61 countries have submitted films for consideration in the Foreign Language Film category for the 79th Academy Awards, Academy President Sid Ganis announced Thursday. The complete list is published below, but lacks Aki Kaurismaki’s “Lights in the Dusk,” which was submitted by Finland but subsequently withdrawn by the filmmaker. The Academy said in a statement Thursday that an AMPAS rep is in conversations with Kaurismaki to persuade him to change his mind. The nominations for the 79th Academy Awards will be announced on Tuesday, January 23, 2007 and the Oscars will be presented on Sunday, February 25, 2007.
In his latest World Cinema column, Anthony Kaufman surveyed the early foreign language Oscar race.
The 2006 Foreign Language Film submissions are:
Algeria, “Days of Glory,” Rachid Bouchareb, director
Argentina, “Family Law,” Daniel Burman, director
Australia, “Ten Canoes,” Rolf de Heer, director
Austria, “You Bet Your Life,” Antonin Svoboda, director
Bangladesh, “Forever Flows,” Abu Sayeed, director
Belgium, “Someone Else’s Happiness,” Fien Troch, director
Bolivia, “American Visa,” Juan Carlos Valdivia, director
Bosnia and Herzegovina, “Grbavica,” Jasmila Zbanic, director
Brazil, “Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures,” Marcelo Gomes, director
Bulgaria, “Monkeys in Winter,” Milena Andonova, director
Canada, “Water,” Deepa Mehta, director
Chile, “En la Cama,” Matiaz Bize, director
China, “Curse of the Golden Flower,” Zhang Yimou, director
Colombia, “A Ton of Luck,” Rodrigo Triana, director
Croatia, “Libertas,” Veljko Bulajic, director
Cuba, “El Benny,” Jorge Luis Sanchez, director
Czech Republic, “Lunacy,” Jan Svankmajer, director
Denmark, “After the Wedding,” Susanne Bier, director
Egypt, “The Yacoubian Building,” Marwan Hamed, director
France, “Avenue Montaigne,” Daniele Thompson, director
Germany, “The Lives of Others,” Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, director
Greece, “Chariton’s Choir,” Grigoris Karantinakis, director
Hong Kong, “The Banquet,” Feng Xiaogang, director
Hungary, “White Palms,” Szabolcs Hajdu, director
Iceland, “Children,” Ragnar Bragason, director
India, “Rang De Basanti,” Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, director
Indonesia, “Love for Share,” Nia Dinata, director
Iran, “Transit Cafe,” Kambozia Partovi, director
Iraq, “Dreams,” Mohamed Al-Daradji, director
Israel, “Sweet Mud,” Dror Shaul, director
Italy, “Golden Door,” Emanuele Crialese, director
Japan, “Hula Girls,” Sang-il Lee, director
Kazakhstan, “Nomad,” Sergei Bodrov, Talgat Temenov, Ivan Passer, directors
Korea, “King and the Clown,” Lee Jun-ik, director
Kyrgyzstan, “The Wedding Chest,” Nurbek Egen, director
Lebanon, “Bosta,” Philippe Aractingi, director
Lithuania, “Before Flying Back to Earth,” Arunas Matelis, director
Macedonia, “Kontakt,” Sergei Stanojkovski, director
Mexico, “Pan’s Labyrinth,” Guillermo del Toro, director
Morocco, “The Moroccan Symphony,” Kamal Kamal, director
Nepal, “Basain,” Subash Prasad Gajurel, director
The Netherlands, “Black Book,” Paul Verhoeven, director
Norway, “Reprise,” Joachim Trier, director
Peru, “Madeinusa,” Claudia Llosa, director
Philippines, “The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros,” Auraeus Solito, director
Poland, “Retrieval,” Slawomir Fabicki, director
Portugal, “Alice,” Marco Martins, director
Puerto Rico, “Thieves and Liars,” Ricardo Mendez Matta, director
Romania, “The Way I Spent the End of the World,” Catalin Mitulescu, director
Russia, “9th Company,” Fyodor Bondarchuk, director
Serbia, “Tomorrow Morning,” Oleg Novkovic, director
Slovenia, “Gravehopping,” Jan Cvitkovic, director
Spain, “Volver,” Pedro Almodovar, director
Sweden, “Falkenberg Farewell,” Jesper Ganslandt, director
Switzerland, “Vitus,” Fredi M. Murer, director
Taiwan, “Blue Cha Cha,” Cheng Wen-tang, director
Thailand, “Ahimsa Stop to Run,” Leo Kittikorn, director
Turkey, “Ice Cream, I Scream,” Yuksel Aksu, director
Ukraine, “Aurora,” Oxana Bayrak, director
Venezuela, “Maroa,” Solveig Hoogesteijn, director
Vietnam, “Story of Pao,” Ngo Quang Hai, director
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