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.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 = 2008-08-07] 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.oscars.org/74academyawards/rules/rule14.html | accessdate = 2008-08-07] The Foreign Language Film Award Committee oversees the process and reviews all the submitted films.

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.cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2001/01.08.07.html|title=Academy Invites 78 Countries to Submit Their Best Pictures for Foreign Language Film Oscar|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|date=2001-08-07|accessdate=2008-08-12] Fifty-one countries submitted films to the Academy, including Armenia, Kyrgyzstan and Tanzania, all of which submitted films for the first time.cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2001/01.11.19.html|title=51 Countries In Race For Oscar|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|date=2001-11-19|accessdate=2008-08-12] 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.cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/74academyawards/nomannc/index.html|title=Nominations Announcement - 74th Academy Awards|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|accessdate=2008-08-12] 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.cite web|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2002/mar/27/worlddispatch.filmnews|title=Bosnia emerges from no man's land|publisher="The Guardian"|author=Connolly, Kate|date=2002-03-27|accessdate=2008-08-12]

Nominees

ee also

*List of Academy Award winners and nominees for Best Foreign Language Film
*74th Academy Awards nominees and winners
*List of Academy Award-winning foreign language films

References

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*cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2001/01.11.19.html|title=51 Countries In Race For Oscar|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|date=2001-11-19|accessdate=2008-08-07

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External links

* [http://www.oscars.org/74academyawards/ Official website for the 74th Academy Awards]