This is a list of submissions to the 79th 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.
Beginning with the 79th ceremony, rules were changed to the submission process instituting a two-step process in choosing the nominees for the award, where an initial committee selected a nine-film shortlist and a second committee narrowed it to five nominees. Additionally, the rule requiring submissions to be in an official language of the submitting country was also removed.
For the 79th Academy Awards, the submitted motion pictures must have first been released theatrically in their respective countries between 1 October 2005 and 30 September 2006. The deadline for submissions to the Academy was 2 October 2006. 63 countries submitted films, and 61 were found to be eligible by AMPAS and screened for voters. Lithuania submitted a film for the first time. After the 9-film shortlist was announced on 16 January 2007, the five nominees were announced on 23 January 2007.
Germany won the award for the third time with The Lives of Others by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck.
Submissions Submitting country Film title used in nomination Original title Language(s) Director(s) Result Days of Glory Indigènes / بلديون Arabic, French Family Law Derecho de familia Spanish, Hebrew Ten Canoes Ganalbiŋu, Mandjalpiŋu, English Spiele Leben German Forever Flows নিরন্তর Bengali Someone Else's Happiness Een ander zijn geluk Dutch American Visa Spanish Grbavica: Land of My Dreams Grbavica Bosnian Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures Cinema, Aspirinas e Urubus German, Brazilian Portuguese Monkeys in Winter Маймуни през зимата Bulgarian, French Water जल Hindi, Sanskrit, English In Bed En la cama Spanish Curse of the Golden Flower 满城尽带黄金甲 Mandarin A Ton of Luck Soñar no cuesta nada Spanish Libertas Croatian, Italian, Venetian El Benny Spanish Lunacy Czech After the Wedding Efter brylluppet Danish, Hindi, Swedish, English The Yacoubian Building عمارة يعقوبيان Arabic, French Lights in the Dusk Laitakaupungin valot Finnish, Russian Avenue Montaigne Fauteuils d'orchestre French, English, Japanese The Lives of Others Das Leben der Anderen German Chariton's Choir Η χορωδία του Χαρίτωνα Greek Grigoris Karantinakis The Banquet 夜宴 Mandarin Feng Xiaogang White Palms Fehér tenyér Hungarian, Russian Children Börn Icelandic Rang De Basanti रंग दे बसंती Hindi, Punjabi Love for Share Berbagi Suami Indonesian Café Transit کافه ترانزیت Persian, Greek, Turkish, Azerbaijani, Russian Dreams أحلام Arabic Sweet Mud אדמה משוגעת Hebrew, French The Golden Door Nuovomondo Italian, English, Sicilian Hula Girls フラガール , Japanese Sang-il Lee Nomad Көшпенділер Russian, Kazakh , , and Ivan Passer The Wedding Chest Сундук предков French, Kyrgyz, Russian Bosta بوسطة Arabic Before Flying Back to the Earth Prieš parskrendant į žemę Lithuanian, Russian Your Name is Justine Masz na imię Justine Polish, German, English Kontakt Контакт German, Macedonian Sergej Stanojkovski Pan's Labyrinth El laberinto del fauno Spanish The Moroccan Symphony السمفونية المغربية / La symphonie marocaine Arabic, French Basain बसाइँ Nepali Black Book Zwartboek Dutch, Hebrew, English, German Reprise Norwegian Madeinusa Spanish, Ayacucho Quechua The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros Filipino, Tagalog Retrieval Z odzysku Polish, Russian, Ukrainian Alice Portuguese Thieves and Liars Ladrones y mentirosos Spanish Ricardo Méndez Matta The Way I Spent the End of the World Cum mi-am petrecut sfârșitul lumii Romanian 9th Company 9 рота Russian Tomorrow Morning Сутра ујутру Serbian Gravehopping Odgrobadogroba Slovene King and the Clown 왕의 남자 Korean Lee Jun-ik Volver Spanish Falkenberg Farewell Farväl Falkenberg Halländska Vitus Swiss German, English Blue Cha Cha 深海 Mandarin, Taiwanese Hokkien Cheng Wen-tang Ahimsa: Stop to Run อหิงสา จิ๊กโก๋ มีกรรม Thai Ice Cream, I Scream Dondurmam Gaymak Turkish Aurora Аврора Russian, Ukrainian, English Maroa Spanish Story of Pao Chuyện của Pao Vietnamese
Notes Finland submitted Lights in the Dusk by Aki Kaurismäki, but it was ejected before the formal review process because Kaurismäki withdrew the film from consideration. Luxembourg submitted Your Name is Justine by Franco de Peña, but it was rejected before the formal review process because the Academy determined that not enough creative input was received from within Luxembourg for the film to meet the Academy's requirements.
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External links Official website for the 79th Academy Awards