87 Countries In Competition For 2018 Foreign Language Film Oscar®

Eighty-seven countries have submitted films for consideration in the Foreign Language Film category for the 91st Academy Awards®. Malawi and Niger are first-time entrants.

The 2018 submissions are:

Afghanistan, Rona Azim’s Mother, Jamshid Mahmoudi, director;

Algeria, Until the End of Time, Yasmine Chouikh, director;

Argentina, El Ángel, Luis Ortega, director;

Armenia, Spitak, Alexander Kott, director;

Australia, Jirga, Benjamin Gilmour, director;

Austria, The Waldheim Waltz, Ruth Beckermann, director;

Bangladesh, No Bed of Roses, Mostofa Sarwar Farooki, director;

Belarus, Crystal Swan, Darya Zhuk, director;

Belgium, Girl, Lukas Dhont, director;

Bolivia, The Goalkeeper, Rodrigo “Gory” Patiño, director;

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Never Leave Me, Aida Begić, director;

Brazil, The Great Mystical Circus, Carlos Diegues, director;

Bulgaria, Omnipresent, Ilian Djevelekov, director;

Cambodia, Graves without a Name, Rithy Panh, director;

Canada, Family Ties, Sophie Dupuis, director;

Chile, …And Suddenly the Dawn, Silvio Caiozzi, director;

China, Hidden Man, Jiang Wen, director;

Colombia, Birds of Passage, Cristina Gallego, Ciro Guerra, directors;

Costa Rica, Medea, Alexandra Latishev, director;

Croatia, The Eighth Commissioner, Ivan Salaj, director;

Czech Republic, Winter Flies, Olmo Omerzu, director;

Denmark, The Guilty, Gustav Möller, director;

Dominican Republic, Cocote, Nelson Carlo De Los Santos Arias, director;

Ecuador, A Son of Man, Jamaicanoproblem, director;

Egypt, Yomeddine, A.B. Shawky, director;

Estonia, Take It or Leave It, Liina Trishkina-Vanhatalo, director;

Finland, Euthanizer, Teemu Nikki, director;

France, Memoir of War, Emmanuel Finkiel, director;

Georgia, Namme, Zaza Khalvashi, director;

Germany, Never Look Away, Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, director;

Greece, Polyxeni, Dora Masklavanou, director;

Hong Kong, Operation Red Sea, Dante Lam, director;

Hungary, Sunset, László Nemes, director;

Iceland, Woman at War, Benedikt Erlingsson, director;

India, Village Rockstars, Rima Das, director;

Indonesia, Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts, Mouly Surya, director;

Iran, No Date, No Signature, Vahid Jalilvand, director;

Iraq, The Journey, Mohamed Jabarah Al-Daradji, director;

Israel, The Cakemaker, Ofir Raul Graizer, director;

Italy, Dogman, Matteo Garrone, director;

Japan, Shoplifters, Hirokazu Kore-eda, director;

Kazakhstan, Ayka, Sergey Dvortsevoy, director;

Kenya, Supa Modo, Likarion Wainaina, director;

Kosovo, The Marriage, Blerta Zeqiri, director;

Latvia, To Be Continued, Ivars Seleckis, director;

Lebanon, Capernaum, Nadine Labaki, director;

Lithuania, Wonderful Losers: A Different World, Arunas Matelis, director;

Luxembourg, Gutland, Govinda Van Maele, director;

Macedonia, Secret Ingredient, Gjorce Stavreski, director;

Malawi, The Road to Sunrise, Shemu Joyah, director;

Mexico, Roma, Alfonso Cuarón, director;

Montenegro, Iskra, Gojko Berkuljan, director;

Morocco, Burnout, Nour-Eddine Lakhmari, director;

Nepal, Panchayat, Shivam Adhikari, director;

Netherlands, The Resistance Banker, Joram Lürsen, director;

New Zealand, Yellow Is Forbidden, Pietra Brettkelly, director;

Niger, The Wedding Ring, Rahmatou Keïta, director;

Norway, What Will People Say, Iram Haq, director;

Pakistan, Cake, Asim Abbasi, director;

Palestine, Ghost Hunting, Raed Andoni, director;

Panama, Ruben Blades Is Not My Name, Abner Benaim, director;

Paraguay, The Heiresses, Marcelo Martinessi, director;

Peru, Eternity, Oscar Catacora, director;

Philippines, Signal Rock, Chito S. Roño, director;

Poland, Cold War, Pawel Pawlikowski, director;

Portugal, Pilgrimage, João Botelho, director;

Romania, I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians, Radu Jude, director;

Russia, Sobibor, Konstantin Khabensky, director;

Serbia, Offenders, Dejan Zecevi, director;

Singapore, Buffalo Boys, Mike Wiluan, director;

Slovakia, The Interpreter, Martin Šulík, director;

Slovenia, Ivan, Janez Burger, director;

South Africa, Sew the Winter to My Skin, Jahmil X.T. Qubeka, director;

South Korea, Burning, Lee Chang-dong, director;

Spain, Champions, Javier Fesser, director;

Sweden, Border, Ali Abbasi, director;

Switzerland, Eldorado, Markus Imhoof, director;

Taiwan, The Great Buddha+, Hsin-Yao Huang, director;

Thailand, Malila The Farewell Flower, Anucha Boonyawatana, director;

Tunisia, Beauty and the Dogs, Kaouther Ben Hania, director;

Turkey, The Wild Pear Tree, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, director;

Ukraine, Donbass, Sergei Loznitsa, director;

United Kingdom, I Am Not a Witch, Rungano Nyoni, director;

Uruguay, Twelve-Year Night, Álvaro Brechner, director;

Venezuela, The Family, Gustavo Rondón Córdova, director;

Vietnam, The Tailor, Buu Loc Tran, Kay Nguyen, directors;

Yemen, 10 Days before the Wedding, Amr Gamal, director.

Nominations for the 91st Academy Awards will be announced on Tuesday, January 22, 2019.

The 91st Oscars® will be held on Sunday, February 24, 2019, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center® in Hollywood, and will be televised live by the ABC Television Network. The Oscars also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.