This is a list of submissions to the 50th 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 50th Academy Awards, twenty-four films were submitted in the category Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Iran, Morocco and Venezuela entered the competition for the first time. The five nominated films came from France, Greece, Israel, Italy and Spain.
France won for the tenth time with Madame Rosa by Moshé Mizrahi.Madame Rosa (1977) – FilmAffinity
Submissions Submitting country Film title used in nomination Original title Language(s) Director(s) Result What Does Fall Mean? ¿Qué es el otoño? Spanish Daniel Portela and David José Kohon I Want to Live Ich will leben German Jörg A. Eggers Rubens Rubens, schilder en diplomaat Dutch Roland Verhavert Tent of Miracles Tenda dos Milagres Brazilian Portuguese Nelson Pereira dos Santos J.A. Martin Photographer J.A. Martin photographe French Jean Beaudin Boys Drenge Danish Nils Malmros Madame Rosa La Vie devant soi French Moshé Mizrahi Mom, I Am Alive Mama, ich lebe German Konrad Wolf The American Friend Der Amerikanische Freund German, English, French Wim Wenders Iphigenia Ἰφιγένεια Greek Michael Cacoyannis A Strange Role Herkulesfürdöi emlék Hungarian Pál Sándor Manthan मंथन Hindi Shyam Benegal The Cycle دايره مينا Persian Dariush Mehrjui Operation ThunderboltFrom the Archive: Israel's impressive losing record at the Oscars – Jewish Telegraphic Agency מבצע יונתן Hebrew, English, Arabic, German, French, Spanish Menahem Golan A Special Day Una giornata particolare Italian Ettore Scola Mt. Hakkoda 八甲田山 Japanese Shiro Moritani Pafnucio Santo Spanish Rafael Corkidi Blood Wedding Noces de sang French Souheil Ben-Barka Soldier of Orange Soldaat van Oranje Dutch, English, German Paul Verhoeven Camouflage Barwy ochronne Polish Krzysztof Zanussi The Ascent Восхождение Russian Larisa Shepitko That Obscure Object of Desire Cet obscur objet du désir, Ese oscuro objeto del deseo French, Spanish Luis Buñuel The Man on the Roof Mannen på taket Swedish Bo Widerberg The Fish That Smokes El pez que fuma Spanish Román Chalbaud
References
Sources Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences