This is a list of submissions to the 87th 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 87th Academy Awards, the submitted motion pictures must have first been released theatrically in their respective countries between 1 October 2013 and 30 September 2014. The deadline for submissions to the Academy 1 October 2014. 83 countries submitted films, and 76 were found to be eligible by AMPAS and screened for voters. Kosovo, Malta, Mauritania, and Panama submitted films for the first time. After the 9-film shortlist was announced on 19 December 2014, the five nominees were announced on 15 January 2015.

Poland won the award for the first time with Ida by Paweł Pawlikowski, which was also nominated for Best Cinematography. For the first time, the director's name would be engraved on the Oscar statuette in addition to the country name.

Submissions Submitting country Film title used in nomination Original title Language(s) Director(s) Result A Few Cubic Meters of Love چند متر مکعب عشق Persian, Dari Jamshid Mahmoudi Wild Tales Relatos salvajes Spanish Damián Szifrón Charlie's Country Mandjalpiŋu, English Rolf de Heer The Dark Valley Das finstere Tal South Tyrolean German, German, English Andreas Prochaska Nabat Azerbaijani, Turkish Elchin Musaoglu Glow of the Firefly জোনাকির আলো Bengali Khalid Mahmud Mithu Two Days, One Night Deux jours, une nuit French, Arabic Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne Forgotten Olvidados Spanish Carlos Bolado With Mum Sa mamom Bosnian The Way He Looks Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho Brazilian Portuguese Daniel Ribeiro Bulgarian Rhapsody Българска Рапсодия Bulgarian, German, Judaeo-Spanish Ivan Nitchev Mommy French, Joual, English Xavier Dolan To Kill a Man Matar a un hombre Spanish Alejandro Fernández Almendras The Nightingale 夜莺 Mandarin, Southwestern Mandarin, French Mateo Spanish Red Princesses Princesas rojas Laura Astorga Cowboys Kauboji Croatian Tomislav Mršić Behavior Conducta Spanish Ernesto Daranas Fair Play Czech Andrea Sedláčková Sorrow and Joy Sorg og glæde Danish Nils Malmros Cristo Rey Spanish Leticia Tonos Silence in Dreamland Silencio en la tierra de los sueños Tito Molina Factory Girl فتاة المصنع Arabic Mohamed Khan Tangerines Mandariinid / მანდარინები Estonian, Russian, Georgian Zaza Urushadze Difret ድፍረት Amharic Zeresenay Berhane Mehari Concrete Night Betoniyö Finnish Pirjo Honkasalo Saint Laurent French, English Bertrand Bonello Corn Island სიმინდის კუნძული Abkhaz, Georgian, Russian Giorgi Ovashvili Beloved Sisters Die geliebten Schwestern German, French Dominik Graf Little England Μικρά Αγγλία Greek Pantelis Voulgaris The Golden Era 黃金時代 Mandarin, Cantonese Ann Hui White God Fehér isten Hungarian, English Kornél Mundruczó Life in a Fishbowl Vonarstræti Icelandic, English Baldvin Zophoníasson Liar's Dice लायर्स डाइस Hindi Geetu Mohandas Soekarno Indonesian, Dutch, Javanese, Bengkulu Malay, Minangkabau, Sundanese Hanung Bramantyo Today امروز Persian Reza Mirkarimi Mardan مەردان Central Kurdish Batin Ghobadi The Gift An Bronntanas Irish, English, Polish Tommy Collins Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem גט - המשפט של ויויאן אמסאלם Hebrew, French, Arabic Ronit Elkabetz and Shlomi Elkabetz Human Capital Il capitale umano Italian Paolo Virzì The Light Shines Only There そこのみにて光輝く Hokkaido Japanese Mipo O Three Windows and a Hanging Tri dritare dhe një varje Albanian Isa Qosja Kurmanjan Datka: Queen of the Mountains Курманжан Датка Kyrgyz, Russian Sadyk Sher-Niyaz Rocks in My Pockets Akmeņi manās kabatās Latvian Signe Baumane Ghadi غدي Arabic Amin Dora The Gambler Lošėjas Lithuanian Never Die Young French Pol Cruchten Macedonia To the Hilt До балчак Macedonian, French, English, Turkish Stole Popov Simshar Maltese, English Rebecca Cremona Timbuktu Arabic, English, French, Tamasheq, Bambara, Koyra Chiini Abderrahmane Sissako Cantinflas Spanish, English Sebastian del Amo The Unsaved La limita de jos a cerului Romanian, Russian Igor Cobileanski The Kids from the Marx and Engels Street Dječaci iz ulice Marksa i Engelsa Montenegrin Nikola Vukčević The Red Moon القمر الأحمر Arabic Hassan Benjelloun Jhola झोला Nepali Yadavkumar Bhattarai Accused Lucia de B. Dutch Paula van der Oest The Dead Lands Māori Toa Fraser 1001 Grams 1001 gram Norwegian, French, English Bent Hamer Dukhtar دختر Urdu, Pashto Afia Nathaniel Eyes of a Thief عيون الحراميه Arabic, Hebrew Najwa Najjar Invasion Invasión Spanish Abner Benaim The Gospel of the Flesh El evangelio de la carne Eduardo Mendoza de Echave Norte, the End of History Norte, Hangganan ng Kasaysayan Filipino, Tagalog, English Lav Diaz Ida Polish, French, Latin Paweł Pawlikowski What Now? Remind Me E Agora? Lembra-me Portuguese Joaquim Pinto The Japanese Dog Câinele japonez Romanian, Japanese Leviathan Левиафан Russian Andrey Zvyagintsev See You in Montevideo Монтевидео, видимо се! Serbian, English, French, Spanish Dragan Bjelogrlić My Beloved Dearest Sayang Disayang Malay, Indonesian Sanif Olek A Step into the Dark Krok do tmy Slovak Miloslav Luther Seduce Me Zapelji me Slovene Elelwani Venda Haemoo 해무 Korean Shim Sung-bo Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed Vivir es fácil con los ojos cerrados Spanish, English David Trueba Force Majeure Turist Swedish, English, French, Norwegian, Italian Ruben Östlund The Circle Der Kreis Swiss German, German, French Ice Poison 冰毒 Southwestern Mandarin, Mandarin, Burmese Midi Z The Teacher's Diary คิดถึงวิทยา Thai, Lanna Nithiwat Tharathorn Winter Sleep Kış Uykusu Turkish, English Nuri Bilge Ceylan The Guide Поводир Ukrainian, Russian, English Oles Sanin Little Happiness Uzun Yol Turkish Nihat Seven Mr. Kaplan Spanish, Yiddish Álvaro Brechner The Liberator Libertador Spanish, English, French

Notes Lebanon initially selected Ghadi by Amin Dora as their entry for the 86th Academy Awards in a two-way race over Blind Intersections by Lara Saba. When the film's release date was moved from 26 September 2013 to 31 October 2013, it no longer met the eligibility dates and Blind Intersections was submitted instead. In May 2014, Nigeria announced that AMPAS had approved the first-ever Nigerian Oscar selection committee and they would make their first Oscar submission; however, they did not submit a film by the deadline.

References

External links Official website of the Academy Awards The Official Academy Awards Database IMDb Academy Awards Page