Eighty-seven countries have submitted films for this year’s foreign language film Oscar, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has revealed - a drop from the record 92 that submitted last year.
Countries submitting films in the category for the first time include Malawi - which has entered Shemu Joyah’s The Road to Sunrise - and Niger, whose submission is Rahmatou Keïta’s The Wedding Ring.
Submissions that had not previously been confirmed include Australian entry Jirga, from director Benjamin Gilmour, and New Zealand contender Yellow Is Forbidden, directed by Pietra Brettkelly.
Nominations for the 91st Academy Awards will be announced on January 22 and the awards ceremony is set for February 24.
Full list of 2018 foreign language film submissions:
- Afghanistan - Rona Azim’s Mother dir. Jamshid Mahmoudi
- Algeria - Until the End Of Time Yasmine Chouikh
- Argentina - El Ángel Luis Ortega
- Armenia - Spitak Alexander Kott
- Australia - Jirga Benjamin Gilmour
- Austria - The Waldheim Waltz Ruth Beckermann
- Bangladesh - No Bed Of Roses Mostofa Sarwar Farooki
- Belarus - Crystal Swan Darya Zhuk
- Belgium - Girl Lukas Dhont
- Bolivia - The Goalkeeper Rodrigo Gory” Patiño
- Bosnia and Herzegovina - Never Leave Me Aida Begić
- Brazil - The Great Mystical Circus Carlos Diegues
- Bulgaria - Omnipresent Ilian Djevelekov
- Cambodia - Graves Without A Name Rithy Panh
- Canada - Family Ties Sophie Dupuis
- Chile - …And Suddenly the Dawn Silvio Caiozzi
- China - Hidden Man Jiang Wen
- Colombia - Birds Of Passage Cristina Gallego - Ciro Guerra
- Costa Rica - Medea Alexandra Latishev
- Croatia - The Eighth Commissioner Ivan Salaj
- Czech Republic - Winter Flies Olmo Omerzu
- Denmark - The Guilty Gustav Möller
- Dominican Republic - Cocote Nelson Carlo De Los Santos Arias
- Ecuador - A Son Of Man Jamaicanoproblem
- Egypt - Yomeddine A.B. Shawky
- Estonia - Take It Or Leave It Liina Trishkina-Vanhatalo
- Finland - Euthanizer Teemu Nikki
- France - Memoir Of War Emmanuel Finkiel
- Georgia - Namme Zaza Khalvashi
- Germany - Never Look Away Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
- Greece - Polyxeni Dora Masklavanou
- Hong Kong - Operation Red Sea Dante Lam
- Hungary - Sunset László Nemes
- Iceland - Woman At War Benedikt Erlingsson
- India - Village Rockstars Rima Das
- Indonesia - Marlina The Murderer In Four Acts Mouly Surya
- Iran - No Date - No Signature Vahid Jalilvand
- Iraq - The Journey Mohamed Jabarah Al-Daradji
- Israel - The Cakemaker Ofir Raul Graizer
- Italy - Dogman Matteo Garrone
- Japan - Shoplifters Hirokazu Kore-eda
- Kazakhstan - Ayka Sergey Dvortsevoy
- Kenya - Supa Modo Likarion Wainaina
- Kosovo - The Marriage Blerta Zeqiri
- Latvia - To Be Continued Ivars Seleckis
- Lebanon - Capernaum Nadine Labaki
- Lithuania - Wonderful Losers: A Different World Arunas Matelis
- Luxembourg - Gutland Govinda Van Maele
- Macedonia - Secret Ingredient Gjorce Stavreski
- Malawi - The Road To Sunrise Shemu Joyah
- Mexico - ROMA Alfonso Cuarón
- Montenegro - Iskra Gojko Berkuljan
- Morocco - Burnout Nour-Eddine Lakhmari
- Nepal - Panchayat Shivam Adhikari
- Netherlands - The Resistance Banker Joram Lürsen
- New Zealand - Yellow Is Forbidden Pietra Brettkelly
- Niger - The Wedding Ring Rahmatou Keïta
- Norway - What Will People Say Iram Haq
- Pakistan - Cake Asim Abbasi
- Palestine - Ghost Hunting Raed Andoni
- Panama - Ruben Blades Is Not My Name Abner Benaim
- Paraguay - The Heiresses Marcelo Martinessi
- Peru - Eternity Oscar Catacora
- Philippines - Signal Rock Chito S. Roño
- Poland - Cold War Pawel Pawlikowski
- Portugal - Pilgrimage João Botelho
- Romania - I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians Radu Jude
- Russia - Sobibor Konstantin Khabensky
- Serbia - Offenders Dejan Zecevic
- Singapore - Buffalo Boys Mike Wiluan
- Slovakia - The Interpreter Martin Šulík
- Slovenia - Ivan Janez Burger
- South Africa - Sew the Winter to My Skin Jahmil X.T. Qubeka
- South Korea - Burning Lee Chang-dong
- Spain - Champions Javier Fesser
- Sweden - Border Ali Abbasi
- Switzerland - Eldorado Markus Imhoof
- Taiwan - The Great Buddha+ Hsin-Yao Huang
- Thailand - Malila The Farewell Flower Anucha Boonyawatana
- Tunisia - Beauty and the Dogs Kaouther Ben Hania
- Turkey - The Wild Pear Tree Nuri Bilge Ceylan
- Ukraine - Donbass Sergei Loznitsa
- United Kingdom - I Am Not a Witch Rungano Nyoni
- Uruguay - Twelve-Year Night Álvaro Brechner
- Venezuela - The Family Gustavo Rondón Córdova
- Vietnam - The Tailor Buu Loc Tran - Kay Nguyen
- Yemen - 10 Days before the Wedding Amr Gamal - director
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