List of submissions to the 63rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

This is a list of submissions to the 63rd 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 honour 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 63rd Academy Awards, thirty-seven films were submitted in the category Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The five nominated films came from China, France, Germany, Italy and Switzerland. Chile submitted a film for the first time. While Germany submitted for the first time after its reunification, previously submitting as East Germany and West Germany.

Switzerland won for the second time with Journey of Hope by Xavier Koller.

Submissions Submitting country Film title used in nomination Original title Language(s) Director(s) Result I, the Worst of All Yo, la peor de todas Spanish Requiem for Dominic Requiem für Dominik German Margarit and Margarita Маргарит и Маргарита Bulgarian Nikolai Volev Une histoire inventée French La Luna en el espejo Spanish Ju Dou 菊豆 Mandarin Zhang Yimou, Yang Fengliang La bella del Alhambra Spanish Vojtech, Called the Orphan Vojtěch, řečený sirotek Czech Zdeněk Tyc Dance of the Polar Bears Lad isbjørnene danse Danish Alexandria Again and Forever إسكندرية كمان وكمان Egyptian Arabic Talvisota Finnish Cyrano de Bergerac French Das schreckliche Mädchen German Love Under the Date-Tree Έρωτας στη χουρμαδιά Greek Eight Taels of Gold 八兩金 Cantonese Little but Tough Kicsi, de nagyon erös Hungarian Ævintýri Pappírs Pésa Icelandic Anjali அஞ்சலி Tamil My Sky, My Home Langitku rumahku Indonesian The Lookout שורו Hebrew Open Doors Porte aperte Italian 死の棘 Japanese Cabeza de Vaca Spanish, Latin Evenings De Avonden Dutch Herman Norwegian Fallen from Heaven Caídos del cielo Spanish Korczak Polish O Processo do Rei Portuguese Carnival Scenes De ce trag clopotele, Mitică? Romanian Mayumi 마유미 Korean Shin Sang-ok Taxi Blues Такси-блюз Russian ¡Ay Carmela! Spanish Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg God afton, Herr Wallenberg Swedish Journey of Hope Reise der Hoffnung, Umuda Yolculuk Turkish, Swiss German, Italian Song of the Exile 客途秋恨 Cantonese, Japanese, Mandarin, English Song for Chao Phraya น้องเมีย Thai Time of Miracles Време чуда Serbo-Croatian

Notes Ju Dou became the first Chinese film to be nominated for an Oscar, despite China's flip-flop over whether it even wanted the film in the competition. The film was officially selected by China's national film board, which later unsuccessfully tried to persuade the Academy to withdraw the film. The 1981 Romanian film Carnival Scenes had been banned in Romania and was not released in local theatres. Since the film had never been released, the Academy initially accepted it as a new film. However, while the film was listed on AMPAS' Fall 1991 press release, it was not listed in a 2007 updated list. It is unknown whether the film actually screened or was disqualified.

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