List of films
2010 Best Foreign Language Film submissions Oscar winner In a Better World Total submissions 66 First-time submissions 2
Danish director Susanne Bier won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film for In a Better World .
This is a list of submissions to the 83rd 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 presented 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]
The deadline for all countries to send in their submissions was 1 October 2010. The submitted motion pictures must be first released theatrically in their respective countries between 1 October 2009, and 30 September 2010.[ 2] In total, 66 countries submitted films for consideration, including first-time submissions from Greenland and Ethiopia.[ 3]
A shortlist of nine semi-finalists was announced on 19 January 2011.[ 4] The final list of five nominees was announced on 25 January 2011, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Los Angeles.[ 2] [ 5] The Danish entry, In a Better World , was announced as the winner at the 83rd Academy Awards on 27 February 2011.[ 6]
Submitting country
Film title used in nomination
Original title
Language(s)
Director(s)
Result
Afghanistan
The Black Tulip [ 7]
لاله سیاه
Dari , Pashto , English , Arabic , Italian
Sonia Nassery Cole
Not nominated[ 8]
Albania
East, West, East [ 9]
Lindje, Perëndim, Lindje
Albanian , Italian, Slovene , Serbian
Gjergj Xhuvani
Not nominated
Algeria
Hors la Loi [ 10]
خارجون عن القانون
French , Arabic
Rachid Bouchareb
Nominated[ 5]
Argentina
Carancho [ 11]
Spanish
Pablo Trapero
Not nominated
Austria
La Pivellina [ 12]
Italian
Tizza Covi & Rainer Frimmel
Not nominated
Azerbaijan
The Precinct [ 13]
Sahə
Azeri , Russian
Ilgar Safat
Not nominated
Bangladesh
Third Person Singular Number [ 14]
থার্ড পারসন সিঙ্গুলার নাম্বার
Bengali
Mostofa Sarwar Farooki
Not nominated
Belgium
Illegal [ 15]
Illègal
French, Russian, English
Olivier Masset-Depasse
Not nominated
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Circus Columbia [ 16]
Cirkus Columbia
Bosnian , English
Danis Tanović
Not nominated
Brazil
Lula, the Son of Brazil [ 17]
Lula, o Filho do Brasil
Brazilian Portuguese
Fábio Barreto
Not nominated
Bulgaria
Eastern Plays [ 18]
Bulgarian , Turkish , English
Kamen Kalev
Not nominated
Canada
Incendies [ 3]
French, Arabic
Denis Villeneuve
Nominated[ 5]
Chile
The Life of Fish [ 19]
La vida de los peces
Spanish
Matías Bize
Not nominated
China
Aftershock [ 20]
唐山大地震
Mandarin
Feng Xiaogang
Not nominated
Colombia
Crab Trap [ 21]
El vuelco del cangrejo
Spanish
Oscar Ruíz Navia
Not nominated
Costa Rica
Of Love and Other Demons [ 22]
Del amor y otros demonios
Hilda Hidalgo
Not nominated
Croatia
The Blacks [ 23]
Crnci
Croatian
Goran Devic & Zvonimir Juric
Not nominated
Czech Republic
Kawasaki's Rose [ 24]
Kawasakiho růže
Czech
Jan Hřebejk
Not nominated
Denmark
In a Better World [ 25]
Hævnen
Danish , Swedish , English, Arabic, Catalan , Spanish
Susanne Bier
Won Academy Award[ 6]
Egypt
Messages from the Sea [ 26]
رسائل البحر
Arabic
Daoud Abdel Sayed
Not nominated
Estonia
The Temptation of St. Tony [ 27]
Püha Tõnu kiusamine
Estonian
Veiko Õunpuu
Not nominated
Ethiopia
The Athlete [ 3]
Atletu
Amharic , English, Oromo , Norwegian
Davey Frankel, Rasselas Lakew
Not nominated
Finland
Steam of Life [ 28]
Miesten vuoro
Finnish
Joonas Berghäll, Mika Hotakainen
Not nominated
France
Of Gods and Men [ 3]
Des hommes et des dieux
French, Arabic
Xavier Beauvois
Not nominated
Georgia
Street Days [ 29]
ქუჩის დღეები
Georgian
Levan Koguashvili
Not nominated
Germany
When We Leave [ 3]
Die Fremde
German , Turkish
Feo Aladag
Not nominated
Greece
Dogtooth [ 30]
Κυνόδοντας
Greek
Yorgos Lanthimos
Nominated[ 5]
Greenland
Nuummioq [ 31]
Greenlandic , Danish
Torben Bech, Otto Rosing
Not nominated
Hungary
Bibliothèque Pascal [ 32]
Romanian , Hungarian , English
Szabolcs Hajdu
Not nominated
Hong Kong
Echoes of the Rainbow [ 33]
歲月神偷
Cantonese
Alex Law
Not nominated
Iceland
Mamma Gogo [ 34]
Mamma Gógó
Icelandic
Friðrik Þór Friðriksson
Not nominated
India
Peepli [Live] [ 35]
पीपली लाइव
Hindi
Anusha Rizvi
Not nominated
Indonesia
How Funny (This Country Is) [ 36]
Alangkah Lucunya (Negeri Ini)
Indonesian
Deddy Mizwar
Not nominated
Iran
Farewell Baghdad [ 3]
بدرود بغداد
Arabic, English, Persian
Mehdi Naderi
Not nominated
Iraq
Son of Babylon [ 37]
ابن بابل
Arabic, Kurdish
Mohamed Al-Daradji
Not nominated
Israel
The Human Resources Manager [ 38]
שליחותו של הממונה על משאבי אנוש
Hebrew , Romanian, English
Eran Riklis
Not nominated
Italy
La Prima Cosa Bella [ 39]
Italian
Paolo Virzì
Not nominated
Japan
Confessions [ 40]
告白
Japanese
Tetsuya Nakashima
Made shortlist[ 4]
Kazakhstan
Strayed [ 41]
Заблудившийся
Russian
Akan Satayev
Not nominated
Kyrgyzstan
The Light Thief [ 31]
Свет-аке
Kyrgyz
Aktan Arym Kubat
Not nominated
Latvia
Hong Kong Confidential [ 42]
Amaya
Cantonese , Japanese, English
Māris Martinsons
Not nominated
Macedonia
Mothers [ 43]
Мајки
Macedonian
Milčo Mančevski
Not nominated
Mexico
Biutiful [ 44]
Spanish, Mandarin, Wolof
Alejandro González Iñárritu
Nominated[ 5]
Netherlands
Tirza [ 45]
Dutch , English
Rudolf van den Berg
Not nominated
Nicaragua
La Yuma [ 46]
Spanish
Florence Jaugey
Not nominated
Norway
Angel [ 47]
Engelen
Norwegian
Margreth Olin
Not nominated
Peru
Undertow [ 48]
Contracorriente
Spanish
Javier Fuentes-León
Not nominated
Philippines
Noy [ 49]
Noy
Filipino , English
Dondon Santos
Not nominated
Poland
All That I Love [ 50]
Wszystko, co kocham
Polish
Jacek Borcuch
Not nominated
Portugal
To Die Like a Man [ 51]
Morrer Como Um Homem
Portuguese
João Pedro Rodrigues
Not nominated
Puerto Rico
Miente [ 52]
Spanish
Rafi Mercado
Not nominated
Romania
If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle [ 53]
Eu cand vreau sa fluier, fluier
Romanian
Florin Șerban
Not nominated
Russia
The Edge [ 54]
Край
Russian
Alexei Uchitel
Not nominated
Serbia
Besa [ 55]
Беса
Serbian, Albanian
Srđan Karanović
Not nominated
Slovakia
Hranica [ 56]
Slovak , Hungarian
Jaroslav Vojtek
Not nominated
Slovenia
9:06 [ 56]
Slovene
Igor Sterk
Not nominated
South Africa
Life, Above All [ 3]
Northern Sotho
Oliver Schmitz
Made shortlist[ 4]
South Korea
A Barefoot Dream [ 3]
맨발의 꿈
Korean , Tetum
Kim Tae-kyun
Not nominated
Spain
Even the Rain [ 57]
También la lluvia
Spanish, Quechua , English
Icíar Bollaín
Made shortlist[ 4]
Sweden
Simple Simon [ 58]
I rymden finns inga känslor
Swedish
Andreas Öhman
Made shortlist[ 4]
Switzerland
La petite chambre [ 59]
French
Stéphanie Chuat, Véronique Reymond
Not nominated
Taiwan
Monga [ 60]
艋舺
Mandarin, Taiwanese Hokkien
Doze Niu
Not nominated
Thailand
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives [ 61]
ลุงบุญมีระลึกชาติ
Thai
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Not nominated
Turkey
Bal [ 61]
Turkish
Semih Kaplanoglu
Not nominated
Uruguay
A Useful Life [ 61]
La vida útil
Spanish
Federico Veiroj
Not nominated
Venezuela
Hermano [ 62]
Marcel Rasquin
Not nominated
Vietnam has submitted four films in the past five years. Their official nominating body, the Vietnam Cinema Administration's International Relations Department, has indicated an interest in participating and has said they have nine eligible films. However, as of 5 October 2010[update] , they had made no official announcement.[ 63]
Taiwan originally chose Hear Me , which was deemed to be ineligible since its August 2009 release date meant that it was eligible only for the previous year.[ 64]
Cuba, Lithuania, and Luxembourg informed Variety before the deadline that they would not participate in this year's competition.[ 65]
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