This is a list of submissions to the 53rd 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 53rd Academy Awards, twenty-six films were submitted in the category Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Cameroon, Colombia, Iceland and Portugal all submitted films for the first time. Iceland has submitted a film every year since then, while Cameroon did not submit again until 2017. The highlighted titles were the five nominated films, which came from France, Hungary, Japan and Spain. The Soviet Union won the award with the film Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears.[3]

Submissions

Submitting countryFilm title used in nominationOriginal titleLanguage(s)Director(s)Result
 AustriaEgon Schiele – Exzess und BestrafungEgon Schiele - ExzesseGerman, English, FrenchHerbert Vesely Not nominated
 BrazilBye Bye BrazilBye Bye BrasilBrazilian PortugueseCarlos Diegues Not nominated
 CameroonOur DaughterNotre filleFrenchDaniel Kamwa Not nominated
 CanadaGood RiddanceLes Bons débarrasFrancis Mankiewicz Not nominated
 ColombiaThe Latin ImmigrantEl inmigrante latinoSpanishGustavo Nieto Roa Not nominated
 CzechoslovakiaLove Between the RaindropsLásky mezi kapkami deštěCzechKarel Kachyňa Not nominated
 FinlandTulipääFinnishPirjo Honkasalo and Pekka Lehto Not nominated
 FranceThe Last MetroLe Dernier MétroFrenchFrançois Truffaut Nominated
 East GermanyThe FianceeDie VerlobteGermanGünther Rücker and Günter Reisch Not nominated
 West GermanyFabianWolf Gremm Not nominated
 HungaryConfidenceBizalomHungarianIstván Szabó Nominated
 IcelandLand and SonsLand og synirIcelandicÁgúst Guðmundsson Not nominated
 IndiaPayal Ki Jhankaarपायल की झंकारHindiSatyen Bose Not nominated
 IsraelThe Thin Lineעל חבל דקHebrewMichal Bat-Adam Not nominated
 ItalyA Leap in the DarkSalto nel vuotoItalianMarco Bellocchio Not nominated
 JapanKagemusha影武者JapaneseAkira Kurosawa Nominated
 NetherlandsIn for TreatmentOpnameDutchMarja Kok and Erik van Zuylen Not nominated
 NorwayLife and DeathLiv og dødNorwegianPetter Vennerød and Svend Wam Not nominated
 PolandOlympics 40Olimpiada 40PolishAndrzej Kotkowski Not nominated
 PortugalMorning UnderseaManhã SubmersaPortugueseLauro António Not nominated
 Soviet UnionMoscow Does Not Believe in TearsМосква слезам не веритRussianVladimir Menshov Won Academy Award
 SpainThe NestEl nidoSpanishJaime de Armiñán Nominated
 SwedenHerr Puntila and His Servant MattiHerr Puntila och hans dräng MattiSwedishRalf Långbacka Not nominated
  SwitzerlandEvery Man for HimselfSauve qui peut (la vie)FrenchJean-Luc Godard Not nominated
 TaiwanThe Legend of Six Dynasty六朝怪談Mandarin Guk-Gam Wong Not nominated
 YugoslaviaSpecial TreatmentPoseban tretmanSerbo-CroatianGoran Paskaljević 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 53rd Academy Awards (1981) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 8 June 2013.

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