List of entries for the best foreign language film for the 2018 Academy Awards

Sebastián Lelio , director of the award-winning film A Fantastic Woman

The list of entries for the best foreign language film for the 2018 Academy Awards tops all the films submitted for the 2018 Academy Awards at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) for the Best Foreign Language Film category . A total of 92 films were submitted, setting a new attendance record after a record number of 85 entries had previously been achieved in 2016. The six countries Haiti , Honduras , Laos , Mozambique , Senegal and Syria submitted a film for the first time.

The shortlist of nine films was announced in December 2017, the five nominations followed on January 23, 2018. Chiles Eine fantastische Frau by Sebastián Lelio , Lebanon's The Insult by Ziad Doueiri , Russia's Loveless by Andrei Svyagintsev , Sweden's The Square by Ruben Östlund and Hungary's body and soul by Ildikó Enyedi . Germany's Out of Nowhere by Fatih Akin , Israel's Foxtrot by Samuel Maoz , Senegals Félicité by Alain Gomis and South Africa's Die Wunde by John Trengove were not included in the preselection .

The award ceremony took place on March 4, 2018, when Chile and Sebastián Lelio's A Fantastic Woman prevailed. It is the country’s first win in this category.

Contributions

Preselection ,   nominated ,   excellent

country	German or international title	Original title	Languages)	Director (s)	Result
Afghanistan	A letter to the President	نامه‌ای به رییس‌جمهور (Namai ba rahis gomhor)	Dari	Roya Sadat	Not nominated
Egypt	Sheikh Jackson	شيخ جاكسون	Arabic	Amr Salama	Not nominated
Albania	Daybreak	Dita zë fill	Albanian	Gentian Koçi	Not nominated
Algeria	My daughter's war	La Route d'Istanbul	French	Rachid Bouchareb	Not nominated
Argentina	Zama	Zama	Spanish	Lucrecia Martel	Not nominated
Armenia	Yeva	Եվա (Eva)	Armenian	Anahit Abad	Not nominated
Azerbaijan	Pomegranate Orchard	Nar bağı	Azerbaijani	Ilgar Najaf	Not nominated
Australia	The space between	The space between	Italian , English	Ruth Borgobello	Not nominated
Bangladesh	The cage	খাঁচা (khacha)	Bengali	Akram Khan	Not nominated
Belgium	Racer and the Jailbird	Le Fidèle	French	Michaël R. Roskam	Not nominated
Bolivia	Dark skull	Viejo calavera	Spanish	Kiro Russo	Not nominated
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Men don't cry	Muškarci ne plaču	Bosnian	Alen Drljevic	Not nominated
Brazil	Bingo: The King of the Mornings	Bingo: O Rei das Manhãs	Portuguese	Daniel Rezende	Not nominated
Bulgaria	Glory	Слава (Slava)	Bulgarian	Kristina Grozeva , Petar Valchanov	Not nominated
Chile	A fantastic woman	Una mujer fantástica	Spanish	Sebastian Lelio	Excellent
China	Wolf Warrior 2	战 狼 2 (Zhan Lang 2)	Mandarin , English	Wu Jing	Not nominated
Costa Rica	The Sound of Things	El Sonido de las Cosas	Spanish	Ariel Escalante	Not nominated
Denmark	You Disappear	You forsvinder	Danish	Peter Schønau Fog	Not nominated
Germany	Out of nowhere	Out of nowhere	German	Fatih Akin	Preselection
Dominican Republic	Carpinteros	Carpinteros	Spanish	José María Cabral	Not nominated
Ecuador	Alba	Alba	Spanish	Ana Cristina Barragán	Not nominated
Estonia	November	November	Estonian	Rainer Sarnet	Not nominated
Finland	Tom of Finland	Tom of Finland	Finnish , English	Dome Karukoski	Not nominated
France	120 BPM	120 battements per minute	French	Robin Campillo	Not nominated
Georgia	Scary mother	საშიში დედა (Sashishi Deda)	Georgian	Ana Urushadze	Not nominated
Greece	America Square	Πλατεία Αμερικής (Plateia Amerikis)	Greek	Yannis Sakardis	Not nominated
Haiti	Ayiti Mon Amour	Ayiti mon amour	Creole language , French , English , Japanese	Guetty Felin	Not nominated
Honduras	Morazan	Morazan	Spanish	Hispano Durón	Not nominated
Hong Kong	Mad World	一 念 無 明 (Yat nim mou ming)	Cantonese	Wong Chun	Not nominated
India	Newton	Newton	Hindi	Amit V Masurkar	Not nominated
Indonesia	Turah	Turah	Javanese (Tegalese)	Wicaksono Wisnu Legowo	Not nominated
Iraq	Reseba: The Dark Wind	العاصفة السوداء (Reṣeba)	Arabic , Kurdish	Hussein Hassan	Not nominated
Iran	Breath	نفس (Nafas)	Persian	Narges Abyar	Not nominated
Ireland	Song of Granite	Song of Granite	Irish , English	Pat Collins	Not nominated
Iceland	Under the tree	Undir trénu	Icelandic	Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson	Not nominated
Israel	Foxtrot	פוֹקְסטְרוֹט	Hebrew	Samuel Maoz	Preselection
Italy	A Ciambra	A Ciambra	Italian	Jonas Carpignano	Not nominated
Japan	Her Love Boils Bathwater	湯 を 沸 か す ほ ど の 熱 い 愛 (Yu wo wakasuhodo no atsui ai)	Japanese	Ryota Nakano	Not nominated
Cambodia	The long way of hope	First They Killed My Father	Khmer , English	Angelina Jolie	Not nominated
Canada	Hochelaga, Land of Souls	Hochelaga terre des âmes	French , English , Mohawk , Algonquin	François Girard	Not nominated
Kazakhstan	The Road to Mother	Анаға апарар жол	Kazakh , Russian	Akan Satayev	Not nominated
Kenya	Kati Kati	Kati Kati	Swahili , English	Mbithi Masya	Not nominated
Kyrgyzstan	The wings of the people	Кентавр (Kentavr)	Kyrgyz	Aktan Abdykalykov	Not nominated
Colombia	Guilty Men	Pariente	Spanish	Iván Gaona	Not nominated
Kosovo	Unwanted	Do T'padash	Dutch , Albanian	Edon Rizvanolli	Not nominated
Croatia	Quit Staring at My Plate	Ne gledaj mi u pijat	Croatian	Hana Jušić	Not nominated
Laos	Dearest sister	ນ້ອງ ຮັກ (Nong hak)	Laotian	Mattie Do	Not nominated
Latvia	The Chronicles of Melanie	Melānijas hronika	Latvian , Russian	Viestur Kairish	Not nominated
Lebanon	The affront	قضية رقم ٢٣ (L'insulte)	Arabic , French	Ziad Doueiri	Nominated
Lithuania	frost	Šerkšnas	Lithuanian	Sarūnas Bartas	Not nominated
Luxembourg	Barrage	Barrage	French	Laura Schroeder	Not nominated
Morocco	Raid	غزية	Arabic	Nabil Ayouch	Not nominated
Mexico	Tempestad	Tempestad	Spanish	Tatiana Huezo	Not nominated
Mongolia	The Children of Genghis	The Children of Genghis	Mongolian	Zolbayar Dorj	Not nominated
Mozambique	The Train of Salt and Sugar	Comboio de Sal e Açúcar	Portuguese	Licínio Azevedo	Not nominated
Nepal	White Sun	सेतो सूर्य (Seto Surya)	Nepali	Deepak Rauniyar	Not nominated
New Zealand	One thousand ropes	One thousand ropes	Samoa	Tusi Tamasese	Not nominated
Netherlands	Layla M.	Layla M.	Dutch , Arabic , English	Mijke de Jong	Not nominated
Norway	Thelma	Thelma	Norwegian	Joachim Trier	Not nominated
Austria	happy end	happy end	French , English	Michael Haneke	Not nominated
Pakistan	Saawan	ساون	Urdu	Farhan Alam	Not nominated
Palestine	Wajib	واجب	Arabic	Annemarie Jacir	Not nominated
Panama	Beyond Brotherhood	Más que hermanos	Spanish	Arianne Benedetti	Not nominated
Paraguay	Los Buscadores	Los Buscadores	Spanish , guaraní	Juan Carlos Maneglia , Tana Schembori	Not nominated
Peru	Pink Chumbe	Pink Chumbe	Spanish	Jonatan Relayze	Not nominated
Philippines	Birdshot	Birdshot	Filipino	Mikhail Red	Not nominated
Poland	The track	Pokot	Polish	Agnieszka Holland	Not nominated
Portugal	Saint George	São Jorge	Portuguese	Marco Martins	Not nominated
Romania	The fixer	Fixer	Romanian	Adrian Sitaru	Not nominated
Russia	Loveless	Нелюбовь (Nelyubov)	Russian	Andrei Svyagintsev	Nominated
Sweden	The Square	The Square	Swedish	Ruben Östlund	Nominated
Switzerland	The divine order	The divine order	German	Petra Volpe	Not nominated
Senegal	Félicité	Félicité	Lingála , French	Alain Gomis	Preselection
Serbia	Requiem for Mrs. J.	'Реквијем за госпођу Ј. (Rekvijem za gospodju J.)	Serbian	Bojan Vuletić	Not nominated
Singapore	Pop Aye	Pop Aye	Thai	Kirsten Tan	Not nominated
Slovakia	The Line	Čiara	Slovak	Peter Bebjak	Not nominated
Slovenia	The miner	Rudar	Slovenian	Hanna Antonina Wojcik Slak	Not nominated
Spain	Frida's summer	Estiu 1993	Catalan	Carla Simón	Not nominated
South Africa	The wound	Inxeba	Xhosa	John Trengove	Preselection
South Korea	A taxi driver	택시 운전사 (Taeksi Woonjunsa)	Korean , English	Jang Hun	Not nominated
Syria	Little Gandhi	Little Gandhi	Arabic , English	Sam Kadi	Not nominated
Taiwan	Small talk	日常 對話 (Ri Chang Dui Hua)	Taiwanese	Huang Hui-chen	Not nominated
Thailand	By the Time It Gets Dark	ดาวคะนอง (Dao Khanong)	Thai	Anocha Suwichakornpong	Not nominated
Czech Republic	Ice Mother	Bába z ledu	Czech	Bohdan Slama	Not nominated
Tunisia	The Last of Us	اخر واحد فينا (Akher Wahed Fina)	without dialogue	Ala Eddine Slim	Not nominated
Turkey	Ayla: The Daughter of War	Ayla	Turkish , Korean , English	Can Ulkay	Not nominated
Ukraine	Black level	Рівень чорного	without dialogue	Valentyn Vasyanovych	Not nominated
Hungary	body and soul	Testről és lélekről	Hungarian	Ildikó Enyedi	Nominated
Uruguay	Another story of the world	Otra historia del mundo	Spanish	Guillermo Casanova	Not nominated
Venezuela	El Inca	El Inca	Spanish	Ignacio Castillo Cottin	Not nominated
United Kingdom	My Pure Land	میری پاک زمین	Urdu	Sarmad Masud	Not nominated
Vietnam	Father and Son	Cha cõng con	Vietnamese	Lương Đình Dũng	Not nominated

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sung Woon-mo: Oscars 2018: New attendance record for the category 'Best Foreign Language Film' . In: Filmstarts.de . October 6, 2017. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
2. ↑ 92 Countries in competition for 2017 Foreign Language Film Oscar . In: Oscars.org . October 5, 2017. Retrieved December 9, 2017.
3. ^ ^{A b} Kris Tapley: Oscars: Nine Films Advance in Foreign-Language Race . In: Variety.com . December 14, 2017. Retrieved December 15, 2017.
4. ↑ ^{a b} Oscar Ceremony 2018 . In: Oscar.org . Retrieved January 23, 2018.
5. ↑ Scott Roxborough: Oscars: Chile's Win for 'A Fantastic Woman' a Transgender Watershed . In: HollywoodReporter.com . March 4, 2018. Retrieved March 5, 2018.