The following 63 films, all from different countries, were submitted for the 78th Academy Awards in the category Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (release at the country of origin October 2004 - September 2005, ceremony March 2006).
Costa Rica, Iraq and Fiji submitted films for the first time.
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Country | Film title used in nomination | Language(s) | Director | Result |
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Argentina | El Aura | Spanish | Fabián Bielinsky | Not Nominated |
Austria | Caché[1] | French | Michael Haneke | Disqualified |
Bangladesh | Shyamol Chhaya | Bangla | Humayun Ahmed | Not Nominated |
Belgium | The Child | French | Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne | Not Nominated |
Bolivia | Say Good Morning To Dad[2] | Spanish | Fernando Vargas | Disqualified |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Totally Personal | Serbo-Croatian | Nedžad Begović | Not Nominated |
Brazil | Two Sons of Francisco | Portuguese | Breno Silveira | Not Nominated |
Bulgaria | Stolen Eyes | Bulgarian, Turkish | Radoslav Spassov | Not Nominated |
Canada | C.R.A.Z.Y. | French | Jean-Marc Vallée | Not Nominated |
Chile | Play | Spanish | Alicia Scherson | Not Nominated |
China | The Promise | Mandarin | Chen Kaige | Not Nominated |
Colombia | La Sombra del Caminante | Spanish | Ciro Guerra | Not Nominated |
Costa Rica | Caribe | Spanish | Esteban Ramírez | Not Nominated |
Croatia | A Wonderful Night in Split | Serbo-Croatian | Arsen Anton Ostojić | Not Nominated |
Cuba | Viva Cuba | Spanish | Juan Carlos Cremata Malberti | Not Nominated |
Czech Republic | Something Like Happiness | Czech | Bohdan Sláma | Not Nominated |
Denmark | Adam's Apples | Danish | Anders Thomas Jensen | Not Nominated |
Estonia | Shop of Dreams | Estonian | Peeter Urbla | Not Nominated |
Fiji | The Land Has Eyes | Rotuman | Vilsoni Hereniko | Not Nominated |
Finland | Mother of Mine | Swedish, Finnish | Klaus Härö | Not Nominated |
France | Joyeux Noel | French, German, English | Christian Carion | Nominee |
Georgia | Tbilisi-Tbilisi | Georgian | Levan Zakareishvili | Not Nominated |
Germany | Sophie Scholl - The Final Days | German | Marc Rothemund | Nominee |
Greece | Brides [3] | English | Pantelis Voulgaris | Disqualified |
Hong Kong | Perhaps Love | Mandarin, Cantonese | Peter Ho-Sun Chan | Not Nominated |
Hungary | Fateless | Hungarian, German | Lajos Koltai | Not Nominated |
Iceland | Ahead of Time | Icelandic | Ágúst Guðmundsson | Not Nominated |
India | Paheli | Hindi | Amol Palekar | Not Nominated |
Indonesia | Gie | Indonesian | Riri Raza | Not Nominated |
Iran | So Close, So Far | Persian | Reza Mir Karimi | Not Nominated |
Iraq | Requiem of Snow | Kurdish | Jamil Rostami | Not Nominated |
Israel | What a Wonderful Place | Hebrew, Russian, Tagalog, English |
Eyal Halfon | Not Nominated |
Italy | Don't Tell[4] | Italian | Cristina Comencini | Nominee |
Japan | Blood and Bones | Japanese, Korean | Yoichi Sai | Not Nominated |
South Korea | Welcome to Dongmakgol | Korean | Kwang-Hyun Park | Not Nominated |
Luxembourg | Renart the Fox | French | Thierry Schiel | Not Nominated |
Mexico | Al Otro Lado | Spanish, Arabic | Gustavo Loza | Not Nominated |
Mongolia | The Cave of the Yellow Dog | Mongolian | Byambasuren Davaa | Not Nominated |
Netherlands | Bluebird[5] | Dutch | Mijke de Jong | Disqualified |
Norway | Kissed by Winter | Norwegian | Sara Johnsen | Not Nominated |
Palestinian territories | Paradise Now[6] | Arabic, English | Hany Abu-Assad | Nominee |
Peru | Días de Santiago | Spanish | Josué Méndez | Not Nominated |
Poland | The Collector | Polish | Feliks Falk | Not Nominated |
Portugal | Noite Escura | Portuguese, Russian | João Canijo | Not Nominated |
Puerto Rico | Cayo | Spanish | Vicente Juarbe | Not Nominated |
Romania | The Death of Mr. Lazarescu | Romanian | Cristi Puiu | Not Nominated |
Russia | The Italian (2005 film) | Russian | Andrei Kravchuk | Not Nominated |
Serbia and Montenegro | Midwinter Night's Dream | Serbo-Croatian | Goran Paskaljević | Not Nominated |
Singapore | Be with Me[7] | English, Hokkien, Mandarin, Cantonese |
Eric Khoo | Disqualified |
Slovakia | The City of the Sun | Slovak, Czech | Martin Šulík | Not Nominated |
Slovenia | The Ruins | Slovene | Janez Burger | Not Nominated |
South Africa | Tsotsi | Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, English |
Gavin Hood | Won Academy Award |
Spain | Obaba | Spanish | Montxo Armendáriz | Not Nominated |
Sweden | Zozo | Swedish, Arabic | Josef Fares | Not Nominated |
Switzerland | Tout un Hiver sans Feu | French, Albanian | Greg Zglinski | Not Nominated |
Taiwan | The Wayward Cloud | Mandarin | Tsai Ming-liang | Not Nominated |
Tajikistan | Sex & Philosophy[2] | Tajik | Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Disqualified |
Thailand | The Tin Mine | Thai | Jira Maligool | Not Nominated |
Turkey | Lovelorn | Turkish | Yavuz Turgul | Not Nominated |
Vietnam | The Buffalo Boy | Vietnamese | Nguyen Vo Nghiem Minh | Not Nominated |
In addition to the above, Venezuela selected 1888: The Extraordinary Voyage of the Santa Isabel, but their entry was delayed by a lawsuit and they missed the deadline [8] Uruguay reportedly selected Álvaro Buela's Alma Mater, but it only ended up sent to the Goya Awards. Both films were chosen by their respective national film boards, and should be considered as their countries' national Foreign Film submissions.
Nepal elected to send Basain, but due to its release date, it was submitted the following year instead.
The Philippines failed to send a film for the first time in ten years; their Film Academy claimed they thought they hadn't been invited after the official invitation failed to reach their new address. Among the other countries which were officially invited to submit a film, but did not, were Afghanistan, Algeria, Australia, Ecuador, Egypt, Lebanon, Macedonia, Malaysia, Ukraine and the UK.