This is a list of submissions to the 74th 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 presented 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 74th Academy Awards , which were held on March 24, 2002, the Academy invited 78 countries to submit films for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.[3] Fifty-one countries submitted films to the Academy, including Armenia and Tanzania , all of which submitted films for the first time.[4] Uruguay , whose submission for the 65th Academy Awards was disqualified, submitted an eligible film for the first time. The Academy released a list of the five nominees for the award on February 12, 2002.[5] The winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film was Bosnia and Herzegovina 's No Man's Land , which was directed by Danis Tanović .[6]
Submissions [ edit ] Submitting country Film title used in nomination Original title Language(s) Director(s) Result Albania Slogans Parullat Albanian Gjergj Xhuvani Not nominated Algeria Inch'Allah Dimanche إن شاء الله الأحد Algerian Arabic , French Yamina Benguigui Not nominated Argentina Son of the Bride El hijo de la novia Spanish Juan José Campanella Nominated Armenia Symphony of Silence Լռության Սիմֆոնիա Armenian Vigen Chaldranyan Not nominated Australia La Spagnola Spanish, English , Italian Steve Jacobs Not nominated Austria The Piano Teacher La Pianiste French, German Michael Haneke Not nominated Belgium Pauline and Paulette Pauline & Paulette Dutch , French Lieven Debrauwer Not nominated Bosnia and Herzegovina No Man's Land Ničija zemlja Bosnian , Serbo-Croatian , English, French, German Danis Tanović Won Academy Award Brazil Behind the Sun Abril Despedaçado Brazilian Portuguese Walter Salles Not nominated Bulgaria Fate as a Rat Съдбата като плъх Bulgarian Ivan Pavlov Not nominated Canada Atanarjuat Inuktitut Zacharias Kunuk Not nominated Chile A Cab for Three Taxi para tres Spanish Orlando Lubbert Not nominated Colombia Our Lady of the Assassins La virgen de los sicarios Barbet Schroeder Not nominated Croatia Queen of the Night Kraljica noći Croatian Branko Schmidt Not nominated Czech Republic Dark Blue World Tmavomodrý svět Czech , English, German, Slovak , Spanish Jan Svěrák Not nominated Denmark Italian for Beginners Italiensk for begyndere Danish , Italian, English Lone Scherfig Not nominated Estonia The Heart of the Bear Karu süda Estonian , Russian Arvo Iho Not nominated Finland The River Joki Finnish Jarmo Lampela Not nominated France Amélie Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain French Jean-Pierre Jeunet Nominated Georgia The Migration of the Angel ანგელოზის გადაფრენა Georgian Nodar Managadze Not nominated Germany The Experiment Das Experiment German Oliver Hirschbiegel Not nominated Greece In Good Company Ένας κι ένας Greek Nikos Zapatinas Not nominated Hong Kong Fulltime Killer 全職殺手 Cantonese , Mandarin , Japanese , English Wai Ka-Fai , Johnnie To Not nominated Hungary Abandoned Torzók Hungarian Arpád Sopsits Not nominated Iceland The Seagull's Laughter Mávahlátur Icelandic Ágúst Guðmundsson Not nominated India Lagaan लगान Hindi , Bhojpuri , English Ashutosh Gowariker Nominated Iran Baran باران Persian , Azeri Majid Majidi Not nominated Israel Late Marriage חתונה מאוחרת Georgian, Judaeo-Georgian , Hebrew Dover Kosahvili Not nominated Italy The Son's Room La stanza del figlio Italian Nanni Moretti Not nominated Japan Go Japanese Isao Yukisada Not nominated Kyrgyzstan The Chimp Маймыл Kyrgyz , Russian Aktan Abdykalykov Not nominated Mexico Perfume de violetas, nadie te oye Spanish Maryse Sistach Not nominated Netherlands Nynke West Frisian , Dutch Pieter Verhoeff Not nominated Norway Elling Norwegian Petter Ness Nominated Philippines In the Bosom of the Enemy Gatas... Sa dibdib ng kaaway Tagalog , English, Japanese Gil Portes Not nominated Poland Quo Vadis Polish Jerzy Kawalerowicz Not nominated Portugal Camarate Portuguese Luis Filipe Rocha Not nominated Puerto Rico 12 Hours 12 Horas Spanish Raúl Marchand-Sánchez Not nominated Russia The Romanovs: An Imperial Family Романовы - Венценосная семья Russian Gleb Panfilov Not nominated Slovenia Bread and Milk Kruh in mleko Slovene Jan Cvitkovič Not nominated Spain Mad Love Juana la Loca Spanish Vicente Aranda Not nominated Sweden Jalla! Jalla! Swedish , Arabic Josef Fares Not nominated Switzerland In Praise of Love Éloge de l'amour French Jean-Luc Godard Not nominated Taiwan The Cabbie 運轉手之戀 Mandarin Zhang Huakun , Chen Yiwen Not nominated Tanzania Maangamizi: The Ancient One Swahili , English Martin Mhando , Ron Mulvihill Not nominated Thailand The Moonhunter 14 ตุลา สงครามประชาชน Thai Bhandit Rittakol Not nominated Turkey Hejar Büyük adam küçük ask Turkish , Kurdish Handan İpekçi Not nominated United Kingdom Do Not Go Gentle Oed Yr Addewid Welsh Emlyn Williams Not nominated Uruguay In This Tricky Life En la puta vida Spanish Beatriz Flores Silva Not nominated Venezuela A House with a View of the Sea Una casa con vista al mar Alberto Aruelo Not nominated Yugoslavia War Live Рат уживо Serbian Darko Bajić Not nominated
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