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.
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