This is a list of submissions to the 35th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film was created in 1956 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honor non-English-speaking films produced outside the United States. The award is handed out annually, and is accepted by the winning film's director, although it is considered an award for the submitting country as a whole. Countries are invited by the Academy to submit their best films for competition according to strict rules, with only one film being accepted from each country.
For the 35th Academy Awards, thirteen films were submitted in the category Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. South Korea submitted a film for the first time. The five nominated films came from Brazil, France, Greece, Italy and Mexico.
France won for the fifth time with Sundays and Cybèle by Serge Bourguignon, which was also nominated for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium and Best Scoring of Music—Adaptation or Treatment in the subsequent ceremony (36th Academy Awards).
Submissions Submitting country Film title used in nomination Original title Language(s) Director(s) Result The Sad Young Men Los jóvenes viejos Spanish Rodolfo Kuhn Keeper of Promises O Pagador de Promessas Brazilian PortugueseAnselmo Duarte Chased by the Dogs اللص والكلاب Arabic Kamal El Sheikh Sundays and Cybele Les Dimanches de Ville d'Avray French Serge Bourguignon Electra Ηλέκτρα Greek Michael Cacoyannis Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam साहिब बीबी और गुलाम Hindi Abrar Alvi The Four Days of Naples Le quattro giornate di Napoli Italian Nanni Loy Being Two Isn't Easy 私は二歳 Japanese Kon Ichikawa Tlayucan Spanish Luis Alcoriza Cold Tracks Kalde spor Norwegian Arne Skouen My Mother and the Roomer 사랑방 손님과 어머니 Korean Shin Sang-ok Dulcinea Spanish, English Vicente Escrivá The Mistress Älskarinnan Swedish Vilgot Sjöman
References
Sources Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences