The 83rd Academy Awards (2011) - Foreign Language Film Submission List

Last month, the official selections were announced for the Foreign Language Film category at the 83rd Academy Awards.

On January 25, 2011, this list will be whittled down to five finalists when the official nominees are announced.

This year there were sixty-five films submitted including two countries making their first ever entries - Ethiopia and Greenland.

Here is the list:

Albania - East, West, East
Gjergj Xhuvani

Algeria - Hors la Loi
Rachid Bouchareb

Argentina - Carancho
Pablo Trapero

Austria - La Pivellina
Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel

Azerbaijan - The Precinct
Ilgar Safat

Bangladesh - Third Person Singular Number
Mostofa Sarwar Farooki *

Belgium - Illegal
Olivier Masset-Depasse

Bosnia and Herzegovina - Circus Columbia
Danis Tanovic *

Brazil - Lula, the Son of Brazil
Fabio Barreto *

Bulgaria - Eastern Plays
Kamen Kalev

Canada - Incendies
Denis Villeneuve

Chile - The Life of Fish
Matias Bize

China - Aftershock
Feng Xiaogang

Colombia - Crab Trap
Oscar Ruiz Navia

Costa Rica - Of Love and Other Demons
Hilda Hidalgo

Croatia - The Blacks
Goran Devic and Zvonimir Juric *

Czech Republic - Kawasaki’s Rose
Jan Hrebejk*

Denmark - In a Better World
Susanne Bier

Egypt - Messages from the Sea
Daoud Abdel Sayed*

Estonia - The Temptation of St. Tony
Veiko Ounpuu

Ethiopia - The Athlete
Davey Frankel and Rasselas Lakew

Finland - Steam of Life
Joonas Berghall and Mika Hotakainen *

France - Of Gods and Men
Xavier Beauvois

Georgia - Street Days
Levan Koguashvili

Germany - When We Leave
Feo Aladag

Greece - Dogtooth
Yorgos Lanthimos

Greenland - Nuummioq
Otto Rosing and Torben Bech

Hong Kong - Echoes of the Rainbow
Alex Law

Hungary - Bibliotheque Pascal
Szabolcs Hajdu

Iceland - Mamma Gogo
Fridrik Thor Fridriksson

India - Peepli [Live]
Anusha Rizvi

Indonesia - How Funny (Our Country Is)
Deddy Mizwar

Iran - Farewell Baghdad
Mehdi Naderi

Iraq - Son of Babylon
Mohamed Al-Daradji

Israel - The Human Resources Manager
Eran Riklis

Italy - La Prima Cosa Bella
Paolo Virzi

Japan - Confessions
Tetsuya Nakashima

Kazakhstan - Strayed
Akan Satayev

Korea - A Barefoot Dream
Tae-kyun Kim

Kyrgyzstan - The Light Thief
Aktan Arym Kubat

Latvia - Hong Kong Confidential
Maris Martinsons

Macedonia - Mothers
Milcho Manchevski

Mexico - Biutiful
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Netherlands - Tirza
Rudolf van den Berg

Nicaragua - La Yuma
Florence Jaugey

Norway - The Angel
Margreth Olin

Peru - Contracorriente
Javier Fuentes-Leon

Philippines - Noy
Dondon S. Santos and Rodel Nacianceno

Poland - All That I Love
Jacek Borcuch

Portugal - To Die Like a Man
Joao Pedro Rodrigues

Puerto Rico - Miente
Rafael Mercado

Romania - If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle
Florin Serban

Russia - The Edge
Alexey Uchitel

Serbia - Besa
Srdjan Karanovic

Slovakia - Hranica
Jaroslav Vojtek

Slovenia - 9:06
Igor Sterk

South Africa - Life, above All
Oliver Schmitz

Spain - Tambien la Lluvia
Iciar Bollain

Sweden - Simple Simon
Andreas Ohman

Switzerland - La Petite Chambre
Stephanie Chuat and Veronique Reymond

Taiwan - Monga
Chen-zer Niu

Thailand - Loong Boonmee raleuk chat
Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Turkey - Bal
Semih Kaplanoglu

Uruguay - La Vida Util
Federico Veiroj

Venezuela - Hermano
Marcel Rasquin

Shortlist

Nominee

Winner

Quite a long list, but I endeavor to watch and blog about as many of these that I can locate in the next little while.  42/65