For Oscar: Your Full List Of Foreign Language Film Finalists

Thursday, October 15, 2009

  • Albania, “Alive!,” Artan Minarolli, director;
  • Argentina, “El Secreto de Sus Ojos,” Juan Jose Campanella, director;
  • Armenia, “Autumn of the Magician,” Rouben Kevorkov and Vaheh Kevorkov, directors;
  • Australia, “Samson & Delilah,” Warwick Thornton, director;
  • Austria, “For a Moment Freedom,” Arash T. Riahi, director;
  • Bangladesh, “Beyond the Circle,” Golam Rabbany Biplob, director;
  • Belgium, “The Misfortunates,” Felix van Groeningen, director;
  • Bolivia, “Zona Sur,” Juan Carlos Valdivia, director;
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina, “Nightguards,” Namik Kabil, director;
  • Brazil, “Time of Fear,” Sergio Rezende, director;
  • Bulgaria, “The World Is Big and Salvation Lurks around the Corner,” StephanKomandarev, director;
  • Canada, “I Killed My Mother,” Xavier Dolan, director;
  • Chile, “Dawson, Isla 10,” Miguel Littin, director;
  • China, “Forever Enthralled,” Chen Kaige, director;
  • Colombia, “The Wind Journeys,” Ciro Guerra, director;
  • Croatia, “Donkey,” Antonio Nuic, director;
  • Cuba, “Fallen Gods,” Ernesto Daranas, director;
  • Czech Republic, “Protektor,” Marek Najbrt, director;
  • Denmark, “Terribly Happy,” Henrik Ruben Genz, director;
  • Estonia, “December Heat,” Asko Kase, director;
  • Finland, “Letters to Father Jacob,” Klaus Haro, director;
  • France, “Un Prophete,” Jacques Audiard, director;
  • Georgia, “The Other Bank,” George Ovashvili, director;
  • Germany, “The White Ribbon,” Michael Haneke, director;
  • Greece, “Slaves in Their Bonds,” Tony Lykouressis, director;
  • Hong Kong, “Prince of Tears,” Yonfan, director;
  • Hungary, “Chameleon,” Krisztina Goda, director;
  • Iceland, “Reykjavik-Rotterdam,” Oskar Jonasson, director;
  • India, “Harishchandrachi Factory,” Paresh Mokashi, director;
  • Indonesia, “Jamila and the President,” Ratna Sarumpaet;
  • Iran, “About Elly,” Asghar Farhadi, director;
  • Israel, “Ajami,” Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani, director;
  • Italy, “Baaria,” Giuseppe Tornatore, director;
  • Japan, “Nobody to Watch over Me,” Ryoichi Kimizuka, director;
  • Kazakhstan, “Kelin,” Ermek Tursunov, director;
  • Korea, “Mother,” Joon-ho Bong, director;
  • Lithuania, “Vortex,” Gytis Luksas, director;
  • Luxembourg, “Refractaire,” Nicolas Steil, director;
  • Macedonia, “Wingless,” Ivo Trajkov, director;
  • Mexico, “Backyard,” Carlos Carrera, director;
  • Morocco, “Casanegra,” Nour-Eddine Lakhmari, director;
  • The Netherlands, “Winter in Wartime,” Martin Koolhoven, director;
  • Norway, “Max Manus,” Espen Sandberg and Joachim Roenning, directors;
  • Peru, “The Milk of Sorrow,” Claudia Llosa, director;
  • Philippines, “Grandpa Is Dead,” Soxie H. Topacio, director;
  • Poland, “Reverse,” Borys Lankosz, director;
  • Portugal, “Doomed Love,” Mario Barroso, director;
  • Puerto Rico, “Kabo and Platon,” Edmundo H. Rodriguez, director;
  • Romania, “Police, Adjective,” Corneliu Porumboiu, director;
  • Russia, “Ward No. 6,” Karen Shakhnazarov, director;
  • Serbia, “St. George Shoots the Dragon,” Srdjan Dragojevic, director;
  • Slovakia, “Broken Promise,” Jiri Chlumsky, director;
  • Slovenia, “Landscape No. 2,” Vinko Moderndorfer, director;
  • South Africa, “White Wedding,” Jann Turner, director;
  • Spain, “The Dancer and the Thief,” Fernando Trueba, director;
  • Sri Lanka, “The Road from Elephant Pass,” Chandran Rutnam;
  • Sweden, “Involuntary,” Ruben Ostlund, director;
  • Switzerland, “Home,” Ursula Meier, director;
  • Taiwan, “No Puedo Vivir sin Ti,” Leon Dai, director;
  • Thailand, “Best of Times,” Yongyoot Thongkongtoon, director;
  • Turkey, “I Saw the Sun,” Mahsun Kirmizigul, director;
  • United Kingdom, “Afghan Star,” Havana Marking, director;
  • Uruguay, “Bad Day for Fishing,” Alvaro Brechner, director;
  • Venezuela, “Libertador Morales, El Justiciero,” Efterpi Charalambidis, director;
  • Vietnam, “Don’t Burn It,” Dang Nhat Minh.