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Kosovo, Malta, Mauritania and Panama have entered the race for the first-time making it a record 83 countries to have submitted films for consideration in the Foreign Language Film category for the 87th Academy Awards®.

Listed below are the films for consideration in alphabetical order by country:

  1. Afghanistan, “A Few Cubic Meters of Love,” Jamshid Mahmoudi, director;
  2. Argentina, “Wild Tales,” Damián Szifrón, director;
  3. Australia, “Charlie’s Country,” Rolf de Heer, director;
  4. Austria, “The Dark Valley,” Andreas Prochaska, director;
  5. Azerbaijan, “Nabat,” Elchin Musaoglu, director;
  6. Bangladesh, “Glow of the Firefly,” Khalid Mahmood Mithu, director;
  7. Belgium, “Two Days, One Night,” Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne, directors;
  8. Bolivia, “Forgotten,” Carlos Bolado, director;
  9. Bosnia and Herzegovina, “With Mom,” Faruk Lončarevič, director;
  10. Brazil, “The Way He Looks,” Daniel Ribeiro, director;
  11. Bulgaria, “Bulgarian Rhapsody,” Ivan Nitchev, director;
  12. Canada, “Mommy,” Xavier Dolan, director;
  13. Chile, “To Kill a Man,” Alejandro Fernández Almendras, director;
  14. China, “The Nightingale,” Philippe Muyl, director;
  15. Colombia, “Mateo,” María Gamboa, director;
  16. Costa Rica, “Red Princesses,” Laura Astorga Carrera, director;
  17. Croatia, “Cowboys,” Tomislav Mršić, director;
  18. Cuba, “Conducta,” Ernesto Daranas Serrano, director;
  19. Czech Republic, “Fair Play,” Andrea Sedláčková, director;
  20. Denmark, “Sorrow and Joy,” Nils Malmros, director;
  21. Dominican Republic, “Cristo Rey,” Leticia Tonos, director;
  22. Ecuador, “Silence in Dreamland,” Tito Molina, director;
  23. Egypt, “Factory Girl,” Mohamed Khan, director;
  24. Estonia, “Tangerines,” Zaza Urushadze, director;
  25. Ethiopia, “Difret,” Zeresenay Berhane Mehari, director;
  26. Finland, “Concrete Night,” Pirjo Honkasalo, director;
  27. France, “Saint Laurent,” Bertrand Bonello, director;
  28. Georgia, “Corn Island,” George Ovashvili, director;
  29. Germany, “Beloved Sisters,” Dominik Graf, director;
  30. Greece, “Little England,” Pantelis Voulgaris, director;
  31. Hong Kong, “The Golden Era,” Ann Hui, director;
  32. Hungary, “White God,” Kornél Mundruczó, director;
  33. Iceland, “Life in a Fishbowl,” Baldvin Zophoníasson, director;
  34. India, “Liar’s Dice,” Geetu Mohandas, director;
  35. Indonesia, “Soekarno,” Hanung Bramantyo, director;
  36. Iran, “Today,” Reza Mirkarimi, director;
  37. Iraq, “Mardan,” Batin Ghobadi, director;
  38. Ireland, “The Gift,” Tom Collins, director;
  39. Israel, “Gett, the Trial of Viviane Amsalem,” Ronit Elkabetz and Shlomi Elkabetz, directors;
  40. Italy, “Human Capital,” Paolo Virzì, director;
  41. Japan, “The Light Shines Only There,” Mipo O, director;
  42. Kosovo, “Three Windows and a Hanging,” Isa Qosja, director;
  43. Kyrgyzstan, “Kurmanjan Datka Queen of the Mountains,” Sadyk Sher-Niyaz, director;
  44. Latvia, “Rocks in My Pockets,” Signe Baumane, director;
  45. Lebanon, “Ghadi,” Amin Dora, director;
  46. Lithuania, “The Gambler,” Ignas Jonynas, director;
  47. Luxembourg, “Never Die Young,” Pol Cruchten, director;
  48. Macedonia, “To the Hilt,” Stole Popov, director;
  49. Malta, “Simshar,” Rebecca Cremona, director;
  50. Mauritania, “Timbuktu,” Abderrahmane Sissako, director;
  51. Mexico, “Cantinflas,” Sebastián del Amo, director;
  52. Moldova, “The Unsaved,” Igor Cobileanski, director;
  53. Montenegro, “The Kids from the Marx and Engels Street,” Nikola Vukčević, director;
  54. Morocco, “The Red Moon,” Hassan Benjelloun, director;
  55. Nepal, “Jhola,” Yadav Kumar Bhattarai, director;
  56. Netherlands, “Accused,” Paula van der Oest, director;
  57. New Zealand, “The Dead Lands,” Toa Fraser, director;
  58. Norway, “1001 Grams,” Bent Hamer, director;
  59. Pakistan, “Dukhtar,” Afia Nathaniel, director;
  60. Palestine, “Eyes of a Thief,” Najwa Najjar, director;
  61. Panama, “Invasion,” Abner Benaim, director; pictured in article 
  62. Peru, “The Gospel of the Flesh,” Eduardo Mendoza, director;
  63. Philippines, “Norte, the End of History,” Lav Diaz, director;
  64. Poland, “Ida,” Paweł Pawlikowski, director;
  65. Portugal, “What Now? Remind Me,” Joaquim Pinto, director;
  66. Romania, “The Japanese Dog,” Tudor Cristian Jurgiu, director;
  67. Russia, “Leviathan,” Andrey Zvyagintsev, director;
  68. Serbia, “See You in Montevideo,” Dragan Bjelogrlić, director;
  69. Singapore, “Sayang Disayang,” Sanif Olek, director;
  70. Slovakia, “A Step into the Dark,” Miloslav Luther, director;
  71. Slovenia, “Seduce Me,” Marko Šantić, director;
  72. South Africa, “Elelwani,” Ntshavheni Wa Luruli, director;
  73. South Korea, “Haemoo,” Shim Sung-bo, director;
  74. Spain, “Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed,” David Trueba, director;
  75. Sweden, “Force Majeure,” Ruben Östlund, director;
  76. Switzerland, “The Circle,” Stefan Haupt, director;
  77. Taiwan, “Ice Poison,” Midi Z, director;
  78. Thailand, “The Teacher’s Diary,” Nithiwat Tharathorn, director;
  79. Turkey, “Winter Sleep,” Nuri Bilge Ceylan, director;
  80. Ukraine, “The Guide,” Oles Sanin, director;
  81. United Kingdom, “Little Happiness,” Nihat Seven, director;
  82. Uruguay, “Mr. Kaplan,” Álvaro Brechner, director;
  83. Venezuela, “The Liberator,” Alberto Arvelo, director.

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The 87th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Thursday, January 15, 2015, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

The Oscars® will be held on Sunday, February 22, 2015, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center® in Hollywood, and will be televised live by the ABC Television Network.  The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.

 

 

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