Today's update is a small one as I added the Foreign Language Films as a category to "The Contenders". It is still early and submissions aren't due until October 1, but I have started a list of the films already submitted for consideration for 2009 Best Foreign Language Film.

The list below is just the start as each country names their 2009 Oscar submissions. I will update the list as films are named and you can keep tabs on it right here.

To be considered for the 2009 Academy Awards, a movie must be released in the submitting country between Oct. 1, 2007, and Sept. 30, 2008, and be publicly screened in a commercial theater for at least seven days. The film must also be predominantly in a language other than English. The Acad considers one pic per country.

• Crossing (South Korea; dir. Kim Tae-gyun)
• To verdener (Worlds Apart) (Denmark; dir. Niels Arden Oplev)
• Dunya & Desie (Netherlands; dir. Dana Nechushtan)
• Cape No. 7 (Taiwan; dir. Wei Te-sheng)
• Ploning (Philippines; dir. Dante Nico Garcia)
• Captain Abu Raed (Kingdom of Jordan; dir. Amin Matalqa)

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