List of submissions to the 77th 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.cite web | title = History of the Academy Awards - Page 2| publisher = Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences | url = http://www.oscars.org/aboutacademyawards/history02.html | accessdate = 2008-07-08] 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.cite web | title = Special Rules for the Best Foreign Language Film Award|publisher = Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences | url = http://www.academyaward.com/77academyawards/rules/rule14.html | accessdate = 2008-07-08] The Foreign Language Film Award Committee oversees the process and reviews all the submitted films.

For the 77th Academy Awards, which were held on February 27, 2005, the Academy invited 89 countries to submit films for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2004/04.07.01a.html|title=Academy Invites 89 Countries to Submit Their Best Pictures for Foreign Language Film Oscar|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|date=2004-07-01|accessdate=2008-07-08] Fifty-one countries submitted films to the Academy, including Malaysia, which submitted a film for the first time.cite web|url=http://www.asiaarts.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=18902|title=Asia Pacific Arts: Oscars in Full|publisher=University of California, Los Angeles|author=Hu, Brian|date=2004-12-21|accessdate=2008-07-08] The submissions from Colombia, Hong Kong and Ukraine were rejected before the formal review process, but Colombia submitted another film as a replacement.cite web|url=http://www.indiewire.com/biz/biz_041103world.html|title=Foreign Oscar Quandary: Academy Nixes "Maria," Colombia Adds "El Rey," and Other Stories from the Foreign-Lingo Category|publisher=indieWire|author=Kaufman, Anthony|accessdate=2008-07-08] cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-goldstein23oct23,0,6184894.story|title=THE BIG PICTURE: Oscars' foreign policy problem|publisher="Los Angeles Times"|author=Goldstein, Patrick|date=2007-10-23|accessdate=2008-07-08] The Academy released a list of the five nominees for the award on January 25, 2005.cite web|url=http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/osc_03nominees.html|title=2005 Oscars 77th Academy Awards Nominees|publisher=Yahoo! Movies|date=2005-01-25|accessdate=2008-07-08] The winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film was Spain's "The Sea Inside", which was directed by Alejandro Amenabar.cite web|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7042801/|title=‘Sea Inside’ wins for best foreign film|publisher=MSNBC|date=2005-02-27|accessdate=2008-07-08]

ubmissions

ee also

*List of Academy Award winners and nominees for Best Foreign Language Film
*77th Academy Awards nominees and winners
*List of Academy Award-winning foreign language films

Notes

*note label|Note1|A|A Colombia's original submission, "Maria Full of Grace" was disqualified because the Academy determined that there was too much English dialogue in the film for it to meet Academy requirements. Colombia submitted "El Rey" as a replacement.
*note label|Note1|B|B Hong Kong's submission, "Running on Karma", was disqualified by the Academy, which cited problems with the film's release date.cite web|url=http://www.china.org.cn/english/2004/Sep/107411.htm|title="Flying Daggers" to vie for Oscar|publisher=china.org.cn|date=2004-09-17|accessdate=2008-07-27]
*note label|Note1|C|C Ukraine's submission, "A Driver for Vera", was disqualified because the Academy determined that the film was primarily Russian-produced, and thus not eligible as Ukraine's submission.

References

;General
*cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2004/04.10.22.html|title=50 Countries in Competition for Oscar|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|date=2004-10-22|accessdate=2008-07-08

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External links

* [http://www.academyaward.com/77academyawards/index.html Official website for the 77th Academy Awards]