List of submissions to the 82nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

This is a list of submissions to the 82nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited the film industries of various countries to submit their best film for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film every year since the award was created in 1956.[1] The award is handed out annually by the Academy to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non-English dialogue.[1][2] The Foreign Language Film Award Committee oversees the process and reviews all the submitted films.[2]

The deadline for all countries to send in their submissions is September 30, 2009. The submitted motion pictures must be first released theatrically in their respective countries between October 1, 2008, and September 30, 2009.[2] For more details on the Academy's submission and nomination process for Best Foreign Language Film, see Rule Fourteen: Special Rules for the Best Foreign Language Film Award.

The Academy has received 67 official Oscar submissions, tying the record set in 2008. As of October 14, 2009, the submissions from Algeria and Mongolia are being reviewed by AMPAS to ascertain whether they meet eligibility requirements.

A shortlist of nine semi-finalists was announced January 20, 2010.[3]

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Submissions

Submitting country Film title used in nomination Original title Language(s) Director(s) Result [4]
 Albania Alive! Gjallë Albanian Artan Minarolli Not Nominated
 Algeria London River [5] London River French, English Rachid Bouchareb Disqualified
 Argentina The Secret in Their Eyes El secreto de sus ojos Spanish Juan José Campanella Won Academy Award
 Armenia Autumn of the Magician Հրաշագործի աշունը Armenian Ruben Gevorkyants & Vahe Gevorkyants Not Nominated
 Australia Samson & Delilah Samson and Delilah Walpiri, English Warwick Thornton Made January Shortlist
 Austria For a Moment, Freedom Ein Augenblick Freiheit English, Persian, Turkish Arash T. Riahi Not Nominated
 Bangladesh Beyond the Circle Britter Bairey Bangla Golam Rabbani Biplob Not Nominated
 Belgium The Misfortunates De helaasheid der dingen Dutch Felix van Groeningen Not Nominated
 Bolivia Southern Zone Zona Sur Spanish, Aymara Juan Carlos Valdivia Not Nominated
 Bosnia and Herzegovina Night Guards Čuvari noći Serbo-Croatian Namik Kabil Not Nominated
 Brazil Time of Fear Salve Geral Portuguese Sergio Rezende Not Nominated
 Bulgaria The World is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the Corner Светът е голям и спасение дебне отвсякъде Bulgarian Stephan Komandarev Made January Shortlist
 Canada I Killed My Mother J'ai tué ma mère French Xavier Dolan Not Nominated
 Chile Dawson, Island 10 Dawson, Isla 10 Spanish Miguel Littin Not Nominated
 China Forever Enthralled 梅兰芳 Mandarin Chinese Chen Kaige Not Nominated
 Colombia The Wind Journeys Los viajes del viento Spanish Ciro Guerra Not Nominated
 Croatia Donkey Kenjac Croatian Antonio Nuić Not Nominated
 Cuba Fallen Gods Los Dioses Rotos Spanish Ernesto Daranas Not Nominated
 Czech Republic Protector Protektor Czech Marek Najbrt Not Nominated
 Denmark Terribly Happy Frygtelig lykkelig Danish Henrik Ruben Genz Not Nominated
 Estonia December Heat Detsembrikuumus Estonian Asko Kase Not Nominated
 Finland Letters to Father Jacob Postia pappi Jaakobille Finnish Klaus Härö Not Nominated
 France A Prophet Un prophète French Jacques Audiard Nominee
 Georgia The Other Bank გაღმა ნაპირი Georgian, Abkhaz, Russian Giorgi Ovashvili Not Nominated
 Germany The White Ribbon Das weiße Band German Michael Haneke Nominee
 Greece Slaves in their Bonds Οι Σκλάβοι στα Δεσμά τους Greek Adonis Lykouresis Not Nominated
 Hong Kong Prince of Tears 淚王子 Mandarin Yonfan Not Nominated
 Hungary Chameleon Kaméleon Hungarian Krisztina Goda Not Nominated
 Iceland Reykjavík-Rotterdam Reykjavik-Rotterdam Icelandic Oskar Jonasson Not Nominated
 India Harishchandrachi Factory हरिश्चंद्राची फॅक्टरी Marathi Paresh Mokashi Not Nominated
 Indonesia Jamila and the President Jamila dan Sang Presiden Indonesian Ratna Sarumpaet Not Nominated
 Iran About Elly درباره الی Persian Asghar Farhadi Not Nominated
 Israel Ajami عجمي
עג'מי‎‎		 Israeli Arabic, Hebrew Yaron Shani & Scandar Copti Nominee
 Italy Baarìa Baarìa Sicilian Giuseppe Tornatore Not Nominated
 Japan Nobody to Watch Over Me 誰も守ってくれない Japanese Ryoichi Kimizuka Not Nominated
 Kazakhstan Kelin Келін No dialogue Ermek Tursunov Made January Shortlist
 Lithuania Vortex Duburys Lithuanian, Russian Gytis Luksas Not Nominated
 Luxembourg Réfractaire Réfractaire French Nicolas Steil Not Nominated
 Macedonia Wingless Созерцание Czech Ivo Trajkov Not Nominated
 Mexico Backyard El Traspatio Spanish Carlos Carrera Not Nominated
 Mongolia By the Will of Genghis Khan [6] Тайна Чингис Хаана Yakut, Russian, others Andrei Borissov Disqualified
 Morocco Casanegra Casanegra Arabic Nour Eddine Lakhmari Not Nominated
 Netherlands Winter in Wartime Oorlogswinter Dutch, German,
English		 Martin Koolhoven Made January Shortlist
 Norway Max Manus Max Manus Norwegian, German Joachim Rønning & Espen Sandberg Not Nominated
 Peru The Milk of Sorrow La teta asustada Spanish, Quechua Claudia Llosa Nominee
 Philippines Grandpa is Dead Ded na si Lolo Filipino Soxy Topacio Not Nominated
 Poland Reverse Rewers Polish Borys Lankosz Not Nominated
 Portugal Doomed Love Um Amor de Perdição Portuguese Mário Barroso Not Nominated
 Puerto Rico Kabo and Platon Kabo Y Platon Spanish Edmundo H. Rodríguez Not Nominated
 Romania Police, Adjective Politist, adj. Romanian Corneliu Porumboiu Not Nominated
 Russia Ward No. 6 Палата №6 Russian Aleksandr Gornovsky & Karen Shakhnazarov Not Nominated
 Serbia St. George Shoots the Dragon Свети Георгије убива аждаху Serbian Srdjan Dragojevic Not Nominated
 Slovakia Broken Promise Nedodržaný sľub Slovak Jirí Chlumský Not Nominated
 Slovenia Landscape No. 2 Pokrajina Št. 2 Slovene Vinko Moderndorfer Not Nominated
 South Africa White Wedding White Wedding Afrikaans, Xhosa,
Zulu, English		 Jann Turner Not Nominated
 South Korea Mother 마더 Korean Bong Joon-ho Not Nominated
 Spain The Dancer and the Thief El baile de la victoria Spanish Fernando Trueba Not Nominated
 Sri Lanka The Road from Elephant Pass Alimankada Sita Sinhala Chandran Rutnam Not Nominated
 Sweden Involuntary De ofrivilliga Swedish Ruben Östlund Not Nominated
 Switzerland Home Home French Ursula Meier Not Nominated
 Taiwan No Puedo Vivir Sin Ti 不能沒有你 Hakka, Taiwanese, Mandarin Leon Dai Not Nominated
 Thailand Best of Times ความจำสั้น..แต่รักฉันยาว Thai Youngyooth Thongkonthun Not Nominated
 Turkey I Saw the Sun Güneşi gördüm Turkish Mahsun Kırmızıgül Not Nominated
 United Kingdom Afghan Star Afghan Star Dari, Pashto, English Havana Marking Not Nominated
 Uruguay Bad Day for Fishing Mal día para pescar Spanish Alvaro Brechner Not Nominated
 Venezuela Libertador Morales, El Justiciero Libertador Morales, El Justiciero Spanish Efterpi Charalambidis Not Nominated
 Vietnam Don't Burn It Đừng đốt Vietnamese Nhat Minh Dang Not Nominated

Other countries

Controversies and changes

See also

References

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