This is a list of submissions to the 67th 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 67th Academy Awards, the submitted motion pictures must have first been released theatrically in their respective countries between 1 November 1993 and 31 October 1994. The deadline for submissions to the Academy was 1 November 1994. 46 countries submitted films, and 45 were found to be eligible by AMPAS and screened for voters. Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, the Czech Republic, Guatemala, North Macedonia (as Macedonia) and Serbia (as FR Yugoslavia) submitted films for the first time. The five nominees were announced on 14 February 1995.
Russia won the award for the first time, marking the first win since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, with Burnt by the Sun by Nikita Mikhalkov.
Submissions Submitting country Film title used in nomination Original title Language(s) Director(s) Result Autumn: October in Algiers Automne, octobre à Alger / خريف: أكتوبر بالجزائر العاصمة French, Arabic A Shadow You Soon Will Be Una sombra ya pronto serás Spanish, Italian, Latin Héctor Olivera I Promise Ich gelobe German, Central Bavarian Wolfgang Murnberger Me Ivan, You Abraham Moi Ivan, toi Abraham / Я — Іван, ты — Абрам Yiddish, Polish, Belarusian, Russian, Baltic Romani Yolande Zauberman Farinelli Farinelli, il castrato Italian, French Gérard Corbiau The Awkward Age Magarece godine Bosnian Nenad Dizdarević Rice People អ្នកស្រែ Khmer Rithy Panh My Friend Max Mon amie Max French Michel Brault Amnesia Spanish Gonzalo Justiniano The Strategy of the Snail La estrategia del caracol Sergio Cabrera Vukovar: The Way Home Vukovar se vraća kući Croatian, Serbian Branko Schmidt Strawberry and Chocolate Fresa y chocolate Spanish, French Tomás Gutiérrez Alea and Juan Carlos Tabío Faust Lekce Faust Czech, Latin Jan Švankmajer Carl, My Childhood Symphony Min fynske barndom Danish Erik Clausen Land of Dreams أرض الأحلام Arabic Daoud Abdel Sayed Wild Reeds Les Roseaux sauvages French André Téchiné The Promise Das Versprechen German Margarethe von Trotta The Silence of Neto El silencio de Neto Spanish Luis Argueta The Day the Sun Turned Cold 天国逆子 Mandarin Yim Ho Woyzeck Hungarian János Szász Movie Days Bíódagar Icelandic Friðrik Þór Friðriksson Bandit Queen बैन्डिट क्वीन Bundeli, Hindi Shekhar Kapur Through the Olive Trees زیر درختان زیتون Persian, Gilaki Abbas Kiarostami Sh'Chur שחור Hebrew, Judeo-Moroccan Arabic Shmuel Hasfari Lamerica Italian, Albanian Gianni Amelio Pom Poko 平成狸合戦ぽんぽこ Japanese Isao Takahata Before the Rain Пред дождот Macedonian, Albanian, English Milcho Manchevski The Beginning and the End Principio y fin Spanish Arturo Ripstein 1-900 06 Dutch Theo van Gogh Cross My Heart and Hope to Die Ti kniver i hjertet Norwegian Marius Holst Without Compassion Sin compasión Spanish Francisco José Lombardi Three Colors: White Trois couleurs: Blanc / Trzy kolory: Biały Polish, French Krzysztof Kieślowski Three Palm Trees Três Palmeiras Portuguese João Botelho Linda Sara Spanish Jacobo Morales Pepe & Fifi Pepe și Fifi Romanian Dan Pița Burnt by the Sun Утомлённые солнцем Russian, French Nikita Mikhalkov Angel of Mercy Andel milosrdenství Czech, Slovak Miloslav Luther Morana Slovene Aleš Verbič Life and Death of the Hollywood Kid 헐리우드 키드의 생애 Korean Chung Ji-young Cradle Song Canción de cuna Spanish José Luis Garci The Last Dance Sista dansen Swedish Colin Nutley Three Colors: Red Trois Couleurs: Rouge French Krzysztof Kieślowski Eat Drink Man Woman 飲食男女 Mandarin Ang Lee Tarzan of Manisa Manisa Tarzanı Turkish Knocks at My Door Golpes a mi puerta Spanish Vukovar: A Story Вуковар, једна прича Serbian Boro Drašković
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Switzerland submitted Three Colors: Red by Krzysztof Kieślowski. Kieślowski originally had two films in the race when Poland and Switzerland entered two of his Three Colors trilogy. Switzerland's Red was disqualified in a controversial Academy ruling which determined that although Red was co-produced by the Swiss national film board and although it took place in Switzerland and featured a largely Swiss cast, it qualified as a majority French, and not Swiss, production; meanwhile, Poland's White screened alongside the other films. Miramax Films appealed to the Academy to change its mind, but to no avail; Switzerland declined to send another film. However, it was eligible in other categories and received three nominations: Best Director; Best Cinematography and Best Original Screenplay.
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