Foreign Language Films

Last updated on Thursday, October 15, 2009
A running list of Foreign Language Oscar submissions. The submission deadline is October 1, 2009.
Afghanistan to France (Film Experience breakdown)
- Albania, Alive (dir. Artan Minarolli)
- Argentina, The Secret in Their Eyes (dir. Juan José Campanella)
- Armenia, A Magician’s Autumn (dir. Ruben Gevorkyants and Vahe Gevorkyants)
- Australia, Samson & Delilah (dir. Warwick Thornton)
- Austria, For a Moment, Freedom (dir. Arash T. Riahi)
- Bangladesh, Beyond the Circle (dir. Golam Rabbani Biplob)
- Belgium, The Misfortunates (dir. Felix van Groeningen )
- Bolivia, Southern Zone (dir. Juan Carlos Valdivia)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina, Guardians of the Night (dir. Namik Kabil )
- Brazil, Save General (dir. Sergio Rezende )
- Bulgaria, The World is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the Corner (dir. Stephan Komandarev)
- Canada, I Killed My Mother (dir. Xavier Dolan)
- Chile, Dawson, Isla 10 (dir. Miguel Littin)
- China, Forever Enthralled (dir. Chen Kaige)
- Croatia, Donkey (dir. Antonio Nui?)
- Czech Republic, Protector (dir. Marek Najbrt)
- Denmark, Terribly Happy (dir. Henrik Ruben Genz)
- Estonia, December Heat (dir. Asko Kase)
- Finland, Letters from Father Jacob (dir. Klaus Haro)
- France, A Prophet (dir. Jacques Audiard)
Georgia to Morocco (Film Experience breakdown)
- Georgia, The Other Bank (dir. Giorgi Ovashvili)
- Germany, The White Ribbon (dir. Michael Haneke)
- Greece, Slaves In Their Bonds (dir. Adonis Lykouresis)
- Hong Kong, Prince of Tears (dir. Yonfan)
- Hungary, Chameleon (dir. Krisztina Goda)
- Iceland, Reykjavik-Rotterdam (dir. Oskar Jonasson)
- India, Harishchandrachi Factory (dir. Paresh Mokashi )
- Indonesia, Jamila and the President (dir. Ratna Sarumpaet)
- Iran, About Elly (dir. Asghar Farhadi )
- Israel, Ajami (dirs. Yaron Shani and Scandar Copti)
- Italy, Baaria (dir. Giuseppe Tornatore)
- Japan, Nobody to Watch Over Me (dir. Ryoichi Kimizuka)
- Kazakhstan, Kelin (dir. Ermek Tursunov)
- Korea, Mother (dir. Bong Joon-Ho)
- Lithuania, Waterhole (dir. Gytis Luksas)
- Luxembourg, Réfractaire (dir. Nicolas Steil)
- Macedonia, Wingless (dir. Ivo Trajkov)
- Mexico, Backyard (dir. Carlos Carrera)
- Mongolia, By the Will of Genghis Khan (dir. Andrei Borissov)
- Morocco, Casanegra (dir. Nour Eddine Lakhmari)
Netherlands to Venezuela (Film Experience breakdown)
- Netherlands, Winter in Wartime (dir. Martin Koolhoven)
- Norway, Max Manus (dir. Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg)
- Peru, The Milk of Sorrow (dir. Claudia Llosa)
- Philippines, Grandfather Is Dead (dir. Soxie Topacio)
- Poland, The Reverse (dir. Borys Lankosz )
- Portugal, Doomed Love (dir. Mário Barroso)
- Romania, Police, Adjective (dir. Corneliu Porumboiu)
- Russia, Ward No. 6 (dir. Aleksandr Gornovsky and Karen Shakhnazarov)
- Serbia, Here and There (dir. Darko Lungulov)
- Slovakia, Broken Promise (dir. Jirí Chlumský)
- Slovenia, Landscape No. 2 (dir. Vinko Moderndorfer)
- South Africa, White Wedding (dir. Jann Turner)
- Spain, The Dancer and the Thief (dir. Fernando Trueba)
- Sri Lanka, Flowers in the Sky (dir. Prasanna Vithanage)
- Sweden, Involuntary (dir. Ruben Östlund)
- Switzerland, Home (dir. Ursula Meier )
- Taiwan, No Puedo Vivir Sin Ti (dir. Leon Dai)
- Thailand, Best in Time (dir. Youngyooth Thongkonthun)
- Turkey, I Saw the Sun (dir. Mahsun Kirmizigül)
- United Kingdom, Afghan Star (dir. Havana Marking)
- Uruguay, Bad Day to Go Fishing (dir. Alvaro Brechner)
- Venezuela, Libertador Morales, El Justiciero (dir. Efterpi Charalambidis)
- Vietnam, Don't Burn (dir. Nhat Minh Dang)
~ Brad Brevet


