List of entries for the best foreign language film for the 2013 Academy Awards

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The following 71 films, all from different countries, were nominations in the Best Foreign Language Film category for the 2013 Academy Awards . The highlighted titles were the five ultimately nominated films, which come from Chile, Denmark, Canada, Norway and Austria.

The countries were able to submit their proposals until September 30, 2012, and Kenya took part in this procedure for the first time. In December 2012 a preselection with the nine semi-finalists was published. The final five nominations were announced on January 10, 2013 at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater . The Oscar finally went to the Austrian contribution Liebe by Michael Haneke .

Contributions

country	German distribution title	Original title	Languages)	Director (s)	Result
Afghanistan	Stone of patience	سنگ صبور (Syngué Sabour)	Persian	Atiq Rahimi	Not nominated
Albania	Pharmacon	Pharmacon	Albanian	Joni Shanaj	Not nominated
Algeria	Zabana!	زبانة (Zabana)	Arabic , French	Said Ould Khelifa	Not nominated
Argentina	Hidden childhood	Infancia clandestina	Spanish	Benjamin Avila	Not nominated
Armenia	If only everyone	Եթե ​​բոլորը (Yet'ye bolory)	Armenian , Russian	Nataliya Belyauskene	Not nominated
Australia	Lore	Lore	German	Cate Shortland	Not nominated
Azerbaijan	Buta	Buta	Azerbaijani	Ilgar Najaf	Not nominated
Bangladesh	Ghetuputra Komola	ঘেটুপুত্র কমলা (Ghetuputra Komola)	Bengali	Humayun Ahmed	Not nominated
Belgium	Our children	À perdre la raison	French	Joachim Lafosse	Not nominated
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Djeca - children of Sarajevo	Djeca	Bosnian	Aida Begic	Not nominated
Brazil	O Palhaco - The clown	O Palhaço	Portuguese	Selton Mello	Not nominated
Bulgaria	Kecove	Кецове (Kezowe)	Bulgarian	Valery Jordanov	Not nominated
Chile	No!	No	Spanish	Pablo Larraín	Nominated
People's Republic of China	Caught in the net	搜索 (Sōusuǒ)	Mandarin	Chen Kaige	Not nominated
Denmark	The queen and the personal physician	En kongelig affære	Danish	Nikolaj Arcel	Nominated
Germany	Barbara	Barbara	German	Christian Petzold	Not nominated
Dominican Republic	Check mate	Jaque Mate	Spanish	José María Cabral	Not nominated
Estonia	Seenelkäik	Seenelkäik	Estonian	Toomas Hussar	Not nominated
Finland	purgatory	Puhdistus	Finnish	Antti Jokinen	Not nominated
France	Pretty much best friends	Intouchables	French	Olivier Nakache , Eric Toledano	Preselection
Georgia	Keep smiling	გაიღიმეთ (Gaigimet)	Georgian	Rusudan Chkonia	Not nominated
Greece	Unjust world	Άδικος Κόσμος (Adikos kosmos)	Greek	Filippos Tsitos	Not nominated
Greenland	Inuk	Inuk	Greenlandic	Mike Magidson	Not nominated
Hong Kong	Life Without Principle	奪命 金 (Dyut meng gam)	Cantonese	Johnnie To	Not nominated
India	Barfi - love doesn't need words	बर्फी (Barfi!)	Hindi	Anurag Basu	Not nominated
Indonesia	The dancer	Sang Penari	Indonesian , Javanese	Ifa Isfansyah	Not nominated
Iceland	The Deep	Djúpið	Icelandic	Baltasar Kormákur	Preselection
Israel	In their place	למלא את החלל (Lemale et ha'halel)	Hebrew	Rama Burshtein	Not nominated
Italy	Caesar must die	Cesare deve the	Italian	Paolo Taviani , Vittorio Taviani	Not nominated
Japan	Kazoku no kuni	か ぞ く の く に (Kazoku no kuni)	Japanese , Korean	Yong-hi Yang	Not nominated
Cambodia	Khlea t tow sen chhngay	ឃ្លាត ទៅ សែន ឆ្ងាយ (khlea t tow sen chhngay)	Khmer	Chhay Bora	Not nominated
Canada	Rebel	Rebel	French, Lingála	Kim Nguyen	Nominated
Kazakhstan	Myn Bala - warrior of the steppe	Жаужүрек мың бала (Schauschürek myng bala)	Kazakh	Akan Sataev	Not nominated
Kenya	Nairobi Half Life	Nairobi Half Life	Swahili	David Gitonga	Not nominated
Kyrgyzstan	Pustoy dom	Пустой дом (Pustoy dom)	Kyrgyz , Russian, French	Nurbek Egen	Not nominated
Colombia	Most Wanted - In the crosshairs of the cartel	El Cartel de los Sapos	Spanish	Carlos Moreno	Not nominated
Croatia	Vegetarian cannibal	Ljudož the vegetarijanac	Croatian	Branko Schmidt	Not nominated
Latvia	Golfa straume zem ledus kalna	Golfa straume zem ledus kalna	Russian	Jevgeņijs Paškevičs	Not nominated
Lithuania	Ramin	Ramin	Georgian	Audrius Stonys	Not nominated
Malaysia	Bunohan: Return to Murder	Bunohan	Malaysian	Dain Said	Not nominated
Morocco	Death on sale	موت للبيع (Death for Sale)	Arabic	Faouzi Bensaïdi	Not nominated
North Macedonia	Treto poluvreme	Трето полувреме (Treto poluvreme)	Macedonian , German, Bulgarian	Darko Mitrevski	Not nominated
Mexico	Después de Lucía	Después de Lucía	Spanish	Michel Franco	Not nominated
Netherlands	Kauwboy - little bird, great happiness	Kauwboy	Dutch	Boudewijn Koole	Not nominated
Norway	Kon-Tiki	Kon-Tiki	Norwegian	Joachim Rønning , Espen Sandberg	Nominated
Austria	love	Amour	French	Michael Haneke	Won
Palestine	Lamma shoftak	لما شفتك (Lamma shoftak)	Arabic	Annemarie Jacir	Not nominated
Peru	I am not invisible!	Las malas intenciones	Spanish	Rosario Garcia-Montero	Not nominated
Philippines	Bwakaw	Bwakaw	Tagalog	Jun Lana	Not nominated
Poland	80 million	80 milionów	Polish	Waldemar Krzystek	Not nominated
Portugal	Sangue do Meu Sangue	Sangue do meu sangue	Portuguese	João Canijo	Not nominated
Romania	Beyond the hills	După dealuri	Romanian	Cristian Mungiu	Preselection
Russia	White Tiger - The great tank battle	Белый тигр (Bely tigr)	Russian	Karen Shakhnazarov	Not nominated
Sweden	The hypnotist	Hypnotists	Swedish	Let Hallström	Not nominated
Switzerland	Winter thief	L'Enfant d'en haut	French	Ursula Meier	Preselection
Serbia	Kad svane dan	Кад сване дан (Kad svane dan)	Serbian	Goran Paskaljević	Not nominated
Singapore	Yi Pao Er Hong >	泡 而 红	Mandarin, Hokkien , Malaysian, English	Michelle Chong	Not nominated
Slovakia	To the city of Asch	Až do mesta Aš	Slovak , German, Czech	Iveta Grófová	Not nominated
Slovenia	Izlet	Izlet	Slovenian	Nejc Gazvoda	Not nominated
South Africa	Umfaan	Umfaan	Afrikaans	Darrell Roodt	Not nominated
South Korea	Pieta	피에타 (Pieta)	Korean	Kim Ki-duk	Not nominated
Spain	Blancanieves	Blancanieves	No	Pablo Berger	Not nominated
Taiwan	Touch of the Light	逆光 飛翔 (Ni guang fei xiang)	Mandarin	Chang Jung-Chi	Not nominated
Thailand	Headshot	ฝน ตก ขึ้น ฟ้า (Fon tok khuen fa)	Thai	Pen-Ek Ratanaruang	Not nominated
Czech Republic	Ve stínu	Ve stínu	Czech , German	David Ondříček	Not nominated
Turkey	Ateşin Düştüğü Yer	Ateşin Düştüğü Yer	Turkish	İsmail Güneş	Not nominated
Ukraine	Toy Khto Proyshov Kriz Vohon	Той, хто пройшов крізь вогонь (Toj, chto projschow kris woon)	Ukrainian , Russian, English, Tatar	Mykhailo Illienko	Not nominated
Hungary	Just the wind	Csak a szél	Hungarian	Benedek Fliegauf	Not nominated
Uruguay	La demora	La Demora	Spanish	Rodrigo Plá	Not nominated
Venezuela	Mùi cỏ cháy	Piedra, papel o tijera	Spanish	Hernán Jabes	Not nominated
Vietnam	The Scent of Burning Grass	Mùi cỏ cháy	Vietnamese	Nguyễn Hữu Mười	Not nominated