List of submissions to the 88th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

This is a list of submissions to the 88th 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 88th Academy Awards, the submitted motion pictures must have first been released theatrically in their respective countries between 1 October 2014 and 30 September 2015. The deadline for submissions to the Academy was 1 October 2015. 82 countries submitted films, and 81 were found to be eligible by AMPAS and screened for voters. Paraguay submitted a film for the first time. After the 9-film shortlist was announced on 17 December 2014, the five nominees were announced on 14 January 2015.

Hungary won the award for the second time with Son of Saul by László Nemes.

Submissions Submitting country Film title used in nomination Original title Language(s) Director(s) Result Utopia آرمان شهر Dari, English, Hindi, Persian Hassan Nazer Bota Albanian, Italian and Thomas Logoreci Twilight of Shadows غروب الظلال Arabic, French Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina The Clan El clan Spanish Pablo Trapero Arrows of the Thunder Dragon Dzongkha Greg Sneddon Goodnight Mommy Ich seh, ich seh German Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz Jalal's Story জালালের গল্প Bengali Abu Shahed Emon The Brand New Testament Le tout nouveau testament French Jaco Van Dormael Our Everyday Life Naša svakodnevna priča Bosnian The Second Mother Que Horas Ela Volta? Brazilian Portuguese Anna Muylaert The Judgment Съдилището Bulgarian Stephan Komandarev The Last Reel ដុំហ្វីលចុងក្រោយ Khmer Kulikar Sotho Felix and Meira Félix et Meira French, Yiddish, English, Spanish, Hebrew, Italian Maxime Giroux The Club El club Spanish Pablo Larraín Go Away Mr. Tumor 滚蛋吧！肿瘤君 Mandarin Embrace of the Serpent El abrazo de la serpiente Ocaina, Cubeo, German, Minica Huitoto, Bora, Andoque, Yucuna, Muinane, Spanish, Ticuna, Wanano, Catalan, Brazilian Portuguese, Latin, English Ciro Guerra Presos Spanish The High Sun Zvizdan Croatian, Serbian Dalibor Matanić Home Care Domácí péče Czech Slávek Horák A War Krigen Danish, Pashto, Arabic, English Tobias Lindholm Sand Dollars Dólares de arena Spanish, English, French Laura Amelia Guzmán and Israel Cárdenas 1944 Estonian, Russian, German Elmo Nüganen Lamb Amharic Yared Zeleke The Fencer Miekkailija Estonian, Russian Klaus Härö Mustang Turkish Deniz Gamze Ergüven Moira მოირა Georgian, Greek Labyrinth of Lies Im Labyrinth des Schweigens German, English, Hebrew Giulio Ricciarelli Xenia Ξενία Greek, Albanian, Italian Panos H. Koutras Ixcanul Kaqchikel, Spanish Jayro Bustamante To the Fore 破風 Mandarin, Cantonese, English, Italian, Korean Dante Lam Son of Saul Saul fia Hungarian, Yiddish, German, Polish, Russian, Slovak, Czech, Greek, Hebrew László Nemes Rams Hrútar Icelandic Grímur Hákonarson Court कोर्ट Marathi, Hindi, Gujarati, English Chaitanya Tamhane Muhammad: The Messenger of God محمد رسول‌الله Persian, Arabic, Hebrew, Aramaic Majid Majidi Memories on Stone بیرەوەرییەکانی سەر بەرد / Bîranînen li ser kevirî Central Kurdish, Arabic, Persian Shawkat Amin Korki Viva Spanish Paddy Breathnach Baba Joon באבא ג'ון / بابا جون Persian, Hebrew Yuval Delshad Don't Be Bad Non essere cattivo Italian Claudio Caligari Run French Philippe Lacôte 100 Yen Love 百円の恋 Japanese Masaharu Take Theeb ذيب Arabic, English, Turkish Naji Abu Nowar Stranger Жат Kazakh Ermek Tursunov Babai Albanian, German, Serbian, English, Italian Heavenly Nomadic Сутак Kyrgyz Mirlan Abdykalykov Modris Latvian, Russian Juris Kursietis Void وينن Arabic Tarek Korkomaz, , Jad Beyrouthy, Christelle Ighniades, Salim Habr, Maria Abdel Karim, and Naji Bechara The Summer of Sangailė Sangailės vasara Lithuanian Baby(a)lone Luxembourgish Macedonia Honey Night Медена ноќ Macedonian Men Who Save the World Lelaki Harapan Dunia Malay Liew Seng Tat 600 Miles 600 millas Spanish, English Gabriel Ripstein You Carry Me Ti mene nosiš Croatian Ivona Juka Aida عايدة Arabic, Hebrew, French Driss Mrini Talakjung vs Tulke Nepali Nischal Basnet The Paradise Suite Bulgarian, Swedish, French, Bosnian, Serbian, Dutch, English, Russian The Wave Bølgen Norwegian, Danish Roar Uthaug Moor ماں, مور Urdu, Pashto Jamshed Mahmood Raza The Wanted 18 المطلوبون 18 Arabic, English, Hebrew Paul Cowan and Amer Shomali Box 25 Caja 25 Spanish Mercedes Arias and Delfina Vidal Cloudy Times El tiempo nublado Spanish, English Arami Ullon NN NN: sin identidad Héctor Gálvez Heneral Luna Filipino, English, Spanish, French, Kinaray-a, Hiligaynon Jerrold Tarog 11 Minutes 11 minut Polish, English Jerzy Skolimowski Arabian Nights: Volume 2 - The Desolate One As Mil e Uma Noites: Volume 2 - O Desolado Portuguese, English, French, German, Mandarin Miguel Gomes Aferim! Romanian, Vlax Romani, Turkish Radu Jude Sunstroke Солнечный удар Russian Nikita Mikhalkov Enclave Енклава Serbian, Albanian, German, Italian Goran Radovanović 7 Letters Malay, Singaporean Hokkien, Mandarin, Malayalam, Tamil, English Boo Junfeng, Eric Khoo, Jack Neo, K Rajagopal, Tan Pin Pin, Royston Tan, and Kelvin Tong Goat Koza Slovak, Czech, German, English The Tree Drevo Slovene, Albanian Sonja Prosenc The Two of Us Thina Sobabili Zulu Ernest Nkosi The Throne 사도 Korean Lee Joon-ik Flowers Loreak Basque Jon Garaño and A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence En duva satt på en gren och funderade över tillvaron Swedish Roy Andersson Iraqi Odyssey Arabic, English, German, Russian Samir The Assassin 刺客聶隱娘 Mandarin Hou Hsiao-hsien How to Win at Checkers (Every Time) พี่ชาย My Hero Thai Josh Kim Sivas Turkish Kaan Müjdeci Under Milk Wood Dan y Wenallt Welsh, English Kevin Allen A Moonless Night Una noche sin luna Spanish Germán Tejeira Gone with the River Dauna. Lo que lleva el río Warao, Spanish Mario Crespo Jackpot Trúng số Vietnamese Dustin Nguyen

Notes Afghanistan originally submitted Utopia by Hassan Nazer. The submission was on the official list, but it was disqualified a few days prior to its Academy screening for having too much dialogue in English. The Afghan filmmakers union tried to appeal, bringing the language breakdown by minutes, but they were unsuccessful. China's submission was originally reported as being Wolf Totem by Jean-Jacques Annaud, but this was changed to Go Away Mr. Tumor by when the final list was released. Cuba announced that it had convened a selection committee which decided by majority vote not to send a film to the Oscars. The Nigerian Oscar Selection Committee (NOSC) asked for films to be submitted by 6 July 2015. Nigeria planned to submit a film for the first time last year, but ultimately no entries were eligible. Panama reportedly submitted Box 25 by Mercedes Arias and Delfina Vidal, but the film was not on the final list. Ukraine missed the deadline to submit a film, but requested an extension from the Academy.

References

External links Official website of the Academy Awards