A record 76 countries have submitted films for consideration in the foreign language film category for the 86th Academy Awards.  

Moldova and Saudi Arabia are first-time entrants while Montenegro is submitting for the first time as an independent country.

Earlier this year the Academy changed its rule allowing all voting members to vote on the shortlist.

The nominations will be announced on January 16 2014 and the Academy Awards ceremony is scheduled to take place on March 2 2014 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

The 2013 submissions are:

Afghanistan, Wajma: An Afghan Love Story, Barmak Akram
Albania, Agon, Robert Budina
Argentina, Wakolda, Lucía Puenzo
Australia, The Rocket, Kim Mordaunt
Austria, The Wall, Julian Pölsler
Azerbaijan, Steppe Man, Shamil Aliyev

Bangladesh, Television, Mostofa Sarwar Farooki
Belgium, The Broken Circle Breakdown, Felix van Groeningen
Bosnia and Herzegovina, An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker, Danis Tanović
Brazil, Neighbouring Sounds, Kleber Mendonça Filho
Bulgaria, The Colour of the Chameleon, Emil Hristov

Cambodia, The Missing Picture, Rithy Panh
Canada, Gabrielle, Louise Archambault
Chad, GriGris, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Chile, Gloria, Sebastián Lelio
China, Back To 1942, Feng Xiaogang
Colombia, La Playa DC, Juan Andrés Arango
Croatia, Halima’s Path, Arsen Anton Ostojić
Czech Republic, Burning Bush, Agnieska Holland

Denmark, The Hunt, Thomas Vinterberg
Dominican Republic, Who’s the Boss?, Ronni Castillo

Ecuador, The Porcelain Horse, Javier Andrade
Egypt, Winter Of Discontent, Ibrahim El Batout
Estonia, Free Range, Veiko Ounpuu

Finland, Disciple, Ulrika Bengts
France, Renoir, Gilles Bourdos

Georgia, In Bloom, Nana Ekvtimishvili, Simon Groß
Germany, Two Lives, Georg Maas
Greece, Boy Eating The Bird’s Food, Ektoras Lygizos

Hong Kong, The Grandmaster, Wong Kar-wai
Hungary, The Notebook, Janosz Szasz

Iceland, Of Horses and Men, Benedikt Erlingsson
India, The Good Road, Gyan Correa
Indonesia, Sang Kiai, Rako Prijanto
Iran, The Past, Asghar Farhadi
Israel, Bethlehem, Yuval Adler
Italy, The Great Beauty, Paolo Sorrentino

Japan, The Great Passage, Yuya Ishii

Kazakhstan, Shal, Yermek Tursunov

Latvia, Mother, I Love You, Janis Nords
Lebanon, Ghadi, Amin Dora
Lithuania, Conversations on Serious Topics, Giedrė Beinoriūtė
Luxembourg, Blind Spot, Christophe Wagner

Mexico, Heli, Amat Escalante
Moldova, All God’s Children, Adrian Popovici
Montenegro, Bad Destiny, Draško Đurović
Morocco, God’s Horses, Nabil Ayouch

Nepal, Soongava: Dance of the Orchids, Subarna Thapa
Netherlands, Borgman, Alex van Warmerdam
New Zealand, White Lies, Dana Rotberg
Norway, I Am Yours, Iram Haq

Pakistan, Zinda Bhaag, Meenu Gaur, Farjad Nabi
Palestine, Omar, Hany Abu-Assad
Peru, The Cleaner, Adrian Saba
Philippines, Transit, Hannah Espia
Poland, Walesa. Man of Hope, Andrzej Wajda
Portugal, Lines of Wellington, Valeria Sarmiento

Romania, Child’s Pose, Calin Peter Netzer
Russia, Stalingrad, Fedor Bondarchuk

Saudi Arabia, Wadjda, Haifaa Al Mansour
Serbia, Circles, Srdan Golubovic
Singapore, Ilo Ilo, Anthony Chen
Slovakia, My Dog Killer, Mira Fornay
Slovenia, Class Enemy, Rok Biček
South Africa, Four Corners, Ian Gabriel
South Korea, Juvenile Offender, Kang Yi-kwan
Spain, 15 Years Plus A Day, Gracia Querejeta
Sweden, Eat Sleep Die, Gabriela Pichler
Switzerland, More Than Honey, Markus Imhoof

Taiwan, Soul, Chung Mong-hong
Thailand, Countdown, Nattawut Poonpiriya
Turkey, The Butterfly’s Dream, Yılmaz Erdoğan

Ukraine, Paradjanov, Serge Avedikian, Olena Fetisova
United Kingdom, Metro Manila, Sean Ellis
Uruguay, Anina, Alfredo Soderguit

Venezuela, Breach in the Silence, Luis Rodríguez, Andrés Rodríguez

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