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The following 56 films, all from different countries, were nominations in the Best Foreign Language Film category for the 2006 Academy Awards . The titles highlighted were the five films ultimately nominated.
For the first time, entries from Costa Rica, Fiji and Iraq were submitted.
Contributions
country
German distribution title
Languages)
Original title
Director (s)
Result
Argentina Argentina
El aura
Spanish
El aura
Fabián Bielinsky
Not nominated
Bangladesh Bangladesh
Shyamol Chhaya
Bengali
শ্যামল ছায়া (Shyamol Chhaya)
Humayun Ahmed
Not nominated
Belgium Belgium
The child
French
L'Enfant
Jean-Pierre Dardenne , Luc Dardenne
Not nominated
Bolivia Bolivia
Di buen día a papá
Spanish
Di buen día a papá
Fernando Vargas
Disqualified
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina
Totally private
Serbo-Croatian
Sasvim licno
Nedžad Begović
Not nominated
Brazil Brazil
Two sons of Francisco
Portuguese
Dois Filhos de Francisco
Breno Silveira
Not nominated
Bulgaria Bulgaria
Stolen eyes
Bulgarian , Turkish
Откраднати очи (Otkradnati otschi)
Radoslaw Spassow
Not nominated
Chile Chile
Play
Spanish
Play
Alicia Scherson
Not nominated
China People's Republic People's Republic of China
Wu Ji - The Riders of the Winds
Mandarin
無極 / 无极 (Wújí)
Chen Kaige
Not nominated
Costa Rica Costa Rica
Caribe
Spanish
Caribe
Esteban Ramirez
Not nominated
Denmark Denmark
Adam's apples
Danish
Adams æbler
Thomas Jensen is different
Not nominated
Germany Germany
Sophie Scholl - The last days
German
Sophie Scholl - The last days
Marc Rothemund
Nominated
Estonia Estonia
Stiilipidu
Estonian
Stiilipidu
Peeter Urbla
Not nominated
Fiji Fiji
The country has eyes
Rotuman
Pear ta ma'on maf
Vilsoni Hereniko
Not nominated
Finland Finland
The best mother
Swedish , Finnish
Äideistä parhain
Klaus Härö
Not nominated
France France
Merry Christmas
French, German, English
Joyeux Noël
Christian Carion
Nominated
Georgia Georgia
Tbilisi-Tbilisi
Georgian
Tbilisi-Tbilisi
Levan Sakareishvili
Not nominated
Greece Greece
Brides
English
Νύφες (Nyfes)
Pantelis Voulgaris
Disqualified
Hong Kong Hong Kong
Perhaps love
Mandarin, Cantonese
如果 · 愛 (Ru guo)
Peter Ho-Sun Chan
Not nominated
India India
The beauty and the spirit
Hindi
पहेली (Paheli)
Amol Palekar
Not nominated
Indonesia Indonesia
Gie
Indonesian
Gie
Riri Riza
Not nominated
Iraq 2004 Iraq
Marsiyeh barefoot
Kurdish
Marsiyeh barefoot
Jamil Rostami
Not nominated
Iran Iran
So close, so far
Persian
خیلی دور ، خیلی نزدیک (Cheili dour, Cheili nazdik)
Reza Mirkarimi
Not nominated
Iceland Iceland
Í takt við tímann
Icelandic
Í takt við tímann
Ágúst Guðmundsson
Not nominated
Israel Israel
Welcome to Israel
Hebrew , Russian , Tagalog , English
איזה מקום נפלא (Eize Makom Nifla)
Eyal Halfon
Not nominated
Italy Italy
The beast in the heart
Italian
La bestia nel cuore
Cristina Comencini
Nominated
Japan Japan
Blood & Bones
Japanese , Korean
血 と 骨 (Chi to hone)
Yoichi Sai
Not nominated
Canada Canada
CRAZY - crazy life
French
CRAZY
Jean-Marc Vallée
Not nominated
Colombia Colombia
The stroller's shadow
Spanish
La sombra del caminante
Ciro Guerra
Not nominated
Croatia Croatia
A wonderful night in Split
Serbo-Croatian
Ta divna splitska noć
Arsen Anton Ostojić
Not nominated
Cuba Cuba
Viva Cuba
Spanish
Viva Cuba
Juan Carlos Cremata Malberti
Not nominated
Luxembourg Luxembourg
The new adventures from Reineke Fuchs
French
Le roman de reinart
Thierry Schiel
Not nominated
Mexico Mexico
Al otro lado
Spanish, Arabic
Al otro lado
Gustavo Loza
Not nominated
Mongolia Mongolia
The Yellow Dog's Den
Mongolian
Шар нохойн там
Byambasuren Davaa
Not nominated
Netherlands Netherlands
Bluebird
Dutch
Bluebird
Mijke de Jong
Disqualified
Norway Norway
Kiss of winter
Norwegian
Vinterkyss
Sara Johnsen
Not nominated
Austria Austria
Caché
French
Caché
Michael Haneke
Disqualified
Palastina autonomous areas Palestine
Paradise Now
Arabic
الجنّة الآن (al-Janna al-ān)
Hany Abu-Assad
Nominated
Peru Peru
Días de Santiago - War only knows victims
Spanish
Días de Santiago
Josué Méndez
Not nominated
Poland Poland
The bailiff
Polish
Komornik
Feliks Falk
Not nominated
Portugal Portugal
Dark night
Portuguese, Russian
Noite Escura
João Canijo
Not nominated
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico
Cayo
Spanish
Cayo
Vicente Juarbe
Not nominated
Romania Romania
The death of Mr. Lazarescu
Romanian
Moartea domnului Lăzărescu
Cristi Puiu
Not nominated
Russia Russia
The Italian
Russian
Итальянец (Italjanets)
Andrei Kravchuk
Not nominated
Sweden Sweden
Zozo
Swedish, Arabic
Zozo
Josef Fares
Not nominated
Switzerland Switzerland
No fire in winter
French, Albanian
Tout un hiver sans feu
Greg Zglinski
Not nominated
Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro
San zimske noći
Serbo-Croatian
Сан зимске ноћи (San zimske noći)
Goran Paskaljević
Not nominated
Singapore Singapore
Be with Me
English, Hokkien , Mandarin, Cantonese
Be with Me
Eric Khoo
Disqualified
Slovakia Slovakia
City of the sun
Slovak , Czech
Sluneční stát
Martin Šulík
Not nominated
Slovenia Slovenia
ruins
Slovenian
Ruševine
Janez Burger
Not nominated
Spain Spain
Obaba
Spanish
Obaba
Montxo Armendáriz
Not nominated
South Africa South Africa
Tsotsi
Zulu , Xhosa , Afrikaans , English
Tsotsi
Gavin Hood
Won
Korea South South Korea
Welcome to Dongmakgol
Korean
웰컴 투 동막골 (Welkeom tu dongmakgol)
Kwang-hyun Park
Not nominated
Tajikistan Tajikistan
Sex O Phalsapheh
Tajik
Sex O Phalsapheh
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Disqualified
Taiwan Taiwan
The flesh of the watermelon
Mandarin
天邊 一 朵雲 / 天边 一 朵云 (tiānbiān yī duǒ yún)
Tsai Ming-liang
Not nominated
Thailand Thailand
Maha'lai muang rae
Thai
มหา 'ลัย เหมือง แร่ (Maha'lai muang rae)
Jira Maligool
Not nominated
Czech Republic Czech Republic
The season of happiness
Czech
Štěstí
Bohdan Slama
Not nominated
Turkey Turkey
Wounded soul
Turkish
Gönül Yarası
Yavuz Turgul
Not nominated
Hungary Hungary
Fateless - novel of a fateless
Hungarian , German
Sorstalanság
Lajos Koltai
Not nominated
Venezuela Venezuela
The proud Orinoco
Spanish
1888, el extraordinario viaje de la Santa Isabel
Alfredo Anzola
Disqualified
Vietnam Vietnam
Buffalo boy
Vietnamese
Mùa len trâu
Nguyen Vo Nghiem Minh
Not nominated
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