This is a list of submissions to the 51st Academy Awards (1978) 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 51st Academy Awards, nineteen films were submitted in the category Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Cuba and Lebanon submitted films for consideration for the first time. The highlighted titles were the five nominated films, which came from France, West Germany, Hungary, Italy and the USSR. France won the award with the comedy, Get Out Your Handkerchiefs,[3] starring Gérard Depardieu as a husband who finds a new lover for his depressed wife.

Submissions

Submitting countryFilm title used in nominationOriginal titleLanguage(s)Director(s)Result
 BrazilThe Lyre of DelightA Lira do DelírioBrazilian PortugueseWalter Lima Jr. Not nominated
 CubaThe Recourse to the Method / Viva el PresidenteEl recurso del métodoSpanishMiguel Littín Not nominated
 CzechoslovakiaDinner for Adele / Nick Carter in PragueAdéla ještě nevečeřelaCzechOldřich Lipský Not nominated
 DenmarkMe and CharlyMig og CharlyDanishMorten Arnfred and Henning Kristiansen Not nominated
 FranceGet Out Your HandkerchiefsPréparez vos mouchoirsFrenchBertrand Blier Won Academy Award
 West GermanyThe Glass CellDie Gläserne ZelleGermanHans W. Geißendörfer Nominated
 HungaryHungariansMagyarokHungarianZoltán Fábri Nominated
 IndiaThe Chess Playersशतरंज के खिलाड़ीHindi, Urdu, EnglishSatyajit Ray Not nominated
 IsraelLemon Popsicleאסקימו לימוןHebrewBoaz Davidson Not nominated
 ItalyViva Italia!I nuovi mostriItalianDino Risi, Ettore Scola and Mario Monicelli Nominated
 JapanEmpire of Passion愛の亡霊JapaneseNagisa Oshima Not nominated
 KuwaitThe Wedding of Zeinعرس الزينArabicKhalid Al Siddiq Not nominated
 LebanonPromise of LoveՍիրո ԽոստումըArmenian, English, FrenchSarky Mouradian Not nominated
 MexicoThe Place Without LimitsEl lugar sin límitesSpanishArturo Ripstein Not nominated
 NetherlandsPastorale 1943DutchWim Verstappen Not nominated
 PolandDeath of a PresidentSmierc prezydentaPolishJerzy Kawalerowicz Not nominated
 Soviet UnionWhite Bim Black EarБелый Бим Черное ухоRussianStanislav Rostotsky Nominated
 SpainSomnambulistsSonámbulosSpanishManuel Gutiérrez Aragón Not nominated
 YugoslaviaOccupation in 26 PicturesOkupacija u 26 slikaSerbo-Croatian, Italian, German, Russian, French, LatinLordan Zafranović Not nominated

References

  1. ↑ "History of the Academy Awards 2 - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences". 22 June 2008. Archived from the original on 22 June 2008. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Rule 14 | 81st Academy Awards Rules | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences". 9 August 2008. Archived from the original on 9 August 2008. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  3. ↑ "The 51st Academy Awards (1979) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 11 October 2012.

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