Updated via press release.
Beverly Hills, CA – Sixty-three countries, including first-time entrant New Zealand, have submitted films for consideration in the Foreign Language Film category for the 84th Academy Awards®.
The 2011 submissions are:
| Albania, “Amnesty,” Bujar Alimani, director; |
| Argentina, “Aballay,” Fernando Spiner, director; |
| Austria, “Breathing,” Karl Markovics, director; |
| Belgium, “Bullhead,” Michael R. Roskam, director; |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina,”Belvedere,” Ahmed Imamovic, director; |
| Brazil, “Elite Squad: The Enemy Within,” José Padilha, director; |
| Bulgaria, “Tilt,” Viktor Chouchkov, Jr., director; |
| Canada, “Monsieur Lazhar,” Philippe Falardeau, director; |
| Chile, “Violeta Went to Heaven,” Andrés Wood, director; |
| China, “The Flowers of War,” Zhang Yimou, director; |
| Colombia, “The Colors of the Mountain,” Carlos César Arbeláez, director; |
| Croatia, “72 Days,” Danilo Serbedzija, director; |
| Cuba, “Havanastation,” Ian Padrón, director; |
| Czech Republic,”Alois Nebel,” Tomás Lunák, director; |
| Denmark, “Superclásico,” Ole Christian Madsen, director; |
| Dominican Republic,”Love Child,” Leticia Tonos, director; |
| Egypt, “Lust,” Khaled el Hagar, director; |
| Estonia, “Letters to Angel,” Sulev Keedus, director; |
| Finland, “Le Havre,” Aki Kaurismäki, director; |
| France, “Declaration of War,” Valérie Donzelli, director; |
| Georgia, “Chantrapas,” Otar Iosseliani, director; |
| Germany, “Pina,” Wim Wenders, director; |
| Greece, “Attenberg,” Athina Rachel Tsangari, director; |
| Hong Kong,”A Simple Life,” Ann Hui, director; |
| Hungary, “The Turin Horse,” Béela Tarr, director; |
| Iceland, “Volcano,” Rúnar Rúnarsson, director; |
| India, “Abu, Son of Adam,” Salim Ahamed, director; |
| Indonesia, “Under the Protection of Ka’Bah,” Hanny R. Saputra, director; |
| Iran, “A Separation,” Asghar Farhadi, director; |
| Ireland, “As If I Am Not There,” Juanita Wilson, director; |
| Israel, “Footnote,” Joseph Cedar, director; |
| Italy, “Terraferma,” Emanuele Crialese, director; |
| Japan, “Postcard,” Kaneto Shindo, director; |
| Kazakhstan, “Returning to the ‘A,’” Egor Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky, director; |
| Lebanon, “Where Do We Go Now?” Nadine Labaki, director; |
| Lithuania, “Back to Your Arms,” Kristijonas Vildziunas, director; |
| Macedonia, “Punk Is Not Dead,” Vladimir Blazevski, director; |
| Mexico, “Miss Bala,” Gerardo Naranjo, director; |
| Morocco, “Omar Killed Me,” Roschdy Zem, director; |
| Netherlands, “Sonny Boy,” Maria Peters, director; |
| New Zealand,”The Orator,” Tusi Tamasese, director; |
| Norway, “Happy, Happy,” Anne Sewitsky, director; |
| Peru, “October,” Diego Vega and Daniel Vega, directors; |
| Philippines, “The Woman in the Septic Tank,” Marlon N. Rivera, director; |
| Poland, “In Darkness,” Agnieszka Holland, director; |
| Portugal, “José and Pilar,” Miguel Gonçalves Mendes, director; |
| Romania, “Morgen,” Marian Crisan, director; |
| Russia, “Burnt by the Sun 2: The Citadel,” Nikita Mikhalkov, director; |
| Serbia, “Montevideo: Taste of a Dream,” Dragan Bjelogrlić, director; |
| Singapore, “Tatsumi,” Eric Khoo, director; |
| Slovak Republic,”Gypsy,” Martin Sulík, director; |
| South Africa,”Beauty,” Oliver Hermanus, director; |
| South Korea,”The Front Line,” Jang Hun, director; |
| Spain, “Black Bread,” Agusti Villaronga, director; |
| Sweden, “Beyond,” Pernilla August, director; |
| Switzerland, “Summer Games,” Rolando Colla, director; |
| Taiwan, “Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale,” Wei Te-sheng, director; |
| Thailand, “Kon Khon,” Sarunyu Wongkrachang, director; |
| Turkey, “Once upon a Time in Anatolia,” Nuri Bilge Ceylan, director; |
| United Kingdom,”Patagonia,” Marc Evans, director; |
| Uruguay, “The Silent House,” Gustavo Hernández, director; |
| Venezuela, “Rumble of the Stones,” Alejandro Bellame Palacios, director; |
| Vietnam, “The Prince and the Pagoda Boy,” Luu Trong Ninh, director. |
The 84th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Tuesday, January 24, 2012, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.
