List of submissions to the 66th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

The 66th Academy Awards, which were held on March 21, 1994, [cite web | title = Academy Awards Ceremonies | publisher = Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences | url = http://www.oscars.org/aboutacademyawards/ceremonies/ceremonies07.html | accessdate = 2008-08-31] saw 35 countries submit films for competition in the Best Foreign Language Film category. The Academy had initially invited 57 countries to send their best films, and the submission deadline was set on November 22, 1993. While the rules were basically unchanged, the applications for the 66th Academy Awards included a new form requesting information about the nationalities of the film's creative team, due to the controversy that had led to the disqualification of "A Place in the World" at the 65th Academy Awards. [cite journal | last = Marx | first = Andy | title = AMPAS spells out regs in foreign-lingo invites | journal = Variety | date = 23 August 1993 | url = http://www.variety.com/article/VR109851.html?categoryid=13&cs=1 | accessdate = 2008-09-03]

The bolded titles were the five nominated films, which came from Hong Kong, Spain (winner), Taiwan, the United Kingdom and Vietnam. It was the first time that the majority of the nominees in this category came from outside Europe (it happened again in 1998 and 2007) and is so far the only time when there were three Asian nominees. Vietnam also made history by becoming the first and only Southeast Asian country ever to be nominated in this category (accurate as of 2007).

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*cite journal | last = Frook | first = John Evan | title = Acad inks Cates, unveils foreign-language entries | journal = Variety | date = 1993-11-30 | url = http://www.variety.com/article/VR116185.html?categoryid=13&cs=1 | accessdate = 2008-08-25
*cite journal | last = Hornaday | first = Ann | title = For Foreign Films, the Rules For an Oscar Are Set in Sand | journal = The New York Times | date = 1993-12-05 | url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE2DA1239F936A35751C1A965958260 | accessdate = 2008-08-25;Specific