Academy Award Submissions for Best Foreign Language Film, 2012

By: MUBI

We’ll be keeping track of all of the films submitted by their respective countries here. Note that both America and Silent Sonata were officially disqualified.

Albania: Amnistia / Amnesty, Bujar Alimani
Argentina: Aballay, el hombre sin miedo / Aballay, the Man Without Fear, Fernando Spiner
Austria: Atmen / Breathing, Karl Markovics
Belgium: Rundskop / Bullhead, Michaël R. Roskam
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Belvedere, Ahmed Imamović
Brazil: Tropa de Elite 2 – O Inimigo Agora é Outro, Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within, José Padhila
Bulgaria: Tilt, Viktor Chouchkov
Canada: Bachir Lazhar / Monsieur Lazhar, Philippe Falardeau
Chile: Violeta se fue a los cielos / Violeta, Andrés Wood
China: The Flowers of War, Zhang Yimou
Colombia: Los colores de la montaña / The Colors of the Mountain, Carlos César Arbeláez
Croatia: Sedamdeset i dva dana / 72 Days, Danilo Šerbedžija
Cuba: Habanastation / Havanastation, Ian Padrón
Czech Republic: Alois Nebel, Tomás Lunák
Denmark: SuperClásico, Ole Christian Madsen
Dominican Republic: La hija natural / Love Child, Leticia Tonos
Egypt: El Shoq / Lust, Khalid Al-Haggar
Estonia: Kirjad Inglile / Letters to Angel, Sulev Keedus
Finland: Le Havre, Aki Kaurismaki
France: La guerre est déclarée / Declaration of War, Valérie Donzelli
Georgia: Chantrapas, Otar Iosseliani
Germany: Pina, Wim Wenders
Greece: Attenberg, Athina Rachel Tsangari
Hong Kong: A Simple Life, Ann Hui
Hungary: A torinói ló / The Turin Horse, Béla Tarr
Iceland: Eldfjall / Volcano, Rúnar Rúnarsson
India: Abu, Son of Adam, Salim Ahamed
Indonesia: Under the Protection of Ka’Bah, Hanny Saputra
Iran: A Separation, Asghar Farhadi
Israel: Footnote, Joseph Cedar
Italy: Terraferma, Emanuele Crialese
Japan: Postcard, Kaneto Shindô
Kazakhstan: Returning to the A, Egor Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky
Lebanon: Et maintenant, on va où? / Where Do We Go Now?, Nadine Labaki
Lithuania: Back to Your Arms, Kristijonas Vildžiūnas
Macedonia: Punk’s Not Dead, Vladimir Blazevski
Mexico: Miss Bala, Gerardo Naranjo
Morocco: Omar m’a tué / Omar Killed Me, Roschdy Zem
Netherlands: Sonny Boy, Maria Peters
New Zealand: O Le Tulafale / The Orator, Tusi Tamasese
Norway: Skyt lykkelig / Happy, Happy, Anne Sewitsky
Peru: Octubre / October, Daniel Vega Vidal
Philippines: The Woman in the Septic Tank, Marlon Rivera
Poland: W ciemności / In Darkness, Agnieszka Holland
Portugal: Jose & Pilar, Miguel Gonçalves Mendes
Puerto Rico: America, Sonia Fritz
Romania: Morgen, Marian Crisan
Russia: Burnt by the Sun 2: Citadel, Nikita Mikhalkov
Serbia: Montevideo, God Bless You, Dragan Bjelogrlić
Singapore: Tatsumi, Eric Khoo
Slovakia: Cigán / Gypsy, Martin Šulík
Slovenia: Circus Fantasticus / Silent Sonata, Janez Burger
South Africa: Skoonheid / Beauty, Oliver Hermanus
South Korea: The Front Line, Jang Hun
Spain: Pa negre / Black Bread, Agustí Villaronga
Sweden: Beyond / Svinalängorna, Pernilla August
Switzerland: Giochi d’estate / Summer Games, Rolando Colla
Taiwan: Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale, Wei Te-Sheng
Thailand: Kon Khon, Sarunyu Wongkrachang
Turkey: Bir zamanlar Anadolu’da / Once Upon a Time in Anatolia, Nuri Bilge Ceylan
United Kingdom: Patagonia, Marc Evans
Uruguay: La casa muda / The Silent House, Gustavo Hernández
Venezuela: El rumor de las piedras / The Rumble of the Stones, Alejandro Bellame Palacios
Vietnam: The Prince and the Pagoda Boy, Lưu Trọng Ninh