List of submissions to the 79th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film explained

2006 Best Foreign Language Film submissions
Award1 Type:Oscar winner
Award1 Winner: The Lives of Others
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Award2 Winner:63
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This is a list of submissions to the 79th 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 79th Academy Awards, which were held on February 25, 2007, the Academy invited 83 countries to submit films for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, including Lithuania, which was invited to submit a film for the first time in the history of the Academy.[3] [4] Sixty-three countries submitted films to the Academy and sixty-one of those films were accepted for review by the Academy, a record number for the time.[5] The submissions of Finland and Luxembourg were rejected before the formal review process.[6] [7]

Two rule changes were made for the 79th Academy Awards in regard to the Best Foreign Language Film process.[8] The first was instituting a two-step process in choosing the nominees for the award in order to allow New York–based members of the Academy to participate.[9] An initial committee would select nine films to form a shortlist in January that would then be reviewed by a committee composed of ten members of the initial committee, ten Los Angeles–based members, and ten New York–based members that would select the final five nominees.[10] The second change was the removal of a rule requiring that the films be in an official language of the submitting country.[11] This was done in response to the rejection of Italy's and Austria's submissions for the 78th Academy Awards, Private and Caché respectively, because they were not filmed in the official language of their respective countries.[10] [12] This allowed for the acceptance of submissions such as Canada's Water, which contained solely Hindi dialogue.[12] Following the revealing of the shortlist, the Academy released a list of the five nominees on January 23, 2007.[13] The winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film was Germany's The Lives of Others, which was directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck.[14]

Submissions

Submitting country Film title used in nomination Original title Language(s) Director(s) Result
Days of Gloryبلديون / IndigènesArabic, French
Family LawDerecho de familiaSpanish
Ten CanoesYolngu Matha, English
You Bet Your LifeSpiele LebenGerman
Forever Flowsনিরন্তরBengali
Someone Else's HappinessEen ander zijn gelukDutch
American VisaSpanish
Grbavica: Land of My DreamsGrbavicaBosnian
Cinema, Aspirins and VulturesCinema, Aspirinas e UrubusGerman, Brazilian Portuguese
Monkeys in WinterMaimuni prez zimataBulgarian
WaterHindi, English
In BedEn la camaSpanish
Curse of the Golden Flower满城尽带黄金甲Mandarin
A Ton of LuckSoñar no cuesta nadaSpanish
LibertasCroatian, Italian, Venetian
El BennySpanish
LunacyCzech
After the WeddingEfter brylluppetDanish, Hindi, Swedish, English
The Yacoubian Buildingعمارة يعقوبيانArabic
Lights in the DuskLaitakaupungin valotFinnish, Russian
Avenue MontaigneFauteuils d'orchestreFrench
The Lives of OthersDas Leben der AnderenGerman
Chariton's ChoirΗ χορωδία του ΧαρίτωναGreek
The Banquet夜宴Mandarin
White PalmsFehér TenyérHungarian, Russian
ChildrenBörnIcelandic
Rang De Basantiरंग दे बसंतीHindi
Love for ShareBerbagi suamiIndonesian
Transit CaféCafé TransitPersian, Greek, Turkish, Russian
IraqDreamsأحلامArabic
Sweet Mudאדמה משוגעתHebrew, French
The Golden DoorNuovomondoItalian
Hula GirlsフラガールJapanese
NomadKôshpendilerRussian, Kazakh, Talgat Temenov, Ivan Passer
The Wedding ChestСундук предковFrench, Kyrgyz, Russian
BostaبوسطةArabic
Before Flying Back to the EarthPrieš parskrendant į žemęLithuanian, Russian
Your Name is JustineMasz na imie JustineGerman, Polish, English
KontaktGerman, Macedonian
Pan's LabyrinthEl laberinto del faunoSpanish
The Moroccan Symphonyالسمفونية المغربيةArabic
BasainNepali
Black BookZwartboekDutch, Hebrew, English, German
RepriseNorwegian
MadeinusaSpanish, Quechua
The Blossoming of Maximo OliverosAng Pagdadalaga ni Maximo OliverosFilipino, Tagalog
RetrievalZ odzyskuPolish, Russian
AlicePortuguese
Thieves and LiarsLadrones y mentirososSpanish
The Way I Spent the End of the WorldCum mi-am petrecut sfârșitul lumiiRomanian
9th Company9 ротаRussian
Tomorrow MorningSutra ujutroSerbian
GravehoppingOdgrobadogrobaSlovene
King and the Clown왕의 남자Korean
VolverSpanish
Falkenberg FarewellFarväl FalkenbergSwedish
VitusSwiss German, English
Blue Cha Cha深海Mandarin, Taiwanese Hokkien
Ahimsa: Stop to Runอหิงสา จิ๊กโก๋ มีกรรมThai
Ice Cream, I ScreamDondurmam GaymakTurkish
AuroraАврораRussian, Ukrainian, English
MaroaSpanish
Story of PaoChuyện của PaoVietnamese

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  1. Web site: History of the Academy Awards - Page 2 . . 2008-06-23 . 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 . . 2008-06-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080314002549/http://www.oscars.org/79academyawards/rules/rule14.html . 2008-03-14 . dead .
  3. Web site: 83 Countries Invited to Submit Foreign Language Films for 2006 Oscar . . 2008-06-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080426143520/http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2006/06.07.11.html . 2008-04-26 . dead .
  4. News: 83 countries compete for foreign language Oscar . https://archive.today/20130420054229/http://film.guardian.co.uk/print/0,,329527337-3156,00.html . dead . 2013-04-20 . . 2006-07-12 . 2008-06-21.
  5. Web site: Oscar race counts 61 countries. Variety. Sneider, Jeff. 2006-10-19. 2008-06-21.
  6. Web site: Kaurismaki turns off 'Lights' on Oscar bid. Variety. Selkokari, Antti. 2006-10-18. 2008-06-21.
  7. Web site: Lux out of 'Name' game. Variety. Goodfellow, Melanie. 2006-11-08. 2008-06-21.
  8. Web site: 79th Oscar Rules Approved by Academy . . 2006-06-30 . 2008-06-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080220131218/http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2006/06.06.30.html . 2008-02-20 . dead .
  9. Web site: Rules Change for Foreign-Language Oscar. Fox News. 2006-07-02. 2008-06-21.
  10. News: Rules Change for Foreign-Language Oscar. San Francisco Chronicle. 2006-07-01. 2008-06-21. 2020-04-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20200404232207/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fn%2Fa%2F2006%2F07%2F01%2Fentertainment%2Fe190800D07.DTL. dead.
  11. News: Foreign film rules altered. Los Angeles Times. Welkos, Robert. 2006-07-03. 2008-06-21.
  12. Web site: Water is Canada's Oscar entry. Rediff.com. Pais, Arthur. 2006-09-22. 2008-06-21.
  13. Web site: Nominations Announcement – The 79th Annual Academy Awards . . 2007-01-23 . 2008-06-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080622044641/http://www.oscars.org/79academyawards/nomannc/index.html . 2008-06-22 . dead .
  14. News: 'The Lives of Others'. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Paris, Barry. 2007-03-01. 2008-06-24.

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