This is a list of submissions to the 30th 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 30th Academy Awards, twelve films were submitted in the category Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Documentary Torero, which represented Mexico, failed to get an Oscar nomination in the Foreign Language Film category, but was nominated for the Best Documentary Feature. Denmark's Annelise Hovmand became the first female director to have a film in the running at the submission stage. The five nominated films came from France, India, Italy, Norway and West Germany.
Italy won for the fifth time with Nights of Cabiria by Federico Fellini, marking the second year in a row he received the prize.
Submissions Submitting country Film title used in nomination Original title Language(s) Director(s) Result No Time for Tenderness Ingen tid til kærtegn Danish Annelise Hovmand Gates of Paris Porte des Lilas French René Clair The Devil Strikes at Night Nachts, wenn der Teufel kam German Robert Siodmak The Lagoon of Desire Η λίμνη των πόθων Greek Giorgos Zervos Mother India भारत माता Hindi Mehboob Khan Nights of Cabiria Le notti di Cabiria Italian Federico Fellini Arakure あらくれ Japanese Mikio Naruse Torero! ¡Torero! Spanish Carlos Velo Nine Lives Ni Liv Norwegian Arne Skouen High Street Calle Mayor Spanish Juan Antonio Bardem The Seventh Seal Det Sjunde inseglet Swedish, Latin Ingmar Bergman Amina 阿美娜 Mandarin Chinese Yuan Congmei
References
Sources Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences