Submitting country | Film title used in nomination | Original title | Language(s) | Director(s) | Result |
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Afghanistan | Osama | أسامة | Dari | Siddiq Barmak | Not nominated |
Argentina | Valentín | Spanish | Alejandro Agresti | Not nominated |
Armenia | Vodka Lemon | Վոդկա լիմոն | Armenian, Kurdish, Russian, French | Hiner Saleem | Not nominated |
Austria | Free Radicals | Böse Zellen | German | Barbara Albert | Not nominated |
Belgium | Sea of Silence | Verder dan de maan | Dutch | Stijn Coninx | Not nominated |
Bolivia | Sexual Dependency | Dependencia sexual | Spanish, English | Rodrigo Bellott | Not nominated |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Fuse | Gori vatra | Bosnian, Serbian, English | Pjer Žalica | Not nominated |
Brazil | Carandiru | Brazilian Portuguese | Héctor Babenco | Not nominated |
Bulgaria | Journey to Jerusalem | Пътуване към Йерусалим | Bulgarian | Ivan Nitchev | Not nominated |
Canada | The Barbarian Invasions | Les Invasions barbares | French, English | Denys Arcand | Won Academy Award [2] |
Chile | Los Debutantes | Spanish | Andrés Waissbluth | Not nominated |
China | Warriors of Heaven and Earth | 天地英雄 | Mandarin | He Ping | Not nominated |
Colombia | The First Night | La primera noche | Spanish | Luis Alberto Restrepo | Not nominated |
Croatia | Witnesses | Svjedoci | Croatian | Vinko Brešan | Not nominated |
Cuba | Suite Habana | No dialogue | Fernando Pérez | Not nominated |
Czech Republic | Želary | Czech, Russian, German, English | Ondřej Trojan | Nominated [3] |
Denmark | Reconstruction | Danish | Christoffer Boe | Not nominated |
Egypt | Sleepless Nights | سهر الليالى | Arabic | Hany Khalifa | Not nominated |
Finland | Elina: As If I Wasn't There | Elina - Som om jag inte fanns, Näkymätön Elina | Swedish, Finnish | Klaus Härö | Not nominated |
France | Bon Voyage | French | Jean-Paul Rappeneau | Not nominated |
Germany | Good Bye, Lenin! | German | Wolfgang Becker | Not nominated |
Greece | Think It Over | Θα το Μετανιώσεις | Greek | Katerina Evangelakou | Not nominated |
Hong Kong | Infernal Affairs | 無間道 | Cantonese | Andrew Lau and Alan Mak | Not nominated |
Hungary | Forest | Rengeteg | Hungarian | Benedek Fliegauf | Not nominated |
Iceland | Noi the Albino | Nói Albínói | Icelandic, French | Dagur Kári | Not nominated |
Indonesia | The Stringless Violin | Biola tak berdawai | Indonesian | Sekar Ayu Asmara | Not nominated |
Iran | Deep Breath | نفس عمیق | Persian | Parviz Shahbazi | Not nominated |
Israel | Nina's Tragedies | האסונות של נינה | Hebrew | Savi Gabizon | Not nominated |
Italy | I'm Not Scared | Io non ho paura | Italian | Gabriele Salvatores | Not nominated |
Japan | The Twilight Samurai | たそがれ清兵衛 | Japanese | Yoji Yamada | Nominated [3] |
South Korea | Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring | 봄, 여름, 가을, 겨울 그리고 봄 | Korean | Kim Ki-duk | Not nominated |
Lebanon | The Kite | طيّارة من ورق | Arabic | Randa Chahal | Not nominated |
Luxembourg | I Always Wanted to Be a Saint | J'ai toujours voulu être une sainte | French | Geneviève Mersch | Not nominated |
Mexico | Aro Tolbukhin | Aro Tolbukhin. En la mente del asesino | Spanish | Isaac Pierre Racine, Lydia Zimmermann and Agustí Villaronga | Not nominated |
Mongolia | The Story of the Weeping Camel | Ингэний нулимс | Mongolian | Byambasuren Davaa and Luigi Falorni | Not nominated |
Nepal | Muna Madan | मुनामदन | Nepali | Gyanendra Deuja | Not nominated |
Netherlands | Twin Sisters | De Tweeling | Dutch, German | Ben Sombogaart | Nominated [3] |
Norway | Kitchen Stories | Salmer fra kjøkkenet | Norwegian, Swedish | Bent Hamer | Not nominated |
Palestine | Divine Intervention | يد إلهية | Arabic, Hebrew, English | Elia Suleiman | Not nominated |
Peru | Paper Dove | Paloma de Papel | Spanish | Fabrizio Aguilar | Not nominated |
Philippines | Dekada '70 | Dekada '70 | Filipino | Chito S. Roño | Not nominated |
Poland | Pornography | Pornografia | Polish | Jan Jakub Kolski | Not nominated |
Portugal | A Talking Picture | Um Filme Falado | Portuguese, French, Italian, Greek, English | Manoel De Oliveira | Not nominated |
Russia | The Return | Возвращение | Russian | Andrei Zvyagintsev | Not nominated |
Serbia and Montenegro | The Professional | Професионалац | Serbian | Dušan Kovačević | Not nominated |
Slovakia | King of Thieves | König der Diebe | German, Russian | Ivan Fíla | Not nominated |
Slovenia | Spare Parts | Rezervni deli | Slovene | Damjan Kozole | Not nominated |
Sri Lanka | Mansion by the Lake | වෑකන්ද වලව්ව | Sinhala | Lester James Peries | Not nominated |
Spain | Soldados de Salamina | Spanish, Catalan, French | David Trueba | Not nominated |
Sweden | Evil | Ondskan | Swedish | Mikael Håfström | Nominated [3] |
Taiwan | Goodbye, Dragon Inn | 不散 | Mandarin, Taiwanese Hokkien | Tsai Ming-Liang | Not nominated |
Thailand | Last Life in the Universe | เรื่องรัก น้อยนิด มหาศาล | Thai, Japanese, English | Pen-ek Ratanaruang | Not nominated |
Turkey | Distant | Uzak | Turkish | Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Not nominated |
Ukraine | Mamay | Мамай | Ukrainian, Crimean Tatar | Oles Sanin | Not nominated |
Uruguay | Seawards Journey | El viaje hacia el mar | Spanish | Guillermo Casanova | Not nominated |
Venezuela | Sangrador | Leonardo Henríquez | Not nominated |