benjamin Gilmour, director;
- Austria, “The Waldheim Waltz,” Ruth Beckermann, director;
- Bangladesh, “No Bed of Roses,” Mostofa Sarwar Farooki, director;
- Belarus, “Crystal Swan,” Darya Zhuk, director;
- Belgium, “Girl,” Lukas Dhont, director;
- Boivia, “The Goalkeeper,” Rodrigo “Gory” Patiño, director;
- Bosnia and Herzegovina, “Never Leave Me,” Aida Begić, director;
- Brazil, “The Great Mystical Circus,” Carlos Diegues, director;
- Bulgaria, “Omnipresent,” Ilian Djevelekov, director;
- Cambodia, “Graves without a Name,” Rithy Panh, director;
- Canada, “Family Ties,” Sophie Dupuis, director;
- Chile, “…And Suddenly the Dawn,” Silvio Caiozzi, director;
- China, “Hidden Man,” Jiang Wen, director;
- Colombia, “Birds of Passage,” Cristina Gallego, Ciro Guerra, directors;
- Costa Rica, “Medea,” Alexandra Latishev, director;
- Croatia, “The Eighth Commissioner,” Ivan Salaj, director;
- Czech Republic, “Winter Flies,” Olmo Omerzu, director;
- Denmark, “The Guilty,” Gustav Möller, director;
- Dominican Republic, “Cocote,” Nelson Carlo De Los Santos Arias, director;
- Ecuador, “A Son of Man,” Jamaicanoproblem, director;
- Egypt, “Yomeddine,” A.B. Shawky, director;
- Estonia, “Take It or Leave It,” Liina Trishkina-Vanhatalo, director;
- Finland, “Euthanizer,” Teemu Nikki, director;
- France, “Memoir of War,” Emmanuel Finkiel, director;
- Georgia, “Namme,” Zaza Khalvashi, director;
- Germany, “Never Look Away,” Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, director;
- Greece, “Polyxeni,” Dora Masklavanou, director;
- Hong Kong, “Operation Red Sea,” Dante Lam, director;
- Hungary, “Sunset,” László Nemes, director;
- Iceland, “Woman at War,” Benedikt Erlingsson, director;
- India, “Village Rockstars,” Rima Das, director;
- Indonesia, “Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts,” Mouly Surya, director;
- Iran, “No Date, No Signature,” Vahid Jalilvand, director;
- Iraq, “The Journey,” Mohamed Jabarah Al-Daradji, director;
- Israel, “The Cakemaker,” Ofir Raul Graizer, director;
- Italy, “Dogman,” Matteo Garrone, director;
- Japan, “Shoplifters,” Hirokazu Kore-eda, director;
- Kazakhstan, “Ayka,” Sergey Dvortsevoy, director;
- Kenya, “Supa Modo,” Likarion Wainaina, director;
- Kosovo, “The Marriage,” Blerta Zeqiri, director;
- Latvia, “To Be Continued,” Ivars Seleckis, director;
- Lebanon, “Capernaum,” Nadine Labaki, director;
- Lithuania, “Wonderful Losers: A Different World,” Arunas Matelis, director;
- Luxembourg, “Gutland,” Govinda Van Maele, director;
- Macedonia, “Secret Ingredient,” Gjorce Stavreski, director;
- Malawi, “The Road to Sunrise,” Shemu Joyah, director;
- Mexico, “Roma,” Alfonso Cuarón, director;
- Montenegro, “Iskra,” Gojko Berkuljan, director;
- Morocco, “Burnout,” Nour-Eddine Lakhmari, director;
- Nepal, “Panchayat,” Shivam Adhikari, director;
- Netherlands, “The Resistance Banker,” Joram Lürsen, director;
- New Zealand, “Yellow Is Forbidden,” Pietra Brettkelly, director;
- Niger, “The Wedding Ring,” Rahmatou Keïta, director;
- Norway, “What Will People Say,” Iram Haq, director;
- Pakistan, “Cake,” Asim Abbasi, director;
- Palestine, “Ghost Hunting,” Raed Andoni, director;
- Panama, “Ruben Blades Is Not My Name,” Abner Benaim, director;
- Paraguay, “The Heiresses,” Marcelo Martinessi, director;
- Peru, “Eternity,” Oscar Catacora, director;
- Philippines, “Signal Rock,” Chito S. Roño, director;
- Poland, “Cold War,” Pawel Pawlikowski, director;
- Portugal, “Pilgrimage,” João Botelho, director;
- Romania, “I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians,” Radu Jude, director;
- Russia, “Sobibor,” Konstantin Khabensky, director;
- Serbia, “Offenders,” Dejan Zecevic, director;
- Singapore, “Buffalo Boys,” Mike Wiluan, director;
- Slovakia, “The Interpreter,” Martin Šulík, director;
- Slovenia, “Ivan,” Janez Burger, director;
- South Africa, “Sew the Winter to My Skin,” Jahmil X.T. Qubeka, director;
- South Korea, “Burning,” Lee Chang-dong, director;
- Spain, “Champions,” Javier Fesser, director;
- Sweden, “Border,” Ali Abbasi, director;
- Switzerland, “Eldorado,” Markus Imhoof, director;
- Taiwan, “The Great Buddha+,” Hsin-Yao Huang, director;
- Thailand, “Malila The Farewell Flower,” Anucha Boonyawatana, director;
- Tunisia, “Beauty and the Dogs,” Kaouther Ben Hania, director;
- Turkey, “The Wild Pear Tree,” Nuri Bilge Ceylan, director;
- Ukraine, “Donbass,” Sergei Loznitsa, director;
- United Kingdom, “I Am Not a Witch,” Rungano Nyoni, director;
- Uruguay, “Twelve-Year Night,” Álvaro Brechner, director;
- Venezuela, “The Family,” Gustavo Rondón Córdova, director;
- Vietnam, “The Tailor,” Buu Loc Tran, Kay Nguyen, directors;
- Yemen, “10 Days before the Wedding,” Amr Gamal, director.
Nominations for the 91st Academy Awards will be announced on Tuesday, January 22, 2019.
The 91st Oscars® will be held on Sunday, February 24, 2019, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center® in Hollywood, and will be televised live by the ABC Television Network. The Oscars also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.
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