2007 Best Foreign Language Film submissions Oscar winner The Counterfeiters Total submissions 63 First-time submissions 2
Austrian director Stefan Ruzowitzky won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film for his film The Counterfeiters
This is a list of submissions to the 80th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited the film industries of various countries to submit their best film for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film every year since the award was created in 1956.[ 1] The award is handed out annually by the Academy to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non-English dialogue.[ 1] [ 2] The Foreign Language Film Award Committee oversees the process and reviews all the submitted films.[ 2]
For the 80th Academy Awards , which were held on February 24, 2008, the Academy invited 95 countries to submit films for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.[ 3] Sixty-three countries submitted films to the Academy, the highest number of submissions in the history of the award, including Azerbaijan and Ireland, which submitted films for the first time.[ 4] [ 5] Several of the submissions were subject to controversy. The Academy determined that initial submissions from Israel and Taiwan did not meet Academy requirements,[ 6] [ 7] and both countries submitted new films as replacements.[ 8] [ 9] Bolivia's official submission, Los Andes no creen en Dios , did not appear on the Academy's list of accepted submissions.[ 10]
Due to a change in the rules made for the 79th Academy Awards ,[ 11] the Academy published a shortlist of nine films on January 15, 2008, prior to the selection of the final five nominees.[ 12] The Academy engendered controversy with its selections, notably the omission of Romania 's 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days , which had won the Palme d'Or at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival , and France's Persepolis , the winner of the Jury Prize at the same Cannes Film Festival.[ 13] [ 14] [ 15] [ 16] [ 17] After revealing the shortlist, the Academy released a list of nominees on January 22, 2008.[ 18] The winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film was Austria's The Counterfeiters , which was directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky .[ 19]
Submitting country
Film title used in nomination
Original title
Language(s)
Director(s)
Result
Argentina
XXY
Spanish
Lucía Puenzo
Not nominated
Australia
The Home Song Stories
Cantonese , English , Mandarin
Tony Ayres
Not nominated
Austria
The Counterfeiters
Die Fälscher
German , Russian , English, Hebrew
Stefan Ruzowitzky
Won Academy Award
Azerbaijan
Caucasia
Qafqaz
Azerbaijani , Russian
Farid Gumbatov
Not nominated
Bangladesh
On the Wings of Dreams
স্বপ্নডানায়
Bengali
Golam Rabbany Biplob
Not nominated
Belgium
Ben X
Flemish , Dutch
Nic Balthazar
Not nominated
Bolivia
Los Andes no creen en Dios
Los Andes no creen en Dios
Spanish
Antonio Eguino
Disqualified
Bosnia and Herzegovina
It's Hard to be Nice
Teško je biti fin
Bosnian
Srdan Vuletic
Not nominated
Brazil
The Year My Parents Went On Vacation
O Ano em que Meus Pais Saíram de Férias
Brazilian Portuguese , Yiddish
Cao Hamburger
Made shortlist
Bulgaria
Warden of the Dead
Пазачът на мъртвите
Bulgarian
Ilian Simeonov
Not nominated
Canada
Days of Darkness
L'Âge des ténèbres
French
Denys Arcand
Made shortlist
Chile
Padre Nuestro
Spanish, English
Rodrigo Sepúlveda
Not nominated
China
The Knot
云水谣
Mandarin
Yin Li
Not nominated
Colombia
Satanás
Spanish
Andi Baiz
Not nominated
Croatia
Armin
Bosnian , Croatian , German, English
Ognjen Sviličić
Not nominated
Cuba
The Silly Age
La Edad de la peseta
Spanish
Pavel Giroud
Not nominated
Czech Republic
I Served the King of England
Obsluhoval jsem anglického krále
Czech
Jiri Menzel
Not nominated
Denmark
The Art of Crying
Kunsten at græde i kor
Danish
Peter Schønau Fog
Not nominated
Egypt
In the Heliopolis Flat
في شقة مصر الجديدة
Arabic
Mohamed Khan
Not nominated
Estonia
The Class
Klass
Estonian
Ilmar Raag
Not nominated
Finland
A Man's Job
Miehen työ
Finnish
Aleksi Salmenperä
Not nominated
France
Persepolis
French, English, Persian , German
Vincent Paronnaud , Marjane Satrapi
Not nominated
Georgia
The Russian Triangle
რუსული სამკუთხედი
Russian
Aleko Tsabadze
Not nominated
Germany
The Edge of Heaven
Auf der anderen Seite
German, Turkish , English
Fatih Akin
Not nominated
Greece
Eduart
Albanian , German, Greek
Angeliki Antoniou
Not nominated
Hong Kong
Exiled
放逐
Cantonese , Mandarin
Johnnie To
Not nominated
Hungary
Taxidermia
Hungarian , English, Russian
György Pálfi
Not nominated
Iceland
Jar City
Mýrin
Icelandic
Baltasar Kormakur
Not nominated
India
Eklavya: The Royal Guard
एकलव्य
Hindi
Vidhu Vinod Chopra
Not nominated
Indonesia
Denias, Singing on the Cloud
Denias Senandung Di Atas Awan
Indonesian , Papuan Malay
John De Rantau
Not nominated
Iran
M for Mother
میم مثل مادر
Persian
Rasul Mollagholipour
Not nominated
Iraq
Jani Gal
Kurdish
Jamil Rostami
Not nominated
Ireland
Kings
Irish , English
Tommy Collins
Not nominated
Israel
Beaufort
בופור
Hebrew
Joseph Cedar
Nominated
Italy
La sconosciuta
Italian
Giuseppe Tornatore
Made shortlist
Japan
I Just Didn't Do It
それでもボクはやってない
Japanese
Masayuki Suo
Not nominated
Kazakhstan
Mongol
Монгол
Mongolian , Mandarin
Sergei Bodrov
Nominated
Lebanon
Caramel
سكر بنات
Lebanese Arabic , French
Nadine Labaki
Not nominated
Luxembourg
Little Secrets
Perl oder Pica
Luxembourgish
Pol Cruchten
Not nominated
Macedonia
Shadows
Сенки
Macedonian
Milčo Mančevski
Not nominated
Mexico
Silent Light
Stellet licht
Plautdietsch
Carlos Reygadas
Not nominated
Netherlands
Duska
Dutch, Russian
Jos Stelling
Not nominated
Norway
Gone with the Woman
Tatt av Kvinnen
Norwegian , English, French
Petter Naess
Not nominated
Peru
Crossing a Shadow
Una sombra al frente
Spanish
Augusto Tamayo
Not nominated
Philippines
Donsol
Bikol , Tagalog , Filipino
Adolfo Alix, Jr.
Not nominated
Poland
Katyń
Polish , Russian, German
Andrzej Wajda
Nominated
Portugal
Belle Toujours
French
Manoel de Oliveira
Not nominated
Puerto Rico
Love Sickness
Maldeamores
Spanish
Mariem Perez , Carlitos Ruiz
Not nominated
Romania
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
4 luni, 3 săptămâni şi 2 zile
Romanian
Cristian Mungiu
Not nominated
Russia
12
Russian, Chechen
Nikita Mikhalkov
Nominated
Serbia
The Trap
Klopka
Serbian
Srdan Golubović
Made shortlist
Singapore
881
Mandarin, Hokkien
Royston Tan
Not nominated
Slovakia
Return of the Storks
Návrat bocianov
German, Slovak
Martin Repka
Not nominated
Slovenia
Short Circuits
Kratki stiki
Slovene
Janez Lapajne
Not nominated
South Korea
Secret Sunshine
밀양
Korean
Lee Chang-dong
Not nominated
Spain
The Orphanage
El orfanato
Spanish
Juan Antonio Bayona
Not nominated
Sweden
You, the Living
Du levande
Swedish
Roy Andersson
Not nominated
Switzerland
Late Bloomers
Die Herbstzeitlosen
Swiss German
Bettina Oberli
Not nominated
Taiwan
Island Etude
練習曲
Mandarin, Taiwanese Hokkien , English, Lithuanian
Chen Huai-En
Not nominated
Thailand
King of Fire
ตำนานสมเด็จพระนเรศวรมหาราช
Thai , Mon , Burmese
Chatrichalerm Yukol
Not nominated
Turkey
A Man's Fear of God
Takva
Turkish
Özer Kızıltan
Not nominated
Uruguay
The Pope's Toilet
El Baño del Papa
Spanish
Cesar Charlone , Enrique Fernandez
Not nominated
Venezuela
Postcards from Leningrad
Postales de Leningrado
Mariana Rondon
Not nominated
Vietnam
The White Silk Dress
Áo lụa Hà Đông
Vietnamese
Luu Huynh
Not nominated
Bolivia submitted Los Andes no creen en Dios for review by the Academy, but it did not appear on the list of official submissions.[ 10]
The submission for India, Eklavya: The Royal Guard , was the target of a lawsuit alleging that India's selection committee was tied to the production staff of Eklavya ; however, India retained the film as its submission.[ 20]
The Academy determined that Israel's first submission, The Band's Visit , contained too much English dialogue for the film to meet Academy requirements,[ 6] [ 7] and Israel submitted Beaufort as a replacement.[ 9]
The Academy determined that Taiwan's initial submission, Lust, Caution , had insufficient Taiwanese participation to be considered a valid entry under Academy rules, and Taiwan submitted Island Etude as a replacement.[ 8]
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts was subject to criticism for not submitting the Scottish Gaelic Seachd: The Inaccessible Pinnacle or the Welsh Calon Gaeth .[ 21]
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