List of submissions to the 77th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film explained

This is a list of submissions to the 77th 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 handed out 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]

For the 77th Academy Awards, which were held on February 27, 2005, the Academy invited 89 countries to submit films for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.^[3] Fifty-one countries submitted films to the Academy, including Malaysia, which submitted a film for the first time.^[4] The submissions from Colombia, Hong Kong and Ukraine were rejected before the formal review process, but Colombia submitted another film as a replacement.^{[5] [6]} The Academy released a list of the five nominees for the award on January 25, 2005.^[7]

Spain won the award for the fourth time with The Sea Inside by Alejandro Amenabar.^[8]

Submissions

Submitting country	Film title used in nomination	Original title	Language(s)	Director(s)	Result
	Earth and Ashes	خاکستر و خاک	Dari, Pashto
	Lost Embrace	El abrazo partido	Spanish, Korean, Lithuanian, Yiddish
	Antares		German, Croatian, English
	The Alzheimer Case	De Zaak Alzheimer	Dutch, French, Flemish
	Days and Hours	Kod amidze Idriza	Bosnian
	Olga		Brazilian Portuguese
	Mila from Mars	Мила от Марс	Bulgarian
	Far Side of the Moon	La face cachée de la lune	French
	Machuca		Spanish
	House of Flying Daggers	十面埋伏	Mandarin
	El Rey		Spanish
	Long Dark Night	Duga mračna noc	Croatian
	Up and Down	Horem pádem	Czech
	The Five Obstructions	De Fem benspænd	Danish, English, French, Spanish	, Lars von Trier
	Chronicles	Crónicas	Spanish, English
	I Love Cinema	بحب السيما	Egyptian Arabic
	Revolution of Pigs	Sigade revolutsioon	Estonian	, René Reinumägi
	Producing Adults	Lapsia ja aikuisia – Kuinka niitä tehdään?	Finnish
	The Chorus	Les Choristes	French
	Downfall	Der Untergang	German
	A Touch of Spice	Πολίτικη Κουζίνα	Greek, Turkish, English
	Running on Karma	大隻佬	Cantonese	, Johnnie To
	Kontroll		Hungarian
	Cold Light	Kaldaljós	Icelandic
	Shwaas	श्वास	Marathi
	Turtles Can Fly	کیسەڵەکانیش ەفڕن	Kurdish
	Campfire	מדורת השבט	Hebrew, English
	The Keys to the House	Le chiavi di casa	Italian
	Nobody Knows	誰も知らない	Japanese
Macedonia	The Great Water	Golemata voda	Macedonian, English
	The Princess of Mount Ledang	Puteri Gunung Ledang	Malay
	Innocent Voices	Spanish; Castilian: Voces inocentes	Spanish
	Simon		Dutch
	Hawaii, Oslo		Norwegian
	The Olive Harvest	موسم الزيتون	Arabic
	Crying Ladies		Tagalog, English, Hokkien, Mandarin
	The Welts	Pręgi	Polish
	The Miracle According to Salomé	O Milagre segundo Salomé	Portuguese
	Orient Express		Romanian
	Night Watch	Ночной дозор	Russian
	Goose Feather	Јесен стиже, дуњо моја	Serbian
	Beneath Her Window	Pod njenim oknom	Slovenian
	Yesterday		Zulu
	Taegukgi	태극기 휘날리며	Korean
	The Sea Inside	Mar adentro	Spanish, Galician, Catalan
	As It Is in Heaven	Så som i himmelen	Swedish, English
	Mein Name Ist Bach		German
	20 30 40		Mandarin
	The Overture	โหมโรง	Thai
	A Driver for Vera	Водитель для Веры	Russian
	Whisky		Spanish, Italian	, Pablo Stoll
	Punto y Raya		Spanish

Notes

• Colombia's original submission, Maria Full of Grace was disqualified because the Academy determined that there was too much English dialogue in the film for it to meet Academy requirements.^[6] Colombia submitted El Rey as a replacement.^[5]
• Hong Kong's submission, Running on Karma, was disqualified by the Academy, which cited problems with the film's release date.^[9]
• Ukraine's submission, A Driver for Vera, was disqualified because the Academy determined that the film was primarily Russian-produced, and thus not eligible as Ukraine's submission.^[5]

References

General

• Web site: 50 Countries in Competition for Oscar . . 2004-10-22 . 2008-07-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070611123725/http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2004/04.10.22.html . June 11, 2007 .

Specific

External links

• Official website for the 77th Academy Awards

Notes and References

1. Web site: History of the Academy Awards – Page 2 . . 2008-07-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080622191328/http://www.oscars.org/aboutacademyawards/history02.html . 2008-06-22 . dead .
2. Web site: Special Rules for the Best Foreign Language Film Award . . 2008-07-08 .
3. Web site: Academy Invites 89 Countries to Submit Their Best Pictures for Foreign Language Film Oscar . . 2004-07-01 . 2008-07-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070611122807/http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2004/04.07.01a.html . June 11, 2007 .
4. Web site: Asia Pacific Arts: Oscars in Full . . Hu, Brian . 2004-12-21 . 2008-07-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081018200822/http://www.asiaarts.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=18902 . 2008-10-18 .
5. Web site: Foreign Oscar Quandary: Academy Nixes "Maria," Colombia Adds "El Rey," and Other Stories from the Foreign-Lingo Category . . Kaufman, Anthony . 2008-07-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20061220074435/http://www.indiewire.com/biz/biz_041103world.html . December 20, 2006 .
6. News: THE BIG PICTURE: Oscars' foreign policy problem. Los Angeles Times. Goldstein, Patrick. 2007-10-23. 2008-07-08.
7. Web site: 2005 Oscars 77th Academy Awards Nominees . . 2005-01-25 . 2008-07-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080122041139/http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/osc_03nominees.html . 2008-01-22 .
8. Web site: 'Sea Inside' wins for best foreign film. Today.com. 2005-02-27. 2008-07-08.
9. Web site: Flying Daggers to vie for Oscar. china.org.cn. 2004-09-17. 2008-07-27.