Submissions for the 72nd Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

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The following 47 films, all from different countries, were submitted for the 72nd Academy Awards in the category Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (release at the country of origin November 1, 1998 - October 31, 1999, ceremony March 2000). The bolded titles were the five nominated films, which came from France, Nepal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

Bhutan, Nepal and Tajikistan submitted films for the first time.

Country English name Language Original name Director IMDB
Image:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Manuelita (Spanish) ManuelitaManuel García Ferré [1]
Image:Flag of Austria.svg Austria Northern Skirts (German) Nordrand Barbara Albert [2]
Image:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Rosetta (French) RosettaLuc Dardenne & Jean-Pierre Dardenne [3]
Image:Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan The Cup (Tibetan)  ? Khyentse Norbu [4]
Image:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Orfeu (Portuguese) OrfeuCarlos Diegues [5]
Image:Flag of Canada.svg Canada Set Me Free (French) Emporte-moi Lea Pool [6]
Image:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China Lover's Grief over the Yellow River (Chinese) / (English) 黄河绝恋 Feng Xiao Ning [7]
Image:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia Time Out (Spanish) Golpe de Estadio Sergio Cabrera [8]
Image:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia Red Dust (Croatian) Crvena prašinaZrinko Ogresta [9]
Image:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic Return of the Idiot (Czech) Navrát idiotaSaša Gedeon [10]
Image:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark Mifune (Danish) Mifunes sidste sang Søren Kragh-Jacobsen [11]
Image:Flag of Finland.svg Finland The Tough Ones (Finnish) Häjyt Aleksi Mäkelä [12]
Image:Flag of France.svg France East-West (French) / (Russian) Est-Ouest Régis Wargnier [13]
Image:Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia Here Comes the Dawn (Georgian)  ? Zaza Urushadze [14]
Image:Flag of Germany.svg Germany Aimée & Jaguar (German) Aimée & Jaguar Max Färberböck [15]
Image:Flag of Greece.svg Greece From the Edge of the City (Greek) Από την άκρη της πόλης Constantinos Giannaris [16]
Image:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong Ordinary Heroes (Chinese) (Cantonese) 千言萬語 Ann Hui [17]
Image:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary The Lord's Lantern in Budapest (Hungarian) Nekem lámpást adott kezembe az Úr, Pesten Miklós Jancsó [18]
Image:Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland The Honour of the House (Icelandic) Ungfrúin góða og húsið Guðný Halldórsdóttir [19]
Image:Flag of India.svg India Earth (1998 film) (Hindi)
(English)
(Punjabi)
(Urdu)
 ? Deepa Mehta [20]
Image:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia Sri (Indonesian) Sri Marselli Sumarno [21]
Image:Flag of Iran.svg Iran The Colours of Paradise (Persian) رنگ خدا Majid Majidi [22]
Image:Flag of Israel.svg Israel Yana's Friends (Hebrew) / (Russian) החברים של יאנה Arik Kaplun [23]
Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy Not of this World (Italian) Fuori dal mondo Giuseppe Piccioni [24]
Image:Flag of Japan.svg Japan Poppoya (Japanese)  鉄道員 Yasuo Furuhata [25]
Image:Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon Around the Pink House (French) / (Arabic) Autour de la maison rose
?
Khalil Joreige & Joana Hadjithomas [26]
Image:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico Nobody writes to the colonel (Spanish) El coronel no tiene quien le escriba Arturo Ripstein [27]
Image:Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal Caravan (Tibetan) Himalaya - l'enfance d'un chef[1] Eric Valli [28]
Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Scratches in the Table (Dutch) Madelief: Krassen in het tafelblad Ineke Houtman [29]
Image:Flag of Norway.svg Norway The Prompter (Norwegian) SuffløsenHilde Heier [30]
Image:Flag of Peru.svg Peru Captain Pantoja and the Special Services (Spanish) Pantaleón y las visitadoras Francisco J. Lombardi [31]
Image:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines The Kite (Tagalog) Saranggola Gil M. Portes [32]
Image:Flag of Poland.svg Poland Pan Tadeusz (Polish) Pan Tadeusz Andrzej Wajda [33]
Image:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal The Mutants (Portuguese) Os Mutantes Teresa Villaverde [34]
Image:Flag of Romania.svg Romania The Famous Paparazzo (Romanian) Faimosul paparazzo Nicolae Mărgineanu [35]
Image:Flag of Russia.svg Russia Moloch (German) Молох Alexander Sokurov [36]
Image:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia All My Loved Ones (Czech) Všichni moji blízcí Matej Mináč [37]
Image:Flag of Spain.svg Spain All About My Mother (WINNER) (Spanish) Todo Sobre mi Madre Pedro Almodóvar [38]
Image:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Under the Sun (Swedish) Under solenColin Nutley [39]
Image:Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland Beresina (German) Beresina oder Die letzten Tage der SchweizDaniel Schmid [40]
Image:Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan March of Happiness (Chinese) 天馬茶房 Lin Cheng-sheng [41]
Image:Flag of Tajikistan.svg Tajikistan Luna Papa (Russian) Лунный Папа Bakhtiar Khudojnazarov [42]
Image:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey Mrs. Salkim's Diamonds (Turkish) Salkım Hanımın Taneleri Tomris Giritlioğlu [43]
Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Solomon & Gaenor (Welsh) Solomon & Gaenor Paul Morrison [44]
Image:Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela Huelepega (Spanish) Huelepega: Ley de la Calle Elia Schneider [45]
Image:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam Three Seasons (Vietnamese) Ba Mùa Tony Bui [46]
Image:Flag of FR Yugoslavia.svg Yugoslavia The White Suit (Serbian) Belo Odelo Lazar Ristovski [47]
  1. ^ French title
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