List of entries for the best foreign language film for the 2007 Academy Awards

The following 83 films, all from different countries, were nominations in the Best Foreign Language Film category for the 2007 Academy Awards . The titles highlighted were the five films ultimately nominated.

For the first time a proposal from Azerbaijan was submitted this year .

The Oscar ultimately went to The Lives of Others , Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck's contribution from Germany .

Contributions

country	German distribution title	Original title	Languages)	Director (s)	Result
Egypt	The Yacoubian Building	عمارة يعقوبيان (Omaret Yakobean)	Arabic	Marwan Hamed	Not nominated
Algeria	Days of fame	بلديون (Indigènes)	Arabic	Rachid Bouchareb	Nominated
Argentina	A family tradition	Derecho de familia	Spanish	Daniel Burman	Not nominated
Australia	10 canoes, 150 spears and 3 women	Ten Canoes	Australian , English	Rolf de Heer	Not nominated
Bangladesh	Nirontor	নিরন্তর (Nirontor)	Bengali	Abu Sayeed	Not nominated
Belgium	Another zijn geluk	Another zijn geluk	Dutch	Fien Troch	Not nominated
Bolivia	American Visa	American Visa	Spanish	Juan Carlos Valdivia	Not nominated
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Esma's secret - Grbavica	Grbavica	Bosnian	Jasmila Žbanić	Not nominated
Brazil	Kino, aspirin and vulture	Cinema, Aspirinas e Urubus	German , Portuguese	Marcelo Gomes	Not nominated
Bulgaria	Monkeys in winter	Maimuni prez zimata	Bulgarian	Milena Andonova	Not nominated
Chile	In bed	En la cama	Spanish	Matías Bize	Not nominated
People's Republic of China	The curse of the golden flower	满城 尽 带 黄金 甲 (Mǎnchéng Jìndài Huángjīnjiǎ)	Mandarin	Zhang Yimou	Not nominated
Denmark	After the wedding	Efter brylluppet	Danish , Hindi, Swedish	Susanne beer	Nominated
Germany	The Lives of Others	The Lives of Others	German	Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck	Won
Finland	Suburban lights	Laitakaupungin valot	Finnish , Russian	Aki Kaurismäki	Withdrawn
France	A perfect place	Fauteuils d'orchestre	French	Danièle Thompson	Preselection
Greece	I horodia tou haritona	Η χορωδία του Χαρίτωνα (I horodia tou haritona)	Greek	Grigoris Karantinakis	Not nominated
Hong Kong	The call of the emperor	夜宴 (Yè Yàn)	Mandarin	Feng Xiaogang	Not nominated
India	Rang De Basanti - The color saffron	रंग दे बसंती (Rang De Basanti)	Hindi	Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra	Not nominated
Indonesia	Berbagi suami	Berbagi suami	Indonesian	Nia Dinata	Not nominated
Iraq	Ahlaam	أحلام (Ahlaam)	Arabic	Mohamed Al-Daradji	Not nominated
Iran	Café Transit	Café Transit	Greek, Persian , Turkish	Kambuzia Partovi	Not nominated
Iceland	children	Börn	Icelandic	Ragnar Bragason	Not nominated
Israel	Sweet Mud - Trapped in Heaven	אדמה משוגעת (Adama Meshuga'at)	French, Hebrew	Dror Shaul	Not nominated
Italy	Golden Door	Nuovomondo	Italian	Emanuele Crialese	Not nominated
Japan	Hula girls	フ ラ ガ ー ル (Hura Gāru)	Japanese	Lee Sang-il	Not nominated
Canada	Water	Water	Hindi	Deepa Mehta	Nominated
Kazakhstan	Nomad - The Warrior	Көшпенділер (Kôshpendiler)	Kazakh	Sergei Bodrow , Talgat Temenov , Ivan Passer	Not nominated
Kyrgyzstan	Kyrgyz dowry	Сундук предков (Sunduk predkov)	French, Kyrgyz	Nurbek Egen	Not nominated
Colombia	Soñar no Cuesta Nada	Soñar no cuesta nada	Spanish	Rodrigo Triana	Not nominated
Croatia	Libertas	Libertas	Italian, Serbo-Croatian	Veljko Bulajic	Not nominated
Cuba	El Benny	El Benny	Spanish	Jorge Luis Sánchez	Not nominated
Lebanon	Bosta	بوسطة (Bosta)	Arabic	Philippe Aractingi	Not nominated
Lithuania	Before the flight to earth	Prieš parskrendant į žemę	Lithuanian , Russian	Arūnas Matelis	Not nominated
Luxembourg	Your name is Justine	Masz na imie Justine	German, Polish	Franco de Peña	Disqualified
Morocco	La symphonie marocaine	La symphonie marocaine	Arabic	Kamal Kamal	Not nominated
North Macedonia	Contact	Contact	German, Macedonian	Sergei Stanojkovski	Not nominated
Mexico	Pan's labyrinth	El laberinto del fauno	Spanish	Guillermo del Toro	Nominated
Nepal	Basain	Basain	Nepali	Subash Gajurel	Not nominated
Netherlands	Black Book	Zwartboek	Dutch, Hebrew, German	Paul Verhoeven	Preselection
Norway	At the beginning	Recapitulation	Norwegian	Joachim Trier	Not nominated
Austria	Play life	Play life	German	Antonin Svoboda	Not nominated
Peru	Madeinusa	Madeinusa	Spanish	Claudia Llosa	Not nominated
Philippines	Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros	Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros	Filipino , Tagalog	Auraeus Solito	Not nominated
Poland	Z odzysku	Z odzysku	Polish, Russian	Slawomir Fabicki	Not nominated
Portugal	Alice	Alice	Portuguese	Marco Martins	Not nominated
Puerto Rico	Ladrones y mentirosos	Ladrones y mentirosos	Spanish	Ricardo Méndez Matta	Not nominated
Romania	How I experienced the end of the world	Cum mi-am petrecut sfârșitul lumii	Romanian	Catalin Mitulescu	Not nominated
Russia	The ninth company	9 рота (9 rota)	Russian	Fyodor Sergeyevich Bondarchuk	Not nominated
Sweden	Farval Falkenberg	Farval Falkenberg	Swedish	Jesper Ganslandt	Not nominated
Switzerland	Vitus	Vitus	Swiss German	Fredi M. Murer	Preselection
Serbia	Sutra ujutro	Сутра ујутру (Sutra ujutro)	Serbo-Croatian	Oleg Novkovic	Not nominated
Slovenia	From grave to grave	Odgrobadogroba	Slovenian	Jan Cvitkovič	Not nominated
Spain	Volver - return	Volver	Spanish	Pedro Almodovar	Preselection
South Korea	The King and the Clown	왕 의 남자 (Wang-ui namja)	Korean	Lee Jun-ik	Not nominated
Taiwan	Shen hai	深海 (Shen hai)	Mandarin, Taiwanese	Chen Wen-Tang	Not nominated
Thailand	Ahingsa-Jikko mee gam	อหิงสา จิ๊ ก โก๋ มี กรรม (Ahingsa-Jikko mee gam)	Thai	Kittikorn Liasirikun	Not nominated
Czech Republic	Šílení	Šílení	Czech	Jan Švankmajer	Not nominated
Turkey	Ice Cream, I Scream	Dondurmam Gaymak	Turkish	Aksu	Not nominated
Ukraine	Avrora	Аврора (Avrora)	Russian, Ukrainian	Oxana Bayrak	Not nominated
Hungary	Fehér Tenyér	Fehér Tenyér	Hungarian , Russian	Szabolcs Hajdu	Not nominated
Venezuela	Maroa	Maroa	Spanish	Solveig Hoogesteijn	Not nominated
Vietnam	Pao's story	Chuyen cua Pao	Vietnamese	Quang Hai Ngo	Not nominated

Web links

• 61 Countries Seeking Foreign Language FilmOscar | Category for the 79th Academy Awards ( Memento from January 13, 2008 in the Internet Archive )