List of submissions to the 54th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
1981 Best Foreign Language Film submissions | ||||
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Oscar winner | Mephisto | |||
Total submissions | 25 | |||
First-time submissions | none | |||
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This is a list of submissions to the 54th 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.[1] 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.[2] 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.[2]
For the 54th Academy Awards, twenty-five films were submitted in the category Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The highlighted titles were the five nominated films, which came from Italy, Japan, Poland and Switzerland. Hungary won the award with the film Mephisto.[3]
Submissions
Submitting country | Film title used in nomination | Original title | Language(s) | Director(s) | Result |
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Argentina | The Underground Man | El hombre del subsuelo | Spanish | Nicolás Sarquís | Not nominated |
Austria | Der Bockerer | Der Bockerer | German | Franz Antel | Not nominated |
Belgium | Le Grand Paysage d'Alexis Droeven | French | Jean-Jacques Andrien | Not nominated | |
Brazil | Pixote | Portuguese | Héctor Babenco | Disqualified[4] | |
Canada | Les Plouffe | French, English | Gilles Carle | Not nominated | |
Czechoslovakia | The Divine Emma | Božská Ema | Czech | Jiří Krejčík | Not nominated |
Egypt | People on the Top | أهل القمة | Egyptian Arabic | Aly Badrakhan | Not nominated |
Finland | Sign of the Beast | Pedon Merkki | Finnish | Jaakko Pakkasvirta | Not nominated |
France | Diva | French, English | Jean-Jacques Beineix | Not nominated | |
West Germany | Lili Marleen | German | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Not nominated | |
Greece | The Man with the Carnation | Ο άνθρωπος με το γαρίφαλο | Greek | Nikos Tzimas | Not nominated |
Hungary | Mephisto | Hungarian, German, English, Esperanto | István Szabó | Won Academy Award | |
Iceland | Outlaw: The Saga of Gisli | Útlaginn | Icelandic | Ágúst Guðmundsson | Not nominated |
Israel | A Thousand Little Kisses | אלף נשיקות קטנות | Hebrew | Mira Recanati | Not nominated |
Italy | Three Brothers | Tre fratelli | Italian | Francesco Rosi | Nominated |
Japan | Muddy River | 泥の川 | Japanese | Kōhei Oguri | Nominated |
Mexico | Mojado Power | Spanish | Alfonso Arau | Not nominated | |
Netherlands | Come-Back! | Dutch | Jonne Severijn | Not nominated | |
Norway | Julia Julia | Norwegian | Petter Vennerød and Svend Wam | Not nominated | |
Poland | Man of Iron | Człowiek z żelaza | Polish | Andrzej Wajda | Nominated |
Soviet Union | O, Sport, You – the Peace! | О спорт, ты - мир! | Russian | Yuri Ozerov | Not nominated |
Spain | National Heritage | Patrimonio nacional | Spanish | Luis García Berlanga | Not nominated |
Sweden | Children's Island | Barnens ö | Swedish | Kay Pollak | Not nominated |
Switzerland | The Boat Is Full | Das Boot ist Voll | German, Swiss German, French | Markus Imhoof | Nominated |
Taiwan | If I Were for Real | 假如我是真的 | Mandarin | Wang Toon | Not nominated |
Yugoslavia | Do You Remember Dolly Bell? | Sjećaš li se Dolly Bell? | Serbo-Croatian | Emir Kusturica | Not nominated |
References
- ^ "History of the Academy Awards 2 - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences". 22 June 2008. Archived from the original on 22 June 2008. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
- ^ a b "Rule 14 | 81st Academy Awards Rules | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences". 9 August 2008. Archived from the original on 9 August 2008. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
- ^ "The 54th Academy Awards (1982) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
- ^ "Nomination Intricacies For Foreign-Film Oscar". New York Times. 21 February 1989. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
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