Sixty-five countries have submitted films for consideration in the Foreign Language Film category for the 82nd Academy Awards.
The 2009 submissions in alphabetical order by country are:
AlbaniaAlive! – Artan Minarolli
ArgentinaEl Secreto De Sus Ojos – Juan Jose Campanella
ArmeniaAutumn Of The Magician – Rouben Kevorkov and Vaheh Kevorkov
AustraliaSamson & Delilah – Warwick Thornton
AustriaFor A Moment Freedom – Arash T Riahi
BangladeshBeyond The Circle – Golam Rabbany Biplob
BelgiumThe Misfortunates – Felix van Groeningen
BoliviaZona Sur – Juan Carlos Valdivia
Bosnia and HerzegovinaNightguards – Namik Kabil
BrazilTime Of Fear – Sergio Rezende
BulgariaThe World Is Big And Salvation Lurks Around The Corner – Stephan Komandarev
CanadaI Killed My Mother – Xavier Dolan
ChileDawson, Isla 10 – Miguel Littin
ChinaForever Enthralled – Chen Kaige
ColombiaThe Wind Journeys – Ciro Guerra
CroatiaDonkey – Antonio Nuic
CubaFallen Gods – Ernesto Daranas
Czech RepublicProtektor – Marek Najbrt
DenmarkTerribly Happy – Henrik Ruben Genz
EstoniaDecember Heat – Asko Kase
FinlandLetters To Father Jacob – Klaus Haro
FranceUn Prophete – Jacques Audiard
GeorgiaThe Other Bank – George Ovashvili
GermanyThe White Ribbon – Michael Haneke
GreeceSlaves In Their Bonds – Tony Lykouressis
Hong KongPrince Of Tears – Yonfan
HungaryChameleon– Krisztina Goda
IcelandReykjavik-Rotterdam – Oskar Jonasson
IndiaHarishchandrachi Factory – Paresh Mokashi
IndonesiaJamila and the President – Ratna Sarumpaet;
IranAbout Elly – Asghar Farhadi
IsraelAjami – Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani
ItalyBaaria – Giuseppe Tornatore
JapanNobody To Watch Over Me – Ryoichi Kimizuka
KazakhstanKelin – Ermek Tursunov
LithuaniaVortex – Gytis Luksas
LuxembourgRefractaire – Nicolas Steil
MacedoniaWingless – Ivo Trajkov
MexicoBackyard – Carlos Carrera
MoroccoCasanegra – Nour-Eddine Lakhmari
The NetherlandsWinter In Wartime – Martin Koolhoven
NorwayMax Manus – Espen Sandberg and Joachim Roenning
PeruThe Milk of Sorrow – Claudia Llosa
PhilippinesGrandpa Is Dead – Soxie H Topacio
PolandReverse – Borys Lankosz
PortugalDoomed Love – Mario Barroso
Puerto RicoKabo And Platon – Edmundo H Rodriguez
RomaniaPolice, Adjective – Corneliu Porumboiu
RussiaWard No 6 – Karen Shakhnazarov
SerbiaSt George Shoots The Dragon – Srdjan Dragojevic
SlovakiaBroken Promise – Jiri Chlumsky
SloveniaLandscape No 2 – Vinko Moderndorfer
South AfricaWhite Wedding – Jann Turner
South KoreaMother (pictured) – Joon-ho Bong
SpainThe Dancer And The Thief – Fernando Trueba
Sri LankaThe Road From Elephant Pass – Chandran Rutnam
SwedenInvoluntary – Ruben Ostlund
SwitzerlandHome – Ursula Meier
TaiwanNo Puedo Vivir Sin Ti – Leon Dai
ThailandBest Of Times – Yongyoot Thongkongtoon
TurkeyI Saw The Sun – Mahsun Kirmizigul, director
United KingdomAfghan Star – Havana Marking
UruguayBad Day For Fishing – Alvaro Brechner
VenezuelaLibertador Morales, El Justiciero – Efterpi Charalambidis
VietnamDon’t Burn It – Dang Nhat Minh
The Oscar nominations will be announced on February 2, 2010, and the awards ceremony is scheduled to take place in Hollywood on March 7.
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