List of entries for the best foreign language film for the Academy Awards 2014

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The following 76 films, all from different countries, were nominations in the Best Foreign Language Film category for the 2014 Academy Awards .

The countries were able to submit their proposals up to October 1, 2013, with Moldova, Montenegro and Saudi Arabia taking part in this procedure for the first time. In December 2013 a preselection with the nine semi-finalists was published. The final five nominations were announced on January 16, 2014 at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater . The Oscar finally went to the Italian film La Grande Bellezza - The great beauty of Paolo Sorrentino .

Contributions

country	German distribution title	Original title	Languages)	Director (s)	Result
Egypt	El sheita elli fat	الشتا إللى فات (El sheita elli fat)	Arabic	Ibrahim El Batout	Not nominated
Afghanistan	Wajma - An Afghan love	وژمه (Wajma)	Persian	Barmak Akram	Not nominated
Albania	Agon	Agon	Albanian , Greek	Robert Budina	Not nominated
Argentina	Wakolda	Wakolda	Spanish , German , Hebrew	Lucía Puenzo	Not nominated
Australia	The rocket	The Rocket	Lao	Kim Mordaunt	Not nominated
Azerbaijan	Steppe man	Çölçü	Azerbaijani	Shamil Aliyev	Not nominated
Bangladesh	television	টেলিভিশন (television)	Bengali	Mostofa Sarwar Farooki	Not nominated
Belgium	The Broken Circle	The Broken Circle Breakdown	Dutch	Felix Van Groeningen	Nominated
Bosnia and Herzegovina	From the life of a scrap collector	Epizoda u životu berača željeza	Bosnian , Romani	Danis Tanović	Preselection
Brazil	O Som ao Redor	O Som ao Redor	Portuguese , Mandarin , English	Glue Mendonça Filho	Not nominated
Bulgaria	Tsvetat na Chameleona	Цветът на Хамелеона (Tsvetat Na Chameleona)	Bulgarian	Emil Hristov	Not nominated
Chile	Gloria	Gloria	Spanish	Sebastian Lelio	Not nominated
People's Republic of China	Empire of War - The Last Stand	一九 四 二 (Yi jiu si er)	Mandarin, English	Feng Xiaogang	Not nominated
Denmark	The hunt	Hunted	Danish	Thomas Vinterberg	Nominated
Germany	Two lives	Two lives	German	Georg Maas	Preselection
Dominican Republic	¿Quién Manda?	¿Quién Manda?	Spanish	Ronni Castillo	Not nominated
Ecuador	We better keep silent (about certain things)	Mejor No Hablar (de Ciertas Cosas)	Spanish	Javier Andrade	Not nominated
Estonia	Free range	Free Range: Ballaad maailma heakskiitmisest	Estonian	Veiko Õunpuu	Not nominated
Finland	The Disciple	Lark boys	Swedish	Ulrika Bengts	Not nominated
France	Renoir	Renoir	French	Gilles Bourdos	Not nominated
Georgia	The long bright days	გრძელი ნათელი დღეები (Grzeli nateli dgeebi)	Georgian	Nana Ekvtimishvili , Simon Groß	Not nominated
Greece	The boy eats the bird's food	Το Αγόρι Τρώει το Φαγητό του Πουλιού (To agori troei to fagito tou pouliou)	Greek	Ektoras Lygizos	Not nominated
Hong Kong	The Grandmaster	一代 宗師 (Yī dài zōngshī)	Cantonese , Mandarin	Wong Kar-wai	Preselection
India	The Good Road	The Good Road	Gujarati	Gyan Correa	Not nominated
Indonesia	Sang Kiai	Sang Kiai	Indonesian , Japanese	Rako Prijanto	Not nominated
Iran	Le passé - the past	گذشته (Gozašte) / Le passé	French, Persian	Asghar Farhadi	Not nominated
Iceland	Of people and horses	Hross í oss	Icelandic	Benedikt Erlingsson	Not nominated
Israel	Bethlehem - When the enemy is your best friend	בית לחם (Bethlehem)	Hebrew, Arabic	Yuval eagle	Not nominated
Italy	La Grande Bellezza - The great beauty	La grande bellezza	Italian	Paolo Sorrentino	Won
Japan	Fune where amu	舟 を 編 む (Fune wo amu)	Japanese	Yuya Ishii	Not nominated
Cambodia	The missing picture	L'image manquante	French	Rithy Panh	Nominated
Canada	Gabrielle - (not) a perfectly normal love	Gabrielle	French	Louise Archambault	Not nominated
Kazakhstan	Among beasts - the old man and the wolves	Шал (Shal)	Russian , Kazakh	Ermek Tursunov	Not nominated
Colombia	La Playa DC	La Playa DC	Spanish	Juan Andrés Arango	Not nominated
Croatia	Halima's way	Halimin put	Bosnian	Arsen Anton Ostojić	Not nominated
Latvia	Mother i love you	Mammu, es tevi mīlu	Latvian	Jānis Nords	Not nominated
Lebanon	Blind intersections	قصة ثواني (Blind Intersections)	Arabic	Lara Saba	Not nominated
Lithuania	Conversations on serious subjects	Pokalbiai rimtomis temomis	Lithuanian	Giedrė Beinoriūtė	Not nominated
Luxembourg	Doudege Wénkel	Doudege Wénkel	Luxembourgish , French	Christophe Wagner	Not nominated
Morocco	Les Chevaux de Dieu	يا خيل الله (Ya khayl Allah) / Les chevaux de Dieu	Arabic	Nabil Ayouch	Not nominated
Mexico	Helicopter	Helicopter	Spanish	Amat Escalante	Not nominated
Moldova	Toti Copiii Domnului	Toti Copiii Domnului	Romanian , Italian	Adrian Popovici	Not nominated
Montenegro	As pik - loša sudbina	As pik - loša sudbina	Serbo-Croatian	Draško Đurović	Not nominated
Nepal	Dance of the Orchids	सुनगाभा (Soongava)	Nepali	Subarna Thapa	Not nominated
New Zealand	Tuakiri Huna	Tuakiri Huna	Maori	Dana Rotberg	Not nominated
Netherlands	Borgman	Borgman	Dutch	Alex van Warmerdam	Not nominated
Norway	I am yours	Anything he din	Norwegian , Urdu , Swedish	Iram Haq	Not nominated
Austria	The wall	The wall	German	Julian Pölsler	Not nominated
Pakistan	Zinda Bhaag	زندہ بھاگ (Zinda Bhaag)	Punjabi	Meenu Gaur , Farjad Nabi	Not nominated
Palestine	Omar	عمر (Omar)	Arabic	Hany Abu-Assad	Nominated
Peru	The crime scene cleaner	El limpiador	Spanish	Adrián Saba	Not nominated
Philippines	transit	transit	Filipino , Tagalog , Hebrew, English	Hannah Espia	Not nominated
Poland	Wałęsa. The man of hope	Wałęsa. Człowiek z nadziei	Polish	Andrzej Wajda	Not nominated
Portugal	Lines of Wellington - Storm over Portugal	Linhas de Wellington	Portuguese, French, English	Valeria Sarmiento	Not nominated
Romania	Mother son	Poziţia Copilului	Romanian	Călin Peter Netzer	Not nominated
Russia	Stalingrad	Сталинград (Stalingrad)	Russian	Fyodor Bondarchuk	Not nominated
Saudi Arabia	The girl Wadjda	وجدة (Wadjda)	Arabic	Haifaa Al Mansour	Not nominated
Sweden	Eat Sleep Die	Äta sova dö	Swedish, Croatian	Gabriela Pichler	Not nominated
Switzerland	More than honey	More than honey	German, Mandarin, English	Markus Imhoof	Not nominated
Serbia	Circles	Кругови (Krugovi)	Serbian	Srdan Golubović	Not nominated
Singapore	Ilo Ilo	爸妈 不 在家 (bà mā bú zài jiā)	Mandarin, Hokkien , Filipino, Tagalog, English	Anthony Chen	Not nominated
Slovakia	My Dog Killer	Môj pes killer	Slovak	Mira Fornay	Not nominated
Slovenia	The class enemy	Razredni sovražnik	Slovene	Rok Biček	Not nominated
Spain	15 años y un día	15 años y un día	Spanish	Gracia Querejeta	Not nominated
South Africa	Four Corners	Four Corners	Afrikaans , Tsotsitaal	Ian Gabriel	Not nominated
South Korea	Juvenile offerers	범죄 소년 (Beomjoe Sonyeon)	Korean	Kang Yi-kwan	Not nominated
Taiwan	Shi Hun	失魂 (Shī hún)	Mandarin	Chung Mong-Hong	Not nominated
Thailand	countdown	เคา ท์ ดาวน์ (countdown)	Thai , English	Nattawut Poonpiriya	Not nominated
Chad	Grigris luck	GriGris	French, Arabic	Mahamat-Saleh Haroun	Not nominated
Czech Republic	Donšajni	Donšajni	Czech	Jiří Menzel	Not nominated
Turkey	The Butterfly's Dream - Kelebegin Ruyasi	Kelebeğin Rüyası	Turkish	Yılmaz Erdoğan	Not nominated
Ukraine	The Parajanov scandal	Параджанов (Paradjanov)	Ukrainian	Serge Avedikian , Olena Fetisova	Not nominated
Hungary	The big issue	A nagy füzet	Hungarian	János Szász	Preselection
Uruguay	Anina	Anina	Spanish	Alfredo Soderguit	Not nominated
Venezuela	Brecha en el silencio	Brecha en el silencio	Spanish	Andrés Rodríguez , Luis Rodríguez	Not nominated
United Kingdom	Metro Manila	Metro Manila	Filipino, Tagalog	Sean Ellis	Not nominated

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Egypt Pics "Winter" as its Oscar Contender . In: Variety . Retrieved September 29, 2013.
2. ↑ Wajma, story of Afghan love . In: Afghan Culture Museum . Retrieved September 30, 2013.
3. ↑ Albania's Agon selected for the foreign-language film category at the 2014 Oscars . In: Illyria . Retrieved October 7, 2013.
4. ↑ Oscars: Argentina Nominates 'Wakolda' for Foreign Language Oscar . In: Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved September 28, 2013.
5. ^ Australian film The Rocket has a shot at the Oscars . In: The Australian . Retrieved September 10, 2013.
6. ^ Azerbaijani film in competition for 2013 Foreign Language Film Oscar . In: News.Az . Retrieved October 8, 2013.
7. ↑ Bangladesh Turns on "Television" for Oscar Race . In: Variety . Retrieved September 21, 2013.
8. ^ The Broken Circle Breakdown represents Belgium at Foreign Language Oscars . In: Flanders Image . Retrieved September 23, 2013.
9. ↑ Tanovićevi 'Berači željeza' bh. candidate for Oskara . In: Radio Sarajevo . Archived from the original on September 27, 2013. Retrieved September 24, 2013.
10. ↑ Brazil picks "O Som ao Redor" as Oscars entry . In: Global Post . Archived from the original on September 22, 2013. Retrieved September 21, 2013.
11. ↑ Oscars: Bulgaria Nominates Spy Comedy 'The Color of Chameleon' in Foreign Language Category . In: Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved September 4, 2013.
12. ↑ Oscars: Chile Nominates 'Gloria' in Foreign-Language Category . In: Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved August 31, 2013.
13. ↑ China Sends 'Back to 1942' on Oscar Trail . In: Variety . Retrieved September 8, 2013.
14. ↑ Oscars: Denmark Nominates 'The Hunt' for Best Foreign Language Category . In: Hollywood Report . Retrieved September 26, 2013.
15. ^ 'Two Lives' To Rep Germany In Foreign-Language Oscar Race . In: Deadline . Retrieved August 27, 2013.
16. ↑ Dominican film vying for Oscar: Who's The Boss? . In: Dominican Today . Retrieved August 31, 2013.
17. ^ Ecuador busca estar en los Oscar con "Mejor no hablar de ciertas cosas" . In: El Nacional . Archived from the original on October 2, 2013. Retrieved October 3, 2013.
18. ^ Estonia Nominates 'Free Range' for Best Foreign Language Film Oscar . In: ERR . Retrieved September 30, 2013.
19. ↑ Finland Selects 'Disciple' as Oscar Candidate . In: Variety . Retrieved September 2, 2013.
20. ↑ Oscars: France Nominates 'Renoir' in Foreign Language Category . In: Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved September 16, 2013.
21. ↑ Oscars: Georgia Nominates 'In Bloom' for Foreign Language Category . In: The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved September 4, 2013.
22. ↑ Oscars: Greece Nominates 'Boy Eating the Bird's Food' in Foreign Language Category . In: Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved August 26, 2013.
23. ↑ Oscars: Hong Kong Nominates Wong Kar-wai's 'The Grandmaster' for Foreign Language Category . In: Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved September 23, 2013.
24. ^ 'The Good Road' Selected As The Official Indian Entry For Oscars . In: Inida Glitz . Retrieved September 21, 2013.
25. ↑ 'Sang Kiai' daftarkan diri di oscar 2014 . In: Merdeka . Retrieved October 8, 2013.
26. ↑ Iran selects 'The Past' for 2014 Academy Award submission . In: PressTV . Archived from the original on October 2, 2013. Retrieved September 29, 2013.
27. ↑ Oscars: Iceland Nominates 'Of Horses and Men' for Foreign Language Category . In: Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved September 24, 2013.
28. ^ Israel's Oscar entry on Mideast conflict cleans up at local 'Academy Awards' . In: The Jerusalem Post . Retrieved September 29, 2013.
29. ^ Italy Picks Sorrentino's "Beauty" As Its Oscar Contender . In: Variety . Retrieved September 25, 2013.
30. ↑ Japan Picks 'Passage' as Oscar Pic . In: Variety . Retrieved May 9, 2013.
31. ↑ 2014 Oscar Predictions: Best Foreign Language Film . In: IndieWire . Retrieved October 1, 2013.
32. ↑ Gabrielle gets Canada's Oscar selection for best foreign film . In: The Canadian Press . Retrieved September 24, 2013.
33. ↑ Oscars: Kazakhstan Nominates 'The Old Man' for Foreign Language Category . In: Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved September 30, 2013.
34. ↑ Colombia Submits' La Playa DC 'for Academy Awards' 2014 Foreign Language Film Competition . In: Latinos Post . Retrieved September 30, 2013.
35. ↑ Oscars: Croatia Submits 'Halima's Path' for Best Foreign Category . In: Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved September 24, 2013.
36. ↑ Oscars: Latvia Nominates 'Mother I Love You' in Foreign Language Category . In: Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved September 11, 2013.
37. ↑ Lebanese Filmmaker, Between Beirut and the Oscars . In: al-Monitor . Archived from the original on October 8, 2013. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 8, 2013. 
38. ↑ Oscars: Lithuania Nominates 'Conversations on Serious Topics' for Foreign Language Category . In: Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved September 27, 2013.
39. ↑ "Doudege Wenkel" aux Oscars . In: Le Quotidien . Archived from the original on December 15, 2013. Retrieved August 30, 2013.
40. ↑ Morocco Selects 'Horses' for Oscars . In: Variety . Retrieved September 11, 2013.
41. ↑ Oscars: Mexico Nominates 'Heli' for Foreign Language Category . In: Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved September 18, 2013.
42. ^ Oscar's Final Foreign-Language List Includes a Few Surprises . In: Variety . Retrieved October 8, 2013.
43. ↑ movie "Ace spades - Losa sudbina" candidate Crne Gore za za nominaciju Oskara . In: pobjeda . Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved on August 29, 2013.
44. ↑ Soongava: Nepal's entry to the Oscars . In: ekantipur . Retrieved August 26, 2013.
45. ↑ Oscars: New Zealand picks 'White Lies' for Foreign-Language Race . In: Variety . Retrieved September 8, 2013.
46. ↑ Netherlands enters Borgman into Oscar race . In: Screendaily . Retrieved September 13, 2013.
47. ↑ Oscars: Norway Nominates 'I Am Yours' for Foreign Language Category . In: Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved September 24, 2013.
48. ^ Oscars: Austria Goes to 'The Wall' for Foreign-Language Entry . In: Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved September 4, 2013.
49. ^ The Pakistani Academy Selection committee nominates Zinda Bhaag for Oscar consideration . In: Apnahub . Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 13, 2013. 
50. ^ Foreign Language Oscar: Israel Submits 'Bethlehem'; Palestine Goes With 'Omar' . In: Deadline.com . Retrieved September 30, 2013.
51. ↑ Oscars: Peru Submits 'The Cleaner' for Foreign Language Category . In: Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved September 27, 2013.
52. ↑ Transit is PHL's entry for the 86th Oscars . In: Phil Star . Retrieved September 18, 2013.
53. ↑ Oscars: Poland Nominates Andrzej Wajda's 'Walesa' in Foreign Language Category . In: Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved September 18, 2013.
54. ^ Melhor Film Português aos Oscars . In: Academia Portuguesa de Cinema . Archived from the original on November 13, 2013. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
55. ↑ Best Foreign Language Oscar: Romania Nominates 'Child's Pose' . In: Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved August 26, 2013.
56. ↑ Oscars: Russia Selects Fyodor Bondarchuk's 'Stalingrad' for Foreign Language Category . In: Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved September 22, 2013.
57. ↑ Oscars: Saudi Arabia Taps 'Wadjda' As First Foreign-Language Entry . In: Variety . Retrieved September 14, 2013.
58. ↑ Oscars: Sweden Nominates 'Eat Sleep Die' in Foreign Language Category . In: Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved September 5, 2013.
59. ↑ The film "More than Honey" représentera la Suisse aux Oscars 2014 . In: RTS Info . Retrieved September 19, 2013.
60. ^ Serbian movie "Circles" candidate for Oscar . In: In Serbia . Retrieved August 30, 2013.
61. ↑ Is Oscars the next stop for "Ilo Ilo"? . In: Channel News Asia . Archived from the original on September 5, 2013. Retrieved September 2, 2013.
62. ↑ Oscars: Slovakia Nominates 'My Dog Killer' for Foreign Film Category . In: Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved September 21, 2013.
63. ↑ Razredni sovražnik per letošnji slovenski candidate za oskarja . In: Slovenian Film Center . Retrieved September 25, 2013.
64. ↑ Oscars: Spain Nominates '15 Years and One Day 'for Foreign Language Category . In: Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved September 25, 2013.
65. ^ South Africa Picks 'Four Corners' for Oscar . In: Variety . Retrieved September 20, 2013.
66. ↑ Korean Pic "Juvenile Offender" to Compete at the Oscars . In: Ten Asia . Archived from the original on December 15, 2013. Retrieved August 30, 2013.
67. ↑ Taiwan submits Soul to Oscar race . In: Screendaily . Retrieved September 16, 2013.
68. ↑ Thailand Starts 'Countdown' for Oscar Race . In: Variety . Retrieved September 25, 2013.
69. ^ Mahamat-Saleh Haroun's 'Grigris' Is Chad's Entry For Best Foreign Language Film Oscar . In: Indie Wire . Archived from the original on October 7, 2013. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 8, 2013. 
70. ^ A Few Controversies Amid a Record Number of Foreign-Language Oscar Entries . In: New York Times . Retrieved September 8, 2013.
71. ↑ 'The Butterfly's Dream' selected by the Turkish Culture Ministry for Oscars . In: Hurriyet . Retrieved September 4, 2013.
72. ↑ Ukraine nominates Paradjanov for Academy Awards . In: armenpress . Retrieved September 13, 2013.
73. ↑ Hungary nominates 'The Notebook' in Foreign Language Category . In: Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved October 2, 2013.
74. ↑ Ten LatAm films in search of one statuette . In: Buenos Aires Herald . Retrieved October 6, 2013.
75. ↑ Venezuela Submits Rodriguez Brothers' 'Breach in the Silence' to Academy Awards Foreign Language Film Competition . In: Latinos Post . Retrieved October 3, 2013.
76. ↑ Oscars: UK Picks 'Metro Manila' as Foreign Language Nomination . In: Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved September 19, 2013.