Academy
Awards

March 25 (Los Angeles)



A
record 46 countries have submitted films to the Academy of Motion
Picture Arts and Sciences for Academy Award consideration as Best
Foreign Language Film of 2000, announced Academy President Robert
Rehme announced today. Each country is invited to submit its best
film of the year to the Academy. Selection of those entries is made
by juries comprising filmmakers from that country. Only one film,
which need not have been released in Los Angeles, is accepted from
each country. For the first time, Ecuador has this year submitted
a film for consideration.

This
year's submissions are:

Algeria:
Little Senegal by Rachid Bouchareb

Argentina: Felicidades by Emilio Bender

Austria: The Stranger by Götz Spielmann

Belgium: Everybody Famous by Dominique Deruddere

Brazil: Me,
You, Them by Andrucha Waddington

Bulgaria: Letter to America by Iglika Triffonova

Canada: Maelström
by Denis Villeneue

Chile: Coronacion
by Silvio Caiozzi

China: Breaking the Silence by Sun Zhou

Croatia: Marshall Tito's Spirit by Vinko Bresan

Czech Republic: Divided We Fall by Jan Hrebejk Denmark: A
Place Nearby by Kaspar Rostrup

Ecuador: Dreams from the Middle of the World by Carlos Naranjo
Estrella

Finland: Seven Songs from the Tundra by Anastasia Lapsui
and Markku Lehmuskallio

France: The Taste of Others by Agnès Jaoui

Georgia: 27
Missing Kisses by Nana Djordjadze

Germany: No
Place to Go by Oscar Roehler

Greece: Peppermint
by Costas Kapakas

Hong Kong: In
the Mood for Love by Wong Kar-Wai

Hungary: Glamour by Frigyes Gödrös

Iceland: Blank by Blank Blank

India: Hey! Ram by Kamal Haasan

Israel: Time of Favor by Joseph Cedar

Italy: The
Hundred Steps by Marco Tullio Giodana

Iran: A
Time for Drunken Horses by Bahman Ghobadi

Japan: When the Rain Lifts by Takashi Koizumi

Korea: Chunhyang
by Im Kwon-taek

Mexico: Love's
a Bitch by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Morocco: Ali Zaoua by Nabyl Ayouch

Nepal: Mask of Desire by Tsering Rhitar Sherpa

The Netherlands: Little Crumb by Maria Peters

Norway: Odd Little Man by Stein Leikanger

The Philippines: Anak by Rory B. Quintos

Poland: Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease by Krzysztof
Zanussi

Portugal: Too Late by José Nacimento

Russia: His Wife's Diary by Alexey Uchitel

Slovak Republic: Landscape by Martin Sulik

Spain: You're the One (A Tale from Then) by José Luis Garci

Sweden: Songs
from the Second Floor by Roy Andersson

Switzerland: Gripsholm by Xavier Koller

Taiwan: Crouching
Tiger, Hidden Dragon by Ang Lee

Thailand: 6ixty-Nin9
by Pen-ek Ratanaruang

Turkey: Run for Money by Reha Erdem

Venezuela: Devil Gold by José Ramón Novoa

Vietnam: Vertical
Ray of the Sun by Tran Anh Hung Yugoslavia: Sky Hook
by Ljubisa Samardzic

The
Foreign Language Film Award Committee, chaired by Academy Award-winning
producer Mark Johnson (Rain Man), will screen all entries, beginning
December 1, before voting to nominate five achievements, said Awards
Coordinator Patrick Stockstill. Films submitted for Best Foreign
Language Film Award consideration may also qualify for Academy Awards
in most other categories provided they meet the requirements governing
those categories. Nominations will be announced at the Academy on
Tuesday, February 13, 2000. Academy Awards for outstanding film
achievements of 2000 will be presented on Sunday, March 25, 2000,
at the Los Angeles Shrine Auditorium. Sunday at the Oscars will
be televised live by the ABC Television Network beginning at 5 p.m.
(PST), with a half-hour pre-show segment preceding the presentation
ceremony.