List of entries for the best foreign language film for the 2011 Academy Awards

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The following 63 films, all from different countries, were nominations in the Best Foreign Language Film category for the 2011 Academy Awards . The highlighted titles were the five ultimately nominated films, which come from Algeria, Denmark, Greece, Canada and Mexico.

The countries were able to submit their proposals up to October 1, 2010, and Greenland and Ethiopia took part in this procedure for the first time. On January 19, 2011, a preselection with the nine semi-finalists was published. The final five nominations were announced on January 25, 2011 at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater . The Oscar finally went to the Danish contribution In a Better World by Susanne Bier on February 27, 2011 .

Contributions

country	German distribution title	Original title	Languages)	Director (s)	Result
Egypt	Rassayel El Bahr	رسائل البحر (Rassayel El Bahr)	Arabic	Daoud Abdel Sayed	Not nominated
Ethiopia	Atletu	Atletu	English , Amharic	Davey Frankel , Rasselas Lakew	Not nominated
Afghanistan	The Black Tulip	The Black Tulip	Dari , Pashto , English	Sonia Nassery Cole	Not nominated
Albania	Lindje, Perëndim, Lindje	Lindje, Perëndim, Lindje	Albanian , Italian	Gjergj Xhuvani	Not nominated
Algeria	Hors-la-loi	خارجون عن القانون (Hors-la-loi)	French , Arabic	Rachid Bouchareb	Nominated
Argentina	Carancho	Carancho	Spanish	Pablo Trapero	Not nominated
Azerbaijan	Sawə	Sawə	Azerbaijani , Russian	Ilgar Safat	Not nominated
Bangladesh	Third person singular number	Third person singular number	Bengali	Mostofa Sarwar Farooki	Not nominated
Belgium	Illegal	Illegal	French, Russian, English	Olivier Masset-Depasse	Not nominated
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Circus Columbia	Circus Columbia	Bosnian	Danis Tanović	Not nominated
Brazil	Lula, the son of Brazil	Lula, o filho do Brasil	Portuguese	Fábio Barreto	Not nominated
Bulgaria	Eastern Plays	Източни пиеси (Istochni piessi)	Bulgarian , Turkish , English	Came Kalew	Not nominated
Chile	Alien like a fish	La vida de los peces	Spanish	Matías Bize	Not nominated
People's Republic of China	Aftershock (2010)	唐山 大 地震 (Tángshān Dàdìzhèn)	Mandarin	Feng Xiaogang	Not nominated
Costa Rica	Del amor y otros demonios	Del amor y otros demonios	Spanish	Hilda Hidalgo	Not nominated
Denmark	In a better world	Hævnen	Danish , English	Susanne beer	Won
Germany	The stranger	The stranger	German , Turkish	Feo Aladağ	Not nominated
Estonia	The temptations of Saint Anthony	Püha Tõnu kiusamine	Estonian	Veiko Õunpuu	Not nominated
Finland	What men don't otherwise show	Miesten vuoro	Finnish	Joonas Berghäll , Mika Hotakainen	Not nominated
France	Of people and gods	Des hommes et des dieux	French	Xavier Beauvois	Not nominated
Georgia	In the street	ქუჩის დღეები (Kuchis dgheebi)	Georgian	Levan Koguashvili	Not nominated
Greece	Dogtooth	Κυνόδοντας (Kynodontas)	Greek	Giorgos Lanthimos	Nominated
Greenland	Nuummioq	Nuummioq	Greenlandic Danish	Torben Bech , Otto Rosing	Not nominated
Hong Kong	Echo of the rainbow	歲月 神偷 (Sui yuet san tau)	Cantonese	Alex Law	Not nominated
India	Live from Peepli - Somewhere in India	Peepli [Live]	Hindi	Anusha Rizvi	Not nominated
Indonesia	Alangkah Lucunya (Negeri Ini)	Alangkah Lucunya (Negeri Ini)	Indonesian	Deddy Mizwar	Not nominated
Iran	Farewell Baghdad	بدرود بغداد (Farewell Baghdad)	Arabic, English	Mehdi Naderi	Not nominated
Iraq	Son of Babylon	ابن بابل (Son of Babylon)	Arabic, Kurdish	Mohamed Al-Daradji	Not nominated
Iceland	Mamma Gogo	Mamma Gógó	Icelandic	Friðrik Þór Friðriksson	Not nominated
Israel	The HR manager's journey	שליחותו של הממונה על משאבי אנוש (Shliḥuto shel Ha'Memuneh al Mash'abey Enosh)	Hebrew , Romanian	Eran Riklis	Not nominated
Italy	La Prima Cosa Bella	La prima cosa bella	Italian	Paolo Virzì	Not nominated
Japan	Confessions	告白 (kokuhaku)	Japanese	Tetsuya Nakashima	Preselection
Canada	The woman who sings - incendies	Incendies	French, Arabic	Denis Villeneuve	Nominated
Kazakhstan	Zabludivshiysya	Заблудившийся (Sabludiwschijsja)	Russian	Akan Sataev	Not nominated
Kyrgyzstan	The thief of light	Svet-Ake	Kyrgyz	Aktan Abdykalykov	Not nominated
Colombia	The cancer in the trap	El vuelco del cangrejo	Spanish	Oscar Ruíz Navia	Not nominated
Croatia	Crnci	Crnci	Croatian	Goran Devic , Zvonimir Juric	Not nominated
Latvia	Amaya	Amaya	Cantonese, English	Māris Martinsons	Not nominated
North Macedonia	Majki	Мајки (Majki)	Macedonian	Milčo Mančevski	Not nominated
Mexico	Biutiful	Biutiful	Spanish	Alejandro González Iñárritu	Nominated
Nicaragua	La Yuma-The rebel	La Yuma	Spanish	Florence Jaugey	Not nominated
Netherlands	Tirza	Tirza	Dutch , English	Rudolf van den Berg	Not nominated
Norway	Angels	Angels	Norwegian	Margreth Olin	Not nominated
Austria	La Pivellina	La Pivellina	Italian	Tizza Covi , Rainer Frimmel	Not nominated
Peru	Contracorriente - against the current	Contracorriente	Spanish	Javier Fuentes-León	Not nominated
Philippines	Noy	Noy	Tagalog	Dondon Santos	Not nominated
Poland	Everything i love	Wszystko, co kocham	Polish	Jacek Borcuch	Not nominated
Portugal	Morrer Como To Homem	Morrer Como To Homem	Portuguese	João Pedro Rodrigues	Not nominated
Puerto Rico	Miente	Miente	Spanish	Rafi Mercado	Not nominated
Romania	When I want to whistle, I whistle	Eu când vreau să fluier, fluier	Romanian	Florin Șerban	Not nominated
Russia	Krai	Край (Krai)	Russian	Alexei Efimovich Uchitel	Not nominated
Sweden	There are no feelings in space	I rymden finns inga känslor	Swedish	Andreas Öhman	Preselection
Switzerland	The little room	La petite chambre	French	Stéphanie Chuat , Véronique Reymond	Not nominated
Serbia	Besa	Беса (Besa)	Serbian , Albanian	Srđan Karanović	Not nominated
Slovakia	Hranica	Hranica	Hungarian	Jaroslav Vojtek	Not nominated
Slovenia	9:06	9:06	Slovenian	Igor Sterk	Not nominated
Spain	And then the rain	También la lluvia	Spanish, Quechua	Icíar Bollaín	Preselection
South Africa	Beloved life	Life, Above All	North Sotho	Oliver Schmitz	Preselection
South Korea	A barefoot dream	맨발 의 꿈 (Maenbalui Kkum)	Korean , Tetum	Kim Tae-gyun	Not nominated
Taiwan	Monga	艋舺 (Báng-kah)	Mandarin Chinese , Min Nan	Doze Niu	Not nominated
Thailand	Uncle Boonmee remembers his previous lives	ลุง บุญ มี ระลึก ชาติ (Lung Boonmee raluek chat)	Thai	Apichatpong Weerasethakul	Not nominated
Czech Republic	Kawasaki's rose	Kawasakiho růže	Czech	Jan Hřebejk	Not nominated
Turkey	Bal - honey	Bal	Turkish	Semih Kaplanoğlu	Not nominated
Hungary	Bibliothèque Pascal	Bibliothèque Pascal	Romanian , Hungarian , English	Szabolcs Hajdu	Not nominated
Uruguay	La vida útil	La vida útil	Spanish	Federico Veiroj	Not nominated
Venezuela	Hermano	Hermano	Spanish	Marcel Rasquin	Not nominated