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Foreign Language Films

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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)
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