This is a list of submissions to the 74th Academy Awards for the Best Foreign Language Film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) has invited the film industries of various countries to submit their best film for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film every year since the award was created in 1956. The award is presented annually by the Academy to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non-English dialogue. The Foreign Language Film Award Committee oversees the process and reviews all the submitted films.
For the 74th Academy Awards, the submitted motion pictures must have first been released theatrically in their respective countries between 1 November 2000 and 31 October 2001. The deadline for submissions to the Academy was 1 November 2001. 51 countries submitted films and were found to be eligible by AMPAS and screened for voters. Armenia and Tanzania submitted films for the first time. The five nominees were announced on 12 February 2002.
Bosnia and Herzegovina won the award for the first time with No Man's Land by Danis Tanović.
Submissions Submitting country Film title used in nomination Original title Language(s) Director(s) Result Slogans Parullat Albanian Inch'Allah Dimanche إن شاء الله الأحد Arabic, French, Kabyle Son of the Bride El hijo de la novia Spanish Symphony of Silence Լռության Սիմֆոնիա Armenian La spagnola Spanish, English, Italian The Piano Teacher La pianiste French, German Pauline and Paulette Pauline & Paulette Dutch, Flemish, French No Man's Land Ničija zemlja Bosnian, Serbian, English, French, German Behind the Sun Abril Despedaçado Brazilian Portuguese Fate as a Rat Съдбата като плъх Bulgarian Atanarjuat ᐊᑕᓈᕐᔪᐊᑦ Inuktitut A Cab for Three Taxi para tres Spanish Our Lady of the Assassins La virgen de los sicarios Queen of the Night Kraljica noći Croatian Dark Blue World Tmavomodrý svět Czech, English, German, Slovak, Spanish Italian for Beginners Italiensk for begyndere Danish, Italian, English The Heart of the Bear Karu süda Estonian, Russian, Evenki The River Joki Finnish Amélie Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain French The Migration of the Angel ანგელოზის გადაფრენა Georgian The Experiment Das Experiment German In Good Company Ένας κι Ένας Greek Fulltime Killer 全職殺手 Cantonese, Mandarin, Japanese, English, Italian Wai Ka-fai and Johnnie To Abandoned Torzók Hungarian The Seagull's Laughter Mávahlátur Icelandic, Danish Lagaan लगान Hindi, Bhojpuri, English, Awadhi, Braj Baran باران Persian, Azerbaijani, Central Kurdish, Turkmen, Luri Late Marriage חתונה מאוחרת Judaeo-Georgian, Hebrew, Georgian Dover Kosashvili The Son's Room La stanza del figlio Italian Go Japanese, Korean, Spanish The Chimp Маймыл Kyrgyz, Russian Violet Perfume: No One Is Listening Perfume de violetas, nadie te oye Spanish The Moving True Story of a Woman Ahead of Her Time Nynke West Frisian, Dutch Elling Norwegian In the Bosom of the Enemy Gatas... Sa Dibdib ng Kaaway Tagalog, English, Japanese Quo Vadis Polish, Latin, Ancient Greek Camarate Portuguese 12 Hours 12 horas Spanish Raúl Marchand Sánchez The Romanovs: An Imperial Family Романовы - Венценосная семья Russian Bread and Milk Kruh in mleko Slovene Mad Love Juana la Loca Spanish Jalla! Jalla! Swedish, Arabic In Praise of Love Éloge de l'amour French The Cabbie 運轉手之戀 Mandarin Chang Hwa-Kun and Chen Yi-wen Maangamizi: The Ancient One Swahili, English Martin Mhando and Ron Mulvihill The Moonhunter 14 ตุลา สงครามประชาชน Thai Big Man, Little Love Büyük Adam Küçük Aşk / Hêjar Turkish, Northern Kurdish Do Not Go Gentle Oed Yr Addewid Welsh, English In This Tricky Life En la puta vida Spanish A House with a View of the Sea Una casa con vista al mar War Live Рат уживо Serbian
Notes
Uruguay submitted In This Tricky Life by Beatriz Flores Silva. Because of the controversy surrounding the disqualification of A Place in the World by Adolfo Aristarain in 1992, the Academy announced that In This Tricky Life and Uruguay submitted a film "for the first time", thereby omitting any mention of A Place in the World.
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External links Official website for the 74th Academy Awards