List of entries for the best foreign language film for the 1996 Academy Awards

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The following 41 films, all from different countries, were nominations in the Best Foreign Language Film category for the 1996 Academy Awards . The highlighted titles were the five ultimately nominated films, which come from Algeria, Brazil, Italy, the Netherlands and Sweden.

For the first time there were proposals from Bolivia and Tunisia. Iran tried unsuccessfully to withdraw its White Balloon proposal , but the Academy refused to withdraw it.

The Oscar ultimately went to Antonia's World , the contribution from the Netherlands by Marleen Gorris .

Contributions

country	German distribution title	Original title	Languages)	Director (s)	Result
Algeria	The children of Saigon	Poussières de vie	Vietnamese , French	Rachid Bouchareb	Nominated
Argentina	Caballos salvajes	Caballos salvajes	Spanish	Marcelo Piñeyro	Not nominated
Belgium	Manneken Pis	Mannekin Pis	Dutch	Frank Van Passel	Not nominated
Bolivia	Jonas and the pink whale	Jonás y la ballena rosada	Spanish	Juan Carlos Valdivia	Not nominated
Brazil	O Quatrilho	O Quatrilho	Italian	Fábio Barreto	Nominated
People's Republic of China	Fanti	红 樱桃 (Fanti)	Mandarin , Russian , German	Daying Ye	Not nominated
Germany	Sleep brother	Sleep brother	German	Joseph Vilsmaier	Not nominated
Dominican Republic	Nueba Yol	Nueba Yol	Spanish	Ángel Muñiz	Not nominated
Finland	A wedding in Finland	Kivenpyörittäjän kylä	Finnish	Markku Pölönen	Not nominated
France	One woman for two	Gazon Maudit	French	Josiane Balasko	Not nominated
Greece	The look of Odysseus	Το Βλέμμα του Οδυσσέα (To Vlemma tou Odyssea)	Greek , English	Theo Angelopoulos	Not nominated
United Kingdom	Branwen	Branwen	Welsh	Ceri Sherlock	Not nominated
Hong Kong	Summer snow	女人 ， 四十 (Loey Yen Sei Seup)	Cantonese	Ann Hui	Not nominated
India	Kuruthipunal	குருதிபுனல் (Kuruthipunal)	Tamil	PC Sreeram	Not nominated
Iran	The white balloon	بادکنک سفید- (Badkonake sefid)	Persian	Jafar Panahi	Not nominated
Iceland	Tears of stone	Tár úr steini	Icelandic , German	Hilmar Oddsson	Not nominated
Israel	Lovesick	חולה אהבה בשיכון גימל (Hole Ahava B'Shikun Gimel)	Hebrew	Savi Gabizon	Not nominated
Italy	The man who makes the stars	L'Uomo delle stelle	Italian	Giuseppe Tornatore	Nominated
Japan	Fukai kawa	深 い 川 (Fukai kawa)	Japanese	Kei Kumai	Not nominated
Canada	The confessional	Le Confessional	French	Robert Lepage	Not nominated
Croatia	Isprani	Isprani	Croatian	Zrinko Ogresta	Not nominated
Mexico	Midaq Alley	El callejon de los milagros	Spanish	Jorge Fons	Not nominated
Netherlands	Antonia's world	Antonia	Dutch	Marleen Gorris	Won
Norway	Kristin Lavran's daughter	Kristin Lavransdatter	Norwegian	Liv Ullmann	Not nominated
Austria	The ant route	The ant route	German	Michael Glawogger	Not nominated
Philippines	Inagaw mo ang lahat sa akin	Inagaw mo ang lahat sa akin	Filipino	Carlos Siguion-Reyna	Not nominated
Poland	crow	Wrony	Polish	Dorota Kędzierzawska	Not nominated
Portugal	The divine comedy	A Comédia de Deus	Portuguese	João César Monteiro	Not nominated
Russia	The muslim man	Мусульманин (Musulmanin)	Russian	Vladimir Khotinenko	Not nominated
Sweden	Youth is beautiful	Lust och fägring stor	Swedish	Bo Widerberg	Nominated
Switzerland	Affair for beginners	Adultère, mode d'emploi	French	Christine Pascal	Nominated
Serbia	Underground	Подземље (Podzemlje)	Serbian , German	Emir Kusturica	Not nominated
Slovakia	The garden	Záhrada	Slovak	Martin Šulík	Not nominated
Spain	My blooming secret	La Flor de mi secreto	Spanish	Pedro Almodovar	Not nominated
South Korea	301/302 - The case is eaten	삼공 일, 삼공 이 (301 302)	Korean	Park Chul-soo	Not nominated
Taiwan	Super Citizen Ko	超級大國 民 (Chao ji da guo min)	Taiwanese	Wan Jen	Not nominated
Thailand	Kalla khrung nueng ... muea chao nee	กาล ครั้ง หนึ่ง เมื่อ เช้า นี้ (Kalla khrung nueng ... muea chao nee)	Thai	Bhandit Rittakol	Not nominated
Czech Republic	Díky za každé nové ráno	Díky za kazdé nové ráno	Czech , Ukrainian	Milan Šteindler	Not nominated}
Tunisia	Le magique	Le magique	French, Arabic	Azdine Melliti	Not nominated
Hungary	A részleg	A részleg	Hungarian	Péter Gothár	Not nominated
Venezuela	Sicario	Sicario	Spanish	Joseph Novoa	Not nominated