This is a list of submissions to the 73rd 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 73rd Academy Awards, the submitted motion pictures must have first been released theatrically in their respective countries between 1 November 1999 and 31 October 2000. The deadline for submissions to the Academy was 1 November 2000. 46 countries submitted films and were found to be eligible by AMPAS and screened for voters. Ecuador submitted a film for the first time. TThe five nominees were announced on 13 February 2001.

Taiwan won the award for the first time with Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon by Ang Lee, which also won Best Art Direction, Best Original Score, and Best Cinematography, and was also nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Costume Design, Best Film Editing and Best Original Song.

Submissions Submitting country Film title used in nomination Original title Language(s) Director(s) Result Little Senegal Wolof, English, French, Arabic Merry Christmas Felicidades Spanish, Hebrew The Stranger Die Fremde German, English, Spanish Everybody's Famous! Iedereen beroemd! Flemish, English, Spanish Me You Them Brazilian Portuguese Letter to America Писмо до Америка Bulgarian, English Maelström French, Norwegian, English Coronation Coronación Spanish Breaking the Silence 漂亮媽媽 Mandarin Marshal Tito's Spirit Maršal Croatian, Southern Chakavian Divided We Fall Musíme si pomáhat Czech, German A Place Nearby Her i nærheden Danish Dreams from the Middle of the World Sueños en la mitad del mundo Spanish Carlos Naranjo Estrella Seven Songs from the Tundra Сёни’ си”ив тарка / Seitsemän laulua tundralta Nenets, Russian, Finnish and Markku Lehmuskallio The Taste of Others Le goût des autres French 27 Missing Kisses 27 დაკარგული კოცნა Georgian, Russian, French, English No Place to Go Die Unberührbare German Peppermint Πέπερμιντ Greek Costas Kapakas In the Mood for Love 花樣年華 Cantonese, Shanghainese, Mandarin Wong Kar-wai Glamour Hungarian, German, Hebrew Angels of the Universe Englar alheimsins Icelandic Hey Ram ஹே ராம் / हे राम Tamil, Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, English, Thanjavur Marathi, Gujarati A Time for Drunken Horses کاتێک بۆ مەستیی ئەسپەکان / زمانی برای مستی اسب‌ها Central Kurdish, Persian Time of Favor ההסדר Hebrew The Hundred Steps I cento passi Italian, Sicilian After the Rain 雨あがる Japanese Amores perros Spanish Ali Zaoua علي زاوا Arabic, French Nabil Ayouch Mask of Desire मुकुण्डो Nepali Little Crumb Kruimeltje Dutch Maria Peters Odd Little Man Da jeg traff Jesus... med sprettert Norwegian Stein Leikanger Anak Filipino, Tagalog Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease Życie jako śmiertelna choroba przenoszona drogą płciową Polish, French, English Too Late Tarde Demais Portuguese His Wife's Diary Дневник его жены Russian Landscape Krajinka Slovak Chunhyang 춘향뎐 Korean Im Kwon-taek You're the One Una historia de entonces Spanish Songs from the Second Floor Sånger från andra våningen Swedish Gripsholm German, Swedish Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 臥虎藏龍 Mandarin 6ixtynin9 เรื่องตลก Thai Run for Money Kaç Para Kaç Turkish Devil Gold Oro diablo Spanish The Vertical Ray of the Sun Mùa hè chiều thẳng đứng Vietnamese Tran Anh Hung Sky Hook Небеска удица Serbian

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External links Official website for the 73rd Academy Awards