Final List of Foreign Language Academy Submissions for next year's Oscars has been released, and hopefully will be exposed to some of the these films in DIFF. I noticed that India went with
Peepli Live, a film that was recieved well be American critics, though I am not sure Indians would rank it as high, or are they? I am not sure. What say you Shariq, Sandeep, and KT??
Anyway, here is the complete list:
Albania - East, West, East, directed by Gjergj Xhuvani
Algeria - Outside the Law, directed by Rachid Bouchareb (film page)
Argentina - Carancho, Pablo Trapero
Austria - La Pivellina, directed by Tizza Covi & Rainer Frimmel
Azerbaijan - Precinct, directed by Ilgar Safat
Bangladesh - Third Person Singular Number, directed by Mostofa Sarwar Farooki
Belgium - Illegal, directed by Olivier Masset-Depasse
Bosnia and Herzegovina - Cirkus Columbia, directed by Danis Tanovic
Brazil - Lula, o filho do Brasil, directed by Fábio Barreto
Bulgaria - Eastern Plays, directed by Kamen Kalev
Canada - Incendies, directed by Denis Villeneuve (film page)
Chile - The Life of Fish, directed by Matías Bize
China - Aftershock, directed by Feng Xiaogang (film page)
Colombia - Crab Trap, directed by Oscar Ruíz Navia
Costa Rica - Of Love and Other Demons, directed by Hilda Hidalgo
Croatia - The Blacks, directed by Goran Devic and Zvonimir Juric
Czech Republic - Kawasaki’s Rose, directed by Jan Hrebejk
Denmark - In a Better World, directed by Susanne Bier (film page)
Egypt - Messages From The Sea, directed by Daoud Abdel Sayed
Estonia - The Temptation of St. Tony, directed by Veiko Öunpuu
Ethiopia - The Athlete, directed by Davey Frankel and Rasselas Lakew
Finland - Steam of Life, directed by Joonas Berghail & Mika Hotakainen
France - Of Gods and Men, directed by Xavier Beauvois (film page)
Georgia - Street Days, directed Levan Koguashvili
Germany - When We Leave, directed by Feo Aladag
Greece - Dogtooth, directed by Yorgos Lanthimos (film page)
Greenland - Nuummioq, directed by Torben Bech and Otto Rosing
Hong Kong - Echoes of the Rainbow, directed by Alex Law
Hungary - Bibliteque Pascal, directed by Szabolcs Hajdu
Iceland - Mamma Gógó, directed by Friðrik Þór Friðriksson
India - Peepli Live, directed by Anusha Rizvi
Indonesia - How Funny (This Country Is), directed by Deddy Mizwar
Iran - Farewell Baghdad, directed by Mehdi Naderi
Iraq - Son of Babylon, directed by Mohamed Al-Daradji
Italy - The First Beautiful Thing, directed by Paolo Virzì
Israel - The Human Resources Manager, directed by Eran Riklis
Japan - Confessions, directed by Tetsuya Nakashima
Kazakhstan - Strayed, directed by Akan Satayev
Latvia - Hong Kong Confidential, directed by Maris Martinsons
Macedonia - Mothers, directed by Milcho Manchevski
Mexico - Biutiful, directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu
Netherlands - Tirza, directed by Rudolph van den Berg
Nicaragua - Le Yuma, directed by Florence Jaugey
Norway - Angel, directed by Margreth Olin
Peru - Undertow, directed by Javier Fuentes-León
Philippines - Noy, directed by Dondon Santos
Poland - All That I Love, directed by Jacek Borcuch
Portugal - To Die Like A Man, directed by João Pedro Rodrigues
Puerto Rico - Miente, directed by Rafi Mercado
Romania - If I Want to Whistle…I Whistle, directed by Florin Serban (film page)
Russia - The Edge, directed by Aleksei Uchitel
Serbia - Besa, directed by Srdjan Karanovic
Slovakia - The Border, directed by Jaroslav Vojtek
Slovenia - 9:06, directed by Igor Sterk
South Africa - Life, Above All, directed by Oliver Schmitz (film page)
South Korea - A Barefoot Dream, directed by Tae-gyun Kim
Spain - Even The Rain, directed by Iciar Bollain
Sweden - Simple Simon, directed by Andreas Ohman
Switzerland - La petite chambre, directed by Stéphanie Chaut & Véronique Reymond
Taiwan - Monga, directed by Doze Niu
Thailand - Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, directed by Apichatpong Weerathesakul (film page)
Turkey - Honey, directed by Semih Kaplanoglu
Venezuela - Hermano, directed by Marcel Rasquin
