List of submissions to the 68th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

The following 41 films, all from different countries, were submitted for the 68th Academy Awards in the category Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (release at the country of origin November 1, 1994 - October 31, 1995, ceremony 1996). The bolded titles were the five nominated films, which came from Algeria, Brazil, Italy, the Netherlands and Sweden. The eventual winner was feminist comedy "Antonia's Line" from the Netherlands.

Bolivia and Tunisia submitted films for the first time. The Philippines returned to the competition after a nine-year absence.

Country Film title used in nomination Original title Languagess Director IMDB
 Algeria Dust of Life Poussières de vie Vietnamese, French Rachid Bouchareb [1]
 Argentina Wild Horses Caballos salvajes Spanish Marcelo Piñeyro [2]
 Austria Ant Street Die Ameisenstraße German Michael Glawogger [3]
 Belgium Mannekin Pis Mannekin Pis Dutch Frank Van Passel [4]
 Bolivia Jonah and the Pink Whale Jonás y la ballena rosada Spanish Juan Carlos Valdivia [5]
 Brazil O Quatrilho O Quatrilho Italian Fábio Barreto [6]
 Canada Le Confessionnal Le Confessional French Robert Lepage [7]
 China Red Cherry 红樱桃 Mandarin Chinese,
Russian, German		 Daying Ye [8]
 Croatia Washed Out Isprani Croatian Zrinko Ogresta [9]
 Czech Republic I Thank You For Each New Morning Díky za kazdé nové ráno Czech,
Ukrainian		 Milan Steindler [10]
 Dominican Republic Nueba Yol Nueba Yol Spanish Ángel Muñiz [11]
 Finland The Last Wedding Kivenpyörittäjän kylä Finnish Markku Pölönen [12]
 France Gazon Maudit Gazon Maudit French Josiane Balasko [13]
 Germany Brother of Sleep Schlafes Bruder German Joseph Vilsmaier [14]
 Greece Ulysses' Gaze Το Βλέμμα του Οδυσσέα Greek, English Theo Angelopoulos [15]
 Hong Kong Summer Snow 女人，四十 Cantonese Ann Hui [16]
 Hungary The Outpost A részleg Hungarian Péter Gothár [17]
 Iceland Tears of Stone Tár úr steini Icelandic, German Hilmar Oddsson [18]
 India Kuruthipunal குருதிபுனல் Tamil P.C. Sriram [19]
 Iran The White Balloon[1] بادکنک سفید- Persian Jafar Panahi [20]
 Israel Lovesick on Nana Street חולה אהבה בשיכון גימל Hebrew Savi Gavison [21]
 Italy The Star Maker L'Uomo delle stelle Italian Giuseppe Tornatore [22]
 Japan Deep River 深い川 Japanese Kei Kumai [23]
 South Korea 301, 302 301 302 Korean Cheol-su Park [24]
 Mexico Midaq Alley El Callejón de los milagros Spanish Jorge Fons [25]
 Netherlands Antonia's Line Antonia Dutch Marleen Gorris [26]
 Norway Kristin Lavransdatter Kristin Lavransdatter Norwegian Liv Ullmann [27]
 Philippines Harvest Home Inagaw mo ang lahat sa akin Filipino Carlos Siguion-Reyna [28]
 Poland Crows Wrony Polish Dorota Kedzierzawska [29]
 Portugal God's Comedy A Comédia de Deus Portuguese João César Monteiro [30]
 Russia The Moslem Мусульманин Russian Vladimir Khotinenko [31]
 Slovakia The Garden Záhrada Slovak Martin Sulík [32]
 Spain The Flower of My Secret La Flor de mi secreto Spanish Pedro Almodóvar [33]
 Sweden All Things Fair Lust och fägring stor Swedish Bo Widerberg [34]
 Switzerland Adultère, mode d'emploi Adultère, mode d'emploi French Christine Pascal [35]
 Taiwan Super Citizen Ko 超級大國民 Taiwanese Wan Jen [36]
 Thailand Once Upon a Time...This Morning กาลครั้งหนึ่ง เมื่อเช้านี้ Thai Bhandit Rittakol [37]
 Tunisia Le Magique Le Magique French, Arabic Azdine Melliti [38]
 United Kingdom Branwen Branwen Welsh Ceri Sherlock [39]
 Venezuela Sicario Sicario Spanish José Ramón Novoa [40]
 Yugoslavia Underground Подземље Serbian, German Emir Kusturica [41]

Notes

  1. ^ Iran unsuccessfully tried to withdraw the film from contention but the Academy refused to accept the withdrawal; http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-28470082.html

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