List of submissions to the 82nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

This is a list of submissions to the 82nd 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 82nd Academy Awards, the submitted motion pictures must have first been released theatrically in their respective countries between 1 October 2008 and 30 September 2009. The deadline for submissions to the Academy was 1 October 2009. 67 countries submitted films, and 65 were found to be eligible by AMPAS and screened for voters. After the 9-film shortlist was announced on 20 January 2010, the five nominees were announced on 2 February 2010.

Argentina won the award for the second time with The Secret in Their Eyes by Juan José Campanella.

Submissions Submitting country Film title used in nomination Original title Language(s) Director(s) Result Alive Gjallë Albanian London River English, French, Arabic Rachid Bouchareb The Secret in Their Eyes El secreto de sus ojos Spanish Juan José Campanella Հրաշագործի աշունը Armenian, English, Italian, Russian and Vahe Gevorkyants Samson and Delilah Warlpiri, English Warwick Thornton For a Moment, Freedom Ein Augenblick Freiheit English, Persian, Turkish, Central Kurdish Arash T. Riahi বৃত্তের বাইরে Bengali The Misfortunates De helaasheid der dingen Dutch, Felix Van Groeningen Zona sur Spanish, Aymara Juan Carlos Valdivia Čuvari noći Bosnian Namik Kabil Time of Fear Salve Geral Brazilian Portuguese Sergio Rezende The World Is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the Corner Светът е голям и спасение дебне отвсякъде Bulgarian, German, Italian, Slovene, English, Hungarian Stephan Komandarev I Killed My Mother J'ai tué ma mère French, English, Latin Xavier Dolan Dawson, Island 10 Dawson, Isla 10 Spanish Miguel Littin Forever Enthralled 梅兰芳 Mandarin, Japanese Chen Kaige The Wind Journeys Los viajes del viento Spanish, Palenquero, Wayuu, Arhuaco Ciro Guerra Donkey Kenjac Croatian Antonio Nuić Los dioses rotos Spanish, Yoruba, Lucumí Ernesto Daranas Protector Protektor Czech, German Terribly Happy Frygtelig lykkelig Danish Henrik Ruben Genz December Heat Detsembrikuumus Estonian, Russian, English Asko Kase Letters to Father Jacob Postia pappi Jaakobille Finnish Klaus Härö A Prophet Un prophète French, Arabic, Corsican Jacques Audiard The Other Bank გაღმა ნაპირი Georgian, Abkhaz, Russian Giorgi Ovashvili The White Ribbon Das weiße Band German Michael Haneke Slaves in Their Bonds Οι Σκλάβοι στα Δεσμά τους Greek Prince of Tears 淚王子 Mandarin Yonfan Chameleon Kaméleon Hungarian Krisztina Goda Reykjavík-Rotterdam Icelandic, Dutch, English Óskar Jónasson Harishchandrachi Factory हरिश्चंद्राची फॅक्टरी Marathi Paresh Mokashi Jamila and the President Jamila dan Sang Presiden Indonesian Ratna Sarumpaet About Elly درباره الی Persian, German Asghar Farhadi Ajami عجمي / עג'מי Arabic, Hebrew Yaron Shani and Scandar Copti Baarìa , Italian Giuseppe Tornatore 誰も守ってくれない Japanese Ryoichi Kimizuka Kelin Келін No dialogue Ermek Tursunov Vortex Duburys Lithuanian, Russian Réfractaire French Macedonia Wingless Ocas ještěrky / Созерцание Czech Backyard El traspatio Spanish, Tzotzil, English Carlos Carrera / Тайна Чингис Хаана Yakut, Russian Casanegra كازانيݣرا Arabic Nour-Eddine Lakhmari Winter in Wartime Oorlogswinter Dutch, German, English Martin Koolhoven Max Manus Norwegian, German, English, Russian, Finnish Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg The Milk of Sorrow La teta asustada Spanish, Ayacucho Quechua Claudia Llosa Grandpa Is Dead Ded na si Lolo Filipino, Tagalog Soxie Topacio Reverse Rewers Polish Borys Lankosz Doomed Love Um Amor de Perdição Portuguese Mário Barroso Kabo and Platon Kabo y Platón Spanish Edmundo H. Rodríguez Police, Adjective Politist, adj. Romanian Corneliu Porumboiu Ward No. 6 Палата №6 Russian Aleksandr Gornovskiy and Karen Shakhnazarov St. George Shoots the Dragon Свети Георгије убива аждаху Serbian Srđan Dragojević Broken Promise Nedodržaný sľub Slovak, Russian Jiří Chlumský Landscape No. 2 Pokrajina Št. 2 Slovene Vinko Moderndorfer White Wedding Afrikaans, Xhosa, Setswana, Zulu, English Jann Turner Mother 마더 Korean Bong Joon-ho The Dancer and the Thief El baile de la victoria Spanish Fernando Trueba The Road from Elephant Pass අලිමාන්කාඩා Sinhala, Tamil Chandran Rutnam Involuntary De ofrivilliga Swedish Ruben Östlund Home French Ursula Meier Cannot Live Without You 不能沒有你 Hakka, Taiwanese Hokkien, Mandarin Leon Dai Best of Times ความจำสั้น แต่รักฉันยาว Thai Yongyoot Thongkongtoon I Saw the Sun Güneşi Gördüm Turkish, Northern Kurdish, Norwegian Mahsun Kırmızıgül Afghan Star Dari, Pashto, English Havana Marking Bad Day to Go Fishing Mal día para pescar Spanish, English Álvaro Brechner Libertador Morales, the Vigilante Libertador Morales, el justiciero Spanish Efterpi Charalambidis Don't Burn It Đừng đốt Vietnamese, English Đặng Nhật Minh

Notes Algeria submitted London River by Rachid Bouchareb, but it was disqualified for having more than half of its dialogue in English. Mongolia submitted by . The film was a Russian production and the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation funded its festival promotion at the 2009 Montreal World Film Festival. Mongolian filmmakers approached AMPAS about submitting the film on Mongolia's behalf shortly before the deadline. The film was disqualified, but the Academy did not publicly state its reason for disqualifying the film. The Netherlands originally submitted The Silent Army by Jean van de Velde on September 2, but the decision was appealed. Many Netherlands-based producers argued that the submitted film did not meet the AMPAS criteria for eligibility because it was a re-montage. The Netherlands reconvened the Oscar committee on September 21. AMPAS concluded that the entry was ineligible after which Winter in Wartime by Martin Koolhoven was submitted. In the Dutch press Winter in Wartime producer San Fu Malta lamented that the mistake made his film appear to be second choice. Voicing the sentiment of large sections of the filmsector, he argued that the committee falling under the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science should not have decided upon the Oscar nomination. That should have been done by, for instance, the jury of the Netherlands Film Festival which had the requisite expertise and was free of any conflict of interest.Parool: Toch Oorlogswinter afgevaardigd naar OscarsGeen Wit Licht maar Oorlogswinter naar Oscars originally submitted Here and There by Darko Lungulov. After consulting with the Academy, it was found that the film contained more than half of its dialogue in English. Serbia's selection committee submitted a second film, St. George Shoots the Dragon by Srdjan Dragojevic. Sri Lanka submission was originally reported as being Flowers of the Sky by Prasanna Vithanage but this was changed to The Road from Elephant Pass by Chandran Rutnam.

References

External links Official website of the Academy Awards 65 Countries in Competition for 2009 Foreign Language Film Oscar