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

The following 33 films, all from different countries, were submitted for the 65th Academy Awards in the category Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film which took place in 1993.^[1] The titles in bold were the five nominated films, which came from Belgium, Germany, Russia, Uruguay and the eventual winner, Indochina, from France.^[2]

The film A Place in the World submitted by Uruguay, was disqualified after the nominations were announced in early 1993, when it was discovered that the film was an overwhelmingly Argentinian 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 Argentinian film did not get nominated. The A Place in the World was removed from the ballot (leaving only four films in contention for the award), leading the director to sue the Academy.

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

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

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