List of submissions to the 73rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 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.^[1] The award is handed out annually by the Academy to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non-English dialogue.^[1][2] The Foreign Language Film Award Committee oversees the process and reviews all the submitted films.^[2]

For the 73rd Academy Awards, which were held on March 25, 2001, the Academy invited 75 countries to submit films for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.^[3] Forty-six countries submitted films to the Academy, including Ecuador, which submitted a film for the first time.^[4] The Academy released a list of the five nominees for the award on February 13, 2001.^[5] The winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film was Taiwan's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, which was directed by Ang Lee.^[6]

Submissions

Submitting country	Film title used in nomination	Original title	Language(s)	Director(s)	Result
Algeria	Little Senegal	Little Senegal	English, French, Wolof	Bouchareb, RachidRachid Bouchareb	Not Nominated
Argentina	Felicidades	Felicidades	Spanish	Bender, LuchoLucho Bender	Not Nominated
Austria	The Stranger	Die Fremde	German	Spielmann, GötzGötz Spielmann	Not Nominated
Belgium	Everybody Famous!	Iedereen beroemd!	Dutch, English	Deruddere, DominiqueDominique Deruddere	Nominee
Brazil	Me You Them	Eu tu eles	Portuguese	Waddington, AndruchaAndrucha Waddington	Not Nominated
Bulgaria	Letter to America	Писмо до Америка	Bulgarian, English	Triffonova, IglikaIglika Triffonova	Not Nominated
Canada	Maelström	Maelström	French	Villeneuve, DenisDenis Villeneuve	Not Nominated
Chile	Coronation	Coronación	Spanish	Caiozzi, SilvioSilvio Caiozzi	Not Nominated
China	Breaking the Silence	Piao liang ma ma	Mandarin	Zhou, SunSun Zhou	Not Nominated
Croatia	Marshall Tito's Spirit	Maršal	Serbo-Croatian	Brešan, VinkoVinko Brešan	Not Nominated
Czech Republic	Divided We Fall	Musíme si pomáhat	Czech	Hřebejk, JanJan Hřebejk	Nominee
Denmark	A Place Nearby	Her i nærheden	Danish	Rostrup, KasparKaspar Rostrup	Not Nominated
Ecuador	Dreams from the Middle of the World	Sueños en la mitad del mundo	Spanish	Estrella, Carlos NaranjoCarlos Naranjo Estrella	Not Nominated
Finland	Seven Songs from the Tundra	Seitsemän laulua tundralta	Nenets, Russian	Lapsui, AnastasiaAnastasia Lapsui, Markku Lehmuskallio	Not Nominated
France	The Taste of Others	Le Goût des Autres	French	Jaoui, AgnèsAgnès Jaoui	Nominee
Georgia	27 Missing Kisses	27 dakarguli kotsna (27 დაკარგული კოცნა)	Georgian, French, Russian	Djordjadze, NanaNana Djordjadze	Not Nominated
Germany	No Place to Go	Die Unberührbare	German	Roehler, OskarOskar Roehler	Not Nominated
Greece	Peppermint	Peppermint	Greek	Kapakas, CostasCostas Kapakas	Not Nominated
Hong Kong	In the Mood for Love	Huāyàng niánhuá (花樣年華)	Cantonese, Shanghainese	Kar-Wai, WongWong Kar-Wai	Not Nominated
Hungary	Glamour	Glamour	Hungarian	Gödrös, FrigyesFrigyes Gödrös	Not Nominated
Iceland	Angels of the Universe	Englar alheimsins	Icelandic	Friðriksson, Friðrik ÞórFriðrik Þór Friðriksson	Not Nominated
India	Hey Ram	Hey Ram	Tamil	Hassan, KamalKamal Hassan	Not Nominated
Iran	A Time for Drunken Horses	Zamani barayé masti asbha (زمانی برای مستی اسب‌ها)	Kurdish, Persian	Ghobadi, BahmanBahman Ghobadi	Not Nominated
Israel	Time of Favor	Ha-hesder (ההסדר)	Hebrew	Cedar, JosephJoseph Cedar	Not Nominated
Italy	The Hundred Steps	I cento passi	Italian	Giodana, Marco TullioMarco Tullio Giodana	Not Nominated
Japan	After the Rain	Ame Agaru (雨あがる?)	Japanese	Koizumi, TakashiTakashi Koizumi	Not Nominated
Mexico	Love's a Bitch	Amores perros	Spanish	Iñárritu, Alejandro GonzálezAlejandro González Iñárritu	Nominee
Morocco	Ali Zaoua	Ali Zaoua, prince de la rue	Arabic, French	Ayouch, NabylNabyl Ayouch	Not Nominated
Nepal	Mask of Desire	Mukundo	Nepali	Sherpa, Tsering RhitarTsering Rhitar Sherpa	Not Nominated
Netherlands	Little Crumb	Kruimeltje	Dutch	Peters, MariaMaria Peters	Not Nominated
Norway	Odd Little Man	Da jeg traff Jesus... med sprettert	Norwegian	Leikanger, SteinStein Leikanger	Not Nominated
Philippines	Anak	Anak	Filipino, Tagalog	Quintos, Rory B.Rory B. Quintos	Not Nominated
Poland	Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease	Życie jako śmiertelna choroba przenoszona drogą płciową	Polish	Zanussi, KrzysztofKrzysztof Zanussi	Not Nominated
Portugal	Too Late	Tarde Demais	Portuguese	Nascimento, JoséJosé Nascimento	Not Nominated
Russia	His Wife's Diary	Dnevnik ego zheny (Дневник его жены)	Russian	Uchitel, AlexeyAlexey Uchitel	Not Nominated
Slovakia	Landscape	Krajinka	Slovak	SulikMartin Šulík	Not Nominated
South Korea	Chunhyang	Chunhyangdyeon (춘향뎐)	Korean	Kwon-taek, ImIm Kwon-taek	Not Nominated
Spain	You're the One	Una historia de entonces	Spanish	Garci, Jose LuisJose Luis Garci	Not Nominated
Sweden	Songs from the Second Floor	Sånger från andra våningen	Swedish	Andersson, RoyRoy Andersson	Not Nominated
Switzerland	Gripsholm	Gripsholm	German, Swedish	Koller, XavierXavier Koller	Not Nominated
Taiwan	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Wòhǔ Cánglóng (臥虎藏龍)	Mandarin	Lee, AngAng Lee	Academy Award Won Academy Award
Thailand	6ixtynin9	Ruang Talok 69 (เรื่องตลก)	Thai	Ratanaruang, Pen-ekPen-ek Ratanaruang	Not Nominated
Turkey	Run for Money	Kaç para kaç	Turkish	Erdem, RehaReha Erdem	Not Nominated
Venezuela	Oro Diablo	Oro Diablo	Spanish	Novoa, José RamónJosé Ramón Novoa	Not Nominated
Vietnam	The Vertical Ray of the Sun	Mùa hè chiều thẳng đứng	Vietnamese	Hung, Tran AnhTran Anh Hung	Not Nominated
FR Yugoslavia	Sky Hook	Nebeska udica	Serbo-Croatian	Samardžić, LjubišaLjubiša Samardžić	Not Nominated

See also

Film portal

• List of Academy Award winners and nominees for Best Foreign Language Film
• 73rd Academy Awards nominees and winners
• List of Academy Award-winning foreign language films

References

General

Specific

External links

• Official website for the 73rd Academy Awards