A record 83 countries have submitted films for consideration in the Foreign Language Film category for the 87th Academy Awards®.  Kosovo, Malta, Mauritania and Panama are first-time entrants.

The 2014 submissions are:

Afghanistan, "A Few Cubic Meters of Love," Jamshid Mahmoudi, director;

Argentina, "Wild Tales," Damián Szifrón, director;

Australia, "Charlie's Country," Rolf de Heer, director;

Austria, "The Dark Valley," Andreas Prochaska, director;

Azerbaijan, "Nabat," Elchin Musaoglu, director;

Bangladesh, "Glow of the Firefly," Khalid Mahmood Mithu, director;

Belgium, "Two Days, One Night," Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne, directors;

Bolivia, "Forgotten," Carlos Bolado, director;

Bosnia and Herzegovina, "With Mom," Faruk Loncarevic, director;

Brazil, "The Way He Looks," Daniel Ribeiro, director;

Bulgaria, "Bulgarian Rhapsody," Ivan Nitchev, director;

Canada, "Mommy," Xavier Dolan, director;

Chile, "To Kill a Man," Alejandro Fernández Almendras, director;

China, "The Nightingale," Philippe Muyl, director;

Colombia, "Mateo," María Gamboa, director;

Costa Rica, "Red Princesses," Laura Astorga Carrera, director;

Croatia, "Cowboys," Tomislav Mršic, director;

Cuba, "Conducta," Ernesto Daranas Serrano, director;

Czech Republic, "Fair Play," Andrea Sedlácková, director;

Denmark, "Sorrow and Joy," Nils Malmros, director;

Dominican Republic, "Cristo Rey," Leticia Tonos, director;

Ecuador, "Silence in Dreamland," Tito Molina, director;

Egypt, "Factory Girl," Mohamed Khan, director;

Estonia, "Tangerines," Zaza Urushadze, director;

Ethiopia, "Difret," Zeresenay Berhane Mehari, director;

Finland, "Concrete Night," Pirjo Honkasalo, director;

France, "Saint Laurent," Bertrand Bonello, director;

Georgia, "Corn Island," George Ovashvili, director;

Germany, "Beloved Sisters," Dominik Graf, director;

Greece, "Little England," Pantelis Voulgaris, director;

Hong Kong, "The Golden Era," Ann Hui, director;

Hungary, "White God," Kornél Mundruczó, director;

Iceland, "Life in a Fishbowl," Baldvin Zophoníasson, director;

India, "Liar's Dice," Geetu Mohandas, director;
Indonesia, "Soekarno," Hanung Bramantyo, director;

Iran, "Today," Reza Mirkarimi, director;

Iraq, "Mardan," Batin Ghobadi, director;

Ireland, "The Gift," Tom Collins, director;

Israel, "Gett, the Trial of Viviane Amsalem," Ronit Elkabetz and Shlomi Elkabetz, directors;

Italy, "Human Capital," Paolo Virzì, director;

Japan, "The Light Shines Only There," Mipo O, director;

Kosovo, "Three Windows and a Hanging," Isa Qosja, director;

Kyrgyzstan, "Kurmanjan Datka Queen of the Mountains," Sadyk Sher-Niyaz, director;

Latvia, "Rocks in My Pockets," Signe Baumane, director;

Lebanon, "Ghadi," Amin Dora, director;

Lithuania, "The Gambler," Ignas Jonynas, director;

Luxembourg, "Never Die Young," Pol Cruchten, director;

Macedonia, "To the Hilt," Stole Popov, director;

Malta, "Simshar," Rebecca Cremona, director;

Mauritania, "Timbuktu," Abderrahmane Sissako, director;

Mexico, "Cantinflas," Sebastián del Amo, director;

Moldova, "The Unsaved," Igor Cobileanski, director;

Montenegro, "The Kids from the Marx and Engels Street," Nikola Vukcevic, director;

Morocco, "The Red Moon," Hassan Benjelloun, director;

Nepal, "Jhola," Yadav Kumar Bhattarai, director;

Netherlands, "Accused," Paula van der Oest, director;

New Zealand, "The Dead Lands," Toa Fraser, director;

Norway, "1001 Grams," Bent Hamer, director;

Pakistan, "Dukhtar," Afia Nathaniel, director;

Palestine, "Eyes of a Thief," Najwa Najjar, director;

Panama, "Invasion," Abner Benaim, director;

Peru, "The Gospel of the Flesh," Eduardo Mendoza, director;

Philippines, "Norte, the End of History," Lav Diaz, director;

Poland, "Ida," Pawel Pawlikowski, director;

Portugal, "What Now? Remind Me," Joaquim Pinto, director;

Romania, "The Japanese Dog," Tudor Cristian Jurgiu, director;

Russia, "Leviathan," Andrey Zvyagintsev, director;

Serbia, "See You in Montevideo," Dragan Bjelogrlic, director;

Singapore, "Sayang Disayang," Sanif Olek, director;

Slovakia, "A Step into the Dark," Miloslav Luther, director;

Slovenia, "Seduce Me," Marko Šantic, director;

South Africa, "Elelwani," Ntshavheni Wa Luruli, director;

South Korea, "Haemoo," Shim Sung-bo, director;

Spain, "Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed," David Trueba, director;

Sweden, "Force Majeure," Ruben Östlund, director;

Switzerland, "The Circle," Stefan Haupt, director;

Taiwan, "Ice Poison," Midi Z, director;

Thailand, "The Teacher’s Diary," Nithiwat Tharathorn, director;

Turkey, "Winter Sleep," Nuri Bilge Ceylan, director;

Ukraine, "The Guide," Oles Sanin, director;

United Kingdom, "Little Happiness," Nihat Seven, director;

Uruguay, "Mr. Kaplan," Álvaro Brechner, director;

Venezuela, "The Liberator," Alberto Arvelo, director.

http://www.oscars.org/news/83-countries-competition-2014-foreign-language-film-oscarr

From the above list, only five films are submitted for consideration from Africa:

1. Egypt, "Factory Girl," Mohamed Khan, director;


2. Ethiopia, "Difret," Zeresenay Berhane Mehari, director;


3. Mauritania, "Timbuktu," Abderrahmane Sissako, director;

4. Morocco, "The Red Moon," Hassan Benjelloun, director;

5. South Africa, "Elelwani," Ntshavheni Wa Luruli, director;

Well, how come there is NO submission from Nigeria. I thought an Oscar committee was setup? Is it that no film in Nigeria meets the criteria?

Prof800
Sholay2011
Speedyboi
VillageBoi
jayboy124
Lynx200

Briareos:
Well, how come there is no submission from Nigeria. I thought an Oscar committee was setup? Is it that no film in Nigeria meets the criteria?

@ bolded...I hope not. Maybe the Oscar committee is yet to get serious about their business. Could a movie like 'October 1' have qualified if considered by the committee?

speedyboi...abeg come yarn us as e dey sele.

Briareos:
Well, how come there is submission from Nigeria. I thought an Oscar committee was setup? Is it that no film in Nigeria meets the criteria?

Prof800
Sholay2011
Speedyboi
VillageBoi
jayboy124
Lynx200

Na next year. Them go redo Living in Bondage or Taboo come now send am.

I dont blame them not taking both Nigeria and Ghana serious

Foreign flicks make for a welcome break from the often overplayed, overhyped Hollywood themes.

Stashing this list.

sholay2011:

@ bolded...I hope not. Maybe the Oscar committee is yet to get serious about their business. Could a movie like 'October 1' have qualified if considered by the committee?

Not seen the film but isn't it 'mainly' in 'English'?

VillageBoi:

Not seen the film but isn't it 'mainly' in 'English'?

Bro, how tinz naa?

Well, I would say the movie is an even mixture of English and Yoruba. And pls see it asap, I want to hear your feedback.

sholay2011:
Bro, how tinz naa?
Well, I would say the movie is an even mixture of English and Yoruba. And pls see it asap, I want to hear your feedback.

Hey Sholay I dey o. Well if it's an 'even' mix then it won't qualify. I'll see it when it gets here.

VillageBoi:


Hey Sholay I dey o. Well if it's an 'even' mix then it won't qualify. I'll see it when it gets here.

Okay.

Have you seen 'Gone Girl'? I really liked the movie. And the performances were spot on.

sholay2011:

Have you seen 'Gone Girl'? I really liked the movie. And the performances were spot on.

Not yet, but seeing it tomorrow night.

VillageBoi:

Not yet, but seeing it tomorrow night.

Okay. I look forward to your contribution/feedback on the thread I opened for the movie.

I am quite sure you would enjoy this thriller.

Jayboy124:


Na next year. Them go redo Living in Bondage or Taboo come now send am.

Na wa ooo.

^^^
^^^

It's actually not a bad idea. There are many 'old' Nollywood films that had really good captivating stories and let's be honest... there are very few good 'new' Nollywood films obviously minus the uber-crappy 'we-are-now-so-posh-and-white' romantic drama drivel that seems to be the in-thing.
Why not re-make good old Nollywood films - far better filmmakers, equipment and more knowledge now... just saying, just a thought.

Maybe its because our film producers are more commercial driven than art driven and the Oscar committee looks at films that have a strong message to deliver, a reason why many American action blockbusters hardly win. Maybe the producers never submitted it to the committee or they didn't even call for entries. Films like Apaye (a biography) and half of a yellow sun would have been great nominees. I doubt if October 1 would have been considered because though a good film its overtly commercial.

'Timbuktu' (Mauritania) is presently getting serious raves at New York film festival.

That 70 year old man is a genius.

Briareos:
That 70 year old man is a genius.

Who are you talking about?

sholay2011:

Who are you talking about?

The guy's artistically high, looooooool.

This man ----

Abderrahmane Sissako.

Timbuktu's director.

Jayboy124:


The guy's artistically high, looooooool.

I would love to be that kinda hight, but my muse left me... So...

Briareos:
This man ----

Abderrahmane Sissako.

Timbuktu's director.

The guy isn't 70 na.

sholay2011:

Okay. I look forward to your contribution/feedback on the thread I opened for the movie.
I am quite sure you would enjoy this thriller.

Sorry, we ended up watching an earlier film as my friend didn't want to get back home at midnight since she had a 6am start today... we saw 'Dracula Untold'
I'll see 'Gone Girl' on my own maybe tomorrow.

VillageBoi:

Sorry, we ended up watching an earlier film as my friend didn't want to get back home at midnight since she had a 6am start today... we saw 'Dracula Untold'
I'll see 'Gone Girl' on my own maybe tomorrow.

No p.

Hmmm...VillageBoi and his female friends

Briareos:
Well, how come there is NO submission from Nigeria. I thought an Oscar committee was setup? Is it that no film in Nigeria meets the criteria?
Prof800
Sholay2011
Speedyboi
VillageBoi
jayboy124
Lynx200

sholay2011:

@ bolded...I hope not. Maybe the Oscar committee is yet to get serious about their business. Could a movie like 'October 1' have qualified if considered by the committee?
speedyboi...abeg come yarn us as e dey sele.

I don already talk sey, if the committee feels that the films submitted are not up to par, they may never select a film for submission in years. And "October 1" isn't qualified, cos of language! What I'm thinking this committee would do is plan and make a film specifically for Oscar submission. It just keeps coming to my mind....they'd give Oscar exactly what it wants 100%.


btw on the submissions, I saw the Indian film "haider", and I thought that was a very good film! Maybe it wasn't ready when they were submitting or something?

sholay2011:

@ bolded...I hope not. Maybe the Oscar committee is yet to get serious about their business. Could a movie like 'October 1' have qualified if considered by the committee?

speedyboi...abeg come yarn us as e dey sele.

On another note, maybe October 1 would've qualified...the film is roughly split in English and Yoruba....if we should add the convos in Hausa and Igbo, then I think usage of English is less than 49%....I guess the film wasn't ready when the committee called for submissions.

speedyboi:


On another note, maybe October 1 would've qualified...the film is roughly split in English and Yoruba....if we should add the convos in Hausa and Igbo, then I think usage of English is less than 49%....I guess the film wasn't ready when the committee called for submissions.

Awayu re?

none from nigeria?

speedyboi:


On another note, maybe October 1 would've qualified...the film is roughly split in English and Yoruba....if we should add the convos in Hausa and Igbo, then I think usage of English is less than 49%....I guess the film wasn't ready when the committee called for submissions.

49% will qualify the film, though it's probably best not to have it that high. For this year they have missed it as I think the 'release deadline' is still Sept 30? While this film was released on Oct 1 abi? But that is actually pretty good news because they now have a YEAR to re-edit it and cut out a bit more of the English to be very safe and then it CAN qualify much later in 2015 for the awards held in 2016. Anyway, Nigeria has a committee and it's their job to know all of these things... and more.

Can't wait for the film to reach here

Please is it possible to change french subtitles to English while watching movies on YouTube? Or does anybody know where I can download the series "lip service " with English subtitle!