Friday, October 1 at 5pm PT was the deadline to submit entries to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) for consideration at the 2011 Academy Awards in the categories of Live Action Short Film, Animated Short Film and Foreign Language Film. For the Foreign Film category, the process is quite convoluted. Each country's Oscar selection committee submits its single choice to the Academy. Eventually this will get whittled down to a short list of 9 contenders on January 20, 2011 before the Academy announces the final 5 nominees with the nominees of every category on January 25. The 83rd Academy Awards take place on February 27, 2011.
This year, there were submissions from 65 countries, the same number as last year. Countries included for the first time were Ethiopia and Greenland, with its first ever film Nuummioq (in spite of the fact that TIFF co-director Cameron Bailey had tweeted that they weren't allowed to submit because Greenland didn't have an official Oscar committee). Some such as Vietnam did not submit this year. Canada's choice of Denis Villeneuve's Incendies is considered a strong choice, and was my favourite film that I saw from this year's Toronto International Film Festival. Other strong contenders include Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu's Biutiful from Mexico, Xavier Beauvois' Of Gods and Men from France (winner of the Grand Prix at Cannes), and Thailand's Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives by Apichatpong Weerasethakul (winner of the Palme d’Or).
Controversially, Italy selected the comedic La prima cosa bella (The First Beautiful Thing) instead of the critical darling Io sono l'amore (I Am Love) which stars Tilda Swinton speaking fluent Italian and Russian. Curiously, Finland's choice is a documentary, the fine Steam of Life.
This year, there were submissions from 65 countries, the same number as last year. Countries included for the first time were Ethiopia and Greenland, with its first ever film Nuummioq (in spite of the fact that TIFF co-director Cameron Bailey had tweeted that they weren't allowed to submit because Greenland didn't have an official Oscar committee). Some such as Vietnam did not submit this year. Canada's choice of Denis Villeneuve's Incendies is considered a strong choice, and was my favourite film that I saw from this year's Toronto International Film Festival. Other strong contenders include Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu's Biutiful from Mexico, Xavier Beauvois' Of Gods and Men from France (winner of the Grand Prix at Cannes), and Thailand's Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives by Apichatpong Weerasethakul (winner of the Palme d’Or).
Controversially, Italy selected the comedic La prima cosa bella (The First Beautiful Thing) instead of the critical darling Io sono l'amore (I Am Love) which stars Tilda Swinton speaking fluent Italian and Russian. Curiously, Finland's choice is a documentary, the fine Steam of Life.
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Complete list of Foreign Language Film submission for the 83rd Academy Awards
Complete list of Foreign Language Film submission for the 83rd Academy Awards
Albania
East, West, East, directed by Gjergj Xhuvani
Algeria
Outside the Law, directed by Rachid Bouchareb
Argentina
Carancho, Pablo Trapero
Austria
La Pivellina, directed by Tizza Covi & Rainer Frimmel
Azerbaijan
Precinct, directed by Ilgar Safat
Bangladesh
Third Person Singular Number, directed by Mostofa Sarwar Farooki
Belgium
Illegal, directed by Olivier Masset-Depasse
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Cirkus Columbia, directed by Danis Tanovic
Brazil
Lula, o filho do Brasil, directed by Fábio Barreto
Bulgaria
Eastern Plays, directed by Kamen Kalev
Canada
Incendies, directed by Denis Villeneuve
Chile
The Life of Fish, directed by Matías Bize
Colombia
Crab Trap, directed by Oscar Ruíz Navia
Costa Rica
Of Love and Other Demons, directed by Hilda Hidalgo
Croatia
The Blacks, directed by Goran Devic and Zvonimir Juric
Czech Republic
Kawasaki’s Rose, directed by Jan Hrebejk
Egypt
Messages From The Sea, directed by Daoud Abdel Sayed
Estonia
The Temptation of St. Tony, directed by Veiko Öunpuu
Ethiopia
The Athlete, directed by Davey Frankel and Rasselas Lakew
Finland
Steam of Life, directed by Joonas Berghail & Mika Hotakainen
France
Of Gods and Men, directed by Xavier Beauvois
Georgia
Street Days, directed by Levan Koguashvili
Germany
When We Leave, directed by Feo Aladag
Greece
Dogtooth, directed by Yorgos Lanthimos
Greenland
Nuummioq, directed by Otto Rosing and Torben Bech
Hong Kong
Echoes of the Rainbow, directed by Alex Law
Hungary
Bibliteque Pascal, directed by Szabolcs Hajdu
Iceland
Mamma Gógó, directed by Friðrik Þór Friðriksson
India
Peepli Live, directed by Anusha Rizvi
Indonesia
How Funny (This Country Is), directed by Deddy Mizwar
Iran
Farewell Baghdad, directed by Mehdi Naderi
Iraq
Son of Babylon, directed by Mohamed Al-Daradji
Israel
The Human Resources Manager, directed by Eran Riklis
Italy
The First Beautiful Thing, directed by Paolo Virzì
Japan
Confessions, directed by Tetsuya Nakashima
Kazakhstan
Strayed, directed by Akan Satayev
Kyrgyzstan
The Light Thief, directed by Aktan Arym Kubat
Latvia
Hong Kong Confidential, directed by Maris Martinsons
Macedonia
Mothers, directed by Milcho Manchevski
Mexico
Biutiful, directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu
Netherlands
Tirza, directed by Rudolph van den Berg
Nicaragua
Le Yuma, directed by Florence Jaugey
Norway
Angel, directed by Margreth Olin
Peru
Undertow, directed by Javier Fuentes-León
Philippines
Noy, directed by Dondon Santos
Poland
All That I Love, directed by Jacek Borcuch
Portugal
To Die Like A Man, directed by João Pedro Rodrigues
Puerto Rico
Miente, directed by Rafi Mercado
Romania
If I Want to Whistle…I Whistle, directed by Florin Serban
Russia
The Edge, directed by Aleksei Uchitel
Serbia
Besa, directed by Srdjan Karanovic
Slovakia
The Border, directed by Jaroslav Vojtek
Slovenia
9:06, directed by Igor Sterk
South Africa
Life, Above All, directed by Oliver Schmitz
South Korea
A Barefoot Dream, directed by Tae-gyun Kim
Spain
Even The Rain, directed by Iciar Bollain
Sweden
Simple Simon, directed by Andreas Ohman
Switzerland
La petite chambre, directed by Stéphanie Chaut & Véronique Reymond
Taiwan
Monga, directed by Doze Niu
Thailand
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, directed by Apichatpong Weerathesakul
Turkey
Honey, directed by Semih Kaplanoglu
Uruguay
La Vida Util, directed by Federico Veiroj
Venezuela
Hermano, directed by Marcel Rasquin
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