This is a list of submissions to the 68th 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 68th Academy Awards, the submitted motion pictures must have first been released theatrically in their respective countries between 1 November 1994 and 31 October 1995. The deadline for submissions to the Academy was 1 November 1995. 41 countries submitted films and were found to be eligible by AMPAS and screened for voters. Bolivia and Tunisia submitted films for the first time. The five nominees were announced on 13 February 1996.
The Netherlands won the award for the second time with Antonia's Line by Marleen Gorris.
Submissions Submitting country Film title used in nomination Original title Language(s) Director(s) Result Dust of Life Poussières de vie French, Vietnamese Rachid Bouchareb Wild Horses Caballos salvajes Spanish Marcelo Piñeyro Ant Street Die Ameisenstraße Viennese German, Polish Michael Glawogger Mannekin Pis Mannekin Pis Dutch Frank Van Passel Jonah and the Pink Whale Jonás y la ballena rosada Spanish Juan Carlos Valdivia The Quartet O Quatrilho Brazilian Portuguese, Talian Venetian Fábio Barreto The Confessional Le Confessionnal French, English Robert Lepage Red Cherry 红樱桃 Mandarin, Russian, German Washed Out Isprani Croatian Zrinko Ogresta Thanks for Every New Morning Díky za kazdé nové ráno Czech, Ukrainian, Hebrew, Carpathian Rusyn Milan Šteindler Nueba Yol Nueba Yol: por fin llegó Balbuena Spanish, Pulaar, English The Last Wedding Kivenpyörittäjän kylä North Karelia Savo Finnish Markku Pölönen French Twist Gazon maudit French, Spanish Josiane Balasko Brother of Sleep Schlafes Bruder Joseph Vilsmaier Ulysses' Gaze Το Βλέμμα του Οδυσσέα Greek, English, Bulgarian, Albanian, Serbian, Romanian, Northern Kurdish, Macedonian, German Theo Angelopoulos Summer Snow 女人，四十 Cantonese, Mandarin Ann Hui The Outpost A részleg Hungarian, Romanian Péter Gothár Tears of Stone Tár úr steini Icelandic, German Hilmar Oddsson Kuruthipunal குருதிபுனல் Tamil, Telugu P. C. Sreeram The White Balloon بادکنک سفيد Persian Jafar Panahi Lovesick on Nana Street חולה אהבה בשיכון גימל Hebrew Savi Gabizon The Star Maker L'uomo delle stelle Italian, Sicilian Giuseppe Tornatore Deep River 深い河 Japanese, English, Hindi Kei Kumai Midaq Alley El callejón de los milagros Spanish Jorge Fons Antonia's Line Antonia Dutch Marleen Gorris Kristin Lavransdatter Norwegian Liv Ullmann Harvest Home Inagaw Mo Ang Lahat Sa Akin Filipino Carlos Siguion-Reyna Crows Wrony Polish Dorota Kędzierzawska God's Comedy A Comédia de Deus Portuguese João César Monteiro A Moslem Мусульманин Russian, Arabic Vladimir Khotinenko The Garden Záhrada Slovak Martin Šulík 301, 302 삼공일, 삼공이 Korean Park Chul-soo The Flower of My Secret La flor de mi secreto Spanish Pedro Almodóvar All Things Fair Lust och fägring stor Swedish, Scanian, German, English Bo Widerberg Adultery: A User's Guide Adultère, mode d'emploi French, Arabic, English, Italian Christine Pascal Super Citizen Ko 超級大國民 Taiwanese Hokkien, Mandarin, Japanese Wan Jen Once Upon a Time...This Morning กาลครั้งหนึ่ง เมื่อเช้านี้ Thai Bhandit Rittakol The Magic Le magique / السحر French, Arabic Azdine Melliti Branwen Welsh, English, Irish Ceri Sherlock Sicario Spanish José Ramón Novoa Underground Подземље Serbian, German, English, French, Russian Emir Kusturica
Notes Iran submitted The White Balloon by Jafar Panahi, but it unsuccessfully tried to withdraw their film entry from contention in protest over an alleged decision of the federal government of the United States to support a $20 million covert plan against the government of Iran. The Academy refused to accept the withdrawal.
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