76 Countries in Competition For 2013 Foreign Language Film Oscar®

BEVERLY HILLS, CA – A record 76 countries have submitted films for consideration in the Foreign Language Film category for the 86th Academy Awards®.  Moldova and Saudi Arabia are first-time entrants; Montenegro is submitting for the first time as an independent country.

 

The 2013 submissions are:

Afghanistan, "Wajma – An Afghan Love Story," Barmak Akram, director;

Albania, "Agon," Robert Budina, director;

Argentina, "The German Doctor," Lucía Puenzo, director;                                          Australia, "The Rocket," Kim Mordaunt, director;

Austria, "The Wall," Julian Pölsler, director;

Azerbaijan, "Steppe Man," Shamil Aliyev, director;

Bangladesh, "Television," Mostofa Sarwar Farooki, director;

Belgium, "The Broken Circle Breakdown," Felix van Groeningen, director;

Bosnia and Herzegovina, "An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker," Danis Tanovic, director;

Brazil, "Neighboring Sounds," Kleber Mendonça Filho, director;

Bulgaria, "The Color of the Chameleon," Emil Hristov, director;

Cambodia, "The Missing Picture," Rithy Panh, director;

Canada, "Gabrielle," Louise Archambault, director;

Chad, "GriGris," Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, director;

Chile, "Gloria," Sebastián Lelio, director;

China, "Back to 1942," Feng Xiaogang, director;

Colombia, "La Playa DC," Juan Andrés Arango, director;

Croatia, "Halima’s Path," Arsen Anton Ostojic, director;

Czech Republic, "The Don Juans," Jiri Menzel, director;

Denmark, "The Hunt," Thomas Vinterberg, director;

Dominican Republic, "Quien Manda?" Ronni Castillo, director;

Ecuador, "The Porcelain Horse," Javier Andrade, director;

Egypt, "Winter of Discontent," Ibrahim El Batout, director;

Estonia, "Free Range," Veiko Ounpuu, director;

Finland, "Disciple," Ulrika Bengts, director;

France, "Renoir," Gilles Bourdos, director;

Georgia, "In Bloom," Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Gross, directors;

Germany, "Two Lives," Georg Maas, director;

Greece, "Boy Eating the Bird’s Food," Ektoras Lygizos, director;

Hong Kong, "The Grandmaster," Wong Kar-wai, director;

Hungary, "The Notebook," Janos Szasz, director;

Iceland, "Of Horses and Men," Benedikt Erlingsson, director;

India, "The Good Road," Gyan Correa, director;

Indonesia, "Sang Kiai," Rako Prijanto, director;

Iran, "The Past," Asghar Farhadi, director;

Israel, "Bethlehem," Yuval Adler, director;

Italy, "The Great Beauty," Paolo Sorrentino, director;

Japan, "The Great Passage," Ishii Yuya, director;

Kazakhstan, "Shal," Yermek Tursunov, director;

Latvia, "Mother, I Love You," Janis Nords, director;

Lebanon, "Blind Intersections," Lara Saba, director;

Lithuania, "Conversations on Serious Topics," Giedre Beinoriute, director;

Luxembourg, "Blind Spot," Christophe Wagner, director;

Mexico, "Heli," Amat Escalante, director;

Moldova, "All God’s Children," Adrian Popovici, director;

Montenegro, "Ace of Spades - Bad Destiny," Drasko Djurovic, director;

Morocco, "Horses of God," Nabil Ayouch, director;

Nepal, "Soongava: Dance of the Orchids," Subarna Thapa, director;

Netherlands, "Borgman," Alex van Warmerdam, director;

New Zealand, "White Lies," Dana Rotberg, director;

Norway, "I Am Yours," Iram Haq, director;

Pakistan, "Zinda Bhaag," Meenu Gaur and Farjad Nabi, directors;

Palestine, "Omar," Hany Abu-Assad, director;

Peru, "The Cleaner," Adrian Saba, director;

Philippines, "Transit," Hannah Espia, director;

Poland, "Walesa. Man of Hope," Andrzej Wajda, director;

Portugal, "Lines of Wellington," Valeria Sarmiento, director;

Romania, "Child’s Pose," Calin Peter Netzer, director;

Russia, "Stalingrad," Fedor Bondarchuk, director;

Saudi Arabia, "Wadjda," Haifaa Al Mansour, director;

Serbia, "Circles," Srdan Golubovic, director;

Singapore, "Ilo Ilo," Anthony Chen, director;

Slovak Republic, "My Dog Killer," Mira Fornay, director;

Slovenia, "Class Enemy," Rok Bicek, director;

South Africa, "Four Corners," Ian Gabriel, director;

South Korea, "Juvenile Offender," Kang Yi-kwan, director;

Spain, "15 Years Plus a Day," Gracia Querejeta, director;

Sweden, "Eat Sleep Die," Gabriela Pichler, director;

Switzerland, "More than Honey," Markus Imhoof, director;

Taiwan, "Soul," Chung Mong-Hong, director;

Thailand, "Countdown," Nattawut Poonpiriya, director;

Turkey, "The Butterfly’s Dream," Yilmaz Erdogan, director;

Ukraine, "Paradjanov," Serge Avedikian and Olena Fetisova, directors;

United Kingdom, "Metro Manila," Sean Ellis, director;

Uruguay, "Anina," Alfredo Soderguit, director;

Venezuela, "Breach in the Silence," Luis Alejandro Rodríguez and Andrés Eduardo Rodríguez, directors.


 

The 86th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Thursday, January 16, 2014, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2013 will be presented on Oscar Sunday, March 2, 2014, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center® and televised live on the ABC Television Network.  The presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.

 

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