List of submissions to the 72nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film explained

1999 Best Foreign Language Film submissions
Award1 Type:Oscar winner
Award1 Winner: All About My Mother
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Award2 Winner:47
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This is a list of submissions to the 72nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film was created in 1956 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honour non-English-speaking films produced outside the United States.[1] The award is handed out annually, and is accepted by the winning film's director, although it is considered an award for the submitting country as a whole.[2] Countries are invited by the Academy to submit their best films for competition according to strict rules, with only one film being accepted from each country.[2]

For the 72nd Academy Awards, the Academy invited 75 countries to submit films for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.[3] The submission deadline was set on November 1, 1999.[4] Forty-seven countries submitted films to the Academy, surpassing the record set in 1994.[5] The Asian nations of Bhutan, Nepal and Tajikistan submitted films for the first time ever.[5] The nominations were announced on February 15, 2000, and the winner was revealed during the awards presentation held on March 26, 2000.[6] Belgium's submission Rosetta was not nominated, even though it had received the prestigious Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival the previous year.[7] Nepal received its first and so far only nomination for Himalaya: Caravan, a film made in the Tibetan language, which is spoken in parts of Nepal, about the country's disappearing salt-trade system.[8] The four other nominated films came from France, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.[9] The latter received its nomination for Solomon & Gaenor, the first film made entirely in Welsh and Yiddish.[10]

Spain won the award for the third time with All About My Mother by Pedro Almodóvar.[11]

Submissions

Submitting country Film title used in nomination Original title Language(s) Director(s) Result
ManuelitaSpanish
Northern SkirtsNordrandGerman
RosettaFrench
The Cupཕོར་པ།Hindi, Tibetan
OrfeuBrazilian Portuguese
Set Me FreeEmporte-moiFrench
Lover's Grief over the Yellow River黄河绝恋MandarinFeng Xiaoning
Time OutGolpe de estadioSpanish
Red DustCrvena prašinaCroatian
The Idiot ReturnsNávrat idiotaCzech
MifuneMifunes sidste sangDanish
The Tough OnesHäjytFinnish
East-WestEst-OuestFrench, Russian
Here Comes the Dawnაქ თენდებაGeorgian
Aimée & JaguarAimée und JaguarGerman
From the Edge of the CityΑπό την άκρη της πόληςGreek, Russian
Ordinary Heroes千言萬語Cantonese
The Lord's Lantern in BudapestNekem lámpást adott kezembe az Úr PestenHungarian
The Honour of the HouseUngfrúin góða og húsiðIcelandic
Earthअर्थHindi, English, Parsee, Punjabi, Urdu
SriIndonesian
The Colours of Paradiseرنگ خداPersian
Yana's Friendsהחברים של יאנהHebrew, Russian, English
Not of this WorldFuori dal mondoItalian
Railroad Man鉄道員Japanese
Around the Pink Houseالبيت الزهريFrench, Arabic
Khalil Joreige
El Coronel no tiene quien le escribaEl coronel no tiene quien le escribaSpanish
CaravanहिमालयDolpo, Nepali, German
Scratches in the TableMadelief, krassen in het tafelbladDutch
The PrompterSuffløsenNorwegian
Captain Pantoja and the Special ServicesPantaleón y las visitadorasSpanish
The KiteSaranggolaFilipino, Tagalog
Pan TadeuszPan TadeuszPolish
The MutantsOs MutantesPortuguese
The Famous PaparazzoFaimosul paparazzoRomanianNicolae Mărgineanu
MolochМолохGerman
All My Loved OnesVsichni moji blízcíCzech
All About My MotherTodo sobre mi madreSpanish, Catalan, English
Under the SunUnder solenSwedish
Beresina, or The Last Days of SwitzerlandBeresina oder Die letzten Tage der SchweizSwiss German
Luna PapaЛунный папаRussian
March of Happiness天馬茶房Taiwanese Hokkien, Japanese, Mandarin, ShanghaineseLin Cheng-sheng
Mrs. Salkim's DiamondsSalkım Hanımın TaneleriTurkish
Solomon and GaenorSolomon a GaenorWelsh, Yiddish, English
Glue SnifferHuelepega: Ley de la calleSpanish
Three SeasonsBa mùaEnglish, Vietnamese
The White SuitБело оделоSerbian

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: History of the Academy Awards - Page 2 . . June 23, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080622191328/http://www.oscars.org/aboutacademyawards/history02.html . June 22, 2008 . dead .
  2. Web site: Special Rules for the Best Foreign Language Film Award . . August 25, 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080809165815/http://www.oscars.org/81academyawards/rules/rule14.html . August 9, 2008 .
  3. Academy Invites 75 Countries to Submit Their Best Pictures for Foreign Language Film Oscar . . 1999-08-02 . August 20, 2008.
  4. Nov 1 is Oscar Entry Deadline for Foreign Language and Short Films . . 1999-10-22 . August 20, 2008.
  5. News: Feiwell. Jill. Record 47 foreign pix vie for Oscar. November 8, 2013. Variety. PMC. November 22, 1999.
  6. Voting Schedule Set for 72nd Academy Awards . . 1999-07-28 . August 25, 2008.
  7. News: Rosetta wins Cannes prize . . . May 23, 1999 . August 25, 2008.
  8. News: Nepal's first ever Oscar nomination . BBC News . BBC . 2000-02-16 . August 25, 2008.
  9. 2000 Academy Award winners and nominations . . August 25, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080501033250/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/awards_festivals/oscars/nominations/2000.jsp . May 1, 2008 . dead .
  10. News: Thomas . Rebecca . Wising up to Solomon . BBC News . BBC . 2000-03-17 . August 25, 2008.
  11. News: What the winners said . BBC News . BBC . March 28, 2000 . August 20, 2008.

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