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List of submissions to the 65th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

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1992 Best Foreign Language Film submissions
Highlights
Oscar winnerFrance Indochine
Total submissions33
First-time submissions6
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This is the list of the films submitted in 1992 to compete for the 65th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film was created in 1956 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honour non-English-speaking films produced outside the United States.[1] The award is handed out annually, and is accepted by the winning film's director, although it is considered an award for the submitting country as a whole.[2] Countries are invited by the Academy to submit their best films for competition according to strict rules, with only one film being accepted from each country.[2]

For the 65th Academy Awards, thirty-three films were submitted in the category Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.[3] The titles in bold were the five nominated films, which came from Belgium, Germany, Russia, Uruguay (which was later disqualified) and the eventual winner, Indochina, from France.[4] For the first time films from the former USSR competed against each other in this category; Estonia, Kazakhstan, Latvia and the Russian Federation submitted their first-ever films. After being disqualified the previous year since the country was not yet internationally recognized, Croatia had a film accepted for the first time.

Submissions

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Submitting country Film title used in nomination Original title Language(s) Director(s) Result
 Argentina The Dark Side of the Heart El lado oscuro del corazón Spanish Eliseo Subiela Not nominated
 Austria Benny's Video German Michael Haneke Not nominated
 Belgium Daens Flemish, Dutch, French, Latin, Spanish Stijn Coninx Nominated
 Canada Léolo French Jean-Claude Lauzon Not nominated
 China The Story of Qiu Ju 秋菊打官司 Mandarin Zhang Yimou Not nominated
 Croatia Story from Croatia Priča iz Hrvatske Croatian Krsto Papić Not nominated
 Cuba Adorable Lies Adorables mentiras Spanish Gerardo Chijona Not nominated
 Denmark Sofie Danish Liv Ullmann Not nominated
 Estonia Those Old Love Letters Need vanad armastuskirjad Estonian Mati Põldre Not nominated
 France Indochina Indochine French, Vietnamese Régis Wargnier Won Academy Award
 Germany Schtonk! German Helmut Dietl Nominated
 Hungary Sweet Emma, Dear Böbe Édes Emma, drága Böbe - vázlatok, aktok Hungarian István Szabó Not nominated
 Iceland As in Heaven Svo á jörðu sem á himni Icelandic Kristín Jóhannesdóttir Not nominated
 India Thevar Magan தேவர் மகன் Tamil Bharathan Not nominated
 Indonesia Mer's Lips Bibir Mer Indonesian Arifin C. Noer Not nominated
 Israel Life According to Agfa החיים על פי אגפה Hebrew Assi Dayan Not nominated
 Italy The Stolen Children Il Ladro di Bambini Italian Gianni Amelio Not nominated
 Japan The Oil-Hell Murder 女殺し油地獄 Japanese Hideo Gosha Not nominated
 Kazakhstan The Fall of Otrar Гибел Отрара Kazakh, Mandarin, Mongolian Ardak Amirkulov Not nominated
 Latvia The Child of Man Cilvēka bērns Latvian Jānis Streičs Not nominated
 Mexico Like Water for Chocolate Como agua para chocolate Spanish, English Alfonso Arau Not nominated
 Netherlands The Northerners De Noorderlingen Dutch Alex van Warmerdam Not nominated
 Norway The Warrior's Heart Krigerens hjerte Norwegian Leidulv Risan Not nominated
 Poland All That Really Matters Wszystko, co najważniejsze Polish Robert Gliński Not nominated
 Portugal Day of Despair O dia do desespero Portuguese Manoel de Oliveira Not nominated
 Romania Luxury Hotel Hotel de Lux Romanian Dan Pița Not nominated
 Russia Close to Eden Урга Mongolian, Russian, Mandarin Nikita Mikhalkov Nominated
 Spain The Fencing Master El maestro de esgrima Spanish Pedro Olea Not nominated
 Sweden House of Angels Änglagård Swedish Colin Nutley Not nominated
 Switzerland Off Season Hors saison French Daniel Schmid Not nominated
 Taiwan Peach Blossom Land 暗戀桃花源 Mandarin Stan Lai Not nominated
 Turkey Piano Piano Kid Piano Piano Bacaksız Turkish Tunç Başaran Not nominated
 Uruguay A Place in the World Un lugar en el mundo Spanish Adolfo Aristarain Nominated and Disqualified

Notes

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  • Uruguay The film A Place in the World, which was submitted by Uruguay, was disqualified after the nominations were announced in early 1993, when it was discovered that the film was an overwhelmingly Argentine production with minimal input from Uruguayans. Argentina had selected another film to compete for the award, so director Adolfo Aristarain asked Uruguay (which had never entered the competition before) to submit it instead. The Argentine film did not get nominated. A Place in the World was removed from the ballot (leaving only four films in contention for the award), causing the director to sue the Academy.

References

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  1. ^ "History of the Academy Awards 2 - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences". 22 June 2008. Archived from the original on 22 June 2008. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Rule 14 | 81st Academy Awards Rules | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences". 9 August 2008. Archived from the original on 9 August 2008. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Foreign Oscar entries submitted". Variety. 3 December 1992. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  4. ^ "The 65th Academy Awards (1993) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 19 September 2015.