The following 18 films, all from different countries, were submitted for the 37th Academy Awards in the category Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The titles highlighted in blue and yellow were the five nominated films, which came from France, Israel, Italy, Japan and Sweden. Italy won the award for romantic comedy Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, starring Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni.[1]
Czechoslovakia, Israel and Turkey submitted films to the competition for the first time.